Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT The trustees, VAK) are DireCt￿S for wtFM)ses of o)nwany laH. the ￿nUal repcxl t￿ettIer vthh the financia statements ￿ aud￿￿5, re[￿￿ of the charrtth ccw the year eTrJed 31 2023. Objectives and a￿lY1￿"eS HOn￿￿$S c(￿nect Ipreviousty CHNII is an wnbrdia organisatmx. fouthl in 1983. We e￿$1 to rffevent a alleviate fKrfnelessness in Wlhem IrelaThJ. We rwesenl of orwtSat￿B wrthin the th￿￿eSSnesS sector to inlcffii the deggn ol ￿T￿leSSnesS Se￿￿$ arby the deveknpment ol MLtsirvJ aThY ￿￿SSnesS Wicy and strategy locally WorknrvJ t(KJether vthh cmjr mentrrs aThJ Selm￿ users we seek to srwe 9)veMn￿l Fdicy and tAJblic t(Avards secunrKJ greatu sutvrt for tKevffltatNe servTrces. We sUp￿rt the sedor in the ddrvery (A qualty thr(xKJh being prothe in idenbtwrKJ the needs of We w(¥k cc4la￿rab1￿ty lo create a ccrfnnjjnty ￿ SUFfKYt try bery Vc1￿ of Ihe ￿￿releSSnesS sect(K ￿ by delNenng d'rect a55￿&￿)ce th[0￿h (xjr Fwects. Policy, adv*xa¢y and netw¢xking FaclrtalirKJ and Intera￿CY wNk]rKJ. Infi￿nCIng wicy through and representatic￿ on l￿hall of n￿nLErs. M(￿rtOri￿ c(￿1￿￿U￿r￿j to tdicy devewrtht and KeepirrfJ ￿EMLErS Inf(xrned ¢S relevant tK4Ky. consul1akn.(￿s. and p￿ce changes. PrOn￿r￿j and laalrt*ThJ seNce user irN(ANEnML Setvlces Col￿agueS fr(xn 011￿ sed(K5. ProvidiThJ trainiw and e¥ents to sipwrt slaif cwab"rtsJ ￿th al a senvx level the tr￿tline Inf(xming Wicy by respKKNJir¥J to [elev￿t wblic C(￿SU1tat￿￿s. ProvidiThJ 1nfcKmat￿n resoUr￿S the ￿￿EleSSnesS sectcf. eVMJen￿ (m Iheir L￿al, to infflU￿￿ the anniThJ and provisKJn of seNces. Maknng wesentknrms on IEhaY of the hrjndessness Sec￿ to re[A￿entatiVeS of rmytbcal partses Measures of success". r￿eY￿t stalutixy, v(Auntary. and pnvale cfganisatMs. (￿r Frtjicy aThJ rwesentatKJn V*th is wNJety statulory arMJ V￿untary sect￿S I￿je1￿er in hig￿￿h￿r0 issues arc￿￿￿ hXnele￿. Raised awareness (rf ￿yneleSSness thrO￿h events Ind￿jir￿j Ihe c(k(TdY￿ts.c￿ aThJ prom(knn of Nl Homdess Awareness Week. Homeless Connect is a vrta resource in p¥ov￿1r￿j in[c￿m￿ to aTr1 SUFwrts"rMJ m￿n[￿s. Hom• Slartar Pack Project Basic starter packs pr(NI(￿ ts 1K¥ne￿ tEcple into Fellro￿ accrffl￿akn lo Iwp IFEM to suslain Nuntrr of packs dtslnLMJted I tenants in receipt of packs. Suslainabilty of tenarKies. Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT Fareshare in Northern Ireland TacklirMJ frxmj waste ty divernrMJ ￿ redistntAJbTrJ h'gh ql￿ty.