Annual Report and Statements 2019-20

YMCA TRINITY GROUP ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENTS 2019-20 Inspiring communities, transforming young lives YMCA is the trusted local charity for young people 2 YMCA Trinity Group Contents - Report of the Chief Executive 4–5 - Strategic Report (incorporating Board Report) 6–7 - Strategic Direction 8 - Strategic Targets and Impact Report 9 - Impact Report Accommodation 10–13 - Impact Report Support & Advice 14–17 - Impact Report Childcare 18–21 - Impact Report Family Work -Youth Projects 22–25 - Impact Report Health & Wellbeing 26–29 - Impact Report Training & Education 30–31 - Impact Report Mental Health and Teacher Training 32–33 - Impact Report The Cresset 34 - Focus Area - YMCA 175 36–37 - Focus Area - Belief in Potential - Team YMCA 38–39 - Performance and Value for Money 41 - Financial Review 42–43 - Legal & Administrative Information 44 - Governance Section 45–47 - Independent Auditors Report 48–50 - Independent of Comprehensive Income 51 - Statement of Financial Position 52 - Consolidated Statement of Changes in Reserves 53 - Statement of Cash Flows 54 - Notes to the Financial Statements 55–77 YMCA Trinity Group 3 Report of the Chief Executive Welcome to the Annual Report for the YMCA We’ve also added a new data management Trinity Group 2019/20. system, Inform, to support our staff and to help analyse key themes and issues our clients face. 2019 was a very special year for us as it marked the 175th Anniversary of the YMCA’s inception Childcare continues to grow and we added in London in 1844. I often wonder how our another setting this year in Cambridge (Blinco founder, Sir George Williams, would reflect on Grove). We’ve also seen Ipswich (Providence) the YMCA Movement which serves communities gain an ‘Outstanding’ award from OFSTED, a not just all over the United Kingdom, but great achievement in a new setting, plus we got throughout the world in the 21st Century. I think a ‘Good’ rating in Lowestoft (Water Lane). Jonathan Martin he’d be proud! CEO We continue to grow this area of our work both What follows in this Annual Report shows in terms of numbers of children within our how YMCA Trinity Group reaches people and settings, but also by looking for new settings. communities all over Cambridgeshire and Early, positive development is so crucial for our Suffolk. We’re proud to still be true to our children, especially preparing them to succeed founding values – Believing in Potential; Inspiring at school! People; Respect; Empathising; Always Acting with Integrity. Our Mental Health work also continues to thrive. The programme has increased its reach and is Whilst this Annual Report reviews our last year, offering training for teachers and schools as well it is written at a time when we are still dealing as directly working with clients. Mental Health with the Covid-19 pandemic. This has had, is such a key issue for young people, so we’re and will continue to have, a substantial impact proud to be able to offer this bespoke support. on our work. A number of our services have continued throughout to provide support to our Health & Wellbeing continues to add members, communities, especially the most vulnerable but will be affected by Covid-19. Now more and those frontline workers in the NHS and other than ever, we want to offer our communities crucial services. Some of our work has been a chance to get fit in a supportive and fun put on hold or we’ve had to find new ways to environment. engage and support our clients. As always our staff and volunteers have responded incredibly! Youth Work has also been busy supporting young people. This has involved working in lots In our Accommodation we’ve had a busy year. of inventive ways, including a fabulous allotment We’ve added additional properties as well as project in Lowestoft where young people have updating and refreshing the properties we helped our staff and volunteers produce all already have. We’ve also looked at how we manner of fruit and veg, whilst learning about can best support our clients by beginning to where our food comes from and how we can create a Psychologically Informed Environment embrace nature even within our urban areas. (PIE). This is a space where services understand clients’ and staff needs in a thoughtful way, The Cresset, our trading subsidiary, has also and consider the psychological make up – the been very busy with shows, conferences and thinking, emotions, personalities and past parties, as well as hosting a whole number experience – of its participants in the way that of local partners. We’ve been working on our it operates. This helps us to engage our clients, long-term plans for the building so we can build whilst providing a more positive environment. on the legacy of the last 40 years and take us forward into the next 