## ## ## ## ## |||Page| |---|---|---| |Independent
Examiner's|Report|| |Statement of Financial Activities||| |Balance Sheet||| |Notes to the Accounts||4—| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Notes|Funds
f|Funds
f|2020f|2019
f| |R||||||| |ncome and endowments|from|||||| |Donations,
grants and legacies
Fundraising
activities
Charitable
activities|||13,551
10,092
144,763|98,509
12,608|112,060
10,092
157,371|35,813
25,167
177,408| |Investment
Income|||525||525|78| |Total Incoming Resources|||168,931|111,117|280,048|238,466| |REER
d d||||||| |Eggendlfg~n||||||| |Raising funds|||||901|3,596| |Charitable
Activities|||161,823|62,567|224 390|213943| |Total Resources ExPended|||162,724|62,567|225,291|217,539| |Net (outgoing)/incoming||||||| |resources before transfers|||6,207|48,550|54,757|20,927| |Gross transfers
between funds||||||| |Net movement
In funds|||6,207|48,550|54,757|20,927| |Fund balances st 1 January|2020||442,405|32,151|474,556|453,629| |Fund balances at 31December||2020|448,612|80,701|529,313|474,556| ## ## ## ||||||||2019|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Notes|||||| |Fixed Assets||||||||| |Tangible Assets
Inveslmenls
at cost||||||||501,006
2,754| |||||||||503,760| |Cunent Assets||||||||| |Debtom|||8|15,052||42,572||| |Cash at bank|and in|hand||179.079||85,174||| |||||194,141||127,746||| |Creditors: amounts||falling due wNhin||||||| |one year|||9|(18,321)||(6,950)||| |Net current|assets|||||||120,796| |Total assets|less cuwant Iiablgues||||679,313|||| |Restricted Funds|||||80,701|||32,151| |Unrestdcted|Funds||||448,612|||442,405| |Revaluadon|Reserve|||||||| |Total Funds|||||679,313|||| |n||~ver||||||| |A North - Chair||||||||| ## ## ## ||Accounting
Poficles|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Basis ofPreparation|||||||||||||| ||The accounts
have been prepared
under|the historical
cost convention,
with||the||revaluation|||||of|freehold||| ||property.
The accounts
have been prepared|in accordance|with the Statement|of Recommended||||||||Practice:||| ||Accounting
and Reporting
by Charifies
preparing
their accounts
in accordance|||with|the||Financial||||Reporting|||| ||Standard
applicable
in the UK and Republic|of Ireland (FRS|102)issued in July|2014, and||||with||the||Charities||| ||Act 2011.|||||||||||||| |1.2|Incoming Resources|||||||||||||| ||Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions
by donom||as to how they may be||used.|||The||purposes||||and| ||uses ofthe restricted
funds are set out in the notes to the accounts.|||||||||||||| ||Grants received for the charity snd club activities are shown||on an accruals basis.|||Grants|||received||||for the|| ||following
year are carried
forward
in either the restricted||funds
or unrestricted
funds|||||depending|||||on the|| ||condition.|||||||||||||| ||Donations,
legacies
and
other forms
of voluntary
income||ars recognised
as incoming||||||resources|||||when| ||receivable, except insofar as they are incapable offinancial measurement.|||||||||||||| ||Income received
in relation to the club activtfies is shown on||an accruals basis.|||||||||||| |1.3|Resources Expended|||||||||||||| ||Resources expended
including
inecoverable|VAT are accounted
for on an accruah||||basis.|||The||majority of|||| ||costs srs directly attributable
to specNc activities, and are treated as direct charitabl|||||expenditure.||||||||| ||Support costs are the general costs related|to running
the|charity.
The costs have|||been|||allocated||||to the|| ||activiTies
in accordance
with fime and money
spent on each activity.
The allocations
are||||||||reviewed||||by the|| ||Trustees on a regular basis.|||||||||||||| |1.4|Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation|||||||||||||| ||Tangible
fixed assets are stated at cost or valuafiion
less depreciation.
