## **1969** ## **2024** 55th Annual Report _Channel-Supporting Family Social Work on Merseyside_ Registered Charity No. 257916 ## ’ Holding Committee Chair s report for 2023-24 This year has been a busy one for all groups. In all, 220 families were supported, with a total of £12,299.91 being spent. We were able to meet requests for items costing more money due to the receipt of an anonymous gift of over £12,000, including gift aid. We are extremely grateful for this donation. We received continued excellent support from Everyday Matters, we are grateful for their long -term support together with the faithful contributions provided by individuals. We have regular meetings of Holding committee, North continues to have a strong committee, South manages referrals via email. Sadly, Channel lost the support of a long- time member of South, Dot Wynne, who died in June 2024. We are often able to use items from the Channel store based in Walton to supplement monetary support to families. We are indebted to Ruth and Shirley for maintaining this very necessary resource. Our thanks to County Methodist Church for the use of their premises. We continue to be much in debt to Rebecca and Ruth who process referrals speedily and effectively and their involvement in a wide network of organizations brings benefit to Channel. Our thanks to go to Rebecca for her ongoing work as our secretary. May I, once again, take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions, through Channel, to the meeting of the ongoing needs in our communities. Colin Critchley, Chair, November 2024 ## Channel South Report 2023-24 ## General Channel South has continued operating on line, with grants being approved by a a small group of committee members (Colin Critchley, Rebecca Black, Amanda Brown, Eve-Marie Evans and Lynne James). This enables us to respond to grant requests immediately they are received, rather than waiting until a monthly meeting. We cover a range of postcodes in South Liverpool; L8, L15 L17, L18, L19, L24, L25 & L26. Some of the postcodes in the north of the city are covered by Channel North, and Channel Holding Committee covers the remainder. ## Requests and grants We have continued to help families with grants. Grants made this year were between £40 - £250 per grant, as thanks to a large donation we have been able to fund some larger items, and this year the total sum paid out in grants increased on last year to £5,612. A large number of grants were given for such items as beds, floor covering, school uniforms and children’s clothing, bedding, mattresses, small electrical equipment (kitchen), sensory and developmental toys and baby equipment of various kinds. We have also made larger grants for cookers, washing machines and fridges. We have received grant requests from a range of agencies; Health Visitors; Family Support Workers, Social Workers, Early Help Hubs, CAB’s, Children’s Centres etc. ## Income Income this year has come from the grants from Skelton Bounty and LCVS Everyday Changes fund, from Joe Monaghan’s Sponsored Run and from generous donations from individuals, including those paying regular standing orders. ## Support Our work would not be possible without the loyal and faithful support of our members. Our Treasurer, Colin Critchley has continued to look after our finances. Rebecca Black continues to process the requests and keep the committee informed. My thanks also to our other members, including new members Eve-Marie Evans and Lynne James, who continue to maintain the true spirit of Channel and to our local supporters who are on standby to help with fundraising events and providing items such as children’s clothing and bedding when required. Colin Critchley, Chair, November 2024 ## Channel North Annual Report 2023-4 This has been another busy year for Channel North with our 7 committee members. Danny McCluskey retired as the Family Support Representative from Social Services at the end of the financial year. Danny has served on the Channel North Committee for many years and has always been a keen advocate and fundraiser for Channel North. We will miss him at our committee meetings but he has promised to continue to support our fundraising efforts. His colleague Paula Carroll has agreed to take his place on the committee and we look forward to working with her. Channel North have met 8 times as a committee at County Methodist Hub. We also have an additional group of people who can be relied on to support us when we have a fund raiser. Applications for assistance have continued to come from Health Visitors, Family Support Workers and Social Workers and voluntary agencies. During the financial year 2023/2024 Channel North has made 98 monetary grants for individual families totalling £3679.96 with some also receiving items from the Channel store. Grants were made available for the following items: baby and toddler equipment especially safety gates, beds, cots, buggies, prams, high chairs, bedding, mattresses, small household items, small electrical goods, general clothing and school uniform. Help was given for specialist equipment for some children with additional needs. Help was also given towards the cost of larger items such as decorating materials, removal costs, floor coverings, furniture, storage items and white goods. The most requested item particularly from the Health Visitors has been for safety gates. At Christmas Channel North supplied £400.00 of ASDA vouchers to the Family Support Workers for distribution to families in need. We continue to be grateful to County Methodist Hub for the use of a room for Channel’s store. The store has been very busy supplying bedding, household items and baby equipment. We are grateful for all donations and to Shirley Oldham for purchasing bedding and other items particularly when we can obtain special offers on baby equipment. We are also grateful to Shirley for frequently delivering items to HVs and SW offices. Channel North has benefitted from 4 fundraising event this year. Our main fundraiser was the annual Sponsored Walk which was held in September 2023 and raised £1202.00. Sheila Kenny a member of our committee held a table sale from which Channel benefitted by £40.00. She also made up a Christmas Chocolate Raffle which went to Social Services Altcross Children’s Services building and this raised £291.00. The Health Visitors from Queen’s Drive Clinic also held a Christmas Raffle and raised £149.00 for Channel North. Channel North has been very fortunate to have benefited from several individual donations which raised a total of £460.00. Channel North has also benefitted from regular giving by 2 people via standing orders which raised £1,400.00 Channel North Committee are looking forward and plan to continue to meet, to fundraise in order to be able to continue to respond to the needs of North Liverpool families. Ruth D Stirrup (Channel North) November 2024 ## GROUP CONTACTS CHANNEL SOUTH - Speke/Garston (L8, L15, L17, L18, L19, L24, L25, L26, L27) Secretary: Rebecca Black 38 Brick Kiln Lane Rufford, Ormskirk. L40 1SZ Phone: 07788722954 Email: beccavblack@hotmail.com CHANNEL NORTH (L4, L5, L9 & L10) Chair: Ruth Stirrup 43 Kingswood Boulevard Bebington Wirral CH63 8NU Email: ruth.stirrup@btinternet.com All other areas within Liverpool, apply to: Rebecca Black Secretary, Channel Holding Committee 38 Brick Kiln Lane Rufford, Ormskirk. L40 1SZ Phone: 07788722954 Email: beccavblack@hotmail.com Charity Name No (if any) Channel 257916 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period To from 1-Apr-23 31-Mar-24 ## Section A Receipts and payments |Section A Receipts and payments||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |to the nearest £
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approval| ||M R Black|MargeryRebecca Black|11/1/2024| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A '. Independent Examiner's Report Reportto the trusteesl members of On acGourts for the year ended ¢tMfty flo (rfany) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the ac£ounts of the at#Jve charity fthe Trusf) for the year ended Responsibllftlè$ and As the charty trustees of the Trust. you are resFonsible for the p￿paratiOn basls of r•port of Ihe accounts in accord￿ with the ol the Chariti88 Act 2011 {Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my exarnlnatlon of the Trust's 8ttounts Ca￿led out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Oirection8 given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no materlal matters have come to my attention ( ') in connection with the examination which gives me ￿u$• to believe that In, any materfal Independent examiner's ststement the Act or the accounts do not accord wilh the accounting record8 I have no contxms and have came across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attentvJn should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to te reached. . Please delete the wo￿$ in the brackets rf they do not appty. 281111gDaW Slgned: Relevant profosslonal quallfl¢atlon(sl or body (rf any): Addrnss: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosijre Only comFAete if the examiner ne&Js to higNsght matters of ￿n¢￿rn (see CC32. Independent examination of Charity accounts: directions arKI guidance for exa5rtine￿). Glve hore brfef detsils of any itsms thatth8 examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALE5 Chann•l Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•￿d To Section A Receipts and payments Unr•stricte