# **Summerhill Community Centre Trustee Report & Financial Statements Period 1[st] November 2023 to 31[st] October 2024**
**Charity Name** Summerhill Community Centre **Charity Number** SC044966 **Address** Ballochmyle Terrace Dumfries DG2 9EF
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- **Appointment of Trustees:** The Charity’s Trustees are supported by the Volunteers who are the members and key facilitators / assistants for the activities at Summerhill Community Centre. Membership is open to all volunteers over 16 years old. New Trustees can be elected by the members and ratified at the monthly meeting or the Annual General Meeting. There must be a minimum of three and a maximum of twelve Trustees. The board may at its discretion invite non-Members to any meeting of the Board, or of the membership; non-Members will be without voting rights.
**Employees:** Our Employee Pension Scheme is set up and the Organisation has met all responsibilities.
Over the period we have been successful developing wider partnerships and accessing funding to meet our strategic plans and employ Project staff:
- Continued 2 year funding (April 2023 to March 2025 ) from Holywood Trust.
- Continued 2 year funding (April 2023 to March 2025) from Dumfries and Galloway Council Justice Social Work to develop our Lived Experience Peer Mentor Project and help deliver our Training Project, Cooking Project and ‘Amazing Futures’ Programme.
- Scottish Government 18 month Funding October 2023 to 31[st] March 25 to develop Family Support at HMP Dumfries
- D&G Council Employability Services up to March 2024
- Wheatley Foundation ‘The Pledge’ Employment Project upto March 2024
Successful funding streams for Salaries / Commissions and fundraising strategies; partnership working and networks have enabled new opportunities and a very innovative approach to continue at a grassroots level to meet our charitable purposes. We would like to thank all Funding Organisations including the Holywood Trust; Scottish Government; Dumfries & Galloway Council Departments and Councillors ; Wheatley Foundation.
Also, a huge thank you to our local Cashforkids who have once again been a direct lifeline for financially supporting our children and young people; Family Essential Needs, School Holiday activities and Food Projects, where and when needed the most.
We also express our greatest appreciation to the many Organisations, Companies and local people who donated towards and / or supported our aims, including the Cumberland Society, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Scottish Power Energy Networks, Move On Project and Glasgow & West of Scotland Fareshare Food Project.
## **Charitable Purposes**
- ➢ The advancement of education
- ➢ The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the objective of improving life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- ➢ The Relief of Poverty
We are very proud to report that we have continually provided for all ages and our wider communities throughout the whole period. Our very successful Food Projects, Youth Services, Training Programmes, Older Peoples Services and Amazing Futures Project have all shown to be key community lifelines over the period.
Our positive ‘can do’ approach is testimony of our strong leadership to reach good outcomes and overcome every barrier.
We have continued to ensure essential items and weekly food provision in the region has reached our most vulnerable and also reached our partner organisations through our staff, volunteers and partners giving their support, time and energy. This huge volunteers commitment and dedication has been incredible for supporting others throughout the area. Together we have overcame many challenges and obstacles through our sheer determination to keep services running and support our wider communities.
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**Over a 52 week period November 2023 to October 2024 Activities and Services** _**delivered**_ **by Summerhill Community Centre volunteers and staff as follows:**
- **Youth Services 400 Sessions**
- **Older Peoples Services / Intergenerational and food Activities 400 Sessions**
- **Environmental Umbrella Project 30 Sessions**
- **Sports / Fitness (all ages) 150 sessions**
- **Training / Placements / Support 400 Sessions**
- **Amazing Futures Project 500 sessions (Plus Family Visitors Support 250 sessions)**
**(** The above sessions do not include additional groups, families and bookings that use the centre with low cost private hire, whereby we engage and support where needed.)
We are proud to maintain people led services with a large volunteer network of 58 unique individuals who range from 10 - 92 years old over this period from November 2023; some who have direct experience of poverty, lived experience of many challenging barriers in life and have joined our network of volunteering for many different reasons such as to get involved with community life; improve community facilities; support others; improve their personal circumstances; life chances or lifestyles through new opportunities. This personal development process has also supported people to move into Training / College/ Employment.
Partnership working; developing wide networks and community support has enabled our unique community development approaches to grow and promote intergenerational activities that are _for the community, by the community_ .
