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2023-03-31-annual-report

Shopmfjbillty Omagh Report t)f the trust roi" tho y¢ar ended 31 March 2lllS The (ru$te&8 pr¢8¢n¢ tkneir report and the &ecounts frjr the yerAr Jnd¢d 31 Mlych 202S. The twtees who so￿ddUring the year and up to the date report Ftazvl fvIrGuIg¥￿ Chatsp¢i',gon Jill) SbAikey Secret Conor Ktsys Ttea5urcJ.' Ctsl￿ KerrLg Louiae Mecrory Nicola Mullin Gerkldine Keys Annie hlcElh&lton Maigaret fvlcElbath)11 ObJeetiv4s Slxoptstobillty Ornagh th¢ pub]Jc b¢nefii requiremenc detaiLed in the Charfi'kes A¢i utkder lh¢ rdlif oe thuAe ill lleed. Tb¢ m41tt benefit of our servic¢ is tb&i It ellhan¢¢& the Irthpeodell¢e 0£ our servic8 users, in¢re&8ing their ability to integrate ltho rhe QOEAnLW]ity and Iskn p￿1 Itt &ctivitie8 Itkat othors take for 8r&nted. Yhopllwb.ility Qm8h aill￿ provicle equipment and advisory seTYl£ea iknai help those whcF 80c1￿Y eKdud¢d through r¢stllcted mobillry to re-htegrats back die ￿MM￿litY. By proYidinE equipment dcsigll¢d tu aid tnDbilAty, usor8 Ill¢ able to access Shops, Ipiwtt alu4 ¢onJuiefflai fa¢il£tie$ th¢y oih#Twise Wo￿ld not bs &bltt EO &vÈII pt Tke provlsloll of tllobillw equipment alld advi8orylslgnpostiJ]g Ih4t Skopmobillty Omagh offers, provide comturt In those who are yitsk or ¢onvaleseent. m• ia8es tb p¥ovi$lon of equlpmeut has be¢n liff¢ clThu8iug. Skwpthobljlty Omash asststs people with mability diLTiLullit8 10 help am&gh BUULIUtding &Y¢as Jnore ￿￿&S1b1¢. It promottt¢SOL'ial incL￿10￿ by providlttg a mttats6 fur th08¢ wlth ttLobllity trWi¢UOII8 tu acc¢￿ Soci￿, Cultural ct)nvnArial fi¢llklies lu th¥ atta. Tkw ¥chemts wtively promot voIuDteerintr by provAdiHg Io v8¢r& a voluk)trer b¢fii¢ttdto8 gtttd# to ￿s18t users aroill￿[ slwp5 aud local fa¢illtte8, Thtt scheme is ￿tiV#1y prornoiing equality Eo &ll by providing M mcgn8 for iknse peopl¢ wlth mobllity r¢slll¢tiDn& to ac¢8 ,lllues oQterJ take for gtaiit¢d 3arEL a$ shopping, YisiLlng frlends or JtleULIADg medic41 &ppoinlrn&Lits. The soheme promoks Èhe humAll righty tsf those who lJ¥va wbilily dtIfwultie8 lo bc ro acces5 these qervieas Tridt&t iLso fze¢dom of movem￿[ aR]d tndep¢ndeiic¢ througiwut th8 aTeA. Alrhougli StsopTnobility 8thvl¢¢s are opeL any￿Itt of all age8, It 18 noted that over 7Q% of th¢ us&rs &gt& 60 years plus. With an ag4ng popllladon Ih¢r< ts tneYitAbty go2nK to ￿ n￿rE mobili¢y relt(ieLI Igsues and Shoptttsbllity Ordagh works EO Adthp8s those. Tho speci4List (aio provided allttws oldw disabled equèility of opportunity by Iho grovlqlon of %p¢daLtsl e4llipmnC advlctr IL) aid ￿0bIlity. Tb6 service also provid¢& ro8plttt