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Central & West Inte ration Network Trustees, Annual Report 31 March 2024 SC047341

Contents Page Reference and Administrative inftxmation The Report of the Management Commiilee Report of independent Examiner statemenl of Financial A¢tivitEs (Induding income & expenditure account) 10 Statement of Balan￿$ Notes to financial statements 12 CWIM2024Annu* PEPOrt & IkcoL¥

Charity contact infomiation Central and West Integration Network Scottish Charity Number: SC047341 Bankers Bank of Scotland Website www.cwin.or .uk CWIN 2024AMual Rèptyt&A(cobnts

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REPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMirrEE Chaimian's Report In fifteen years of the work of Central and Wesl Integration Network, I do not think we have ever reported on a year which has seen such a wide and diverse range of activities as 2023124 This is true of both our own work with our community members. volunteers and staff which allows us to deliver a great variety of practical support, learning and information and enjoyable and ¢reative activibes, and also of the work VR do with an impressive range of partner organisations. People have cooked food from around the World, improved their numeracy alongside their English language skills. leamt aboLrt cyber secunty, played ukuleles, walked around the city and tre banks of Loth LomorKI and climbed the height of Ben Nevis within Garnethill Multicultural Centre. to raise funds, besides many other activities detailed in Ihis rep(Kt. This has been achieved despite a very difficult funding environment. through the efforts of our brilliant team of staff, sessional worker5, and volunteers arKI of our Managemenl Committee memters Much of our work continued to be with asylum seeking and refugee communities. New peoFle continued to arrive in Glas9￿1 and were often housed in unsatisfactory situations such as hotels. We seek to understand and meet the needs of each individual, whilst encouraging the participation of and links wrth wider communities. We a￿ pleased by the continuing success of our Food Hub. Peopl8 can choose food that meets their needs, induding a Tange of fresh and 'cultural' foods, arKI needs in the l¢xal community Can also be met, in hard economic times. 11 is complemented by our weekly communty meals, frequently induding special celebration everrts. which help to build the communty links. Thanks are due to all our fvnders. espeC￿llY to Glasgow City Council. without whose core financial support we would not exist. and to the wrde range of partners who make our activitiés possible, and who are acknowledged in this report. Thanks especially lo our hosts and partnets at Garrthill Multicuftural Communty Centre. More people interested in helping us on our committee are atrways welcome. l expect to be standing down soon from my long running role as Chair and am delighted that I can do so at a time when the organisation is so actsve and effective. Chair Signe Name CW442024*4inual Report&kn￿￿Trts

Designation." Chairman TRUSTEES REPORT Our Mission Statement We aim to twild a networklhat bn.rvjs people together. induding formal and informal community groups. agencies and individuals. to seek to ensure that all refugees, asylum seekers. rnigrant workers and BME communities in Central and West Glasgow have full and equal access to resources which assist in alleviating poverty, improving Iheir standard of Itving and promoting their settlement and integration wthin the wder communty. We shall do so especially by buibjing the strengtrbs of groups within and across communiiies. and whenever possibkq by bringing together Feople from different communities. indudirKJ the majority community, f common action and activitss. Ourvalues In pursuing this mission. we are driven by these values.. Empowering individuals and groups to influence issues that affect them and their communities. Supporting people to take part in decision making arKI to make their own choi￿8 in Strengthening race equalty and combating racial hatred Celebrating culiural differen￿ and those things that people have in common. Tackling discrimination in all rts fornis. induding that based on age or disability. Aclively seeking to cooperate with others in wderto Secu￿ the best possible outcomes for our communities. Our ObJectlve8 Build a netwo￿ that brings together people and groups from migrant and longer established communities. Build the capaaty of groups rerKesenting or involving migrant communit*s. Promote integrats'on in order to address practical issues facing migrant communities. Work with services to remove barriers to access lo ser11￿5. Provide opportunities for mutual exdianges bet4veen communities. Structure. governance and management Central and West Integralion Network SCIO was recognised a5 a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Ckganisation in April 2017. Trustso recrultrnenl arKI appointment The Trustees {Executive Committee members) are appointed at Annual General Meetings of the organisation. CWIN 2O24Anft￿l Bewrt