Depreciation||||||is||provided|||at||rates| ||calculated
to writs off the cost less estimated
residual
value||of each asset over its|||expected||||useful|||life, as|| ||follows:|||||||||||||| ||Freehold property|Nil depreciation||||||||||||| ||Furniture
and equipment|33.3%ofcost||||||||||||| ||The freehold property,
Mencap Hall, is held|in trust for City ofChelmsford
Mencap.||||||||||||| |1.5|Investments|||||||||||||| ||Fixed asset investments
ars stated atcost.|||||||||||||| |1.6|Fund Accounting|||||||||||||| ||Funds held bythe charity are either:|||||||||||||| ||Unrestricted
general funds —these are funds|which can be used
in accordance||with|the charitable||||||objects at|||| ||ths discretion ofthe Trustees.|||||||||||||| ||Designated
funds —these ars funds set aside by the Trustees out of unrestricted||||funds|||for specific|||||future|| ||purposes
or projects.|||||||||||||| ||Restricted funds —these are funds that can|only be used for|particular
restricted|purposes||||within|||the objects|||| ||ofthe charity.|||||||||||||| |1.7|Taxation|||||||||||||| ||City of Chelmsford
Mencap
is a registered|charity
and is not subject to corporation||||tax|||on|its|charitable|||| ||activities.|||||||||||||| ## ## |2|Analysis ofincome|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Donations,
Grants and|Legacies||||| ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| ||||Funds
f.|Fundsf|2020
6|2019
6| ||Donations
and ggts||3,276||3,276|12,383| ||Grants received||10,275|98,509|108,784|23,430| ||||13,551|98,509|112,060|35,813| ||Fundralsing
activities|||||| ||Events||10,092||10,092|25,167| ||Charitable acgviges|||||| ||Football club|||677|677|4,419| ||Outreach|||11,931|11,931|6,470| ||Other Charitable
Activities||144,763||144,763|166,519| ||||144,763|12,608|157,371|177,408| ||Invesbnent
Income|||||| ||Interest receivable||525||525|| ||Dividends
receivable|||||78| ||||525||525|78| ||||168,931|111,117|280,048|238,466| |Ths|following
grants have been|received|in the year.|||| ||||2020|2020||2019| ||||6|||6| ||Baily Thomas Charitable|Fund||||5,000| ||Brlash Science Associslion|||500||| ||Charles French Charitable|Trust||||1,500| ||Essex Community
Foundation|||17,467||| ||Essex Mencap Society|||21,940||| ||Mencap|||3,351||| ||Essex Youth Trust|||||2,500| ||Furlough
grants||10,275|||| ||Garfield Western
Foundation|||||10,000| ||Leeds Building Society|||||950| ||Neighbourly|||400||| ||FJG Taylor Trust|||33,105||| ||Radio Workshop CCR|||||250| ||Souter Charitable
Trust|||||2,000| ||Jack Petchsy Founda5on|||||750| ||Essex County Council|||5,296||| ||Chelmsford
City Council|||12,450||480| ||||10,275|98,509||23,430| ## ## ## ## |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Funds|Funds|2020|2019| |||6|5||6| |Raising Funds|||||| |Costs ofgenerating|funds to support the|901||901|3,596| |Charity|||||| |Charitable
Activities|||||| |Football club
Outreach|||3,691
58,876|3,691
58,876|3,543
17,615| |Activities undertaken|directly|15,013||15,013|22,719| |Support costs||146,810||146,810|170,066| |Total||161,823|62,567|224,390|213,943| |||162,724|62,567|225,291|217,539| ## ## |Employees|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||2020|2019| |||||Number|Number| |The
average|monthly|number|of|16|15| |employees
during the year||was:|||| |Employment|Costs|||2020f|2019
6| |Wages and salaries
Social security
Pension costs||||149,693
1,763
1,356|127,063
3,623
1,407| |||||152,812|132,093| ## ## |6|Changes
in res|ources available|for Charity use|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Total|Total| ||||Funds||Funds||2020|2019| ||||||6||6|| ||Net movement|in funds||||||| ||for the year||6,207||48,550|54,757||20,927| ||||6,207||48 550|54|757|20 927| ||||||Furniture|||| |7|Tangible Fixed|Assets||||||| |||||Land and||||| |||||Buildings|and|||Total| ||||||Equipment|||| ||||||||2|| ||Cost or Valuation|||||||| ||At 1 January 2020|||500,530||1,147||501,677| ||Additions|||||||| ||Disposals|||||||| ||At 31 December 2020|||500,530||1,147||501,677| ||Depredation|||||||| ||At 1 January 2020|||||671||671| ||Charge for year|||||267||267| ||Released on disposal|||||||| ||At 31December 2020|||||938||938| ||Nat Book Value|||||||| ||At 31December 2020|||500,530||209||500,739| ||At 1 January 2020|||500,530||476||501,006| ## |||2020|2019| |---|---|---|---| |Trade|Debtors|14,859|42,572| |Other|Debtors|203|| |||15,062|42,572| ## ## ## |reditors:
