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, aL*Nities.
aCh￿vernents and finants$ foT the financial year 31 Marc* 2023.
The charity is o registsred chaiity and hence the rnptrt and re5utts are presen*d 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 PTf*3r
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 bac*boT* 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¢yTr*ed 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 sy*em 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
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forthe financial year ended 31 March 2023
Those we work w5th One￿d•.
SPLASH Surestart
zer￿￿Teen
Drumellan Famity Learning C￿￿e￿
CTaigavon & Banbi*Jge 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 iesourc*s 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 porc*ls 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 ever*rowng 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 ehildT*n 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 p03*ion, 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 m*Jst 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