FALKIRK COMMUNITY TRUST ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018 Thank You Contents

THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE TRUST DURING 2017/18 EITHER THROUGH A GRANT AWARD, SPONSORSHIP OR PROVIDING IN KIND SUPPORT

Agnes Watt Trust Environment Trust Richmond Park Hotel Association of Independent Falkirk Football Club RJM Sports Museums Falkirk Local History Society Schuh Barony Players Film Hub Scotland Scotmid Big Lottery Fund Forestry Commission Scottish Ambulance Service Bo’net Forth Environment Link Scottish Book Trust Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway Forth Valley College Scottish Canals British Film Institute Fourways Taxis Scottish Enterprise Audience Network Friends of Kinneil Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Brunswick Roman Siege project Friends of Muiravonside Country Scottish Library and Information Caledonian Produce Park Council (SLIC) Callendar Estates Goethe-Institute Scottish Prison Service Carriden Community Volunteers Grid Iron Screen Education Central Scotland Green Network Historic Environment Scotland 1745 Society Trust Heritage Lottery Fund Sportscotland Central Sporting Partnership Inner Forth Landscape Initiative Stirling University Christ Church Indy Film Sustainable Thinking Scotland Confucius Institute for Scotland Into Film Tapside Coffee Company Corbie Inn J. P. Morgan (Force for Good) Tennis Scotland Creative Scotland Kicks for Kids Tesco Bags of Help David Bowmaker Larbert Old Church The Battlefield Trust Dobbie Hall Lawn Tennis Association The Pilgrim Trust EB Scotland LEADER The Scottish Government Edinburgh Archaeological Field Lodge Callendar No. 588 The Woodland Trust Society Maddiston Community Council Trust for Conservation Volunteers Energy Skills Partnership Maddiston Community Growing University of Edinburgh English Heritage (Corbridge) Association VisitFalkirk EventScotland Museums Association VisitScotland Falkirk Allotment Society National Library of Scotland White Lady Mountain Biking Falkirk and District Arts & Civic NHS Forth Valley Zero Waste Scotland Council Police Scotland Falkirk Delivers PRS for Music Foundation Falkirk Council Revive Falkirk 2 Contents

1 THANK YOU 2 2 WELCOME 5 3 INTRODUCTION 6 4 WHO WE ARE 9 5 HIGHLIGHTS 10 6 RESULTS AT A GLANCE 11 7 MEETING OUR OBJECTIVES 12 8 PARTICIPATION 14 9 MOTIVATION 23 10 VENUES 27 11 PARTNERSHIP 30 12 TRADING 36 13 GOVERNANCE 39 14 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 40 15 OUR VENUES & SERVICES 42

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Registered Charity No. SC042403 | Falkirk Community Trust is limited by Guarantee | Company Registered in Scotland no. 400657 Falkirk Community Trust gratefully acknowledges the support of Falkirk Council. 3 XXX Welcome

Every day hundreds of people pass through our doors, attendance over the year reached a high of nearly 4 million

4 Photograph: VisitScotland/Jan Van Der Merwe Welcome

THIS YEAR WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF ACCOLADES WHICH DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE

The Helix and Callendar House that disruption many staff made to do this against a backdrop of both received the much coveted supreme efforts to keep services diminishing resources but our VisitScotland 5 star attraction going, for example making their approach, which includes playing award. Our team at Callendar way through deep snow drifts more of a leading and facilitating House collected the Best Tourist to tend to the livestock in the role with the community, is to Attraction at the Scottish Country Park and supporting protect core culture and sport Hospitality Awards beating some social work services to help services for the area. stiff competition and as the elderly people living near our winners are chosen by members venues. Finally I’d like to thank everyone of the general public it is a true who has been involved in reflection of our high standards We also have over 2,000 supporting the work of the Trust, and customer service. volunteers to assist us and always it could not happen without welcome more. Our teams deliver the support of our funders and HippFest was a winner at the services that affect the quality of partners, our management team, inaugural Your Festival, Your life not only of the people who staff and volunteers. Community Awards for Best live here but also of those who Guest and Biggest Surprise Hit visit the area and you can find Ruth Morrison Film. We also won the Sporta out about the outstanding work Chair Community Impact Award for they do over the coming pages. the impact the Helix has made Sometimes this involves going for people in the area. And just above and beyond routine service as we went to print the Helix delivery, and I would like to praise received a Green Flag award for the excellent response by staff high environmental standards on a few specific occasions this and welcoming, accessible year when professional levels greenspace. of care were provided ahead of paramedics arriving when Services are vitally important customers have taken seriously ill. and it is the Trust’s employees that create the excellent service During the year we welcomed experience. Every day hundreds several new Directors to the of people pass through our doors, Board who are demonstrating attendance over the year reached great commitment to our work. a high of nearly 4 million, and We have much work to do and that was despite the challenges a big focus in 2018 is looking of the “Beast from the East” in at our business strategy for the the early part of 2018. During next 5 years. Inevitably we need