￿ date, f￿￿1 frrxn indlty to onJanisabons and charrt￿S w(rtirwJ to aknte frKMI FM)verty In CCrnunrt￿ tlyWJh￿rt hkythem IrelarMJ. Measures ol success." Vclume o11c￿ redislnlyjte Reductson in r￿d going lo landfill. RecipEnl (wisatKffiS Sa4irKJ frjyj wt¥ch IW we then able to for other neC￿￿￿e5. Regional Service User NeI*￿r￿ IRSUN) supporb.ng a Ncthem Irethl wide nelwork for pec¥Ae INed exrmence of subslance use. to ersure that service users are gNen a and n*aniroftilty in4thed in the FlannirKJ of serwces at a *taVrgJwal level. RSUN aims lo ¢Jevelop slroThJ, &tive lir*s between setmce user gr(yJpE aThJ the iThJNvJuals wfK) are part ol these, bU1￿j1rYj wacty. Measures of success" NuM￿r CA seNce user gcAJps. SeThice ￿[S in regular alkrmjan￿ at Sleer1r￿ G￿￿p5 fr)r Pxicy ￿ y￿1r￿j (rfser¥Kes. ty stslutory agencies. Northern Ireland Fronlline Network Suppotung wthets in Ihe ¥cl￿tary and sLgtutory seCt￿S the Irr￿llIne wrth tIN)se experi￿CIng IK>mdessr*ss. Nc¥lhem IrelaThJ Fr￿￿1[￿ Net*YJk w¢Jtss in partnership I￿1h the UK Fr(￿lI1ne Nets￿ so thal I[(￿￿lne worker5 can come t(yJether vth other5 to share their exper￿Ces. Measures of wccess. NUmt￿r ￿ regislered mernt￿r5. Levd ofengagerrEnl wrth me nebvc "nks belween the frC￿ttl￿e K)ice a￿1 tscNLYHVb3k￿S. Public Benefil The activrties currenlty camed (Mjt f(K Ihe E￿IC t*nefft Lry Fktheltss Connect Exoajy catewised wrthin (Mjr missK)n slatement. Policy and rewesentat . Mentsship SUFPNt Home Starter Pack rKqect Faieshare Nl I(￿xj sharirKJ netvoxk RegK)nal SeNice User Network Northem Ireland F￿￿llIne NetAK¥ These broa cate￿sat￿S of activrties are currenty carri&J txrt ts the wtAic benefit VIS￿￿1 is to see an eTrJ lo hc￿￿essr£sS in Ireland. • to relieve t(Nety. dLstress aThJ ￿Ck￿ th vnprove ￿ c(ThJthffls of Ife wrthin ￿)rt￿M Ireland ￿￿J. in particular k)r pewk are ￿meleSS and tIN)se y￿neraL￿e lo L￿)MIng IK)meless. wtK) are In netrssitous circ￿stances. ￿ to than￿ ed￿a￿(M on asscKiated wth 1K￿les￿ the puNic tMefiL and in rurtherance oflhese Objects.. • lo prcfft)le and imkKove effeth"veness of chaM"es. vclunw aThJ CC￿n￿nrtY grwps, and other ￿￿cEs in their provision of services to pewle ￿ are homeless and those vul￿[￿e to ￿c(￿n1￿j FM)rndess. ty Ihe FKovi%on of conferences. traniThJ. inf(KTfkib"on, adwce ana other facilibes, Servi￿ ￿ swporL" Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT to act as a rewesenlative LW for ￿se erw n *Drk vAlh are ￿￿nelesS in relats¢M to govemment F￿￿leS legisla￿ ant1 MrrfJ tcgether in C￿nCil or c￿ferenCe or olheThMse represenlatThies of vduntary agenaes, slatul(ry aults)rrties oltEr agencies invcA¥ed wrth Fe(ple are hc￿eleSS proV￿e a foojs ICK mutual contsct and cwtra￿n anKfKJst (Kganls*C￿ts invdved wth pecpie vtho are Mmeless. to prevent arxy anK¥￿t pec* in need. in pa￿CUlar the ol Wies of ￿ and Valu•s cc11aL￿tlC￿ - W(thrMJ tcrfJetrEr ts a ￿al. Faimess- Treating Feotye irr￿rtIa1fy Inclusrve . Welcoming ￿Ne￿ty an(1 lnv(*rfen￿t. . Inlegty. Acting vmh ￿￿esty an(J trwarerry ￿lj bariJ ￿c(*￿L*4e. Respect - Trealing F*OF* wth di&￿Ity. SupFthNe. Hel￿r￿j pe(fde to aclueve their w•terrt￿. The trustees conffirTn that thry have c(XTWied ¥￿th the r￿Ul[erI￿nts of seclKX14 of the Chanties Act ￿08 to have due regard to the P￿1￿C benefft guidance