Cliarily Registratioii Numbei": NIC103105 Manor Street/Cliftonville Cominunity Group Financial Stateinents for Year Ended 31" Mai'ch 2023 WJJohyL£tO￿ g CokbLPavLy Certified Public Accountants 190 Duncairn Gardens Belfast BT15 2GN Manor Sti"eet/Cliftonville Cominuiiity Group st Financial Statements for the Year Elided 31 March 2023 Page Ti'ustees Annual Report 3-15 Independent Examiner's Report to the Members 16 Statement of Receipt and Paymeiits 17 Statement of Assets aiid Liabilities 18 MANOR STREET / CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY GROUP Cliftonville Community Centre 2001 2023 A little bit of History For over 50 years, a very popular youth facility, known as the Manor Street Boys, Club, played a crucial role in the provision of youth activities, in the Manor Street/Cliftonville area. Unfortunately, however, this much-needed facility was closed down. due to fire damage, in 1989. In 1991, a group of individuals came together, to try to re-¢stablish a youth provision for the youth of the Manor Street/Cliftonville area. This group became The Manor Street/Cliftonville Community Group A needs assessment was carried out in 1997, which identified that, not only was there a need for youth provision in the area, but that there was also a need for a much broader range of provision, in order to meet the needs of the Manor Streetlcliftonville Community as a whole, The needs assessment proposed that fuiiding should be sought to construct a purpose- built community Centre, to be sited in Manor Street. After many years campaigning for the Centi'e, building work began in 199912000 and came to a conclusion in November 2001. The Centre has been in operation for 18 years now and offers a range of qiiality services to over 1,000 households in the Manor Streetlcliftonville area and beyond. The Cliftonville Community Centre is managed by the Manor Street/Cliftonville Community Group. Cliftonville Community Centre Vision Statement Working towards a new bright future together, by tackling the needs at the heart of our community and helping to rebuild trust, confidence and pride in our area. Mission Statement To become a beacon of hope and opportunity in our community, where local people come to address their needs, and gain support and advice that will help to ensure a better quality of life for them ly Strategy Overarching Aim 1 To address the needs and concerns of young people nearing their teenage years through creative learning, personal deveLopment and social based activities. Overarching Aim 2 To provide priority services that will ensure that the youngest in our community have the best start in life. Overarching Aim 3 To offer our m05t vulnerable young people the practical support, guidance and training needed to ensure a smooth transition from childhood to adulthood. Overarching Aim 4 To create a supportive network where adults can communicate their needs and desires and take the active steps to achieve these. Overarching Aim 5 To raise the profile of the Centre among the elderly residents of the community and to offer a variety of services that meet their needs. 4rfnifig Skrf, ns CAr ITh> Public Benefit Our organisation iiieets the public beiiefit requireiiieiit by haviiig the following pui'poses.. The advancement of ediication by pi'ovidiiig quality ti'aining placeinents in ihe Cliftonville Comniunily Centi'e The benefits wliicli flow froin this purpose al'e tliat young pcople aiid adults will be leai'ii Iiew skills iii a safe, secui-e and easily accessible environnieiit, supported by qualified staft.. Tliese benefits will be deiiioiistrated by the participants having an increase in their competences, gaining qualifications and beiiig better equipped to gain employineiit. A private benefit would be to the training providei's, who need partners such as oiirselves, iii order to enable tlieir trainees to gain the pi'actical expei'ience that they Iieed, but this is necessary and iiicidental in advanciiig the charity's purpose because without thc support of these training organisations thc ti'ainees would not be able to achieve the qualifications. The beneficiaries of these purposes are young people and adults from Belfast, The provision of facilities for recreation or othei. leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare, siich as a piii'pose-biiilt cominunity centre, 3 G football pitch, cominiiiiity garden, sports hall, ti'aining suite, games roorn etc. in the heart of thc Cliftoiiville coiiimuiiity, within whicli thc following would be provided: carer and toddlers groiips, afterschool programines, youth prograniiiies and adult education prograinmes and groups. The benefits which flow from this purpose are that toddlers, children, young people and cidults will avail of activitieb and i'ebources and opportunities for social interaction and striictured physical activity, in a safe aiid secure environinent, in their commiinity, which will help to iinpi'ove theii. physical and emotional-being and conditions of life. These benefits will be dcinonstrated by thc number of peoplc accessing the services and the quality of the resources. A private benefit flowing froiii this