55 Introduction

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO SUSTAIN CULTURE AND SPORT

engagement with stakeholders Kenneth Lawrie who took over is vitally important to ensure we in August 2018. We will also can all provide the best possible be mindful of the Council’s 5 opportunities for young people year Corporate Plan which was in the Falkirk area. We met with published in 2017, as we review many clubs, organisations and our Business Strategy for the next partners over the course of the 5 years. year to try to ensure we are aligned in our objectives. I see this This year we operated once again Our Business Plan Approach as the beginning of a dialogue to with reduced core funding and published in November 2016 shift towards a more collaborative financial pressures continue to challenged us to grow income to approach to service delivery. dominate for the Trust and the reduce our subsidy levels and at Council. Nonetheless I am pleased the same time ensure that people How culture and sport is that our customer income trend in the Falkirk area can increase sustained for our communities remains positive and everyday we and broaden their participation in will have much to do with how receive very positive feedback culture and sport. communities and clubs respond from people who use our services. to the challenges, particularly Striving to deliver high quality I’m pleased to report that over the of managing or getting more services to communities remains course of the year a number of involved in community facilities. our primary focus. good ideas emerged that should Following the transfer of provide a solid foundation for Woodlands Games Hall to a Maureen Campbell the future of some of our main community group, this year we Chief Executive facilities. Some of these such worked closely with as introducing a professional Golf Club to look at how they pantomime at FTH, expanding our could increase their role in the afternoon tea offer at Callendar management and operation of House and improving customer Grangemouth Golf Course and I facilities at the Hippodrome will am hopeful that together we can begin to emerge in 2018. We are create a viable operating model also exploring partnership with for them to take forward. We leisure developers to secure new expect that other groups or clubs investment in sports facilities. might consider increasing their involvement in future operations. 2018 is the Year of Young People and our annual report highlights The Council, our main funder, much of the work we do to give is undergoing change. I would young people the best possible like to express my appreciation start in life and to support to retiring Chief Executive Mary those who may struggle to gain Pitcaithly for all her support confidence and resilience. Our and encouragement both in the setting up of the Trust and as a funding partner and to welcome

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77 8 Who We Are

FALKIRK COMMUNITY TRUST HAS CHARITABLE STATUS AND IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION PART FUNDED BY FALKIRK COUNCIL

OUR VISION: OUR MISSION: Falkirk’s To lead culture communities are the and sport to most creative and enrich people’s active they can be lives in the Falkirk area

OUR VALUES • Valuing the positive difference people make • Acting with integrity • Placing people’s needs at the heart of everything we do • Being proud of what we can achieve together

99 HIGHLIGHTS RESULTS AT A GLANCE

274,000 activity Record numbers At 860,000, visits to 205,243 admissions sessions for young of volunteer walk the Helix was up and to Community use people delivered leaders recruited continued to be a of School facilities through Active and trained to lead top 10 free attraction and 137,360 to Schools, an walking groups in Scotland Neighbourhood increase of 21% Sports Centres, both above target

Callendar House Visits to Muiravonside 134,379 sports Made over £1million visits up by almost Country Park development of successful bids to 22%, at over 58,000, increased by nearly participant sessions competitive grant which set a new 15%, the highest above target despite funders, a significant record recorded some temporary increase on last year venue closures

