Street NI (Tackling Homelessness) Ltd Annual Report For the Period Ended 31/03/25
The Directors present their report and financial statements for the period ended
31/03/25
Company and Charititable Status
The charity was registered on 7 January 2014. The charity registered as a company limited by guarantee on 3 January 2020. Its name was changed from Street Soccer NI on 4 February 2025.
Principal activity
Street NI is a football project set up for the disadvantaged groups of society such
as the homeless, drug and alcohol dependant, refugees, asylum seekers and long term unemployed. It's for anyone aged over 16 and for both male and females. Street NI started in 2010 and registered as a company limited by guarantee on 4 January 2020.
Directors
| Directors | Directors |
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| The directors who served during the period are as stated below: | |
| Gareth Harper Chair Aidan Byrne Trustee Tom Dinnen Treasurer Emma Shields Trustee William Steele Secretary Stuart Douglas Trustee Stephen McIlveen Trustee Sharon Trainer Trustee David Jardine Trustee |
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| Type of gov | erning document:Articles of Association |
Type of governing document: Articles of Association
Partners: Formal partnerships; Hosford/EBM, IFA, NIHE, Magill Family Trust, Ulster Garden Villages,
Choice Housing, Radius Housing, Simon Community, Ireland for Jesus, CFC Church, Belfast City Council Nationwide, Dormant Accounts, Halifax, Cooperation Ireland, Belfast and South Eastern Trust.
Informal partnerships with many more organisations working in our area.
Personnel;
F/T employees : Justin McMinn, CEO, Grainne Connor Capacity Building Coordinator, Adrian Curry, Derry, Coordinator, Mehrshad Esfandiari, Belfast Coordinator.
P/T staff: Terry Moore, Conor Owens, Lianne Mulholland, Alan Nixon, Robert Martin, Stephen Fleming, Jack Hall, Osama Almahmoud, Tori Dinnen, Amin Jalali, Hassan Abdelmagid, Karim Kanno, William Martin. Objectives and Activities
Key Purposes of the Organisation:
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To remove barriers to participation in sport
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To provide education and personal development opportunities
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To tackle homelessness and help people sustain tenancies
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To improve Social and Community Relationshi
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To be the official partner of the Homeless World Cup in Northern Ireland
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Main activities over the past year:
1: Football Activities : We ran 16 weekly sessions across Belfast, Coleraine, Downpatrick and
Derry/Londonderry. In Belfast, we ran 4 men’s projects (East, West, North and South) and two Women’s sessions plus one volleyball session. We also ran 2 projects for people with learning disabilities, in Belfast and Downpatrick. In Derry we ran 3 men’s sessions a week, including a fitness session. In Coleraine, we ran 2 sessions a week for men. The 16 sessions together were reaching up to 200 people every week. Our English classes have been running every week most of the year with around 10 clients on average attending. Due to it’s success we will continue the classes.
2. New Projects: We moved into a new building at Shaftesbury Square, a former bank building which is very large with 4 floors. It’s the perfect building for us as we now have a ground floor charity shop,
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a games room, classroom, storage and foodbank and more. We moved in in Nov/Dec and since we got signage up on the building we have been very busy with customers coming through the doors. We accessed funding from the Belfast City Council to purchase food vouchers from Tesco and Lidl to give to people in need. This was around 22k and it was extremely popular and it helped spread the word about the charity in the local area, so we applied again this year and were successful again. 3 . Street Move: Our social enterprise called ‘Street Move’ has been a great success selling furniture clothes, removals and providing a PAT testing service. Every week the van would be on the road doing removals, dump runs or collecting donations. Our players regularly assisted the driver each day which was also great for their personal development. Our PAT testing service got the contract for Simon Community which involves PAT testing appliances in their offices and hostels country wide. This is for one year but may be extended after that. We developed a lot more new partnerships this year through our removal service as hostels and charities used us for their clients or own office Radius Housing continued to provide us regularly with furniture from their folds across Belfast. We accessed funding of £3,900 from Belfast City Council for our social enterprise to help with equipment, training of staff and volunteers.
4 : Homeless World Cup: The Homeless World Cup was held in South Korea in Sept 2024. We took 8 men and 7 women made up of players from Belfast, Derry and Coleraine. We raised £30,000 in fundraising to cover the costs of the trip. The trip was a great success with both teams finishing in 7[th] position, our highest ever position for both teams.