Our ESOL CLASSES We provide ESOL dasses in partnership with Glasgow Clyde College 3 days per week for 2 hours - on Mondays (literacyl beginners class), on Tuesdays (elementary class) and Fridays (pre4ntemiediatel intemediale dass}. We also run 3 ESOL classes at T¢)wnhead Village Hall for 2 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Starting in September. we embedded elements of numeracy into all our ESOL classes as part of the Multiply programme. We also ¢￿ated 2 new classes at Townhead. a beginners. class on Tuesdays and a conversation dass on Thursdays. OUR GARDENING PROJECT We supported some of our cnmmunity members to adopt our allotment at Lambhill Allotment. One of the families have been very successful in raising lots of plants. cwfN provKled seeds, tools and dothing thanks to a Lefs Grow Together grant from Glasgow Crty Council. CWIN also has an allotment plot al a srte in L)rwnchapel, Growchapel allotments. Community members are invited to attend regular garden sessions during the main growing season, where they tske part in growing food, garden landscaping and construction and garden maintenance. We had other gardening related activities in Townhead Village Hall and Essenside Church in Drumchap81. OUR DROP-IN SERVICE We used the drop in to support people on a one to one and get people to Sign up for different projects that we have at ClVIN induding Sim cards, gym sign up, bike sKJn ups and ESOL dasses arKJ to advertise the sèrvices we wovide al CWN. The drop in service help people with queries regarding welfare support. such as clothes., registering for services such as GPS; applying for grantslconcession cards: referral for housirvJ issues; ccffrtacting home officelmigrant helplsoli¢itors for immuration issues., universal credivbenefits appli¢ations', general inforniation and advice about serrfices; opening bank accourrts: school unifom) grants., education and employment referrals. contact with relevant agencies. We also helped in the d￿lta1 integration. We worked with about 100 people who we talked to on issues around digitallcyber security- OUR COMMUNITY FOOD HUB The Food Hub is a community food space which is primarily set up for a food pantry serrfica which takes place three days a week. However. the Food Hub is also a Sp￿ used to conduct other community development activities with volunteers and Customers at the Food Hub. The Food Hub primarily serrfes refugees. asylum seekers and BME communities and these categories describe most of th8 volunteers also. There are approximately 100 members accessing the Servi￿ across each week and these seem to be largely the same people each week, but there is variation. OUR COMMUNITY MEALS The community meal has been steady in this reporting pericJ seeing around 40- 60 people eating with us each Y￿ek. Because we have surrounded it with other activities such as ESOL, exercise, knitting aTrJ digrtal leaming. participants of the meal are more varied and less focuss8d on the food hub waiting list. There is a small number of people who attend only the meal. too. There has been more of a 'communty feel,. It continues to work well as a welcoming waiting area for the food hub and a place for the attendees to sooalise. Cooking at the community meal.. We have seen more variety of foodsl cultures represented at the ¢ommunty meal. There is a pool of volunteer chefs who cover most Fridays. This group is made up entirely of members of the communrtyl attendees of the meal. We Gontinued with the theme of communty cookbook during this perbod. In addition. we had up to 17 events as part of the weekly community meals. OUR SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTivmES CWIN 202dAnnual R¢rvxt& Atcvurt5