Our online training and inhouse training sessions have worked well to include all abilities and ages from 12 year olds. Our youth services at grass roots level provides over 20 hours youth activities / support. Our youth volunteer leadership team is testimony of the power in young people with the right support to develop our communities and networks, achieve our aims and improve their knowledge and understanding.
These processes continue to help address the many inequalities in our communities. Our free food hub activities, free training programmes and free youth services are helping support people with the cost of living and their low income situations.
## **Youth Services:** Statistical Information
|**Youth Services:**Statistical Information||
|---|---|
|**Activity**
**Sessions**
**Frequency**
**Under** **12**
**years**
**12** **-** **14**
**years**
**15** **-** **25**
**years**
School Holidays (6 programmes per year)
30 hours week
130
50
36
Sports / Gym / Swimming / Cycles
3 per week
25
25
15
Robert The Bruce History Programmes /
Parade 2024
2per week
20
20
15
Youth Food Hub (Volunteering / cooking /
suppers / Pantry / Hampers)
7per week
60
50
30
Cooking and eating supper
4 sessions week 40
40
30
Training / Arts & Crafts / Fundraising
activities
1session weekly 50
50
30|**26+**
**years**
18
10
15
70
10|
||10|
Total number of individual young people aged 12 – 25 who have registered during this period: 312 Excellent feedback from children, young people and family members in regards to opportunities created and fun happy experiences to last a lifetime of the Easter Eggstravaganza, Summer of Play 2024 or the October Fest. Day trips, water sports, camping and seaside residential being the favourites. Caravan overnights were again very much the favourite and for most of those attending, their only holiday away.
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Lone parents and larger families also had their own small holiday in the caravan too. These memories will last forever. This maybe their first holiday and children on their first night away from home too.
**Sports / Gym/ Swim / Cycle:** Street Hockey and Football continued to be the favourite sports on our MUGA at Summerhill and our own gym is a good starting point for young people before feeling confident to attend DGOne in a youth group outing.
Our connection with local history and heritage is being delivered through fun and engaging methods. Our older Youth Group have worked with different Organisations to create their own mini film which is testimony of the positive impact and experiences. This group continue to work on the Heritage Project and continued through 2024 whereby they completed very innovative projects winning local awards and National recognitions through Robert The Bruce History and Medieval Dumfries Programme Our ongoing Project has yet again delivered an incredible learning and fun process of making our own community float for the local Guid Nychburris 2024 Parade and winning the Overall Entry Cup in addition to winning the Community Group Category for our Robert the Bruce drama re enactment. Our trip to Duncarron Medieval Village and our Gifts for the King; medieval stall in Dumfries town centre of homemade items such as leather pouches / games and stones was a great success for everyone and the youths dressed up in medieval wear. Being part of the Bruce 750 celebrations was an amazing opportunity to be involved with re enactments at Castledykes Park with The Bruce Trust and visits to QOS with the King Robert the Bruce and his party. Our medieval supper banquet in partnership with The Stove Network and Hidden Histories was a huge success and enjoyed by all local families. A big thank you to every organisation who supported developing these opportunities.
**Youth Food Hub** continue to be a much needed lifeline for many families and some young people are the ones to collect food weekly. Nightly supper is a ritual at all the groups and young people making supper have valuable skills being developed whilst having fun
**Youth Training and Fundraising** Our youth fundraising activities continue to include Disney Character commissions at Community Fun Days and also our Fun Fair stalls which have a planned theme for every event. Our online Training Platform for all volunteers and wider community has over 60 available Courses and we focus on 6 of these as a requirement for new start volunteers / school placements / youth committee. Other full day training opportunities are accessed where possible, such as REHIS Food Hygiene / Child Protection/ First Aid or training programmes through Youth Scotland as examples. New volunteers are also supported to undertake PVG application process if working with children / young people.
Our youth committee planning meetings began May 2024 for a new inclusive play park beside the Summerhill Centre and our consultation with wider community designed the final draft for quotations. There is £104K allocated through the Scottish Government via Council and we need to fundraise the rest.
Our work with schools continue. We support ‘hard to reach’ young people not engaging with school but will attend a work placement in the centre learning to cook and helping with food project.
