MOORENDS MINERS WELFARE & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE CHARITY NUMBER: 508926 TRUSTEE’S REPORT 2021—2022
TRUSTEES
A Farrand 8 Danum Close Thorne DN8 5JF
C Blackham 1 The Battlefields, Southend Thorne DN8 5QN
J Blackham 1 The Battlefields, Southend Thorne DN8 5QN
L Hinchliffe 115 Wike Gate Road Thorne DN8 5JH
J Benson 12 Kent Gardens Moorends DN8 4QD
J Algar 2 Newfields Avenue Moorends DN8 4RZ
We hope this document provides an informative overview of our activities throughout 2021 to 2022. Further information regarding all of our projects can be found on our dedicated Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/MMWCDC
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Working Together, making a difference in the
community of Thorne and Moorends
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Moorends once thrived as a mining community.
The miners who worked at Thorne Colliery contributed money from their wages towards building a community facility; the Moorends Old Peoples Centre [‘MOP’]. The MOP Centre was built to ensure that the mining community had a facility for the retired miners and their families. A place where they could participate in and enjoy social and recreational activities, at the heart of the community.
In 1959 Thorne Colliery was closed and the Centre was saved by committed and dedicated trustees, who bought the property from CISWO and took over the running and maintenance of the building. Local people gave their time freely and willingly to help support the MOP Centre, for the benefit of the local community especially the elderly.
The MOP Centre was renamed to acknowledge its heritage and connection with the local miners, and in 2004 the became known as the “ Moorends Miners Welfare and Community Development Centre ” (MMWCDC).
The MMWCD Centre is a Charitable Building with a Management Committee of Trustees who provide line management and support to the Centre Manager, who is responsible for the day to day running of the Centre. The trustees have a strong working partnership with ‘ThorneMoor Working Group’, who took the lead on the development and refurbishment of the Centre, accessing funding for it to be developed, refurbished, and expanded for the benefit of the local community and surrounding areas.
Through partnership working with ‘ThorneMoor Working Group’, the building underwent a major facelift, brining it into the 21[st ] century, for the benefit of the elderly and disabled, current users and the wider community.
The refurbishment enabled the Centre to capacity build and enhance the provision it provides to the wider community.
First-class kitchen facilities enable local groups to run luncheon clubs for the over 50s, as well as cooking skills and cooking on a budget sessions for families and young people.
A selection of multi-function rooms enable the delivery of craft sessions (card making, scrap booking, knitting, sewing, painting, jewellery making etc), chair based exercise, fitness sessions for all ages and abilities, youth sessions, half tern activities, a parent toddler group, adult courses and training sessions.
Our computer suite allows us to provide support to local groups, access to IT for those who may not have an internet connection at home, personal support with CVs, Universal Credit applications, PIP applications, job searching, network support and much more.
The MMWCDC continues to support activities and facilitate public meetings by hosing local meetings for the Community Engagement Team, which includes the police and Doncaster MDC East Area Team, Ward Cllrs and other Agencies. The MMWCDC has also hosted consultation sessions for local residents to have their input on projects including the Master Plan for Thorne & Moorends and Active Travel. The MMWCDC has worked in partnership with ‘Well Doncaster’ to consult with local groups and residents to identify local needs.
We have a great working partnership with the voluntary community groups based at the MWCDC, providing help and support to ‘ThorneMoor Working Group’, ‘Thorne & Moorends Youth Group’, ‘Thorne & Moorends Healthy Living Group’, ‘Bridging Generations’, ‘Good Buddies’, ‘Active Children’s Zone’, ‘Young at Heart’, ‘Kids Fitness Zone’ and ‘Monday Flyers’ just to name a few.
We have the ‘Country Woman’s Association’ who are now permanently based at the centre as well as ‘New Vision Photography Group’, and extended health & wellbeing activities including additional fitness sessions delivered by ‘DCLT’.
WORKING TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY
The MMWCDC has always worked closely with local voluntary and community groups, the local allotments, businesses, schools, statutory organisations, local councillors, and local authorities.
Strong working relationships within our community proved to be a real asset during 2021—2022, as the MMWCDC continued to deliver food parcels to those in need across our community, whist the effects of the covid-19 pandemic continued to be felt.
The MMWCDC is a member of Fareshare and receives food deliveries on Wednesdays. Our membership was expanded to include ambient (frozen) produce, delivered fortnightly.
Food produce received from Fareshare was (and continues to be) distributed within the food parcels on a weekly basis to older, vulnerable, members of our community and families in poverty, whilst need continued to grow.
Local schools organised their own food collections to support the food parcels at Christmas, when festive hampers were delivered to local families in need, elderly residents and vulnerable people.
The MMWCDC continued to deliver food parcels and activity packs to local residents whilst the effects of the pandemic were being felt. We worked with national companies, charities and organisations including; Co-Operative, Tesco, Sainsburys, McDonalds, Iqbal Poultry, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co and many others, including many generous individuals with links to our local community.
COMMUNITY ANCHOR
The MMWCDC has been recognised for the pivotal work that it has done; from working with local neighbourhoods and coordinating flood relief efforts in the community to stepping up to organise preparation and delivery of food parcels, activity packs and signposting services to local residents during the covid-19 pandemic and cost of living crisis.
Being identified as a community anchor means that the centre responds to existing and new emerging needs that impact our communities. We are recognised as an independent, community-led organisation, addressing local needs and driving community renewal, influencing the health and wellbeing of the local community.
We pride ourselves on working closely with local groups and organisations based at the centre but we also engage with networks, community groups, councils, schools, and statutory organisations to bring about change, deliver much needed provision, active engagement, respond to need,
The MMWCSC works hard to develop community strengths and cohesive working partnerships to help empower local residents, build capacity and provide a voice to those in need.
LOCAL SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY HUBS
We were successful in our application to the Local Solutions Community Hub for funding to support essential local community anchors. The funding made sure that the MMWCDC could continue to be at the heart of the local community, to re-establish the activities that ran pre-pandemic but also start the new projects that had been identified prior to Covid 19.
Prior to Covid-19, it had been identified that the centre needed to capacity build and additional staff was required to meet the increasing demand and enable it to continue to play a pivotal role within the local community. We have been able to employ a cook and an admin support worker with the funding for 12-months, as well as promote the activities within the local newspaper and much more.
Funding was secured towards the food parcels through working closely with Well Doncaster, Public Health and Doncaster Council, making a real difference to peoples lives and supporting those most in need and struggling.
Our additional staff meant that we had the capacity to apply for much needed grants, including South Yorkshire Community Foundation (Tween Bridge) to fund the overheads/running costs of the centre to support enable the good works to carry on and continue to provide support in the heart of the community, addressing social need including loneliness and isolation, health & well being and youth provision.
We have been able to provide funding advice, help and support for funding applications for other groups in the local community. Thorne & Moorends Youth Group were successful with an application to The National Lottery Community Fund and the Well Doncaster Localities Funding, which secured the continuation of much needed youth activities during school holidays and the Friday Night Youth Club.
The MMWCDC will continue with its charitable aims to contribute to making positive change within our communities. We would like to thank our trustees, staff and volunteers for all their hard work and dedication throughout 2021 to 2022. Without them. we could not achieve the success we have.
Thank you.
Communities working together can make a difference.
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