wblis1￿￿ ty The CIW Ccmssi¢M k)r ￿rtr￿M Ireland. Achievements and Pertornun The year 2022.23 has. ￿ce aJain. extr• bisy vAlh swi[￿an1 tsmand for our serwces. Key aChiev￿nents and *ivities ate set Lkn. Poliey. praclice and reprnsenmion . Research. c(￿M￿S￿*￿d ty H(MY*less Comect aTrJ T￿Ye￿ by the ￿heffl Irel￿ HcMJsirvJ Execjjtive {NIHEI, to staffing cNallenges in the Nl ￿￿nele￿ seckn in SeN￿nL￿ ￿ lamc1￿j in the LorwJ Gallery al Nl Assembty ￿1￿JIngS. Deveh)tEd wr service to ttotAe th) have expenenced 1KxneksS￿. uAryMnatsrrfJ in srx meebrvJs to discuss key Issues vthich subsequenty IrTyacted the H(xndessness Strategy AclK)n Plan. Pruvithd the Secretanat to All Paty Gri)up Pkxneknness a￿1 Iwlitated ts reforrnatK￿ after the 2022 Assefrt)ty eleL*(x). El￿t [￿￿t¥JS were held induding part]cipats)n Lry several member organ1sats(￿s. the Housiro ExeoJtNe', aThY the tkpartmenl CcffirThJn￿e$. Working the Homebess Cc￿neCt Fdicy fonjm devewd maThfestos the 2022 Ass￿ntty an¢J 2023 L(&il Elec￿cl)s. FYcp)sas were adcyted ty a numter of Wttscal t￿rtES in their manifestos. Cwdinated HomelessrEss AW￿enesS Week 2022 wrth Ihe IherrE of'Have the Conversats)n' vthich induded Iwenty events across Northem Ireland raisiry awareness of ￿1n￿leSsnesS Media covw3Je was esthmalgJ lo have reached over T5.(￿ FwAe ¥￿th socia media IM¥￿e5￿(￿S ￿nnry at a similar le￿. RespNfftd to c¢xtsullaI￿S the tKaft Peo* Strategy. NIHE c￿￿ate Plan Electora Office Equalty Ac￿n Plan. Home Starter Pack Distnlxrted 3970 starter packs wim of ten￿oeS sustaned t(￿ 6 PrDVi(kd 2792 Gethng Started Boxes CL¥rtainiThJ f(xyY aThJ tygier)e iterns. Secured athjiknonal funding that enaLNed us to prov¥Je 333 chihyren's tethJrNJ packs. Research into fumtture FK)vety IcLxnFleted in Ju￿) h￿hlI￿ted Ihe r)eed fLK fumtture fKLMsion people ￿KMr￿j Fareshare DislnLNJted 6n tC￿neS ofTc(MJ, equrvalent lo 1.61 Millic￿ rr￿s. lo 179 (harrtEs. c(K)￿jnfy g￿￿pS aTrJ Sc￿￿￿5 IhrougtM)ut Nfftm Ireland. Approximatety 35.040 indmduals beneffted. 303 I(￿ne$ {44.7°h) of the fc(xJ was chilled offenThJ inyoNed nulrrtKxJ. Aw&ded Investment In v￿UnteerS accredrtakn from Vdunteer N(M.I 76 ￿lUnteerS C¢￿tr￿tea a tolal 0114048 %rlUn1￿ the year. an aver&Je 011,170 Imyjrs ￿ r￿nth and 185 IKMJrs per volunteer. Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT Tesco l(MJJ cdlecbon in Nl reoNded 12.7 tor￿ of ¢knated cwer 3 WLlic c(IleclM)n dais. sixpass e reax¢J collected lo date and ewed lo 30,421 n￿als. Achieved 6 awar(Is al Ihe Fareshare UK award cer￿. Regional Service Users Nelwork {RSUNI Folkiwro doswe of ATh1￿ H(xJse office. an RSUN office vras est*shed in the Twn spires C￿eX Belfast. . men*￿S fed Yito a c(￿aIne (leFerNknq res(wrce the Ftyal c￿l￿e of Psytt)ialnsts. L(YNkn. Mentss arKi staff tcK)k part in the Ham ReductKJn ccfftfer￿Ce In LwerF((4. C(Krfflenced a rewew of RSUN otwatsrKJ slwctures wrth a to reConfyJ￿rMJ. ¥1 c(ftsultskncn wilh the PUNIC Health AgerKy {PHA). Dewe achEvements. ￿. there were (wNJJThJ ISS￿ wilh staffry Ihe F￿e￿. FollcwThJ the review of the structure and activrtEs of the t￿leCt. the Tnjstees decMJe(I to eTrJ the C(￿traCt In 202Y24 and entereil d1sujs￿￿ts North•rn Ir•land Fronl1in• N•twork Hek12 events in BeNast [*[ry￿(￿1￿JeTrY on the Cost ol LN1￿ Cngs atteTrJed by 43 partsapants 21 ￿ganISatic￿s. Held a thsmp on trauna care attentsJ by over 30 Tr￿MIlne stair amj ￿ ￿l￿e trainirKJ attet)Jed by 8 fr(￿ulne stair 'underSt￿1r￿j and TacklirMJ HoardiThJ' Financial review The end of the year saw a ￿ financ￿1 tesLIt Fkmv)e￿ C(x)nect based str(M¥J financial management Net incomirvJ resources Y￿re £97.981(3￿2. £63.0331.The detsled tradiro results for the ye* and the fnama p)srtv)n al Ine en(1 of the yew are sts)wn on pages 15 to 25 of tr￿se financ￿1 staterrEnts. The totsl incomirrfj resources ts the year a￿A)Unted lo £2.340.93512022" £2.739.￿> ￿1h eXp￿lture of £2,242.954 {2022. £2.676.5751 reS￿kn￿ in a ￿CreaSe in lunds of £97.981 {2022" £63.0181 Reserves Policy The trustees have established a reserves thal arns to ensLre that H(ffndess Cijnrect maintains an aJequate level of reserves lo achieve ts stated ams and d)Jecl]"ves ￿'le safeguardiry. as far as tK)ssible, the conb'nued nancia susta"nabilty of the organ&3tK)n. The requires that a minimum level of caslFbacked. Un[estr￿ted reseThes equivalent to Ihree nK)nths ar¥)ual ou1&￿)Ir￿ expendrtLre be mantained by the charty. vthich Injslees feel provi¢Yes a pn#Jenl level of insurance againsl smrt-lern liaL)ilitres resU￿r￿j tr￿n events of an unyanrled nature c￿￿de our InNnediale contrc4. In the evenl of a s*Jnificanl ijrcy in fuTr3iThJ. Mwever, rt w(wkl be necessary to consKJer how the funding v￿VId be rerAaced, ￿ activib'es curtaikd At Marth 2023 Ihe unreslncted reserves stc¥>J at £303.808 equNalenl to 12 months ￿ annual outy)iry exFtrMlrture Prinapal funding s¢)urces The main inccKning resources of ￿￿￿￿eSS C(¥w)ect G￿1 Fw¥JThJ. F¢))3 Merfv fees, 0(￿atr(￿S Membership &tscnp1J￿s. Honwess Connect grealy aFweciates the backnng It re￿fves al rts grant ftjnders, inclLMJirKJ NIHE, PHA DFC, DAERA and Fareshare UK Wrth(￿ wI￿e suFy)rt Ihe organIsab(￿ w(￿ld sirTyty rK)t be able to tu) a nurTtsr of rts aCts.￿DeS. Plans for future periods c￿er the c(MnThJ year C￿neCt w￿1 conts'nue to ddwer rts tmjsiness wll devek4) a new &year stralegy fcff 2024-2027. We wll a￿.. Furttw devel￿ ￿ wth rEWe have INert eXpenen￿ of h(Ane1￿￿ to Wp inf(wm Ihe Visrt al kast 4 me￿1 seN￿S to discuss Wicy. pRctKe aThJ wder ￿SUeS a￿NjrKl their vKrt. Deveknp Fareshare partnerships, recruttsrrfJ al Wl 5 re4V SUPtAws. W(Kk aCc￿ntants to ert*d r)ew man￿t arrdThj￿ts aKI recruit a Finance Offi￿. Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT Corn￿￿n￿ w(xk ￿ an ￿ganL$atK￿￿ resttucture to surwt tr devel(ynent of se￿￿5 to n￿M￿￿c01￿￿Unty f(x)d merrt)er5. to Strengt1￿ C￿￿e Inlrastructure atKI to suslain c￿[ Mxk th[0￿h de4EkYT￿I of income generat￿￿ strategy. Continue to swK)rt stsif and ￿ll￿teerS. integrath)n and a Cl￿ team envir(￿Tr￿nt Going concern The financial statements have been prepated on a ￿l[￿j concem bags. The Trustees assess ¥thelher the use org¢Jng C(￿eM ts aFpropn*e i.e.. vknether there ¥e arty matenal uncertaintses related to events or condrtMx6 thal Iiw cast stsJnthcanl d¢Jrt)t ￿ the abuty of the chanty to c(￿t￿ue as a gong concern. The Trustees make lThs assessm￿ in re¥Ect of a [￿￿￿] d c￿e year fr[￿ the ¢Jate of aPF￿Val of the thar￿1a statements. Whibe the nature ol the chanws c￿e I￿NjIr￿j is such Ihal tntstees canrN)t L￿ certain thal projected future lunding will matenalise aTrJ. as such. are Un#￿e lo provmje a cast Irc￿ guarantee that chanty wll continue as a concem indefinrtely, ¢JJr ILMJgement on the ba%"s of the eV￿￿e cm avail&le. ts thal rt ts [eaS￿L￿e to assume that rt can c0ntsr￿ operatsrrfJ ts a fijrther 12 ￿￿￿ths. Strueture, governanee and management Horr*ss is a compary limrted Ery guar*e 9)¥￿ ty rts and Prt"des or ASSOC￿￿"￿. R•¢ruilm•nt and appoinlm•nl of Irust••S Homeless Connect Board members are ￿mInated and elecled annualty by lull memLws at Ihe Annual &neral Meeting IAGMI Existsr¥J ccmnmrttee nmibers musl St￿ after 3 years in office lyjl are eligible for reelect up to a maxirwm of 9 years, serrfice arter thch • mLLSt stand ￿+M pernW￿ty Onty organisabons aThY indivi￿al5 VI￿ we lull [rEmI￿rS are eligible fcK r￿InalK)n or representatM)n C￿ Board. Office Bearer5 are elected by the Board MeMt￿￿ frixn am(xNJ their nUMt￿ at the fir51 full Board flieeting after the AGM. Induction and training of truMees elected new trustees undert*e a ￿ard iThJuckn ￿ are ifNrted to take part in govemance trainir¥J. advice of Sen￿ staff. AJI expetKJrture is rnntloied and aJreed in line wrth JJreed d(Kunented financial procedures. Trratthal issues and staff in ￿ne wrth Fk¥neless c(￿￿￿cl (tythves are ty staff in acccfdance wrth the haThJo￿￿. Arrangements for sèth.ng key managèment personnel remunerab"e staff salanes are alhJned to Nationa Joint Councl INJCI Salary Scaes. The ChairFerSC￿ and trustees wcrt whclty on a vdLmtary bass armj re￿[ve r¥) remunerabon. LKx)u5es. or benefit&1￿k1￿1 or have any entrtlefflents. 'kewise. vrAunteer5 are mt remuneraed. ()Jt-of-prKket exFerses are p￿d In line vth practice. The ch￿ ExecubNt offi￿S (CEO) ren￿nera1N￿ is set by the Board of Tnjstees Tmth rel￿ence to NJC scales. Organisational Str￿tUre The Board LS reS[K￿$1tAe for the 9)vem￿Ce of the chanty. The trustees delegate the running of the rxganisatK)n to the CEO, wlhin a tr￿eWOrK or dwated ￿ The rn￿ts aFvroxmalety every quarter. There are two sub corTwnrttees".111 