We have weekly photos of youth activities on the Summerhill Community Centre Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SummerhillCommunityCentre
Our Bike Project adventures are building confidence in cycling and the cycle maintenance workshop volunteers have repaired and donated over 80 bicycles in one year to all ages in need of a bicycle. This excellent project is helping to reduce crime and also support health and wellbeing, overcome some employment barriers and increase independence. Thank you to all who help make this happen. We plan to continue developing this project with local young people. Our innovative partnership working has so far reached out to a local Housing Association and Cycle Scotland, connected with grassroots organisations and we plan to support 50 children and young people with new bikes to be gifted at Christmas 2024. We
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will manage and coordinate this Project to ensure our most needy and vulnerable receive these bikes from Santa.
We have also began planning processes for December 2024 whereby the youth committee have committed to help deliver 16 big activities, including being the hosts for our free Santas grotto with elves and characters in town; Free Home made Soup and a book; Gifts from Dunelm and customers who will support Summerhill Centre for Christmas 2024.
We have developed a well-known presence through delivering public activities and town centre events, therefore engaging with many more children and young people. This maybe through our Summerhill Community Fun Events / Town Centre Christmas 2023 / Easter 2024/ Summer 2024 activities / Youth Beatz 2024 entertainment/ Southerness and local Community galas and festivals with our Fun of the Fayre or Disney Character Events.
Our innovative youth activities continue to be connected with health and wellbeing. We are thankful and grateful for the many skilled volunteers and staff who have committed to supporting our youths and introduce new life changing positive experiences.
## **Food Projects:**
The process continues to enable our Centre to deliver our Food Sharing Programmes and provide good healthy and fresh food into very deprived areas in the region.
Summerhill Centre continues to be the Fareshare Hub whereby we co-ordinate services for parts of the wider community. We continue our key role in reducing food insecurity and contributing to the Community Planning Partnership Anti Poverty Strategy.
Our Food Sharing Hub is an integral part of our Centre with many strands continuing to incorporate cooking sessions, lunches, suppers and much needed life skills for many. Our community food and essentials Pantry is well developed and volunteers are now managing their own pantry with staff support and helping each other to challenge poverty / overcome barriers and promote neighbourliness.
We are helping to reduce the high cost of living for many families and reducing hunger in our communities. We are also building new relationships, bringing people together and introducing new opportunities / signposting and support for our most vulnerable in society.
Our special volunteer and staff team are managing this service and we thank them all for amazing commitment and reliability.
Every Friday we continue to collect and deliver the Fareshare Food from Glasgow for our regional groups such as Kates Kitchen in Annan; Action for Children in Kelloholm and D&G Multi-Cultural Association in Dumfries, once again throughout the whole year.
Our sincere thanks also to Fareshare Glasgow staff and volunteers who additionally delivered the Tuesday Food subscriptions to Summerhill Centre every week and also a big thank you to the Dumfries and Galloway Council Community Payback Team who faithfully distributed this food supply each Tuesday throughout North West Dumfries to staff & Volunteers at Lochside Community Centre; Sandside Community and also Aberlour at North West Resource Centre.
We also thank Tesco and KFC for twice weekly food donations and the many other organisations and Companies who make contact to provide food for our Food Projects.
Continuing to help reduce food poverty and accessing food / household essentials and clothing in a dignified way continues to be a really important piece of our daily work at Summerhill. This period has experienced new issues and crisis situations and therefore still a real need in our communities which is appreciated by many local people and also Social Services and Support Agencies who also access these provisions.
Summerhill is also a key contributor to the Dumfries Food Provider Group ensuring there is a more co-
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ordinated approach and partnership working amongst the groups. Our thanks to everyone and to Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership for their support and facilitating this group. We recognise the importance of food as connecting people and a tool for engaging with others. Therefore, we are in an excellent position to ensure our Community Pantry is providing a wide choice and that we have a good selection of fresh and nutritious food.
Our volunteers and staff are trained to also understand the wider impact of the Dignity Principles and the importance of people being welcomed and involved in the many different aspects of community life. Getting feedback and involving the wider community endorses our whole approach for an inclusive place. Our food provision supports over 2000 individuals per year and provides signposting to relevant organisations when needed too.
The Impact of the Food Project is evidenced through the sheer volume of participants, many being the working poor.
Our Community Food Hub and support for other groups has been highlighted as innovative, very valuable and most creative to meet the needs of our wider community.
## **Lived Experience and Training Projects:**
Over the period, we delivered a partnership blended training programme for volunteers and our young people, also the general public through our Amazing Futures Project.
