## Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period
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||**01**||**April**|**2017**|||**31**||**March**|**2018**|
## Charity Details
> _Charity Name_ St Marys Altinure Youth Club _Registered Charity Number_ NIC102134
> _Charity’s Principal Address_ Old School Lane 192 Learmount Road, Park Village, Co. Derry Northern Ireland BT47 4BA Postcode BT47 4BA
## _**Names of Charity trustees who manage the charity**_
|**_Names of Charity trustees who manage the charity_**|**_Names of Charity trustees who manage the charity_**|**_Names of Charity trustees who manage the charity_**|
|---|---|---|
|**Trustee Name**|**Office (If any)**|**Dates Acted if not for whole Year**|
|TERESA MC CLOSKEY|Chair||
|KEVIN HICKEY|Treasurer||
|KAREN O’KANE|Secretary||
|SEAMUS DONELLY
KAREN MC ELHINNEY
FIONA GORMLEY
ORLA DEIGHAN
DONNA O’KANE
CATHERINE COOKE
TERESA COLL
DONNA KERLIN
DELORES MC KEEVER|Committee|Joined Committee at January AGM
Joined Committee at January AGM
Joined Committee at January AGM
Joined Committee at JanuaryAGM|
|KATIE MCLAUGHLIN
SHARON MC LAUGHLIN|Committee|Resigned September 2017
Resigned at AGM 1stFeb 2018|
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|_NON TRUSTEES_
Marie Gormley
Cora Kerlin|Child Protection Officer
Leader In Charge||
|**_Name And Address of Advisors_**|**_Name And Address of Advisors_**|
|---|---|
|Danske Bank|46 Catherine Street, Limavady. Co. Derry BT49 9DH|
|Accountants|Claremount Accountants, Omagh|
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## Charity Structure, Governance and Management
> _Type of Governing Document_ Constitution adopted January 2016 _How the Charity is Constituted_ Association of paid up Members
> _Trustee Selection Methods_ Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting. This year we held this in January 2018
## _**Additional Governance Issues**_
There is a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy in place – updated, revised and adopted on February 2016.
Criminal record checks (Access NI) are carried out on commencement of volunteer and/or trustee appointment. These checks are carried out again every two years in line with statutory requirements.
St Mary’s Altinure Youth Club is a member of Youth Action Northern Ireland which provides helpful advice and keeps us informed of opportunities for training and legislative changes. Our membership is renewed every April.
St Mary’s Altinure Youth Club also works closely with Learmount Drop Inn for teenagers, and the local Learmount Community Development Group and the Rural Area Partnership in Derry to explore opportunities for joint programmes with other groups.
St Mary’s Altinure Youth Club rents the use of a local hall (from the Park Hall Committee) to carry out its activities. Additionally, at the end of this reporting period it has taken on the former soccer club house in Park to use as a permanent Members Only Club House.
All trustees and leaders give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits.
The trustees are assisted by parents of members – who take turns in helping to supervise the children during their activities.
A Volunteer Policy, and Diversity Policy were adopted by the Trustees at the AGM 1[st] February 2018.
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## Objectives and Activities
|_Objects of the Charity as stated_|1 - To provide opportunities for young people aged 8 - 13 to come together for|
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|_in our Constitution_|play, to advance their social and personal skills and to explore issues that are|
||relevant to this age group. These young people will be drawn from Park Village|
||and its surrounding areas.|
||2 - To provide a programme of social, spiritual, educational and recreational|
||activities within a safe and secure environment which will meet the needs of|
||young people aged 8 – 13|
|_Main Activities Undertaken for_|In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s|
|_the public benefit in relation to_|guidance on public benefit at our Trustee meetings.|
|_these objects._|The focus of activities remains providing a safe and secure environment for a|
||programme of youth events and activities. This benefits young people by|
||developing their self-confidence and social skills alongside life skills such as our|
||indoor games and swimming.|
||We welcome all young people regardless of background, faith, gender or|
||personal circumstances. This philosophy enhances and enriches everyone|
||involved in the Club including volunteers, trustees and parents.|
## _**Additional Notes**_
A great contribution is made by our members parents/guardians who volunteer weekly to help with supervising activities. We are grateful for the many hours given listening and encouraging our young people, and to the volunteer trustees who help to run the club annually.
Any surplus funds not needed to pay for activities are placed on deposit to earn interest. As our grants are less than expenditure we have been unable to do this during this time.
## Accidents during the year- None
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## Achievements and Performance
|_Summary of the Main_|Spring: For the Easter Trip we went to the Carromena Activity Centre outside|
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|_achievements of the_|Limavady. This was fantastic for the kids and they all loved it.|
|_Charity during the Year_|Weekly hall games and activities, and bus to Foyle Arena in Derry for swimming|
||continued during this period.|
||Additional activities were assisted by the CHILD Project which we participated in.|
||Summer Camp: We held a 2 week summer camp during July which included a range of|
||outdoor activities and archery. The scheme ended with a trip to Creggan Country Park|
||for water sport activities.|
||Autumn:|
||Weekly hall games and activities, and bus to Foyle Arena in Derry for swimming|
||continued during this period.|
||We held our annual Halloween disco, which was very well attended. No Christmas|
||disco was held this year as the committee decided there was not enough demand. This|
||will be reviewed next year.|
||Winter:|
||Annual New Year day trip to Cinema and bowling games|
||Weekly hall games and activities, and bus to Foyle Arena in Derry for swimming|
||continued during this period.|
||**Fundraising**–|
||No additional fund raising activities took place during this period .|
||The Trustees were focused on creating a new members facility by accessing additional|
||grants (see below).|
||In May 2017 the committee approved the appointment of S3 Solutions to assist with|
||the identification and applications to new funding opportunities for a 12 month|
||period.|
||New Policies|
||A new Volunteer Policy, and Diversity Policy were developed and adopted by the|
||committee.|
||**New Club House**|
||In February 2017 we secured approval from the Learmount Community Development|
||to use the former changing room facilities at Park Soccer Club.|
||During March we carried out required maintenance works and installed new indoor|
||play equipment purchased through additional grants received.|
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|Financial Performance Review||||
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|_Statement of the_|_Statement of the_|We hold cash at bank of £ 15,000, all of which is unrestricted funds. These funds are||
|_charity’s policy on_||held in order to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur.||
|_reserves_||The funds held in reserve have remained unchanged during the year and will remain so||
|||at year end.||
|_Details of any funds_||Not Applicable||
|_materially in Deficit_||||
|_Principal Source of Funds_||Our main source of funds for operations this year has been the grant funding received||
|||from the Educational Authority , annual membership fees, trip fees and discos.||
|||All of our income is used to cover the operating costs of the club. Insurance, rent, bus||
|||hire and activity costs.||
|_New Grant Sources_||We have additional grants from NIE Pensions, Acorn Fund, Awards For All, and the||
|||Community Foundation NI which have been used to create our new Club House, and||
|||for courses to be held. These are restricted funds.||
## Future Plans
As noted last year - The trustees acknowledge the important EA grant the Club is in receipt of and recognise that the entire grant is used to hire transport for swimming, hence leaving no scope for material investment.
It remains intention of the Trustees to continually review this over the coming years with an eye to increasing the benefits gained from spending the grant.
We will continue to monitor and develop our activities over the coming period and identify improvements.
## Declaration
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trusteesgned on behalf of the charity’s trusteesned on behalf of the charity’s trusteesy’s trustees’s trustees**||
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|Signature|Teresa Mc Closkey|
|Full Name|TERESA MC CLOSKEY|
|Position|CHAIR|
|Date|31st March 2018|
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