amounts
falling due within|one year|| |---|---|---| ||2020f|2019f| |Trade Creditors|1,840|3,463| |Pension fund
PAYE and Nl|514
886|289
1,338| |Accruals|15,081|1,860| ||18,321|6,950| ## |nalysis ofnet as|sets between funds|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|| |||Funds|Funds|Total| |||and||| |||Revaluation||| |||Reservef||| |Fund balances at|31 December 2020 are|||| |represented
by:||||| |Tangible fixed assets
Inveslments
Current assets||500,739
2,754
106,020|88,121|500,739
2,754
194,141| |Creditors: amounts|falling due within one year|(10,931)|(7,420)|(18,321)| |||598,612|80,701|679,313| ## # ## |Names oftrustees managing the Charity in the period since the last Report
Trustee name
Sandra Morton-Nance
Office
President
Dates acted
Full term: September 2020-
Appointed
by
Nominated:
Anthony
North|Names oftrustees managing the Charity in the period since the last Report
Trustee name
Sandra Morton-Nance
Office
President
Dates acted
Full term: September 2020-
Appointed
by
Nominated:
Anthony
North|Names oftrustees managing the Charity in the period since the last Report
Trustee name
Sandra Morton-Nance
Office
President
Dates acted
Full term: September 2020-
Appointed
by
Nominated:
Anthony
North|Names oftrustees managing the Charity in the period since the last Report
Trustee name
Sandra Morton-Nance
Office
President
Dates acted
Full term: September 2020-
Appointed
by
Nominated:
Anthony
North|Names oftrustees managing the Charity in the period since the last Report
Trustee name
Sandra Morton-Nance
Office
President
Dates acted
Full term: September 2020-
Appointed
by
Nominated:
Anthony
North|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Anthony
North||Chairperson|November 2021
Full term: September 2020-|Seconded: Bryan Powell
Nominated:
Bryan Powell|| |Bryan Powell
Deborah
Ginn||Vice
Chairperson
Treasurer|November
2021
Full term: September 2020—
November 2021
Full term: September 2020—|Seconded: Deborah
Ginn
Nominated:
Sabine Nussey
Seconded: Katherine
King
Nominated:
Bryan Powell|| |Andrew
Smith||Secretary|November 2021
Full term: September 2020-|Seconded: Katherine
King
Nominated:
Anthony
North|| |Abigail Krone||Trustee|November
2021
Co-opted —June 2021|Seconded: Sabine Nussey|| |Alan Stoppard||Trustee|Full term: September 2020-|Nominated:
Anthony
North|| |Graham
McGhie
Katherine
King
Philip Preston||Trustee
Trustee
Trustee|November 2021
Part term: September
2020—
May 2021
Part term: September 2020—
June 2021
Co-opted —June 2021|Seconded: Deborah
Ginn
Nominated:
Anthony
North
Seconded Sabine Nussey
Nominated.
Anthony
North
Seconded: Deborah
Ginn|| |Rachel Scott
Zoe Zawayira||Trustee
Trustee|Co-opted —July 2021
Part term: September 2020—
May 2021|Nominated:
Anthony
North
Seconded: Bryan Powell|| |Type ofAdvisor||Names ofadvisors regularly
used during 2020
Name and Address|||| |Banks|||HSBC,99High Street Chelmsford
CM1 1EQ||| |Accountant|||Barclays Bank, 41High Street Chelmsford
CM1 1BG
NSO Associates
LLP Independent
Examiner —75Springfield||Road| ||||Chelmsford
Essex CM2 6JB||| |||Structure, Governance
and Management||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Type ofgoverning||City ofChelmsford
Mencap was established
by a charitable trust deed and amended|on 12e|| |document||November
1979,4~ September 2002 and 21"February 2013.||| |How the charity is||City ofChelmsford
Mencap is constituted
as an Association. The charity intend to||| |constituted||reconstitute
as a Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO) as soon as permissible||| |Trustee selection||Under the Articles ofAssociation, the charity is required to have a minimum
of6and||a| |methods||maximum
of12Trustees.||| |||The Executive Committee
shall consist ofthe following persons any ofwhom
may have||| |||learning
disabilities:||| |||Honorary
Officers: who shall be elected at an Annual
General Meeting and Co-opted||| |||members:
being persons having a special interest
in and qualifications
for furthering|the|| |||work ofthe Society.||| |||All Trustees retire from office at the end ofthe AGM one year after the date on which||they| |||came into office but they may be re-elected or re-appointed.