Having this free access and continuity for people who may only be starting on a learning journey is crucial as we recognise some may have otherwise struggled to be involved with a training environment.
We now have over 60 Online Training Courses to choose from.
A massive thank you to all Youth Committee Young People and adult volunteers who have completed training and volunteered beyond all expectations to help manage our Centre and deliver key services. Learners have become more confident, better skilled and some have already moved into College/ further education / employment. This training process helps to develop our volunteer team and a better sustainable community.
## **Amazing Futures Project - Our Partnership with the Justice System:**
Over the period, this Project has developed new strands of community activities to be used as tools for engagement, receiving feedback and ideas that in turn supported local outcomes and helped improve the Justice System, directly from participants feedback who have lived experience of the Justice System. However, to ensure equality of opportunity and minimize stigma or labelling, it was important that this overall Project had open opportunities for anyone to be involved and embedded in the community, informal and with a positive proactive approach to personal development. Participants could develop peer support initiatives and team work to create the ideas for the activities. In addition to all this, Amazing Futures Project aimed to capture local people’s unique experiences of the Justice system through 1:1 or small closed groups.
Creating opportunities for Commissions to deliver special projects according to needs such as cooking or gym fitness really excelled with interest and a number of block group sessions in different topics proved to be popular. Our excellent working partnership with the Justice Social Work Community Payback, Unpaid Work units were especially effective in supporting service users to engage with new opportunities.
Our new Family Support provision at the Dumfries HM Prison is also part of the Amazing Futures Programme . This Project provides 15 hours per week mainly weekends, supporting families at Prison visits and family bonding sessions and also their integration into the community. We work closely with families, prison staff and Scotlands Families Outside.
## **Older Peoples Services and Intergenerational Activities / Events**
Our Young at Heart Group, part of Older Peoples Services, continued to be very well supported throughout the period and co-ordinated by an amazing team of volunteers who were very experienced in organising and facilitating groups.
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Our wide range of entertainment and activities continue to be a life line for many older people and also adults in need of daily company. The Young at Heart, The Walking Group; Community Lunch Club and Bus trips, keep fit activities or cycling, local events and fun activities remain part of an inspirational programme that continues to engage over 120 individuals at Summerhill each week.
Over the period we also worked in partnership with ‘Doughlicious’ to introduce homemade bread made at Summerhill centre every week, from organic and natural ingredients including wheat grown and milled in Scotland. Doughlicious' objectives include empowering and inspiring people to bake their own bread and we are so thankful to have the Team at Summerhill.
We continued to have a large intergenerational presence in the town centre once more. We brought our youth group and older peoples groups together and delivered the December Home Made Soup with a book event in the shopping centre with our very own Santa, Mrs Clause and all the youth elves and their sledge. This brought a free, cheerful environment for many local families throughout the festive season, engaging with more than 500 people each day and we thank every volunteer and staff who made it all happen.
## **Placements / Personal Development**
Our partnerships with local Housing, Employability Services and Justice System Community Payback has provided crucial work experience for 16 individuals over the period, developing their connections, networks and new skills in their community placement.
## **Financial Review**
Our main sources of income over the period 2023 / 24 have been grants as we recognised the difficulties in fundraising for ongoing daily expenses and salaries . However, our whole community approach did complete beyond our fundraising target yet again to help maintain the Centre, the activities and surrounding environments.
## **Review expenditure**
On a weekly, monthly and annual basis, we shall continue to review expenditure and costs from suppliers.
## **Reserves Policy**
Continue to monitor our reserves over the 2024/25 period in alignment with our Reserves Policy. This will ensure adequate wrapping up reserves as well as contingency reserves. We aim to maintain this to the equivalent of 9 months funds.
## **Partnerships, Publicity and Recognition**
We network wide to benefit whole community and we work closely with YMCA, Lochside Community Centre, LIFT, Dumgal Youth Work Team and Ward Officers, QOS, Sandside Community Garden Team, also North West Dumfries small groups to ensure minimum duplication of services and maximum opportunities are widely promoted amongst all groups. We have been instrumental in developing North West Dumfries Community Development Network. Our website promotes our activities and our Social Media Facebook page provides regular photo albums of our activities. www.facebook.com/summerhillcommunitycentre
We have provided Monitoring Reports and Case studies for all our funders throughout 2023 /24. Over this period, we have also provided more media features for Fareshare West of Scotland and Dumgal Challenge Poverty Week for a more just and equal society.