Highest admissions 500 more active Admissions to FTH Worked with over on record across the borrowers in libraries, increased by over 200 local clubs and gyms, up by 8.5 % Denny Library had a 25% following an organisations to overall, an increase 23% increase in active expanded choice of benefit culture and at all individual gyms borrowers, and we programme sport for the area remain ranked 10th in Scotland for Active Borrowers

Helix and Callendar 1,517 activities and House continued to events took place receive 5 star reviews in libraries, a 43% on Tripadvisor increase on last year

10 HIGHLIGHTS RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Our full results can be viewed on our website at www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/aboutus/performance 11 Meeting our Objectives

OUR AMBITION IS THAT BY 2019:

We will be We will be a We will have operating from trusted and valued created venues that organisation, champions for people want secure in our culture and sport to use, with a role as a leader and have loyal more responsive for culture and volunteers and a programme sport and with workforce who offering better diminishing motivate a huge quality for our reliance on cross section of customers. Council funding; the community we will be to take part in more flexible, culture and sport entrepreneurial that improves and commercially their lives. minded.

12 WE ARE WORKING TO DELIVER THIS AMBITION THROUGH 3 OBJECTIVES. ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED:

Meeting Customer Needs Organisational Development Financial Sustainability • Achieved 5 star attraction • Introduced Citrix, a new • Grew our customer income status from VisitScotland at solution to help mobile and particularly in the key areas both the Helix and Callendar flexible working for key of Health & Fitness, Arts and House and retained 4 stars at employee groups Trading Kinneil Museum • Progressed design and • Established business growth • Developed dialogue with content creation of the groups to create, test customers online through new website and associated and develop new income social media where we technical infrastructure generating projects increased engagement by • Located all our arts • Secured income of £516,000 around 20% development officers at our from competitive grant • Increased engagement with HQ office, creating better links making bodies and made clubs and organisations, with colleagues in sport and successful bids for project held an open meeting and marketing funds amounting to over individual dialogue to inform • Continued to manage sickness £1million and involve stakeholders in our absence which at 4.28% was • Continued to encourage a business planning just slightly above our target culture of donating in our • Delivered new coach training of 4% venues through our donations for our volunteers in Active • Dealt with 89 complaints boxes and received donations Schools, and continued the and formal enquiries and through workplace giving ‘volunteer of the month’ established a process for schemes initiative annual publication • Our reliance on income from • Installed a ‘changing places’ • Undertook a data audit and Council funding reduced from facility at the Mariner Centre drafted privacy notices to help 61% to 60%, significantly down and the Sports Complex in us prepare for the new General from 72% in the Trust’s first partnership with Adult Social Data Protection Regulations year of operation Care Services • Maintained our focus on • Ended the year with a small • Received a 9/10 score for health & safety and accident surplus demonstrating sound Greta’s scones from the numbers remained at a similar financial controls. Sunday Post’s ‘scone spy’ level to previous years. • Visiting continued to be ranked as the top thing to do in Falkirk on Tripadvisor and both the Helix and Callendar House continued to receive 5 star reviews.

13 Participation

PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY SITS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO

Connecting People, Place and partners, 240 pupils, 8,000 of the school teams, it included Enterprise visitors, this was a huge increase Lego construction challenges Events are one of the main drivers from 2017. with Balfour Beatty, an Operation for attracting new visits, ensuring Earth workshop by Dynamic repeat visits and keeping local Pupils showcased activity at the Earth, virtual reality kits used to people engaged and involved Helix following several weeks of train wind turbine technicians, an in the Helix. The success of workshops and challenges carried electronic workshop by Glasgow the events programme helped out by school teams. Additionally Science Centre, airport safety by towards an overall increase in a small group who had Edinburgh Airport and a scientific visits. participated in 2017 developed a food fight by Dr Bunhead like short film to help promote 2018 you’ve never seen before! In 2017 as part of the Year of STEM @ The Helix. History, Heritage and Archaeology With core partners Forth Valley we hosted HorsePower; a Challenges were designed to College, the Energy Skills celebration of equine heritage demonstrate a STEM discipline Partnership and Falkirk Council which attracted a wide and varied but also had a firm connection to Children’s Services, particularly audience including a significant the Helix, including: Graeme High School, along number of first time visitors. • How do we connect the Helix with funding support from The Big Helix Picnic celebrated Park to Falkirk, Scotland, the EventScotland, we are proud to local talent with a multitude rest of the world? have brought STEM @The Helix of performers, musicians and • How can we provide a together as it fulfils so much dancers, as well as lots of functional covered space that of what we seek to achieve at activities to participate in. can be used for a variety of the Helix. The partners have activity? been delighted with the level Following the success of an • How do we create a unique of engagement in this event by inaugural event in 2017, and as moving bridge to make Helix the young people, especially part of the Year of Young People Park more easily accessible? girls who traditionally have been 2018, a highlight was STEM @ under represented in the STEM The Helix featuring all things New for 2018, we hosted a public industries. Buoyed by the success Science, Technology, Engineering event on Saturday 19th May. of this year we have already and Maths. Involving 5 STEM This was very well supported by started working on the event for Ambassadors, 8 High Schools, STEM industries and businesses. 2019. 20 STEM projects, 26 Industry As well as displaying the work