tor cirns alld halps lo allcviatc th¢ o'ftrn heavy buirfen on fuJJlles and Criends. The s¢riice i8 fE¢¢ ￿ join and ft¢¢ to use, dlowlllg members gk¢at&r lo b¢¢ow re￿18r vitsitots lo Iw#l &vili&es. It is also a great aEtd4u to rhe di3tri¢t of Ornagli h¢lplng to attrtct Yiaitors ftorn otttsldts Ilp ￿eft. The dera&lld for the wvlce UL Ow8gh cao be d¢[not￿trated by th¢ EolLe¢tian ot sta,tsstics Itoni Liagc. These ¢oniinue L gtow and wlits ￿ #ver 8%knig poptdatloo, &nti¢lp&te Ebit d¥ttw The Main Benefi¢larAes m¢: Tbose wilkn n￿bilIty isstt¢s withill our comimitLiÉy, Tlie ¢ar¢ gtY¢r4 Ind f&Thily members that hava rheir illd¢pendenc¢ vARtt rhostr w&th moblLiry i8Stt¢s uan bttve a bie8k fromth¢ oonBtyJE¢ 5ll9PVrt th¢y giVO. Thoso pwaon$ ill so¢i¢ty tiwLcouLd llot otherwise bv the use th¢ 8¢rYi¢¢ for r¢ason8. t&ny us¢r8 have urn&rKone re¢ellt OP￿tionS tm L￿sPI￿£, ohehWth8£&py, sickne88 $￿ch as fvIS or Muscular d¢teriorating illnesse8 Page 2

Shopmobility Omagh Report of the trtL4t for the year ended 31 March 2025 AL'hlevemellts ID the y¢Ar ak]cigJty, the schettio continues to 2xpcricnce signihcoat challetw? partlculgfy with tELts risin% cost of living, which &how8 Jio Indlcatlon ()f deffta8ing In tha near f￿￿ra. Thb h&s placed addlilonal piessure oft our resources thd ovenli su8tslnabS1ity. W6 h&ve also seen on lucre&8e ID peopl ¢ontacdllg s￿h￿lle, ¢itber wl8Eung Lg tth equipmenk or sreking guidance on w&er¢ i1tsrn8 be P￿r¢h￿ed. As a re$uh, tb¢re has be¢n a uoi&ble ]as# In tho Isycl of 8kgllposfittg r¢quxr?d to ÈTh8uro individuals recehre the appnwiate support aDd infornwtio A fvrther ¢or¢c¢m is thtt maoy Qt Ihose now r#gl8t8rfng vAih the s¢h¢nw e pr¢sentlng •￿th fjLlttes8￿ that w¢ot undiagnosed during the Covid PQLiod, sotlle oc which, regi'eEtably, Canll￿ bc reversed or cured. This h8s luglLiighted the Dllgoing irnport4n¢e of the scheme io supporcing IndivAduals tantlLeB al tlmes uf greu need. We remain extrenly sratttfi￿ lo DFI for their Continued finuncial supporL wbich is rflal lo the runnin& of the scheme. Elowevcr. th¢ ever-in¢Keasing ¢o$ts of esse￿la1$ Is ¢le¢trieity and h¢atitig present au ongoiag ¢halleng8, We ate ELop¢ful th¢8e &dditioJL fnthncial piwiuEs ￿111 be ithn Anto cottsideratton when Éhtt next Letter of Offer is tsgue Despite these challenges, th¢ ttusteos r¢m3iti coramitted to #n￿￿1￿g the scheme ¢otttinu¢s to provids ¢ssetthl sfjrvices lo those A¢ed th¢m tnosl. Throu811 careful ttwiaBe￿Qn( coll&bor8tloll wltii partrrs, alld the dedltt&tiott of siJff and Yolunte¢rs. w¢ will con¢inu¢ lo F4dapÉ to chall￿￿% c1[Gu￿t￿1Ce8 aud strive ÉQ S8f¢guard the. fullwe of