Our regular features in local newspapers or TV news or social media highlight our wider community partnerships and activities, many which are cross generational and excellent for learning through the ages and respecting all. For example, we gathered over 200 paper consultations from local community members which voiced local thoughts and ideas for the new Dumfries Town Board Community Engagement Process (July 2024). Equally, our partnership with Doughliscious Home made Bread group showcased our community activities through Border Life TV which our Young at Heart Group participated.
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Border TV News were regular visitors over the period to interview participants and volunteers on a selection of topics, such as the cost of living; senior citizen pensions; local bus services; local food hub provisions. We also had D&G Council Communications Team and the Anti Poverty Team; NHS staff in contact to
Our ongoing partnership working with Wheatley Housing Association has developed good community links through the Summerhill Housing Regeneration process so far, which includes demolishing 78 flats beside the Centre due to be all demolished by January 2025.
We were also extremely happy and proud to see arie being awarded MBE in the Kings Honours January 2024 , for her amazing work in the Communities of Dumfries.
We have had many VIP visitors to Summerhill to explore our working models for grassroots projects but the highlight in 2024 was the Scottish Health Minister and the COSLA team, where they highly commended Summerhill Centre and described our whole Community Centre Projects as _**leading examples in Scotland and true Public Health in Action.**_
## **Sustainability Strategy and Finance Plan 2024/25**
Our strategy is to explore opportunities to identify new sources of fundraising to become sustainable in all aspects, whilst we maintain our overall aims and objectives that are underpinned by our values we uphold such as Empowerment; Inclusion; Lifelong Learning ; Equality; Respect; kindness and understanding others. Our plan is to:
- Further develop Agency and Funding Partnerships and sponsorships that can enhance needs led personal development and provide the daily support, guidance and signposting required for all our participants, volunteers and wider community members;
- Develop Summerhill Centre as the community hub for supporting, learning, achieving and accessing new opportunities.
- Continue building a strong community organisation and community development programme that focusses on positive outcomes for each individual.
- Develop ideas and explore the possibility of an inclusive play park at Summerhill.
Our strategy for sustainability includes reviewing income / expenditure and how our Organisation manages finances. We shall ensure our activities are Accountable, have Clarity and are Transparent. This helps to build trust in our Organisation that in turn helps encourage donations and support.
## **Plans for the future**
Early discussions have taken place to explore possibility of becoming a Meeting Centre promoting existing services and creating more services for people with dementia and their families, friends. Discussions have also taken place about developing our own second venue in the Loreburne Centre in the town High Street to help with delivering additional activities and sustainability longer term opportunities. Continue to develop the services on a needs and interest basis according to local community and members; manage finances to continue with sustainability aspects and develop the Centre in line with Constitution and Council Lease.
We will seek opportunities to further develop all our community services for all ages and develop training opportunities with recognised qualifications for the local community.
We aim to also further develop Fareshare Food Projects, our free Community Pantry in North West Dumfries and build on our community connections through food. Develop our young leaders programme and channel energies into positive actions for leadership and team working in our community. The Board of Trustees are keen to explore opportunities to further develop with North West Dumfries Community Development Network and research the funding opportunities for collaborative bids to meet genuine local peoples personal development in following areas:
1 N W Dfs Training Co-ordinator
- 2 N W Dfs Bike Project
- 3 N W Dfs Community Clean Up Project
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Summerhill Community Centre SC044966
Statement of Re¢elpt$ and Payment$
forthe year endlng JI Ortober 2024
2023124
2022123
Unrestricted Restricted
funds
hjnds
Total
funds