Members ofthe Executive||| |||Committee
appointed
at an AGM shall take office from the end ofthat meeting.||| |Additional||Organisational
policies and procedures:-||| |governance|issues|Are in place forthe induction
and training ofstaff, volunteers
and trustees.
Risk assessments||| |||and procedural
guidelines
are in place to manage
all known risks.||| |||The charity's
organisational
structure:-||| |||Consists ofmembers,
Board ofTrustees, Services Manager;
Financial Administrator;|Family|| |||Support Worker; Support Leads; Specialist Support Workers; Club Managers;
Club Leaders;||| |||Volunteers;
Administrative
Staff.||| |||Wider networks:-||| |||City ofChelmsford
Mencap is a Network
Partner ofRoyal Mencap Society. CCM also|works|| |||collaboratively
with other multi-agencies.||| |Admission of||The subscribers to the memorandum
and such other persons as are admitted
to the||| |members||membership
in accordance with the Articles shall be members
ofthe Society/Club.||| |||Membership
ofthe Society/Club
shall be open to all people (whether
with or without||a| |||learning
disability)
who declare their support for and are in sympathy
with the objects||| |||stated in the memorandum.
Membership
shall be granted to those individuals
who submit||| |||an application
in a form prescribed
by the Executive Committee
provided that applicants||| |||meet the membership
criteria and pay any subscriptions
or payments
required.||| |Risk management||The Trustees monitor the risks at regular meetings
and review overall
ffisks annually.||| |||As part ofthis process the Trustees have implemented
a risk management
strategy
which||| |||comprises:||| |||~
Annual
review ofthe risks the charity may face;||| |||~
The establishment
ofsystems and procedures
designed to mitigate those risks||| |||identified;||| |||~
The implementation
of procedures
designed to minimise
any potential
impact||on| |||the charity should any ofthese risks materialise.||| |||Procedures are in place to ensure compliance
with health
and safety ofstaff, volunteers,||| |||service users and visitors tothe Charity's
premises at Mildmay
Road Chelmsford
or any||| |||other venue where services are being carried out.||| |Organisational||The Trustees meet at least quarterly
as a Trustee board and are responsible
for the strategic||| |Structure||direction and policy ofthe charity.||| |||Day to day responsibility
for the provision ofservices ofthe Charity rests with the Services||| |||Manager. The Charity employs two full time members ofstaff (Services Manager
and||| |||Support Lead), the remainder
being made up of a Family Support Worker, part time staff,||| |||bank staff and volunteers.
The charity regularly
utilises self-employed
tutors for the||| |||provision ofcertain services.||| |Other related||City ofChelmsford
Mencap is affiliated to Royal Mencap Society, the parties work together||| |parties||in a collaborative
way to develop a clear, productive
and mutually
beneficial
relationship||| |||that will enhance the services we both provide for people with a learning
disability.||| |||The Royal Mencap Society, 123,Golden Lane, London
EC1YORT||| |||Registered
Company
Number: 550457||| |||Registered
Charity Number: 222377||| ||Objectives and Acthdtles||| |---|---|---|---| |Objectives|The Charity provides social clubs and respite schemes for people of all ages as well as information||| ||and support services for members
and their families and carers. The Charity,
in pursuing
its aims, co-||| ||operates with other charities, voluntary
bodies and statutory
authorities
operating
in furtherance||of| ||the objects ofthe Society/Club
or ofsimilar charitable objects. The charity is self-funding
and is||| ||required to raise funds and ask for and receive contributions
(including
subscriptions,
donations,||| ||legacies, grants and other gifts). The charity operates its activities
in accordance with its governing||| ||documents to ensure people with a learning
disability are valued and supported.||| |Summary|The aims and objectives of City ofChelmsford
Mencap:-||| |ofthe|~
To provide services offering learning and recreational
opportunities
to children
and young||| |objectives|people with a learning
disability.||| |ofthe|~
To provide lifelong learning, social opportunities
and community
access to people aged|19+|| |charity|who have a learning disability
and associated additional
needs.||| ||~
To promote a healthy,
independent
lifestyle to people with a learning
disability
and to||| ||signpost/refer
to, and liaise with, health
and social care agencies as appropriate.||| ||~
To provide support to members
