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2023-03-31-annual-report

Chrysalis Womens Centre TRUSTEES. REPORT for the finanoal year ended 31 March 2023 The tJuslees pTrsent their Trustees, Report aThJ the unaudit8d fin8noal statements for the financial yeo1 ended 31 March 2023. The finanual statements prepared in XCOTdanc• wdh thè Ch•wilies Act {Northern I￿land) 2008. FRS 102 Yhe Financial Reporling Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Irelan(r and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Stalement of Recornmended Practice apF4icab￿ to charrties preparing their financial stslements in a(£Ordan￿ wth the Financial Rtrporttng Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Republ￿ of I￿land (FRS 102). The Tru51ees' Report contsins the information required lo be pffj¥rded in the Truslees. Annual Rewt under the Statement ofRceomm¢ndcd Prectice ISORPI guidehne& Th¢truJt¢e3 ofthe ccrfnpany are also charity ITU5te¢s forthe pvrpose of charity law and under the company's Consti￿￿On aft kn￿Nn as men)ers ofthe board of trustees. In this report the trusttr￿ of ChrysaMs Vlomens Centre wesent a summary of s pUry￿. 90￿M8nCe, aLNities. aCh￿vernents and finants$ foT the financial year 31 Marc 2023. The charity is o registsred chaiity and hence the rnptrt and re5utts are presend in a fomi whith complies wilh the requirem8nts of the Charities Act INorthern Ir•landl 2008 and. athovgh not obliged to wmpty with the Sl8lement of Recommended Prathce applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS 102. the organisalion has implemented its recummendalions where rd¥vant in these finanaal statem Management Kevin Heaney, Chairy>erson Melanie Mark&y, VI￿ Chairperson Lisa Grimley. Trea5urer- Education A￿hority &hool Age Motherfs PTf3r Noeleen Floyd- Secretary Natasha Toman Nicola Lawless Wendy Markey Shaion O'Hara Christine Forker Flnancial Su Thank you to our fvnders not onty fOrt￿r￿n￿Ka8l suwjort aLso for th• continued encouragerr*nt over many years. Sryjthem Heatth & So(ial Care Tru3t Deparlmenl of Soaal DeveloF¥nent. Crynmunty Investment Fund Department of Social Development. Wijmen's Centres Childcare Fund Community Lottery FvThl Su In Kin NIFRS PSNI, cla￿a¥On. person￿ Safety for thiklren. SHSCT Foodbank Splash Sure Start SRC Open Unwsty Private Donovs Te￿￿, Craigavon Mas. Craigavon ASDA, Portadown Ar905, Craigavon Hope ChU￿h

Chrysalis Womens Centre TRUSTEES, REPORT for the financi￿ year ended 31 March 2023 We would like to thank the f¢41￿Wing Vol￿te￿5 who have gr4en so muth of their time and care o¥erthe p85ttrKyears. Edith Tennanl- Forfacilitating cookery wothshops every ThU￿1#Y Moming Melanie ma￿ey. Ma￿eY. Geraldhie Lawre55, Carcl Geddts These 4 women have been the bacboT lo our thrilt shop and food hampers. They have spent many hours sffiting, Organis￿79 and packing the many bags of dothes that have been d¢yTred and opening the shop for those in need. When they are not hebing in the thiift shop. Ihey can bÈ I￿nI1 hèl)￿￿ Dilt in the uarth. Unda Duffy - Who wothed tirelessty in the garden produryng love fruit and vegetab￿$ for ai of us to share and for facilitating Introducbon to Machine S&￿r￿j das5 Janine Geary- For managing the booking syem for wr counsel1￿9 servi￿. ￿nagir¥￿ the therapists