Totsl
funds
Receiptslincome
Grant fuTrdins
5(X) 133.834
134,334
140,876
Fundraisin8 events
18,852
18,852
26,227
t)onations
11,147
11,147
4,911
Bank Interest
1.987
1,987
1.240
Gross recei
ts from charitable activities
Rental income
4.685
4,685
5.040
Centre taking5
212
212
3.284
Other
1.5(X)
1,5(M)
Commissions for D&G Council
10,836
Total r4ealptA
38.885 133.834
172.717
192.415
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|**Payments/Expenditure**
Fundraising costs
Governance
Gross expenditure on charitable activities
Wages & commissioned services
Insurance
Project running costs
Vehicle running costs
Licences and subscriptions
Volunteer expenses
Activities and materials
Admin costs
Training & placements
Sub total
Purchase of fixed assets
**Total**
Surplus/(deficit) for the year|2023/24
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
£
£
£
-
-
-
200
-
200
-
107,627
107,627
-
1,418
1,418
17,121
5,000
22,121
2,507
3,000
5,507
179
6,397
6,577
-
320
320
-
28,753
28,753
3,000
-
3,000
-
2,122
2,122
23,007
154,637
177,644
3,048
-
3,048
**26,055**
**154,637**
**180,692**
12,828
(20,803)
(7,975)|2022/23
Total
funds
£|
|---|---|---|
|||110
200
91,641
3,477
18,309
8,279
438
3,917
12,746
319
773|
|||140,209|
|||3,916|
|||**144,125**|
|||48,289|
Summerhill Community Centre SC044966
## **Statement of Balances**
## **for the year ending 31 October 2024**
|**Funds reconciliation**
Cash and bank balances at start of year
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
**Cash and bank balances at end of year**|2023/24
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
£
£
£
89,945
105,779
195,724
12,828
(20,803)
(7,975)
**102,773**
**84,976**
**187,749**|2022/23
Total
funds
£|
|---|---|---|
|||142,797
52,927|
|||**195,724**|
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2023124
2022123
Unrestricted Restricted
funds
funds
Total
funds
Toial
funds
oth*r aRs•ts- at valu4
Vehicles
4,(KK) 4,5(K)
8,5tK)
11.5(K)
Equipment
1.5LKI
2.000
Cornputer5
1.750
E-bikes
1,5(M)
2,000
Caiawan
5,5(X)
5,5(M)
6,700
Freezer
o(K)
858
Gazebos
1.258
10,5(X) 9,1(x>
19,600
26,066
Llabllitlas
The chartty has no liabilities or continsent liabilities.
These accounis were appr¢wed by the trustees on 22 ju 2025
5vmrnerhill Cornmunity Cenire SC044966
Notes to the accounts
forthe year ending 81 Ortober 2024
l. Funds
Unrestricted fijnds can be used bythe charity to achieve its charitable objectives.
Grants (see note 31 were received towards wa8es, cornmissioned senricesi projects
2. Related PartyTran&idior
No tru5tee5 received rernuneration during the year12022123.'nill.
Trustees did not receive any expen5e5 during the year12022123'.nill.
There were no transactions with Trustees or connected person$12022123.'nill.
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|**3. Grants**
Holywood Trust
Scottish Government Prison Project
D&G Council Youth Work Fund
D&G Council Peer Mentor Project
D&G Council Cooking Project
D&G Council Justice Social Work
D&G Council Employability Services
D&G Council Fareshare Food Project
Clyde Radio Cash for Kids
Wheatley - The Pledge
RBS for Bike Project
D&G Council Tackling Poverty Fund
D&G Council Energy & Fuel Fund
Community Lottery Fund
Scottish Gov't Investing in Communities
D&G Council Justice Social Work
**4. Donations**
Scottish Power
Cumberland Building Society "Move On"
Wheatley
Primrose & Gordon Solicitors
Various donors|2023/24
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
-
20,000
20,000
-
26,500
26,500
-
1,778
1,778
-
35,000
35,000
-
20,000
20,000
4,652
4,652
-
4,000
4,000
500
4,855
5,355
-
7,750
7,750
-
6,300
6,300
-
3,000
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
500
133,834
134,334
2023/24
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
5,000
-
5,000
1,500
-
1,500
1,000
-
1,000
600
-
600
3,047
-
3,047
11,147
-
11,147|2022/23
Total
£|
|---|---|---|
|||20,000
-
6,847
35,000
-
10,490
-
9,401
-
-
10,000
1,533
8,800
38,805
4,637|
|||140,876|
|||2022/23
Total
£|
||||
|||4,911|
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## **5. Use of restricted funds**
Grants from Scottish Government and D&G Council were received for community support, including working with children & young people and addressing cost of living problems for local individuals and families. A grant from D&G Council was aimed at improving employability.
Radio Clyde's Cash for Kids and D&G Council's Amazing Summer funds enabled activities to be provided for local children and young people.
## **6. Reserves**
The trustees have agreed to hold a reserve of £70,000 to cover running costs and redundancy costs in the event of sufficient grant funding being unavailable.
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