and their families about different aspects of living with||| ||learning
disabilities,
and to develop new services and courses in response to identified||| ||needs.||| ||~
To promote the needs and abilities ofpeople with a learning
disability
through
awareness||| ||campaigns
and by publicising the activities and achievements
ofthe Charity's
members.||| |Additional|The Board ofTrustees have had a due regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity Commission|on|| |details of|public benefit.||| |objectives|The powers ofthe Charity are to increase public awareness
and understanding
ofthe abilities of||| |and|people with a learning
disability, their needs and abilities and those oftheir families, dependents||| |activities|and carers, in order to assist their integration
in society.||| ||Outreach
Academy,
Virtual Academy,
Gateway Club, Gateway Juniors, on-site and remote family||| ||support
and welfare monitoring
are the main activities provided
by CCM.||| ||Objective and public benefits: 1||| ||Toprovide services offering leorning and recreational
opportunities
to children and young people||| ||with a learning
disability.||| ||Our weekly youth club, Gateway Juniors,
isfor young people aged 16to 25. It offers sports and||| ||dance workshops
for the energetic and arts and crafts, puzzles and quizzes for those who prefer|a|| ||quiet evening with friends. Special activities including theatre trips and meals out are run||| ||throughout
the year. Above all, Gateway Juniors gives young people with a learning
disability the||| ||opportunity
to socialise with their peers, form friendships
and have fun in asafe and supportive||| ||environment.||| ||During the coronavirus
pandemic,
Gateway Juniors ran online and offered similar activities, specially||| ||adapted forthe virtual mode ofdelivery.||| ||Objective and public beneffts: 2||| ||Toprovide lifelong learning,
sociol opportunities
and community
access topeople aged 19+who||| ||have a leorning
disobility and associated additionol
needs.||| ||The Charity's
Outreach
Academy
is a lifelong learning
service which runs every weekday, 50weeks||a| ||year.
It provides courses to develop students'
social, work and life skills in a supported
environment||| ||that enables them to reach their potential. Courses include Active
in the community
and||| ||environment
(ACE), Cooking, Dance, Functional
skills, Music, Social enterprise
and Yoga.||| ||During the coronavirus
pandemic,
City ofChelmsford
Mencap moved its full Outreach
Academy||| ||curriculum
online, enabling the vast majority of its lifelong learning students to continue their||| ||classes virtually.
Resources packs were created, produced
and distributed,
and adaptations
were||| ||made to practical courses, such as Cooking and Active in the community
and environment
(ACE) to||| ||ensure learrdng continued.||| |The Outreach
Academy reopened at 'critical tier', i.e.for services users with the highest support|| |---|---| |needs, in September 2020.|| |The Gateway
Club meets weekly and members
enjoy a variety of activities, including
dance and|| |fitness workshops,
music and art sessions and evenings
exploring cultures from around the world.|| |The Club also organises activities
in the community,
including
pub quizzes and evenings out.|| |During the coronavirus
pandemic,
Gateway
Club ran online and offered similar activities, specially|| |adapted for the virtual mode ofdelivery.|| |Objective and public beneffts: g|| |Topromote a healthy, independent
lifestyle to people with alearning
disability and to signpost/refer|| |to, and liaise with, heolth and social care agencies as appropriate.|| |The Charity's
Discover Health
initiative
directly addresses the low life expectancy ofpeople with|a| |learning
disability
by providing
fully accessible and supported
sporting
and exercise sessions.|| |Courses have included
Yogo, Golf, and Karate.|| |The Outreach
Academy's
lifelong learning courses encourage the development
ofindependent|living| |skills including
Cooking.|| |The Charity has working partnerships
with health and social care agencies to ensure appropriate|| |referrals
and a multi-disciplinary
approach to supporting
members
at times ofheightened
need.|| |Objecthie and public benefits: 4|| |Toprovide support to members and their families obout different aspects ofliving with learning|| |disabilities,
and to develop new services and courses in response to identified
needs.|| |City ofChelmsford
Mencap runs a Family Support Service, which offers advice, information
and|| |advocacy regarding
a range ofissues, including
benefits,
housing
and support
planning.
