Glen Communit Parent Youth Grou Statement of Mana the ement Committee's Res ear ended 31 March 2024 onsibilities for Achievements and Performance The past twelve months witnessed an increase in the level of Services/activities organised in the Glen Community Complex. More than 55,000 User Visits were made by children, young people, families and adults using our Services for Daycare, After-schools, Youth, Education/Training, Family Support, Sporting, Healthy Living Programmes and Advocacy Services. We enhanced our Partnership arrangements with St. Gerard's School, Lenadoon Community Forum, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Education Authority, Outerwest Family Support Hub, Women into Sport, Lenadoon Community Counselling Project and a wide range of Networking Bodies. Our Social Economy Daycare and After-schools Projects enabled us to employ additional staff. We had a very positive Inspection by the BHscf Early Years Teams in July 2023. We also had several very positive Moderation Visits for our Youth Services by the E.A. Inspectorate in the past year. The Education Authority strengthened their relationship with us and we were successful in our funding application to them. Our Inclusion Project with St. Gerard's now runs two days a week. The revenue from the Daycare and Afterschool's Project this year resulted in a greater income and also an increase in our expenditure and outputs. This enabled us to be able to cover the huge increase in Staff and Running Costs for the Group. With the increase in minimum wage and huge increase in gas, electric, cleaning and running costs, we wouldn't have been able to deliver the same level of Services in the Complex without the revenue raised by our Social Economy Project. It is also proving difficult to recruit staff with only short term contracts on offer. We witnessed an increase in the number of requests to use our rooms and Main Hall for Meetings, Family Contact, Training, Workshops and Sporting/Health Activities and Programmes. We also hosted a number of activities and Events in the Complex as part of the Lenadoon Community Festival. We moved our
Halloween Events Indoors (due to torrential rain} and it proved really successful with over 500 enjoying the Festivities on the evening. We organised and delivered a 7 week Summer Scheme for over 200 young people and an eight week Summer Camp for 14 young people. Over thirty children from our Daycare Project graduated in June. Our Youth Staff Co- ordinated a Winter Toy Appeal locally which resulted in hundreds of toys being donated and distributed to local families. We worked in partnership with Lenadoon Women's Group to facilitate a Winter Families in Need Appeal which resulted in over 100 needy local families and individuals receiving food, Clothes, toiletries, fuel, etc. over the Christmas/New Year period and to supply Utility Vouchers to those in greatest need. Adult Safeguarding, Child Protection, Paediatric First Aid, Mindfulness and Suicide Prevention Training, was provided to the Staff and Volunteers in the past 12 months. Our staff over the past 6 months have played a key role in facilitating consultations for local people for the Lenadoon Peoples Plan. The main focus of our activities, programmes and services throughout the year was targeted at disadvantaged individuals and families, many of whom were referred from a variety of Health and Social Care Professionals. We increased our Reserves to reflect the increase in staff and running costs and to ensure that we would have six months cover in the event of an emergency or loss of funding. We are also conscious of the fact that funding for the majority of our staff ends in March 2025 and with political uncertainties, Funders cannot guarantee st anything beyond March 31 2025. We adhered to all our Charity Commission obligations and had inspections of our facilities carried out by the Health and Safety Executive and Belfast City Council. With the current cost of living crisis, we will continue to provide a wide variety of Services to the most vulnerable individuals and families within the Neighbourhood to improve their quality of life. We are indebted to our landlords APEX Housing Association for their support and maintenance service throughout the past 12 months.
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