Fnance Audrt and ￿sk a¥J12) HLThn Resources. These sutkcixnnittees R•lalionships with relat•d parti•s Trustees During Ihe year. scThe Pkyne1￿ Ccffinect trust￿. thr[X￿ trEir prof￿$Th￿ capacrtEs, tranwtKms v the charrtable C(￿pany, e.g , memLwship. These transad]ons were camed (Mjt on an arm's IWI basts on the sarne terns a￿1 condth'ors as availatrAe to ￿her mern1￿rs. Homeless Connect TRUSTEES. REPORT Risk Management H(xnebess COnr￿cl m￿nt￿'nS a tisk Ma￿￿1 system. vthich seeks to Klents'fy arNJ FXKXTbse any risks to rts actswbes and the delivery of its obiecltves aThJ F￿[S in yace me￿re5 py(pNts.(K￿le to the mana3enEnl of IfM)se nsts. The main nsks we categywd as" Reducts"on in funding Lack of demand for our services The risk thal olher ￿gan￿"(￿S may offer Ihe sane serNryc&. Failure lo respond to changing environment The r]sk that organIsab(￿ does not Like a prokne apw)ach to charK HomeFess ConrEcl has put in pta￿ a risk Tegisler, ￿1cM will LE dosety rr#Mi1￿ed by Ihe senior slaff and Boaro (wer Ihe course of the nexi finanua year to fcffi￿lty rec(ffd the key nsks aTrJ actws taken to minimise those risks. Financial risks The chattys acl[vrt￿S also exFK)se rt to several ffina)C￿ risks irKILxling cash kn t￿. credit nsk and INuMJty nsk. The use oi financ￿1 denvatNes is ￿verned LYY the chanys Wicies approved by the ￿ard of trLLStees, ￿lch provmje wntten pnncitles C￿ Ihe use of ffinanc￿ ¢knatNes to markv these nsts. The charty Th)t use dertvatrve nancia Ins1nn￿ SFttulative [Wrf￿S. Cash flow risk The chamys aclNrties rdy WmPaPy C￿ fundirNJ trcln ￿erna s(uces. Cash Ilow is rn￿ge￿ by ensuriThJ appropnale fundirMJ is in tAace t£f￿e c￿lM[t￿'ng lo ary relevant exrfftlrture a￿1 ch)se ￿K￿rt0nng (rf av?diabbe resources. Credit risk The chantys pnncipal fir￿nc￿l assets are balan￿ an(1 cash. Iraje aThJ oU)er teceN&Xes. The chtys credrt nsk is pnmarity attn"txrt#)le to rts trade rec￿va￿eS. The amwnls presented in the balan￿ sheet are nel of allowances for (kxjbttul rece￿at￿e5. An ak)wance In¥)airment Is maje ￿ere tr￿[e is ￿ idenbfied k)ss event which. b&ed wewcMJS extErTrence. ts evMJerKe ol a re￿￿ts"(￿ in the recoveraLx"lrty of the cash fflovts. Liquidity risk The thanvs liquirfity risk is markiged ty ensuring that an th]uate le￿ ￿ reseprfes ￿ mantainejj in acccKdance wrth the Reserves Policy estaNished by the Trustees. Credrtor payment policy We supFy)rt a pronyt paYn￿nI strategy arNJ targets paym￿1 for gcMJJs atNJ semces to LE maje ￿1n ajreed paymenl or wrthin YJ days of rec￿p1 ￿ in¥￿￿ tmx ￿ thswte. Fair Employment Hor￿ c(￿r￿ct ￿ an equal ￿my￿1nty erwryer. The 8Am ofw is to ￿￿re tlkit rK) pb arvlicant or slaff member re￿NeS kss favourable treats￿t the gI￿ndS of aJe, Oisakn"lity, marital slalus, witb.cal (pinion. race. rdigious bel￿fs. sex or sexual Onenlabr￿. TW St￿lkI rKJt be dsthantaged ty c￿d￿.onS or