tlie thmo, F(mding re¢eiv¢d In 2024125 DFI £18,808 cor¢ nmrjing CQSES FODC £300 CU￿￿ullIty and Wellbcillg Urbart BvonL5 Ltd £220 St Patti¢le¥ Day Reserves The'fru8t¢e8 WOEdd ￿*Ve Ifserves policy whicts reouite8: - Roserves or¢ biiili to ll Ipvel which ¢nsure8 that 6 nionth8 (50%) of or.Lwii6atlon'& core wtivLty could during & period of tmtcst¢SVJell diffittully. This aniount will be saved over 1 3 year peiiod -R¢setV¢S tak¢ into a¢¢ount pol￿tial redund￿citrS aad e4nipmont LEplaeemeut,. How¢v¢r dil¢ to ihc rising ¢o%t& or Livlllg, the Thv$fr¢s aye coaiinuing to review this policy ond #ccordingly. Pig¢ 3

Shopmoblllty Omagh Report of the trustees ror the year ended 31 March 2025 StatenMt of trntsLEeg' respoDsibiJities The trustees 8te r¢£ponsibli for PrEp￿IllI th¢ TA￿te¢s, AonuAI Report and the finallciaL st&lements Ill a¢eordanca wlth ppllcable law and Untted Ktngdom Accouniillg Siandud8 (UDited l(iJm G¢n¢rally Accepted Ac¢ountittg PAclice>. w appli¢ablts ￿ eEwill￿ ir Norlhem TJ¢laud requires the tru￿￿3 to prepare fiD8nclal s¢alarn¢nts for ¢ach fin￿le1&I year wkieh glve & trL￿ alld fair view of ¢twity And of the iWmiDg resourc¢& aud appliLuthott of resour¢05 of the chaLaty For that year. Inpirpartng thBse fAnanot81,81'alewents Ilie Iruste96 ar0 requit¢d to.. 5eleGt suiiftble ll¢counting potiries &ud then 8pply Ihafft cot)$i8tentLy observo the rAethod8 2nd priThciple$ in the CharLtieB SORP; Ellake judgelli¢hts aLd #StIm￿e3 Ib&t are Ka8onabb and PllLd¢rLI: gt&te wheih¢r applicAble UK Accountins StandgLK18 have b¢en Eollowed, subject to aAy m&t¢rig1 dparbJres disclosed and explained Its tkne fin8llcl4L 51atem8nts', and prepar¢ ￿1￿1¢1￿ statements oil thè golng conL¢m basis unless il irtappropriate to Preslin￿ Lbal. charity will eontmllo in operatio The (nisleo$ a¢e TespoLiible eor keepkng propr arcoulltln8 ￿0rd8 tvhlch dtsclose wlEh roasonablr goouiacy il }￿Y rtme LtLe fmancial p05itlon of Ilw Charbty a￿d eThablv lo ￿s￿le tlffll rhe finajwld st&teJL¢nts ¢0}r￿ty wtth th¢ Charities A¢1 (Noiihwi Ir¢lalld) 2008. They are also r¢3pon5ibl& for F4af4tsthlng tkn as8tÉ8 OE rlie ckniry aud LTrnce Eor r#klttg kYa80nabk slew for pievenuon Afjd dete¢tioll ogfraud allK£ other irreguiati&e$. TELe trUSttt8 FLave complied with tLw diily to hive r¢g#id lo ikne ￿ldance 18su¢d by thE nhatity CotsuJl8sion for Northern troland 0￿pUbliC b¢n#fiE. The TPPD granl kas been usrd soldy For the purposes intended &lld iti &ecord&nce with tho Lertt￿ ind conditioa8 Ctf grint. Orl belTrlf of board Jim Sharkey Secretary The Commuuity House 2 DrnmrJgb AYeJue Oma Co. Tyrolltt Bf18 LDP NIC.. IQ3239 I Ilh Novethber 2025