purpose would be the ernplo￿nent of staff to manage tlie centre resources and to run the activities within but this is necessary an incidental in advancing the charity's pu￿OSe. The beneficiaries of this pU￿oseS are people froin North Belfast of all ages who clioose to avail of the sei'vices. The advaiiceinent of citizenship or coiiimunity development by providiiig opportunities for local people to volunteer in tlie centre The beiiLfils wliicli flow fi-oiii iliis piii'pose cll'c tlial IoLdl peoiile will be able to use thcii. exi%ling skills, lecll'n iicw skills, eiigage iii Ineaiiingfiil activity and interact with olliei-s iii a safe 1c nd seciii'e eiivii'oiimeiil, at tlie licarc of tlieii. coiiiniunity, whicli will Iiclp to iiiiprove ilicir wcll-bciiig aiid coiiditioiis of life and also tliose who atlend tlie ceiitre. These beiiefits will be demonstrated by the nliniber of people volunteering in the centre. A pi"ivate benefit flowing fi.oiii this pui'pose would be the employment of staff to siippoi't these voliinteers but this is necessai-y an incidental in advancing tlie charity's pui-pose. Anothei. private beiiefit woiild be the unpaid hours that tlie voliiiiteers would be working for tlie bettciiiient of tlie CcnlL'C biit this is Iieccssary an iiicideiital in advancing tlic cliai-ity's purpose and tlie volunteers would not be replacing staff. The beneficiaries of these purposes are people from Noitli Belfast and beyond and those who chose to becoine voluiiteers. The advancement of envii'onmental protection or improvement by providing green spaceslgrowing spaces for the local commiiiiity to iise and reclainiing tlie dei'elict land and Iiaviiig a Men's Shed allotiiient project in the Manor Street area. The benefits wliich flow froin this purpose are that local people will enjoy a better quality of lit'e througli participation in the Men's shed project and by the improveincnt in the physical envii'onnient. These benefits will be demonsli'ated by the nuinbei. of people participating in the Men's Shed project and by pliysical clianges to tlie Manoi. Sti'eet areas, The beiieficiaries of tliese piirposes al'e people froin Noi-th Belfast and beyond, tjy 4IT 44fnirtg Skrfi ns 2022-2023 Core Centre activity We have 3 full-time and 3 part-time membei's of staff aiid 30 + volunteei"s of all ages. TEiis Year the Centre has been able to offer a full range of services to the commiinity. We facilitate 2 Sure Start prograinmes, A 2 ycai. old prograiiime, 4 days per week and 'Stay and Play, pi'ograininc oiice weekly. We have a CarerslToddlers group that Ineets twice weekly. A daily Afterscliool project for 4-1 l year olds. A Youth Project wliich is opened 4 eveniiigs Monday-Thursday froin 6-9pm for young people agel 2-25 yeai's. We also have a mentoriiig pi'ogramme foi. children and yoiing people age 6-18 years. We also continually iipdated the Youth aiid Afterschool's Facebook pages with relevant iiiformation provided to us by outside organisations (such as the Belfast Trust, The Public Health Agency, Children in Need, The Department foi. Coinmiinities, Fainily Support Hubs, the Childi'en and Youth Peoples Mental Health Services (CAHMS), Aware Defeat Depression, Age Nl, Youth Action, Lifeline, etc). We suppoited farnilies referred to lis by the Faniily Support Hiib by phone also sign-posting those to relevant services in addition to our nientoring project. Age NI, Victim Siippoit, Nexus, New Life Counselling, Jigsaw Counselling, Pips, Lighthouse, CCRF, Saint Vincent De Paul, Sure Start, North Belfast Senior Citizen's Forum, Cliftonville Men's Shed, Wolthill Food Bank, Aware Defeat Depression, Springboard, Bryson Fiitiire Skills, Cnise NI, Workforce, Lifeline, Rainbow Nl, Hei'e project, Core Ashton Centre, Ashton Bi'eakthrough Project, Cai'a Friend, Streetbeat, Bridge of Hope, The Vine Centi'e, Probation NI and PSNI etc. The promotion of Healthy Living As detailed above, all staff signpostcd botli youiig pcople c111d adLilts to relevant Mental Health services, wliei"c iieeded, on an on-goiiig basis. Because of ilieir widc knowlcdge of available services, centi'e staff also c￿1 iiiake the initial contact with service providers, oli behalf of local resident%/parents, wliicli iiicreases tlie lilceliliood of them accessing these services. In addition to ieceiving support fi'oin organisations pronioting positive ineiital liealtli, tlie OPPOL'tunities foi. social conta¢l (albeit vii-tiially by phone or online tliis year) helped to i'ediice isolation and improve menlal and pliysical healtli overall, voliinteers and service users aiid provides relevant and up-to-date infoi-liiatioii where ncedcd. Tlie 2 year old prograiiinie run iii the centre encourages parents to come out of the house and connect with prograinme staff tlius reducing isolation and tlie participating children connect with their peers at such a crucial stage in their development. The toddlei's engage in creative play thus increasing opportunities for emotioiial and social developmenl, Research sliows that eai'ly intervention is key to encouraging positive mental health and emotional resilience so any pi"ovision tliat encoui'ages posilive eng