requirerrEnts which are not objectsvety l￿b￿able ￿ which accc¥nnKxJated thr(wi makirKJ rea$C￿alle ajjustments, where per5(ms are disable(l (as defined in the Disa)Ilty DisCnminal￿ Ad 19951 or vthich are rK)t relevant lo the Job. seleCt￿n critena and Fwsonnel ￿oCe￿reS will te revEwed regulaty to ensure Imat M1v￿ua1S are recruited. prorTK)led and treated in all ott￿[ vrays purety on the basis of and ability to Ihe jrtj lor have apyied. To ensure that the talent aTrJ reS￿rCeS of staff are utsls&J to Ihe fijll arMJ thal ￿ Pb aF(Au￿t or sLiff member re￿1Ve￿ less favouraLle trealmenl Ihe grouThYs of his ￿ her aje, disabilty, m&rtal status. wrtical opinic￿, ra￿. reIvJi￿s beliets, sex (K sexual ￿ta￿on. Nertw $￿k1 ccrtits(rts or rewirements that camot sfM)wn to be relev￿1 to tknmance disaJvanlaJe hinther. To this eTh1, Pkjndess c4￿neCt ￿11. Homeless Connect TRUSTEES, REPORT Fulfil its ￿￿la1 reSt￿￿s1￿1ty towards rts staff mernbers aThJ ￿ c(Kr￿￿nty in ¥*hith rt yrates. Comth wth the legal iny)sed by trE Fair E￿￿1￿rrEnt IN￿(hern Ireland) Acts. Revw at least (M)ce every tlyee years rts ef￿Ary￿Ent c(xntx)s1l￿ and [￿acts￿ lo delenrMrE ￿ merrt)ers of each c(Mnmunty are enN)yiro. arNJ are likety to C￿tsnue to enjoy. tdir pa￿CIpalV￿j in em￿1￿[￿rt. Seek to gtve all stall members equa wyNtunty aTrJ enc￿[4￿ment lo ¥ryress v￿thin the (￿anIsat￿ ty impkmenting an affimiattve actIC￿ prcmjran￿￿. Yknere apprq)nate. Provide facilitses for any slaff mentrr LWEves thal irwuitaLle treatmeni Nas L)een aFvi8J to hirn I her the scope of this wlicy aThJ to rase matter thrw gnevance t￿CedUreS. AJI stsif n￿mL￿[S nave a re¥￿￿iLl"1￿Y to accept their inv(1vem￿l ￿ the m]cal aFVication or this wicy bul specific reswnsibility fals Up￿ CEO. Line and staff [￿feSS￿￿a￿Y nvclved in recrurtmenL staff member administrabon and traning. AJI staff are require(1 to cw ¥Mlh trle onpThsatKYVs of rM)t pe￿nrtkn"ng lJ)e of llwJs. emblems, wsters, gaffitr. (K the urcula11c￿ of matenals. or the deliterate articuIaknc￿ of slcgans or scngs, which are likdy to cause offence to. (x cause 4)prehensK)n ar￿m￿J. exisb.ng cr wtential &aff member5. Breathes of the FxAicy 11 L* dealt wtln urNJer our F¥O￿ureS. Disabilty Dtscrimination Homeless Cc￿neCt ￿leS not d￿nn)nate &Jainsl pe15(YLS Wrth *t)en recNrtir¥J staff. ￿. we (k) not discnrrinate aJainst staff r￿**[5 d&*lIrt￿5. In lenns ol enwioyment. In the OPF*Jrtunths alr￿dea himmer for pronKrtTron. tr￿sTer. trainiro or any other L￿efit. By refijsing to afford himnler or d￿1t￿ra￿.