Our regular School holidays activrties programmes provided a safe, fun space for Child￿n to interact with each other, play safely and make many new fnends. We continued to offer opportunities for children and young people to engage in activities during all the school holidays including summer. October midtem, Fet￿Uary mi(ftem and East￿ holidays. CWIN Summer Programme ran for 6 weeks over the summer break and aimed at children between the ages of 8-18 years of age. Activities ran for 3 aftemoons per week. We worked in partnership with various organisations where adivities were provided by Glasgow School of Art. Cricket Scotland. GlasgcA¥ Communty Food Network arKI the venue was provided by St Aloysius College. The programrne induded activities like art, crid(et. ￿ding, football. art and craft5 and outdoor cooking. OUR CYPERSECURITY PROJECT During this year. we received funding from the Scottish Govemment to run a Cybersecurity project. The Cyber Resilience Programme's Internet Security Project suc￿SsfUllY conducted two cycles of computer dasses. four cyber workshops and created online material aimed at enhancing digital lrteracy and cybersecurity awareness among participants. The project also included weekly computing classes. volunteer days. and specialised workshops for beginners, focusing on practical skills such as safe intemet tfowsing. online shopping safety, and the use of digital tools like Google Docs and social media platforms and usirvJ the SIM cards provision to share tips on cyber secunty during our dropin service. We also created leaflets with this information in languages like Arabic. Persian and Kurdish Sorani, and handed them out to users with their new SIM. We also provided 1-2-1 support to users experiencing online isS￿s, giving guidance with creating emails. opening bank accourts, general configuration of devices. cybersecurrty advi￿ and lroubleshoob.ng connectivity. We supported more than ISO unique users. ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT As a step towards enterprising around ftsxl. we held a pop-up kitchen involving three of our community members as chefs. This was held at MILK café and involved a four-course meal featuring Iranian. Kurdish and Tanzanian food. OUR OTHER PROJECTS: We had other kyoiects during the year induding ukule￿ dasses, Kn￿Ing group, Bike sign up, Scotland Forestry Project. OUR VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT We Continued to support our many volunteers with visil to Macintosh at the Wllow, Scottish Ensemble and organising a volunteers. day NETWORK DEVELOPMENT.. We continued to host 0th8r organisations. both statut(xy and third sector organisations during our network meetings. V*le held a total of 4 Network meetings with speakers from organisations suGh as Chikl Poverty Action group, Glasgow Caledonian University. and Breaknng Barriers. We also sent out newsletters to organisations within our contacts. OUR FUNDRAISER On May 29th, CWIN held its 1st Annual Fundraiser. in fomi of a Ben Nevis Challenge. This was a whole41ay evenl, where people can dimb stairs of the Gamethill Multbcultural Centre - and back again. up lo 180 timesl OUR WORKWITH PARTNERS Glasgow Clyde College. Glasgow School of Art. Untversrty of Strathclyde. University of Glasg¢)w. Glasgow Film Theatre communty eng&3ement team. &'ke for Good,Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), People Plus, Jobs and Business Scotland, Refugee SuNival Trust, British Red Cross, Stepping Stones for Familte5, Fareshare Wesl of Scotland, Scottish Ensemble. Glasgow Life, Mental Health FourKlalion, Glasgow Eco Trust, Partick CWW4 2024Mnu¥ Repwt& AC(Ounts

Thistle, Smart works, Waverfey care, Community Peer Advocacy Group, Outdoors for You, Scottish Refugee Council, National Veg S￿lMit. OUR NET¥VORKING wrrH OTHER ORGANISATIONS Dlgnlty In Practlce: We continue to contribute to the Dignity Network by attending the monthly peer ne￿Ork meetings. Central & West Integration Nelwork- Volunteering | Dignity in Practi￿ Glasgow Communty Food Network: we submitted 8 case study to the Dunity in Practice website." Central & West Inte ration Ne￿Ork - Volunteeri inPr As a host organisation for Glasgow Communlty Food Neiwork's Food and Climat• Action Project we Gontinue to contribute to host meetings. Glasgow Asylurn Destitution Action Network: As a memt*r of this nelwork, we attended Ihe forum meetings dunng the reports.ng year. OUR FUNDERS We are grateful to our numerous tunders. without which wè would not have achieved all that we did this year. Glasg¢)w Crty Council S¢otti$h Government National Lottery Communty Fund Corra Paths for All Open Philanthropy Glasgow Life- Multipty GCVS - Wellbeing Fund Mears Foundation CVIIN Pepwi &lAc￿lts