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Celebrating Christmas at Increasing access to the arts Developing creative and Callendar House 2017/18 was the first full year of confident young people Callendar House has become an increased arts programme at We run Falkirk Youth Theatre to the destination of choice for FTH to provide activity taking provide a year round programme a traditional, magical family place most Thursday – Sunday of creative activity for young Christmas experience! Once again evenings. Our aim was to people aged 7 – 18 years. There we focused on something for all programme material that would are around 100 participants who generations of the family. The appeal to existing and attract new take part in performances as beautifully decorated House was audiences. well as workshops in devising, a destination in itself and we built script work, improvisation and on the success of the previous We hosted work involving more movement. year’s Christmas Adventure. household names including Jason Manford, Ed Byrne, Bay In 2017 this included a New in 2017 the second floor City Rollers, and The Dream performance of the World became Santa’s Scottish HQ Boys. We increased our comedy Premiere of Adam Spark by Alan for the festive season. Advance programming which had a Bisset at FTH, following which sales were excellent and included particularly good response from they were selected to perform it many return visits from 2016. audiences. The family audience again at the National Festival of Using 3 actors we delivered 22 has always been important to us Youth Theatre in Ayr. Attending performances of a promenade and we increased family shows the Festival allowed members adventure to nearly 4,000 adults including well known titles, The to take part in workshops and and children. Very Hungry Caterpillar and The creative learning sessions as well Gruffalo. as to perform. They performed The range of other activities two of their own devised works at offered included Winter Warmth We are delighted with a 26% the Barony Theatre in Bo’ness and in the Park Gallery with a Focus increase in admissions to FTH. as their main show, worked with on Print, a collection of affordable Getting the message out to Ariel Theatre Artists and a fight art for sale highlighted the people about what’s on and director to perform Peter Pan the work of artists and printmakers changing their perception of Pantomime at FTH. from across Scotland; A Taste the venue is important and we of (Victorian) Christmas in produced a new venue brochure. 2018, the Year of Young People, the Georgian Kitchen inviting In 2018 audiences will benefit from is a very exciting year for the visitors to find out more about a number of venue improvements. Youth Theatre with two main the origins of our traditional performances scheduled. Christmas celebrations; and 750 Looking at our programming Annie Jr was performed by the visitors enjoyed expanded Festive against comparable theatres younger members in June and Afternoon Teas in the Green we identified that they built the older members will perform Room. their business models largely FAME the Musical in November. around a professional pantomime Undertaking two major shows delivering a theatre experience allows us to select from a much to a wide market at a time wider range and to utilise material of year when people want appropriate to the age range of festive entertainment. So a new the performers. development for us in 2018 is a professional pantomime and we’ve commissioned Imagine Theatre, with a celebrity cast to perform Cinderella. A chorus of local young people will be auditioned and there will be BSL interpreted and relaxed performances catering to audiences with special needs.

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“Developing confidence and building self image. Increased resilience in daily life”

Supporting and strengthening the curriculum Our arts team manages the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and in the Year of Young People we thought it appropriate to feature above and below just some of the praise we’ve received for this programme.

With funding from Creative Scotland, YMI provides music skills and experiences to nursery and primary schools. Our Tune- In project works directly with children with additional support needs and the Falkirk Traditional Music Project provides instrument tuition and performance opportunities out with school hours. The programme is delivered by skilled tutors.

