St Teresa's Youth Centre Trustees Report 2023124 NIC101561 rrustee5' Annual ke Year eTh4td 31 Alarch 2024 The trustees of St Teneso's Youth &n*r¢ present their report f i1￿￿(401 Stol￿6rrtS of the charity for the yeor ended 31 March 2024. Ref erenc¢ administrative detoils Rt9iStered c hari ly nome: St Tereso's Youth Centre Cknrity registrotion number: NIC101561 Princiwl of f ice: St Teresa's Youth Centre. 131a 61en Road. Belfost, BTII BBL The Trusiees - At time of writirs Trustee rew* r Seomus Carnpbell (Chairperson) Ar Joseph McPortland {Vice Chairperson ) Mr Cirfiran Kennedy (Secretary) s Bridget 8radley(Treasurer) IArs lthutalie Press (Vice Secretary) Mr R¢non McLau9hlin Mr Mortin Mccdughon V¢ry R¢¥ Fr 6obriel Lyons IThleFendent examiner uir ond Addy Chortered Accountants 427 Holywood Ro¢ Belf ost BT4 2LT Chai r rson'5 F ¢rd Over the pa*1 12 months st Tereso's Youth Cent re hos been f oced with rnany ¢hallert9e£ Ixrt despite this we httve corrtinued to provide high qwlity youth provision to The yourn9 p¢opl¢ ¢1 the 6lek) kood ¢md much turiher af i eld it is w privilege 70 report on these 9￿￿t *rirJmpkkS. The $uccesses detoiled with4n thi$ report wjere rt￿de possible due to thE conlinuirtg Support f rom the sttsf f team, our young people and stokehglders, The contirLUiW tLJ*S irt fundiry f roln the Education Au*hofity dhd in relation to furbdin9 OPPQrtunities mode it chollen9iry to implemeni a Ion9-t¢rm plan, This unGertointy brou9ht increased pressures ond strEss on our staf I team and our youn9 people. The response f rorn the local community in relation to the proposeil re(Iwtion in our services highlighted the need f or our work and the rolt Ihat we p14y in the lives of our youn9 people, their f amil ies and the entire community. As in previous years. the main priority and underlying theme throughout al l of QLar projects, ctivities, programrnes and events was to continue tv Fmproye the levels of heal*h and well- being amoryst our youn9 people ond provide them with the resources, s￿￿dance aKI environrnent lo f lourish. We continued to deliver qL￿lity pro9rammes to our young pEopl£ in cenlre and reach out thuse youn9 people withi n our community who were deemed as 'ai risk, via outreach ond detaihed ywth work. St Teresa's YTruth Centre is a vital cog Within the Glen kood/ Andersonst¢xYn community thttt has become an asset f or all to use. Our ¥vork withiTh the community is Yisib 1£ f or all to see and we are of ten a f irst point of contact f or many youry people. p¢wents ond ¢ther voluntary and statutory organisations who require additlOMI support. To everyone invo Ived in makin9 St Tereso's the success tha* it is. the AIoM9ement ComFThittee wauld like to convey our sincere thonks to you all. We send our thanks to those f unders who provide us 4¥ith the necessary grants tg ¢r¢ot¢ opportuniti¢s for our youtvj people, t¢ our partner organisations and those who Support our work., none of what we do y￿uld be possi ble 4¥ilhout you all. To our stof f team who worked tirelessly t hroughout the year to Support our people. they give so rn￿¢￿ t ime ond commilment ond we give you o spe£iol word of thanks because Without you, no￿ of the above listed cou Id hove been achieved. We, Ls o hlonogement Commi ttee will conti nue to Ylork under the gUIda￿e of Deportment of Educoiion, the Educotion Authority. the Charity CommFSSion f or Northern IreFand ona other statutory or9anisotlQllS to ensure that our beneficiories continue to receive a high.ql￿11ty $ervic£ and remain saf e ttnd ctspnpliont i n all asp¢ct5 Qf our work, you, Choirperson The Mowement C4Mmitite Overview of YoLrth Centre ur se a main octivitie5 The Youth Certre's mission is. To support ow child￿￿ dnd youry people in all aspects of life nd provide opportimities to £Mble them to Meet their edueatiornyl. social. political. spiritwl. perso￿￿. cultural ond physical needs.