GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 COMPANY INFORMATION CHARITY NAME: Good Morning Down CHARITY REG NO: NIC101317 REGISTERED OFFICE: Office I Innovation House Down Business Park 46 Belfast Road DOWNPATRIC Co Down BTJO 9UP TRUSTEES: The following are charity trustees: Deborah Boden Patricia Magee Daniella Mccarry Bridle Rogan Mavis Conlon Patricia Galloway Liam Gunn ACCOUNTANTS: Eamonn P McGrddy & Co Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors 4-6 Market tAn¢ DOWNPATRICK BT30 6TH BANKERS: Ulster Bank Ltd 2-8 Market Street DOWNPATRICK BT30 6BU
GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 st Good Morning Down was set up on l January 2005. It was developed as a charitable group with the assistance of Supporting Communities N.1. Good Morning Down was registered with Charity Commission N. I. on 19.06.15 Charity no: NIC101317 Address: OtTice I Innovation House Down Business Park 46 Belfast Rd Downpatrick BT30 9UP Telephone No: 02844613434 Email: dan@goodmorningdown.co.uk 1.0 The Management Committee: Following the Good Morning Down AGM on 15.12.2022 the following people were nominated and appointed to the Good Morning DOTr Board of Trustees and remained in position until the following AGM on 14 December 2023: (Chairperson) (Secretary) (Treasurer) P. Magee L. Gunn P. Galloway D. Boden D. Mccarry B. Rogan M. Conlon Community Volunteer N.l.H.E. DCT MYMY C.D.R.C.N. Good Morning Down Volunteer Good Morning Down Volunteer Management committee from the 14 December 2023: P. Magee D. Finlay M. Digney D .Boden D. Mcca S. Brady M. Conlon Community Volunteer (Secretary) (Treasurer) MYMY C.D.R.C.N. DCT GMD Volunteer (Chairy)erson)
GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 Bridle Rogan resigned from the board in December 2023 Liam Gunn resigned from the board in September 2023 Deborah Boden resigned from the board in March 2024 Ih The management committee met on 4 occasions during this reporting period: 29 June, Ih 12 October, 15 December and 27 March 24. An additional "'sub committee" meeting took place on 13 September 23. 2.0 Banker: Ulster Bank, Downpatrick Branch During this reporting period, Good Morning Down registered for online banking with the Ulster Bank including an application for a bank card. The application was subsequently approved and GMD now enjoys the benefits of online banking and now has a mastercard debit card. 3.0 Accountant: Eamonn P McGrady & Co Eamonn P McGrady & Co completed an independent examination of the Good Morning Down accounts for year end March 2023" there were no issues arising. Following agreement and sign-off by the board and in line with current guidance, the relevant accounts infomiation was subsequently uploaded to the Nl Charities Commission website, where it is accessible to anyone wishing to view the infomation. 4.0 GMD Key Objectives The delivery of a free professional telephone befriending service to registered GMD clients, all of whom are adults and deemed to be vulnerable andlor elderly people. Calls will be made at the agreed times on agreed days. Through this service, GMD aims to assist in reducing social isolation and reducing the fear of crime amongst our service users, helping clients to remain living in their home environment. Client Calls GMD volunteers made calls to clients on all bank holidays from l April 2023 to the 31 Ih (h March 2024 with the exception of three dates: December 25 & 26 and January I st si s( Clients were pleased to receive calls on bank holidays (& national Holidays) and support this enhancement in the GMD service. For the period I" April 2023 to 31" March 2024 - GMD volunteers and staff made a total of 20884 calls to clients of these 15729 were successful calls (clients answered) representing a 75010 success rate.
GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 5.0 Policies GMD have a number of internal policies in place (listed below), these are "'live" documents and are reviewed and updated wher¢ appropriate: Health & Safety policy Volunteer policy Volunteer expenses policy Acceptable use policy for l.T. equipment Confidentiality policy Reporting policy re abuse or mistreatment to vulnerable adults Complaints procedure Safeguarding adults in need of protection policy Safeguarding children and young people policy Equal opportunities policy Service user code of conduct policy Lone worker policy - (only applicable to certain staffj A business continuity plan has also been drafted 6.0 Finance & funding GMD continued to receive annual grant funding from SEHSST. in addition grant funding was also received from: Garfield Weston Foundation (final payment of three y¢ar award), the Housing Executive (various grant programs), WG Edwards, John Moores Foundation and The National Lottery. As stated earlier in this report and In line with NI Charities Commission guidance, previous Good Morning Down accounts are available to view on the Nl Charities Commission website
GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 7.0 New Referrals Referrals into the Good Morning Down service come from a variety of sources. During the period of this report, referrals were received from: SE Trust - Safe n Well programme Self Referrals (website) Hospital Referrals PSNI Neighbourhood Teams Friends & Families RefealS following GMD invitational presentations 8.0 Review of year 2023 -2024 Staff and Volunteers - as of 31" March 2024: I Co-ordinator (Part-time) 22 volunteers 21 volunteers are active (6 new volunteers recruited during this reporting period) Staff: Dan McEvoy commenced employment as the GMD Project Manager on the 27 June 2022. Aidan Harris retired from GMD with his last day being 30 June 2023 and Kathleen Greenwood also retired from GMD with her last day being 31" July 2023. The Board record their thanks to both Aidan and Kathleen for their many years of service to GMD and record their best wishes lo both for their retirement. Volunteers: Donna Marks & Josephine McAteer both left GMD as volunteers 9.0 History of Membership At the outset of the project in Jan 2005, 18 clients were receiving calls. At the time of writing this report we are now supporting 184 members. Staff and volunteers make between 360 to 400 telephone calls per week. These are made between 9.00am lo 12.30pm over the 5 weekday mornings. GMD made 20,884 calls from April 2023 to March 2024, a representing an increase of 1,464 calls (7.50/0) from the total calls made during year end March 2023.
GOOD MORNING DOWN TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 10.0 Calendar of Events 2023-2024 GMD were in position to deliver two client events during the period of this report, the first th took place on Wed 29 November 2022 in the Burrendale Hotel Newcastle and the 2. event took place on Wed 6 March 2024 in the Ballymote Centre DowTrpatrick. Both of the above events were a great success and demonstrated how such events benefit our clients particularly those who suffer from social isolation. In addition to the above. GMD Staff and volunteers attended 2 other events where they were able to chat about GMD and service offered to clients. 11.0 Donations & FuDdraisers Throughout the period of this rcport GMD received donations totalling £1695.00 in particular we thank the Hamilton family for their generous donation of £300.00. (Their father Thomas was a GMD client). GMD hosted two fLmdraisers: ASDA bagpack - £1255.00 was raised and our first ever Tractor Run raised - £1 133.00. 12.0 Statement of Accounts for the year were produced by Eamonn P Mc Grady & Co. Report approved by Trustees at their Board meeting and signed on their behalf by: (Chairperson of B