The Fitzone Foundation Trustees annual report 1st April 2023 (Period 2nd April 2022 – 1st April 2023)
Registered Charity of Northern Ireland no: NIC100237 106 Pinebank, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT655HX Trustees: Silean Kelly, Sean McKeown and Katrina Black
The Fitzone Foundation has once again enhanced its aim to provide the community with the tools to improve their lives and live healthier lifestyles.
We have continued to offer various health related programmes for the local community and have now stabilized post covid and our Lottery funded project is progressing well.
A strong start to the year and numbers attending continue grow now that Covid guidelines and public confidence is getting back to some form of normality.
We have established ourselves in our new home at Legahory Centre, Craigavon and feel we are becoming the vital Healthy Living Centre this community needs.
The trustees have had total respect and regard for The Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit.
Our fundamental health and wellbeing-based programmes and services have encouraged members of the public to continue to get involved through volunteering and we continue to provide training and opportunities in line with this.
Our vision continues to be The Heart of Community Health and Wellbeing and throughout this very challenging, busy and exciting year for The Fitzone Foundation we have continued to build strong community relationships.
Funding has been cut overall and the volunteer sector is suffering across the board, but we still receive additional funding on top of our main lottery grant, from Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Community Foundation NI and other smaller funding pots. A new monthly Access Pass has been introduced to generate revenue to support operational costs and investments.
Our key focus for next year will be:
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Continue to work our vision.
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Continue training and development of volunteers.
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Continue to add new volunteers.
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Growth on impact numbers with focus on impact measurements and outcomes.
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Innovative new programmes.
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Strong community relations and collaborations promoting wellbeing.
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Deliver Lottery project.
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Continue to seek funding and develop our long-term strategy
We believe we have achieved all of what we set out to do this year as a charity and that The Fitzone Foundation is already now at the very heart of this community.
We see another busy and exciting year ahead of us and have no doubt will be very successful.
Sean McKeown (Vice Chair) 21[st] September 2023