- 5t. Tereso's Youth Cenlre is th¢ only f ul l-lime Yoluntary Pari$h based youth provider, which for over fifty yeors has been providing a SerV￿Ce lor the young Ptople ¢f thé parish of St. Tereso's and f rom much furiher afield. The terttre is located in an areo of hi9h deprivation and is one of the top 10% most deprived electorol ¥¥ards withbn Northern Ireland. The ufiderlyin9 eihos of our Centre is the perSOMI, soc ial and spiritual development of yourrfj peopl£ and the PrOr￿lI0n of empowerrnent, occeptance arLd urwJerstandin9 of others. Cijpocity building and Social action. The Youth Centre was formed in 1973, initially operatirvj in two mobile huts SitL￿ted in the 9rou nds of the primary school and the use of the school's sports holl. Buildin9 of the YoLrth Cent re on this site began in 1976 and the ¢entre was of f iciolby opened on ND¥ember 5 1978. Since then, our Vouth Cent ne hds esiablished itself as a Centre of Excellence in the proyis ion of aesf het4£ and creative activities and martial arts, The Ceffjtre boasts the provksion of 801 lel losses. frish dancirg Classes Karate Classes. St. Teresa's Youth Centre currently k¥orks with approximolely 40Q+ yourfj people. betwexn the ages of 5-25 years. Our current staf t team consists of l¥ f ull-time Sen4or Youth Worker, I x30 hr Yo￿th support project worker.1 x 18hr lyjildiry supervisor. I x 16hr odrninistrator and 8-porl time youth support workers f unde4 by th£ Education Authority, The youth centre also has I x full time Voun9 Women's F￿rticipatIon worker f urtded by BBC Children In Need and nk of volunteers ond SPEciolist instructors who sta*f the Centre and focilitote o raNJe of pro9rommes aPKI projects. T￿e staf f team, with the help and support of the Mowement Commi ttee, work t irele$$ly to eet the ever-oharyiry nEeds of the Centre's members and the community. This year we ontinued to f gcus our role withi n the communi ly ttnd bsjild upon work corrie(l out wthin th¢ previous yeor to ensure cs many y4urwJ people as PQ$Sible had access to ORJr services. We continuE to implemenl th6 Youth C¢ntres 5¢ryice Level A9reeaD£nt Plan. This plon strategically me¢t5 the needs of the y4ur9 Ptople arKI WGS 14rmed usir9 inf ormotion th¢Jt has been identif led in the e.A We$t gelfost Areo Plon. The impletrkentotion of the new qwlity assu nance system {M.r.s as f unded via E.A} within th¢ ¢¢ntre alon9 Vllth contir￿10￿s feedbock e4Laluu*i)n ol low us to ef f tcti vely MOniTOf drtd tvt)lutsle our work, proving very benef ic lol to the staf f os this has 6Mbled us to ensure that the rieeds and ¥Yonts of our membership are rrket tha* the quality of work is to c hi9h standdrd. Ob'ectives of St Tereso's Ytsuth Centre In the furtherance of Sl Teresa's Youth Cenlre's choritable )bjectivcs, but not further or otherwise, the cenlre rnay: Provide, maintain and equip prempse5 ond facilitation f or sociol. spiritual, edkJcatiorK]l and recreatioMI octivities the￿ irL ¢)r9onise or assi St in or9JniSiry events and activities consistent with the objects of the centre.. Co-operate. to swh an extent as may be rbecessary, W￿th volurttory apid statutury 49encies ond the inhabitants of the area of benef it so os ta advance the said objectives." koise tunds and invite or recei ve ¢¢nlributiOY4S f rom any person on persons whatsoever by way of subscriptlDn. donation or otherwise provided that this shall not penmil on entitle the centre to engQge in permanent tradiry.. Af f iliote to lh¢ Youlh Work Allion¢e ond to other orgonisations with simi lar charitable objectives., Do oll su¢h other lawful thir•9S as may be necessary to the attainment of the above objectives. St Teresa's Youth Centre is overseen Éand managed daily by o Senqor Youth Worker. Th¢ odrnTrniStrative ond f ir*yKes ore overseen by the odmi nistrator and the board of trustees. We have a team of full and port-time youth work staff both q￿lified and ¥olwitary. The team operate a daily pro9ramrne of developrnental and educatior￿1 activities. The Centre has a service level o9r4ern¢nt ¥vith