[¥j not aff(xditwJ hirTVher. such opw)rtunity" 01 By dismissing himmer or sutyectiro hnvfer to any ¢JetnnMt. Where any arrar¥Jements ma(k ty (r (m behalf of us. ￿ ary ttyg'cal feature of [(￿lse$ ￿led ty us, pl￿e Ihe pers(￿ a disabilty at a slrt>s￿kna disadvaltage In cOrwS(￿ ￿[son5 ￿ are rK)t disabled, we VAI take reaSc￿aL1e steps Iconsmjenro the c￿O￿nSta￿eS ol IL* case) in (Koer to we¥&)t the afra￿￿ ￿ feature havir a detnmenlal irnpad Staff Appraisal Poliey We have a fomalised perfornance managenEnl system This System C￿pnSes ct¥ective settiThJ. pl￿nIng. crE to one supervLSI(￿. armj yeaty a￿raiSals. n prowdes statt ments￿ with an c4)Eth￿￿ty to be involved In the setttrKJ ol coiectsves aTrJ c(￿IntYjtlr¥j to cMJr tsve1cp1￿t. Stat•m•nt of Trust••s R•sp¢)nsibilili•s The trustees (W￿ are also Ihe ¢Jirectors of H¢Jneless Cc￿neCt fly Ihe WfFoses of ccThpary law} are reSpOn￿OIe foi prepanng the Injstees, reFX)rt the ffinarKial statements In accordance Ihe Unrted lQw(k)m Accounbng standards {Unrted Kirmjkni Generaty Accepted AccountfKJ Pracbce) aTrJ appiicalme law ￿ re￿latiOnS. C(ryary law requires the trustees to tryare financial slalements each finwoal yew UrKler c(Ant4vry law the tnjslees must rK)t apFK(Ne the ffinancial statements unless tw are satL%fied th* they give a true and lair vmv of the sLile of affairs of the chatrtth C￿np￿ry a￿] of ts nCL¥niThJ res(yJrces aKI aFVicatK)n d res(Njr￿. lnChJd￿g rts incoffE and exteTrJiture. fcx that tEtkxl. In prepariro these fina￿al staternents. the Irustees are requred to" • sdect surtable ￿c0￿￿￿j aThJ appty theffl consistenty. • observe Ime met￿S ar¥J pmci*S in the Chanties SORP,. • make juogerwts and eS￿MateS that are re&onable aTrJ tiiHJwiL • state whether apFAicatAe UK AcC￿nting SlaKIa￿s have been fc4(YhEd. suliect to rnatefial departures disdctsed and explained in the firkinc￿l ststements. and • wepare the finanual statefflents on the c(￿ce￿ bas.s ￿￿SS rt ts inapyowHte to wme that t chartsble conpany wll c(￿￿"nUe in LKN'rEss. 10 Homeless Connect TRUSTEES. REPORT The trustees are restM￿sIble ￿ keepTrJ aJeq￿Ie aCc￿ntir0 recorts Ihat are surncienl to S￿)W and ewain the charrtable c(xry)anys tran&%tN)ns and disdose reasonable &curacy * arty tsme the finanoal Filsrtion (rfthe charrtable c(xr¥)any and enab￿ tl)em to ensure that the financ￿1 slatements (XXWY wth the C(MnFKanies Act 2006. They are a9) reswnsble knr safeguardiro the assets of the chamaLle ￿MI hence ￿ taking r&isonatle steps for t￿ F￿eVenI￿ and detecbon of fra￿j aThJ olher wwu1an1￿s. Disclosure of inforniation to auditor Each trustee has taken steF6 that ty (Kh3ht to ha%e t*en as a twstee n cts to make then￿￿VeS abyare of arry relevant audrt infomMtK¥n am to eslaLlith that the chanws a￿Jrt(K is aware of tNal inf0M￿￿on. The trustees C(￿r￿M tr￿1 lfftere is no r*vant infom￿1￿￿ that IW kmw of of ￿ch tw know auditor is unaware. Small eompanies provision statement Appoinlment of audrtor Followiro a tenderirKJ exercse. Muhyc*￿ am CcMnpany have ￿en aFwnte(1 as aM1[t￿S at the AGM 24 NovenX)er 2022 for an initsl &year Fenc￿ ccMnmenar¥J financ￿1 year 2022r23 Approved by the Board ot Truslees on 4 Oclober 20fJ and signed on rts behaff ty: DL