and dealing with the ￿ferrnI agencies. For Ihg fr*llowiru ft>r p￿￿d￿9. counseling se￿￿ lo $0 nyany. Angle &nyth Mithene St8vÈnson Lynne Collre Ceara Alen Kevin Heaney Jean Carroll Lorraine M¢Quatd Joycetyn Culhbert Noeleen McKenna Eunan Duffy Clare Boyd Kerry Forbes Donna Hughes Amanda Gordon ￿￿keY Donahlson Anna MTtchel Who tawhl so many h¢y4V to knil and crothet Ch Ils Women's Centre Staff Ruth McKe&ver Ruth Barreit J3ntne Geary Linda Du auren Hall Chelsea shiells Ruth M¢Keever Dlreclor Childcare COaOfdln8lor Office Administrator Finanoal Athrnistralor Deputy Manager- Children's Pr￿ect Childcare Worter Counselling servI￿s DeVe￿m￿l W0￿er (Voluntsry) and Facilitato Lthda Duffy. ICT Tutor ISRCI Anna Milchell. Knitting at7d Cmthet (Voluntsry) Ceara Allen- AThx￿ty Jean Carroll- Menopause Lynne COll￿-BereaveMentwothsh0p Vickey Donatdson- Introductitin to photOgr4thy Afflllatlons Women's Support Network Women's Resou￿ Develcyment Agency Women's Cenlres Regtonal Partnershtp Annagh Banbridge Craigavon Conwnunty Nefrwo TADA Rur81 Ne￿01￿ Women's Consortuim Verve Open un￿er$Ity Clanrye GTOUP (Careis support)

Chrysalis Womens Centre TRUSTEES, REPORT forthe financial year ended 31 March 2023 Those we work w5th One￿d•. SPLASH Surestart zer￿￿Teen Drumellan Famity Learning C￿￿e￿ CTaigavon & BanbiJge Volunteer Buroav Education Aulhonty- School Ag? Mothe15 Pwranyne Soulhem Regional C(Alege The Food Bank Frnmxnuel Church Addiction Team Famity InteThertion Local GP5 SHSCT Lo¢al Corrrnunty Groups Probation Service Mu￿￿DIsCiPlin?ry Tewn Banbridge Fts Zone Wellmind Centre Qan Na Gael Clann Eirèann Drumcree Cmwnunity Trust Portadown Ca Revlew ofAetlvltles. Aehlevements and PerlomuncÈ Chai on's R• This year h8¥ been an eXceptic￿811Y drffKuk one for the Gommunty. The rtsM)g costs M) fuel and food have impackd badty on an area whith 15 already dassed as a depipled area. The ￿ntre has yet again strived to PTowde much needed iesourcs to the c(rfnmunty. We have seen an uplfft in women attendiThJ oureducatw)nal lo eilher ￿S￿ill orupskil. These courses are vi181 to women gaining eMp￿rnent in the local aTga. The childcare se￿￿ cMOnues to sutvort fan￿leS with chiklcare at)d st9npost Mother￿ca￿S the s8Nicès chrys￿1$ provide& vin Chairpetson Dlthctors Re ort Ovef the pastyearwt Ir8ve prDwded 48 courses to 180womtn. We have provided 10 chi￿care spaces perday (Mon Fril tts those requiring childcare in order to obtain qualTfutions. wellbeing course5, volunteer or coun5elling, and 10 spa￿$ in the aftemoons forth05e clmhjren who did not T￿l¥e a nursery place. The majoiity of the wowk cauEd out this year has been geared toward5 the Cost of Living c￿1$. Together wth the con￿rttee ourvolunteers and staff, we have developed courses svch as introducaion to car rna1ntenan￿ (featu￿ on the BBC Newsline piece on the Cost of Living Crisis) and ¢ooking on a budget. Defvery of qualifications that fil with Ihe labour market- Payroll Level 1 & 2, Bookkeeping Level l & 2. OCN in child￿re o)utses and the ddivery ofa year long open university ¢our5e. We have wih money from personal doncrfs been ajle to reath out to older commnity and pro¥rdÈ them with well warm pa(s-quilts. bknkets. toiletrw and fcA)d porcels (120 rte￿vered in DecerntJer2022). Devel¢)p our dothing ba￿( into a baby ban We have abo eonlinued to supwrt our ever-gr¢Jvring ca)mI￿nitieS. mental health needs Ihrough our partnership wilh Verye. Verve have prov￿￿￿ us vrfth fijnding to delver W0rtshq￿ in menopause, Bereavemert. mind￿lnesS and Physical exerLyse