the Edvcotion Authority and sevenol gront contracts witl dif f ereTrt f undirg b(Kli 6s f or the servicipig of your)9 people's needs Y4it hi n the Glen Rood orea, Board of Trustees GGverni document & Constituli¢n St Teresa"s Youth CÉntrÉ's board of truslees is f ormed of a 9roup of Skilled individwls who hove o ¢lear urtderstanding of the aims & obJ¢ctiv¢s of th¢ ¢¢ntr¢, They ore of our role as o charitable or9onisotion arLd have v&sted pntwesk in the cenire. They ar¢ d¢diGot¢d to spxi r9 th£ centre reoch it$ f ul I p)t¢ntiol artd dre keert 10 support LTrUn Senior worker strof f te¢mi in ensuriThJ this htspperL%. The trustees work to the ethos of The ceThlre and 4ralLbe the commitme•t work of all stokeholders. The tnustees understand our role in rÈlotion t4 goverMn¢È Ortd htsve attended a nurrLber of Irainin9 ¢ourSe$ ta en%ure wd eqUlPPEd vjirh the necessary skills knokwledge 10 make inf ormed d￿lsionS ond guide IhG or9JniSQtion to the best of our ¢bility. The Youth Centre constitution is Ihe do¢LJment Ihot 9uid£s us in our role os trustees, It etbknles us to have a cleor understandiThJ of our role With1￿ the or92niSUtion and ensures thal stakeholders arKI f urKlers are aware thol we are a democrGfic CMKI occountoble oryanisalion. The irns*ees 9a1 li nortciol benef il f or their associotion wilh the orgoni$ation. The trustees re aware of their responsib￿lIty to report annually to the Charity CommissiQA. The Trustees ensure that oll Youth Centre policies and procedures are adhered to by the members and the entire stuf f team. Thtse are re9ularly reviewed und updated to ref lect the introduGtion of nebv or chaN4ifwJ governm£nt te9islatian. The trustees hold an A6M each yeor where members are elected into position. This is an opportunity f or others who 4Yish to join the board to ¢xpress fArt interest. They or¢ then invited to take part in the applicolion process ITh keepiTrvJ with the Youth Centnes policies and procedures relation to selection of trustees. The trustees of St Ter¢sa's yO￿h Cenlre frorn (April 2023- March 2024) were.. Edward Haughey (Chair) - E. Haughey resigned f rom Position as Chair October 2023 with Seomus Compbell toking UP this Position Bridge* 8radley (Treasurer) Ciarnn Kennedy {S£crelary) Jo5¢ph McPartland (Wice Choir} Notolie Press (Vice Secretary) Mortin McCou9h¢m (Committee member) onan McLau9hlin (Committee member) Very Rev Fr Garbiel Lyons - due to illness Fr Lyons wos tthsent Irom the committee for o period of Z2/23 with Fr Derek Keorney tGking up his position Keith Ken￿dY (Staf f Rtpl Non- voting) Rochel MacForlane (Mernt>8r Repl Non- votl ll9) A*Jby (Mcmb6r Rep/ Non- vot ing) Michele )(snnelFy ( Senior Youth W¢rktrl Non-votifyJ} anisational f low chart CHAIR. VICE CPIAIR. 5ECETARY. TRE5VRER ENER14L COMMIThEÉ MEMBERS (I IwifTFr MICHELE DONNELLY s[N￿]lL V4JiJI 11 DESIGNATE DYouf14 supponT wofftKr.R IthWGNED Y MICHELEI S51DNiI rr￿1 .1 111 l Kl-Nf4FJ) L IL CFthBC1L FILI￿lJIt￿ 114ry ILVLMJIE I￿j I FI Yrjimj Y•rtfi4LN Staffi St Teresa's Youth Centre currently employs,. Ix f ull time senior youth worker Ix f ull time youn9 women's worker Ix 20hr youth support prtijttt *orktr I x 16 hr adm￿nIstratOr I x 18hr building supervisor 6 ¥ porl time youth workers l ¥ Apprentic¢ Youth Supporl Worker 2 ¥ volunt¢¢r$ Th rtsu9hout the course of the year the Sloti team have contin￿d To txceP ood ore th8 most valuable osstt to the tentre. They availed of vurious truiniTh9 OPPOrtuniTies throu9hoLrt the veffjr to ensure we dtaivtred ef f tctpve provision to rne¢t the netds of aur members. Th¢ result of this tminirwj i S that we rLOW have a more competer4t and cor4f ident team Df youth orkers. Throu9hDut 23124 members of the sloff teom compleied: "Child protection & sdf e9uordin9 trnini 'Firsf Aid Troi ni "OCN Igvel 2 /3 Vtrut h 4York "OCN level 3 in Play 4vork * level 4 CErtif icote i r4 Vouth Work and Community studies "Monthly staff meetirys * OCN a55essors award Desi9nated of f icer trai