Flnanclal Revlew Statement ol th& charlty's pollcy on reserves Central and West Integration Network is Currently dependent on grant funding to Sustain its activities, as eamed income alone would not allow Central and West Integration Netsyork to continue operating. This means that rf there were to be a gap in granl funding it is likely that Central and West Integration Network SCIO would have to dose down. To avoid closure if funding diificu￿1es were to hakwen Central and West Integration Nefv￿rk Executive Committee has agreed to keep a certain level of finanaal reserves to ensure that Main operations can continue for a period of 3 months. Redundancy payments are made. The main concerns of Executive Committee are to ensure.. that staff can continue working. primarily to secure new funding. that memberslServi￿ users are supported to move on to other services. Currently funding has been secured at differenl levels up until March 2028. but rf difficutties were to arise then. it has been calculated that reserves of £41.368.22 would be needed to continue running for at least 3 months and redundancy payment of £17.481.64. The calculations are included as an appendix to this p)licy. The reserves should be built up from the unrestricted (eamed) income. The level of reserves should be calculated and monitored every 12 months by the Director o will report back to the Executive Committee. This policy should be reviewed yearty and whenever there are significant changes in staff hours, numbers or ￿Ued years of service. Declaration Signed on behalf of the tharity trustees Print nam Designation CAfv-, P Date (wr4 2014An•L¥Aleport &A¢COuTrts

Report of the Independent Examiner to the Management Committee I report on the financial statements of the chanty for the year ended 31 March 2024 on pages 11 16 which have been prepared under Ihe historical cost convention and the accounting policies for charities. Respectlve responslbllltles of the Managerne￿ ConThittee and the Independent Examlner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scottand) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts {Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention. Ba$ls of Indepondent examinerfs slatement My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulati￿ 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulation5 20￿. An examination indudes a review ofth8 accounting records kept by the ¢harty and a comparison of the a￿Ount$ presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual iterns or disclosu￿ in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and. consequently. I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent examlner's statement In the course of my examination, no matter has come lo my attention which gives me reasonable cause to beli8V8 that in any material respect the requirernents-. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and R8gulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. and to prepare accounts wthich accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or 2. to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper underslanding of the accounts to be reached. Addres IOIFage CWIN2024ADn￿I Report& Attounts

oscr Central and West Integrallon Network SCIO Recei tsand ments accounts SC047341 Fwth• 01 31 Section A Statement of receipts and paymènts Exp•ndablo P•rman•nl Total lundB ¢uvw•nt pwrlod Total lundB IA•t pgrlod Ivnd4 fvnth fundB A1 Re¢11 1742 2.742 7.122 214$74 21W4 193,772 Refund fjd fanty8th1 rdhors Empw Nl R8b•i• 5,000 Al Sulj toi•l 21 224306 Investment ￿10¥ Azsub totsl Tot•lTrcelpts A3 P•ymont8 Paym￿t5 r41w thectytothwAablB 241.4x1 241.lJO 182.959 A3 Sub totsi 112 A4 P•ym•nts w•lotinp to 'S,134 Purch￿ ol mwe￿MentS A4 Sub lo NvtTrcwpts/(p•yrn•rt*J AS to I lfroml fvnds Surplvs/{d•llcltJ fory•ar

Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Ftylh• p•rlod 01+D412023 31KJ3r2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•strkt•d l￿d5 lunds Total I￿￿ L￿tY￿r 4th•hMrt¥te A1 Recolp¢¥ Grnt i¥J.7Ti ?M22 1742 EmpWrNIR•b &ooo 5.iioa A2 Ass•t and Inv¢gtm•nt MIM. ¢1¢. Tot•1 Trceipts A3 Paym•nts Solw Renl Training sta￿ery Tra¥ei Expres Postages 1•7.194 1•7.1 J11 121.242 23.1$1 211 10287 •A14 1U7• BankcharyJ8s C￿nINj sukwles Piolessvjrd fees ChShl Care Eynles RSTGrant expenses ¢yThlftuo •wcAsèofAJ asseis 1KIJ4 Inswran Donations & lood h 4,$61 Sub totsi 142,9S• A4 A•••t and Inveslrnent pwcha80S. AS Transfers bets¥8en lunds A6 Cash lunds lasty•ar •nd Ca$h funds thi$ Y￿rend 41 76.261 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period R••trlci•d lunds b)h••m¥t£ 32,•10 I1￿1$ Endowm•nt funds r•rn•t£ Cateyorie5 IYttJ41s lunds B1 Cash fund8 52M29 155 Total cash fvnds ed ty bBhaifoFal S*3natw Nan Dale of approval CWIN 12

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