“YMI activity makes a huge impact on pupils. The confidence they gain gives them the belief and resilience to give other subjects a go. The activities especially support literacy – rhyme, syllables, vocabulary etc.” 18 Creating water confidence only one in the area that gives sport and the aqua fit classes are We implemented the Scottish sufficient depth for this activity. particularly popular with more Swimming National Framework An extensive programme launches mature customers who tell us: in August 2017 with smaller class in August 2018 to deliver ASA sizes and each class running for a Diving Awards 1 & 2. “I’ve been enjoying this class for manageable 40 minutes duration. 26 years and have seen great This introduction has been A major coup for us is Duncan improvements during that time. successful and a typical term is Scott, Commonwealth Games The girls on the desk and the rest now running with 390 classes and medallist, visiting Grangemouth of the staff are all so helpful. At 2,067 participants over 8 pools. Sports Complex in September 89 years old (90 in October) I 2018 to launch our Learn to Swim hope to attend for a good few Coach development is another Programme which is being rolled years yet!” aspect of the National Framework out with Scottish Swimming. and we held UKCC Level 1 Duncan will meet with many of “I love coming to this class, I Teaching Aquatic courses which our young swimmers and join come twice a week, it is good fun secured 16 newly qualified them in the pool. It will be a great and good company and the staff teachers. We plan to run a UKCC opportunity for coaching from an are brilliant.” Level 2 Teaching Aquatic course in international athlete and we hope 2018. he will provide inspiration for more “After a long time doing no young people to take to the water exercise I started going along We introduced diving at Bo’ness and learn to swim. to the aqua fit class. Now I do Recreation Centre, implementing it 7 times a week, going to 3 a diving programme from ages Of course our pools are great pools, and now I have much more 5+. The pool at Bo’ness is the for all round exercise as well as movement.” 19 Participation

Photograph by Jim Huntsman “I love coming to this class, I come twice a week, it is good fun and good company and the staff are brilliant”

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Photograph by Jim Huntsman Developing leadership and Big Lottery Fund’s Young Start life skills programme, which is set up to Our Active Schools team worked give greater opportunities in life with forty-five secondary school and to better prepare young pupils from all eight secondary people for college, university and schools across Falkirk in our further employment. We secured brand new initiative - Coach £33,900 over two years which Academy. This gives school will fund development of these pupils the opportunity to gain coaches and also enable us to valuable sporting qualifications train a further group of Coach as well as fantastic opportunities Academy pupils in 2018/19. to develop coaching, leadership and life skills. Running concurrently with the Coach Academy programme is The Academy put coaches the Coach Academy Apprentice through their paces during an scheme which allows younger intensive three days of training pupils, who are not of an age in the October holidays, with to complete a UKCC level 1 courses in Emergency First course, to gain knowledge Aid and Child Protection, the and experience in a coaching sportscotland Multi-skills Coach environment to assist their Workshop and Positive Coaching development and benefit extra- Scotland Workshop. curricular sports clubs in their High School or local primary The pupils received ‘Sports schools. The Apprentices Academy’ uniforms and attended a training day of their subsequently completed a UKCC own where they undertook Level 1 Coaching qualification in the Sports Leaders UK Level 1 their chosen sport. Since then qualification and also completed these pupils have been delivering an online basic first aid course. their sport, developing sport in local primary and secondary We are looking forward to schools as well as linking into seeing the positive impact many community clubs across all the coaches will have on Falkirk. participation in school and community sport across the The Academy was made Falkirk area. possible with funding from the