40! Ipswich 4 YMCA Trinity Group Benefitting Individuals and the Community Across our Programmes we have seen lots of We’ll look to recruit more Trustees this year varied and interesting work. Appropriate Adults to complement and build on the skills and have continued to support young people in knowledge we already have amongst the Board. their interactions with the Police Service, while A special thanks to Ian for his commitment and Reparation has worked on numerous projects wisdom, and a special ‘hello’ to Steve. within the community to bring young people doing unpaid work to the aid of people and As always I am incredibly proud to be part of organisations in need. a brilliant staff group who work tirelessly to support our clients and each other. They are Respect has delivered some very challenging backed up by a committed group of volunteers work around domestic abuse. Violence within who add such great value to our work. My relationships or in the home is becoming a thanks go out to you for all you’ve achieved this bigger issue across the UK, with a 9% increase in year. Domestic Violence incidents recorded by Police in 2019. So 2019 has been the YMCA’s dodransbicentennial year (the formal way of Access 2 Employment continues to provide saying 175 years), but we continue to work support for people to get into sustainable with and for our communities; we continue employment and is expanding its provision to to innovate, adapt and change; we continue cover a wider area. to offer high quality services to all people, especially those more in need of support and This year has also seen a change of Chair on help. Here’s to another 175 years! our Board of Trustees. Ian Dow stepped down from the role at the very end of 2019 after six very successful years. He was replaced by Steve Mallinson at the stroke of midnight on 1st January 2020. 449 bed spaces We now support communities across 7,100 km² with a population of over 311 1.4 million Childcare spaces people across 6 settings YMCA Trinity Group 5 Strategic Report “My time [at YMCA] and this whole experience will always be a big part of my life. It has helped me better myself not only as a mum but also as a person.” - Resident at YMCA Parent & Child Accommodation, Ipswich 6 YMCA Trinity Group Strategic Direction Introduction YMCA Trinity Group is part of a federation of over 116 YMCAs inclusive values, approach and heritage. As a federation, across England and Wales. Our vision is to help create YMCA England and Wales has developed a strategic plan, supportive, inclusive and transforming communities where covering five core areas of work which all YMCAs follow. Our young people can truly belong, contribute and thrive. At approach is based on having a national presence with local the heart of how we work in communities, and with each relevance, and is achieved by YMCA Trinity Group in a variety other, are strong and committed relationships rooted in our of ways across the five core areas of work as follows. SUPPORT & ADVICE: “We believe every young person should have someone they can trust.” We are there for every young person in the community, supporting them and their families through difficult times with a wide range of programmes and services. Our main aim is to enable every young person to grow and develop in every aspect of their life and we have developed support and advice schemes, including youth engagement programmes, youth offending projects, mental health interventions, domestic violence and crisis support. ACCOMMODATION: “We believe every young person should have a safe place to stay.” YMCA is the largest provider of safe, supported accommodation for young people in England and Wales. In YMCA Trinity Group we have 449 units across our region; 141 in Peterborough, 113 in Cambridge, 3 in Huntingdon, 26 in Bury St Edmunds and 166 in Ipswich. These units offer supported and emergency housing for young people, including care leavers, homeless young people, unaccompanied asylum seeker children, and young people with special needs. Additionally, we offer parent and child supported housing, as well as student accommodation. Our philosophy of supporting young people holistically means that we provide not only a bed, but we also help a young person transition from dependence to independence by giving support, training, life skills and building resilience in order to lead to independent living. FAMILY WORK: “We believe every family should have the support they need to develop and lead fulfilling lives.” Being part of a healthy, stable family gives a young person the best start in life. Across YMCA Trinity Group we offer a range of support to families including six fully operational childcare settings providing Ofsted registered places for 311 children on a daily basis.

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