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Funding Income : NIHE continued to fund our core costs including salary for CEO and housing officer which was around 60k. We received £185k from Big Lottery for 3 years to fund a full-time sports coordinator. Nationwide gave £50k for Adrian’s salary and project costs. Belfast City council gave £25k for the food bank. IFA gave us around £6k to help us run our weekly projects in Belfast, Coleraine and Western gave us 15k towards a salary in Derry. SCBI and IFA gave us around 6k to help us run our Derry. We also received funding from Magill Family Trust £25k, Halifax £5k, Apex £7k, Radius £9k NIHE Cohesion Fund £10k and more.
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Fundraising : We did a number of bag packs and bucket collections again at Tesco and other stores. We did a 5k fun run/walk at Victoria Park to raise funds. we brought in around £5,000 in total from around 30 sponsors. We received random donations throughout the year. The Homeless World Cup project raised £50,000 in donations and sponsorship. We held a dog walking fundraiser called Paws for a Cause’ event which brought in around £2k at Ormeau Pk. We held our Auction and Quiz night at the Doc Café and raised around £2k. We held our first ever sleep out at Hope Chapel Lane in partnership with Teen Challenge raising around £4k. 7. Ambassadors: Gerry Armstrong continued as Ambassador for the charity as well as Cathy McAleer and Julie Nelson who currently plays for Northern Ireland.
8: Cups and Tournaments ; we held a number of tournaments in Belfast, Coleraine and Derry including the Homeless Awareness Week Cup and a Good Relations Cup at Ormeau Park. We partnered with People 1[st] to run a one day tournament in Derry. We attended the all-Ireland finals in Dublin with around 45 people. We attended the Ireland 25[th] anniversary tournament held in Dublin where we took our Homeless World Cup pitch along for the two events. Our men’s team won the tournament beating Lithuania in the final.
- PR and Marketing : We got great media coverage around the Homeless World Cup. It was one of the best years for media coverage including BBC, UTV, Belfast Live nd Telegraph and others covered the story.
Achievements and performance:
We rebranded the charity and changed the name to Street NI (Tackling Homelessness) as this captures the work of the charity more than Street Soccer.
•Our Social Enterprise Street Move have been very successful. Not only in bringing in unrestricted income but also developing volunteers who are out of work, providing an affordable service to the the community and also developing new partnerships across the city.
• We developed a new social enterprise called ‘Street Store’ which sells new electrical appliances and beds at affordable prices. We also created an online shop for people to see what we sell. • We now have 17 staff working at Street Soccer with plans to grow.
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• We obtained money from DFC to employ 2 new staff members under 25 as part of their job scheme. It worked really well and the employees stayed on after the 9 month programme as assistants. • We did a Christmas appeal in December giving presents to families that were struggling and also a Toys appeal a few months later aimed at families and children in need. • We developed a new project with weekly English Classes which we ran twice last year and are continuing this year.
• Significant income generation. Most importantly successful application for core funding from Big Lottery for 3 years. Also; funding from BCC, IFA, Apex, Radius, Magill Family Trust, Nationwide, Belfast Trust, Cooperation Ireland, Halifax and more, including fundraisers. • Development of new partnerships, including Flourish who we partner with through a Halifax Collaboration grant. Also People 1st, R&A Consultants. •We did a number of courses and workshops including manual handling, drug and mental health courses, good relations, nutrition and employability. • We recruited at least 30 volunteers, mostly people from Belfast and Derry • We helped rehouse at least 3 clients in private rentals and sustained lots more through our ongoing support with food, furniture, gas and electric support and weekly activities. • We ran successful academies funded by NIHE in Coleraine and Belfast • Acquired new assets: footballs, boots, gear, tools, gazebos, laptops, play stations, TVs, etc. Challenges and Risk
· If we lose our current building then it will be a struggle finding a new building the same size and for the same rent
•To build up our reserves as we struggled to secure some funds we expected. •Developing our social enterprise to attract more customers and partners •Maintaining core funding after this year. •Acquiring adequate funding for local projects. •Maintaining numbers and attracting new numbers. •Impact measurement and reports to funders. •Achieving KPIs; this will be a very real challenge. •Replicating Belfast success (in terms of intensive support) across NI. •Starting up new projects and making them successful •Governance risks such as policies.
Financial Review
• Our accounts were examined by an independent accountant •The financial activity of the Charity this year has increased by over £100,000 •At the end of the financial year the charity is in a healthy position financially.
Declaration:
The board members declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s board: Signature: Yao Name: Gareth Harper Position: Chair Date: 17/11/25
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