Chrysalis Womens Cent TRUSTEES. REPORT for the finan￿81 year ended 31 Marth 2023 Thrfftsho and Food Bank As noted in the Directorfs report the ￿￿tre has been working throLwJhout the year to 5UPPOrt those wnpacted by food poverty. Throughoutlhe yearover 350 focrfj porcls have been supplied to those in need. Our partneragenaes have vsed this serviGe lo refer in throughout the year. These food ￿￿ceL$ can be made ￿adY within an ft>r ts)lJttdion for emergency cases. also remain one of the referral a9enc4es for the ￿TrITal focKI ban The dothing bank has been developed bythe volunteers into differpnt sections so that wè Can help 85 rnany people as possible. Thanks to the SHSCT vtho deared out another room. This room allows us lo now have storage for our chiklren'slbaby itèms. Glven the year that w• wil bo faong thisvAt ￿ wtatt4 and the othcr a9cn&cs wilhin the a￿8. sc We cannot thank the SHSCT enough. V4fj1hout thew ¢ontinuous support ￿ would k unyble lo provide the seNices and support that we provide. The constsnt upkeep, maintenartrce and hjnding they provide each year is paramount to our¥urvN. Our lead Sociol worker is in particular so sJJpptith ofthe woth we do and 1$ on h¥nd w￿D ever we need h•r. ama YEAR COUNSELLORS sE￿oNs WEEKS SESSIONS OFFERED PER YEAR 1,344 1920 2400 2400 1440 2700 36 AVERAGE PRICE SESSION £ 45 45 45 TOTAL WORTH OF SERVICE 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 48 48 4B £64 800.00 £86,400 00 £108 000 t108 000 £64.800 £121 500 £162.000 10 10 10 10 15 15 24 45 45 45 48 The above figures do not lake into account admin, running costs. Supervi￿On. trainlng or mentor supporL We estimate the totsl cost WOU￿ dout4e il not for the finanoal support ofthe Trust and volunteets. We currenty have 15 theraprsts w0￿1n9 in Chrysalis and 2 theraFists stsityng fate January 2023. A5 you can see frcfft the table abovethe Counsel￿￿9 service contsnues lo to me¢1 the everrowng demand. We have th45 year developed another counselling room wthin the ￿￿tte gNin9 us S room5 in which therapists eAn work out off. We continu• to r¢(i¥e refefrals from many agen￿$ withrn the volunlary and staiutory or9anisation5. So far this year. we have deliVe￿d a vaiiety of courses that fitwkn the need5 (rf our conwNnty. Clwrtate Change Wort(tshops Women's Gym 1 x Healthy Eating 3 x Forest Bathing IFuThled byverve) 2 x Couch lo SK (Funded by Verve) Creative Bereavement INorkshop Ichrysab's) 5 x Compvterised Book KeepiNJ- Level I (Neighbovrhood Renewal) 5 x Computensed Payroll- Le¥el 1 INeWtM)urhood Renewal) 1 x ECDL IChrysali%l CrotheUKnrtting Ichrysatisl 4 x Gardening Ichrysajisl 6 x Rosetta Stone 1 x OCN Level 1 Avlism Open University Course 3XFwSt￿d OCN Level 1- Mirbjfvlness OCN Level 1- Managing Chalenging 8ehavKyJr 1 x Pdates Long ¢ovid response