nirrfj ChalleNJin9 behctviours trainin9 "Intentions troirti Suicide owareness Iraining We will continue to seek out training cours¢s relevant to the prof ¢s$ional d¢v¢lopm¢nt of the staf f team ond which will ensure the staf f team are equipped with the s kil Is and knowledge to work ef f eclively with our youn9 people. Fundin All of the grants QWGrded to the (entre this year were vital in ensur4fwJ that our staf f team wer¢ able to rn¢£l th¢ ¢Y£r-chan9in9 needs of our young people ond the local community. Al I retur1￿ 4vere submitted on time. *0 o high *kandard ond wi th no queries f rom ¢my f unders. Our 44xirlerly and onnuol f inonciol moderotions f rom the EA were corrLpleted without i$$ue or concern, Due to the reduction of f undin9 f rom the Educotion Auih¢rity th¢ centre rel led upon the cornmurtity to keep vital services runnin9 f or mErnbers, this included homÈwork support afterschool sessions which is now self -f ullded by the service users. Edu￿tion ALrthority ( EA) The Ecluca*ion Authority y44Jth Service wos once ¢¥iin the bi99est f under of our work and it is imperoiivÈ Ihai they iontinue ta fuhd this on-goirwj work to enable us 10 engage the youn9 p￿PIe f rgm the porish ond much f urth¢r af i¢1 d. The FA once 49oin f und¢d th¢ majority of our ttalfiry costs - the bi99est t1p￿￿Clo1 Dutlcty we hove. In addition to this fundiFvJ for solories, Ihe Educaiion Authority hove also provided us wilh some QSSiStonce towords the cost of overheads, tar9etea pro9rarnme work ond resources. Bgc Ghildren In Need BBC Children in Need eontinued to f und the gttlory of a Young Women's ParticipatiQTk Worker until JanLKary 2025. Pro9ramme/ProJect Gronls We applied to a number of other agencies throu9hout the year includin9 èelf ost City Coun9ramm¢ f or ow members and awarded us a grant to host o f day for youn9 people in the commurkity durin9 ¢yJr Summer Pro9ramme. Victoria Homes grant Victoria14omes owarded us a 9rant to deliver programrnes w4thi n the centre and covered the staff irg costs associoted with this. JL12 We wire $4Jccessf ul in our uppl icotion to JL12 f ounddtion who OWKArdÈd the tertlre f 4JmdiivJ to deliver he4lth well-bein9 treatments oblair4 sports resources f or sporls pro9rommes within the centrE. Awords Fr)r Al l {NotÈoruxl L¢tt£ry) The NJts*40rtol Lottery aworded u$ with a 9raiit to rurt dccreditotions wi th the youth cemtre f or the youw Feople in our community arKI f urther af ield, the 9ront included 2 resi dentFal $toys, lif￿ aid courses f or youry people and a commu￿11¥ f un day. Haly Trinity youth Centre- Outrea¢h/Detached youth work {EA F4Jnded) We were port of a joint bid to secure f unding to deliver outreachldetoched work w4thin our communi ty. covering Stof f i ng Costs associated with this. resources celebratiOP4 events f or members involved, Glen Parent Y¢uth ond Commumdty Group - CRED Pra9rarnmes (EA Funded) As porl of ovr tollcth•rolive bid. Glen Parent hefp to fund staffin9 CDSts. resources ond celebration events associated with communi ty relations. equolify and diversity pro9rarnrne$ within the centre. We ore extremely thankful for the 9rants. help a￿d support from oll of our funders which tonlributes so much lo our progromme on of f ep, Quality Assumnce All of our work is quality assured to ensure we are meetin9 the r•teds of our youn9 people and the aims and objectives of the centre. quality assura￿£ systems help us to i dentify areas of improvemerqls, specif ic ￿edS of m¢mb¢rship and the overall quality of our provision, Our system records ottendance. meetin95. sessior•ol evaluations. pro9romme work and el￿thIe$ us to track the pnogress of individ￿￿ members the c£ntre agaillsl our outcomes ond the EA outcomes f ramework. io Youth Centro Annual mernber5hi review 202312024 AnnLJal nLembership arKI Sessiowl attende¢ r￿MberS r¢ir1ained conSi*Fent Ihrtsughout the year. remoinipwj similor to the yeor previous. OLJr online wpport wds reduced to o minimum With provision