CCM also|| |regularly
provides information
about services available
in the statutory
and voluntary
sectors and|| |makes direct referrals to health and social care professionals
as required.|| |City ofChelmsford
Mencap's
lifelong learning academies
run courses designed to support
and|| |enhance service users' physical and emotional
wellbeing.|| |CCM's Family Support Service continued
to run throughout
2020, despite the restrictions|| |necessitated
by the coronavirus
pandemic.|| |In addition,
CCM delivered
weekly welfare checks via telephone to all its active service users and,|| |when necessary,
provided
care co-ordination
and emergency
support.|| |The Charity's
Centre is a designated
Hate Incident
Reporting Centre, specialising
in disability
hate|| |crime.|| |Objective and public benefits: 5|| |Topromote the needs and obilities ofpeople with aleorning
disobility
through
owareness
compaigns|| |and by publicising
the activities and achievements
ofthe Charity's
members.|| |City ofChelmsford
Mencap participates
in many local and national
events which promote the rights and|| |abilities ofpeople with a disability.
In addition,
itworks to ensure that the local population
with a learning|| |disability
are able to access and participate
in local cultural festivals and initiatives.|| |City ofChelmsford
Mencap regularly
promotes
its members'
achievements
via its social media|| |platforms
and newsletters.|| ||Achievements
and Performance|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Report|I am pleased to report that the strong relationship
has continued
to develop on the Board of|||| |from the|Trustees. Current Trustees have had a good range ofskills and experience and have been very|||| |Board of|willing to share their expertise and work for the good ofCCM.|||| |Trustees||||| ||Trustees continue to have good links with Staff and volunteers
and, through
either visiting or|||| ||working at the centre and regular updates from the Services manager,
are very aware ofwhat|is||| ||happening
within the organisation.|||| ||Everyone
is working together to develop and improve services and to create opportunities
for|the||| ||future.|||| ||We currently
have 199Service users (195in 2019)and 338Members (345 in 2019).|||| ||We have 2 full time members
ofstaff, 13part time staff, 1bank staff and 2self-employed|||| ||consultants
who work at CCM.|||| ||Training and development
(Staff and Volunteers)|||| ||Training for staff and volunteers
is a very important
area as it enables us to ensure that we offer||an|| ||excellent and supportive
service and that our staff and volunteers
develop their skills and expertise.|||| ||In 2020training
included
all key staff and a number ofvolunteers
completing
a wide range of|||| ||mandatory
courses in care, health and safety and GDPR.|||| ||Training
is ongoing and the curriculum
is regularly
reviewed to ensure any further needs are|||| ||identified
and implemented.|||| ||We are pleased to provide volunteer
training
placements
for students
from local secondary
schools,|||| ||Chelmsford
College and Anglia Ruskin University
as well as many volunteers
from the community.|||All| ||staff and volunteers
are required to undergo
a DBScheck to ensure that they are approved to|work||| ||with our service users.
During the pandemic,
many new and current volunteers
have supported||our|| ||virtual services, and we are grateful to them for their willingness
and enthusiasm
to adapt to this|||| ||mode ofdelivery.|||| ||In 2020, we were delighted to provide placements
for student social workers and student
mental|||| ||health nurses from Anglia
Ruskin University;
their involvement
has proven to be an important|||| ||contribution
to both the Outreach
and Virtual Academies.|||| ||CCM's COVID-19 Pandemic Response|||| ||CCM isa thriving
and positive organisation
offering a high standard
ofservices and support to|our||| ||service users.|||| ||The Outreach
Academy cunently
has a very strong team of experienced,
enthusiastic
staff, excellent|||| ||tutors and many talented,
keen volunteers.|||| ||The service is well led by the Services Manager who has a clear direction and focus forthe|||| ||development
ofservices for the Charity.
She ensures that the Board is kept regularly
updated|on all||| ||issues that might impact on the provision
ofservices and the mitigation
ofrisks that may arise.|||| ||In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
which
initially forced the closure of build-based
services||in|| ||the last week of March 2020, CCM moved quickly to develop alternative
provision.
The Virtual|||| ||Academy was established
within three weeks oflockdown; staff, tutors and trustees worked
hard|||to| ||adapt course content, ensure
a safe and easily accessible virtual
learning
environment,
and deliver|||| ||students'
usual curriculum.
In addition,
packs oflearning
resources were produced
by tutors and|||| ||staff and delivered
by a small band ofdedicated volunteers
on a monthly
basis.|||| ||Similarly,
'Gateways
Online'
has ensured that members ofGateway Juniors and Gateway
Club|could||| ||continue to meet (albeit virtually),
socialise and enjoy a wide range ofactivities.
Gateway staff have|||| ##