Chrysalis Womens Centre TRUSTEES. REPORT for the financts￿ year ended 31 Marth 2023 Wtnter Gardening Sign Language Introduction to car myintenan Introduction to photography Menopause Cooking on a ￿dget Sea$c￿al Affective Disorder School Age Mother5 Progranwne- introduction lo hon L>)oknng. We continue to deydop ourprogramwo for 2023 to inc￿e. SAeep Supp(t Clinic PayFoU- Level l & 2 Boc4( Keeping- Level 1 & 2 Couch to SK Home Baking (￿N Level l - Mindfulness OCN Level 1- Managing Chaknging BehavioL Forest Bathing Balanung the 8ooks Healthy Relationships Yoga ildrnn's Tvi nators R The Creche team continue lo work ex￿ph'OnaI￿ hard to support the lamiks within our are&. They 5UPPOrt the ￿ntre by matching chil(kare Spa￿ lo educatronlcoun5ellingfv4elkbeing Ivolunteer OFPOrtunities. We have over the pa51 oted an increase in ehildTn who do not have Englieh a6 a fi￿t Lqnguage. We continuc to moftitor ehiktycn born within the pandemic and the issues s￿￿O￿￿dIng this ie altathmenl issues. soaal issues. The ueche team have supported all famdies [egard￿55 of background and induded all (Jjltures wth the adivrties delNered with the cleche. Cme to one support has teen proimded to children who have additional needs. deve[¢jp￿nl delay %mply need a lrtlle more support. Paediatric first aid has been offergj to al parents through Splash Sure StsrL OCN in Mindfukness and Managing Challenging Beha￿0￿r has also been offered to parentslcarers. Mothers have been encouraged lo attend Our 50¢iaVphysul dasses to support them in p￿ventiThJ social isc4ats"M. Filnd￿9 ha8 been secured to pknr¢h8se additional equip¥nent for the ag¢he. Shannon Mccann has secured g fulmime p03ion, so she has left Chrys￿1￿. We have endeavoured to ￿ruIt. hcwevermost chiklc4R provmlws haye corrrtyented on howdrffiaAt rt is to recruil at the mome C8therine- Sohhum Approach First Atd LauMn- The Flourishing Child First AMI Understanding the iiipactof DOmeS￿Abuse Ruth- Level 5- CCLD- In progress First Aid Food hyg*no Lvrfel 2 Report produced ty Catherine Hamill Childcare Manag•r

Chrysalis Womens Centre TRUSTEES. REPORT for the financi￿ year ended 31 Marth 2023 Results and Dlvidends At the end of the financial year the tharity has assets of £59.7￿12022 - £52.893) and labilthes of £1,20012022 - £2.4241. Tha nèt as$èts ofthe charty have Ir￿￿aSed by £8.Q81. Principal Risks and Uncertainties We have faced very uncertan time5 in the mJst of thè pandÈmi& hrywever staff have pumed together and supported the local o)mmunty food parcels. a listening ear 5UPPOrtwth period poverty. nappies. wipes and baby milk. As we continue into the summerlwnter months we intend to maintain our whefo possiL4p to SUFVOrt our eornmunity. AJI guidan￿ goveming bodies wil be adhered to. In aecordance ￿th the Constiiuti￿. the trustees relire by rotstion and. beiThJ e1￿jible. offer theMse￿eS for rtr¢tion. Compliance with Se¢tor-Wth Legislati￿ and Standards The tharity engages pr¢paCtr¥ety wrth legislation, standards and £¥Jdes are develoF¢d for the sector. Chrysalis Womens Centre stsbscribes tt> and is cijmplianl wrth the following.. The Charities SORP {FRS 102) Reserve5 Policy Wrth the cJJrrenl Un￿rtaInty surroundiny costs. the Trustee5 are revEwng their exisiing ￿SerVeS poli¢y. The Trustee5 want lo ensure they have an appropriate ￿Ve1 of reserves so the Charity can cfjnlinue to provNJe ts servi￿5 for the fr*eSeeab￿ fijture. Approved by the 8oard of Trustees on /6 JLLnQ knz and signed on its l)8half by: KevSn Heaney Chairperson Llsa Grom T￿￿tee