pr¢domir#Jntly fo¢¢ to with members atl¢ndir4 th¢ c¢ntre for 1-1 gjpwrt. rograrnPnÈS, w4rksh¢ps ortd general Provision. We continued to work clostly with those you people who suf f ered with the ef fects of COVIC) -19. worki pvj in smoller 9rDups providin9 cont inuous SUPPDrt to reduce *FL£ir f eeliry$ of i solation. The number of youn9 people seekiThJ support f or poor mental health aTrd wlell being 4¥as ￿tablY increased and after the sudden loss of a Staff member to Siiicide, the centre facilitated workshops dnd progrommts Qfound suicide pr*vehiion ond health and we Ilbeirfj, f Thcusing on themes Of resilience, str￿5 management and ef f comrnunication to hel p impro%¢ their men*al health. We continued to work with outsi de agencies (md I[￿ke ref enrals or sigapo$t our yaung people to speciobist services who were best ploctd to meet their needs. We continued to spend a si9nificant amount of time providirs 1-2-1 support for our young people who expressed f eelin9s of stress, depressio n. hopelessness and anxiety. We cont11ll￿d to work with the vulnerab le and excluded within our f omrnuniti¢s as pEr Ihe directive withrn th¢ priorities f or youth policy. A needs analysis corried out ol the beginnitvj of the year helped centre staf f iderrtif y The needs of our membership and equipped us with the information to plan our programme for the year, ensurin9 our work is ef f echoDI. Th8$e pro9rommes consisted of in centre octivities and g rgn9¢ of out of ¢¢ntre tri ps. 13 Fundroisin9 The cenire hosted a SEries of f und¢aisins ac*iVitie5 for B8¢ CIN, raisin9 £260. Th£ 'P¢£r Troi for Community Gain. group hasted various events attivitieg to furKlraise fw their educationol visits to Chicogo. fA Part￿r$hI p I•￿*h Workf orce. the young ￿OPle made Christmas iterns to s¢ll ai the Kennedy Centre to raisé funds for the Centre ond their interrotioml progrtirnnR. Parish based work Each year the £entre wonks olong side St Vinceht De Poul. preparirg food hompers for the most vulnernble people in our comm4Jnity, this yeon we delivered 38 food hampers orKI toys f rom "l)ovid's Drive, to the people in ￿eed in our community. The young people were inv¢lved in Christmos Eve mass in Hojy Spirit Church. were Ihey read at ￿￿$$, had a carol Service and provided the yourrfjer children ottendin9 moss vdith a Mativity stgry bgok. During Easter. the yOUtvJ people p2rti£ipoted in various rnosses ond senviets i n the Church. Financrol review The senior worker, stati team QThd members of the commi ttee ensured th¢1 Ihe Youth entres f inancial policies and procedures were adhered ta throu9hout Ihe peri od 23124, For delail rn relation to f itKtnces of the Youth Centre f or Ihe period 23/24 please su the statement of f 41￿￿claI acliwity in the f ir•oncial report. For the period 24125 we will endeavour to build upon our reserve of f unds. we currently hold 4 months reserve of operot ional expenditure. We would hope to maintain on build upon this in the coming year, Co nclusdon St. Tereso's Youth Centre once 09ain conti nued lo serwe the 6fen Fload/Andersonsiowrt comrnunity and has rnade a si9nif icant 4mpGct upon the lives of our yOLJn9 people. The Youth Centre provides a sof e space for our children and youn9 people to ervjage with peers, learn n¢w skills and make positive ipnpacls on the community. Despite the conti￿1 n9 *}bkpLicles ￿ a result of cuts in f unding ond the copnpetitive processes lo secure 9ronts we were still oble t¢ meet the identif led need$ of our membership and deliver high quqlity provision throughout 23124. We anticipote f urther obstacles in th¢ c¢ming yeor, however the 9reoTesi tss*t tPLat St Tereso's Youth Centre hos is its Strof f te¢im wha will doubt continue to 4vefcome apv ob￿a(1¢S ond support our young people and our comrrwnity to the best of Ihéi¢ c￿￿1￿￿. The *ruSteets' Ij￿nL￿1 repart was opproved on 28 Jarn￿ry 2025 &nd Si9ned on behalf of the boord of Trustees by: SignEd Print 4 cwrtfJ6E L Trustee 15