21 Motivation

Supporting people to succeed John from Donaldson’s Trust started Liam is one of our volunteers at the farm. coming to Muiravonside Country Park He left school, and was encouraged by with a support worker in 2017. John is his family to volunteer at the farm to gain profoundly deaf and also autistic. The work experience. He has been a great classroom environment is not the ideal asset, turning out in the worst of the “Beast learning space for him and his father from the East” and working waist deep wanted to find new opportunities for him in snow to make sure the animals were to be challenged and grow his skills. fed. Through volunteering he has built up a range of skills and been motivated to As he is excellent with his hands, turning develop a strong work ethic. His work on his skills to all types of carpentry projects, the farm has led him to realise that a career John and his support worker have been in the countryside would suit him and coming to the Park on a weekly basis Liam has made an application to Oatridge and working with Simon, our Ranger, on Agricultural College who have given him bespoke joinery projects around the park. an interview for a yearlong course which There are some beautiful examples of the could be converted into a HND three year skilled work he has done for the public to programme if he does well. enjoy including a special commemorative bench at the Visitor Centre and seating in Newparks Farm has benefitted enormously the orchard and picnic zone. from Liam’s enthusiasm and dedication. Without his volunteer hours, which average The park provides a peaceful environment 20 a week, the team wouldn’t be able to for many visitors but can also be the ideal complete the improvement projects they place for young adults who struggle to are undertaking while still caring for the concentrate to explore different ways in animals to the existing high standards. which they can contribute to community Having extra pairs of capable hands like facilities. Together John and Simon have Liam’s has helped us to successfully carry achieved some really special improvements out a season of lambing. Volunteers like to the park giving it a personal feel which Liam make such a positive difference to the is highly appealing to visitors. work we do so we are delighted to see him achieve a place at college as a result of his experience with us.

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WE WANT TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO DO MORE, TRY SOMETHING NEW AND GET INVOLVED IN CULTURE AND SPORT

Revitalising communities through sport Recently we received the exciting news that Camelon Our Community Sport Hub Officer has been Community Sport Hub was successful in receiving supporting local people to make their dream a reality. approximately £50,000 each year for the next 5 Through the Our Place programme in Camelon a years from the National Lottery. Funding will be used desire had been identified to increase the number of to deliver more activity sessions, make them more sport and physical activity opportunities for all ages accessible and provide training for local people to and abilities with local residents saying there should gain qualifications. be “more to do from Cradle to Grave”. So we helped to lay the foundations for a Community Sport Hub. The Hub committee is working tirelessly to ensure that the Hub’s ethos rings true and that what they The sportscotland endorsed Community Sport do is based on community needs. Several anchor Hub model is a collection of clubs and groups who Hub clubs are now working in partnership with local have a shared passion and desire to increase sport social enterprises increasing volunteer opportunities, and physical activity opportunities for people in sporting groups are seeing an increase in their profile their local area, with opportunities varying from with the spotlight being shone on the fantastic work participation to volunteering. There are plenty of they do, day in day out in the local area. The work energetic and passionate people in Camelon and carried out so far through Camelon Community their motivation is that, although the area has a Sport Hub has created a positive buzz within the number of longstanding challenges, they wish to community, and all parties involved are excited about restore the area back to its former glory. the future for the people of Camelon.

With sport as a focus, key to meeting that ambition We’re also working to establish a new Hub in was bringing everyone together and establishing a Grangemouth around the High School and the sports common goal and vision. This resulted in Camelon facilities. It too will be based on supporting clubs Community Sports Hub being constituted as an and community groups to grow together and is an organisation. Our work then focussed on supporting equally exciting project. the group to apply for funding as well as build skills and knowledge to help in areas like First Aid, Safeguarding and communications such as social media.

23 Motivation

Changing perceptions of libraries Encouraging involvement Over the last year, we’ve been trying to change young people’s in sport perceptions of libraries as being just about books. We held The sportscotland Schools lots of events to encourage young people and families to see Sports Award is a national their local library as the best place to come to engage with initiative designed to motivate exciting new IT learning opportunities and to attend events. and encourage schools to We also promoted the national focus on STEM education and continuously improve physical introduced young people to STEM subjects in fun and engaging education and school sport ways. opportunities. Over the past academic year the Active Schools We run several coding clubs which give young people the team helped 8 primary schools opportunity to use the Scratch programming language to and 1 secondary school to gain learn the basics of coding and to be able to design their own Gold Award status. Two schools games and simulations. Coding Clubs run for 8 weeks and attained a Gold Award for the young people can then move onto Code Club Discovery to learn second time. The work our about more complex programming. The young people have team does throughout the year really enjoyed the activities, particularly as they can show their with pupil leadership and extra- families the animations and games they have designed. curricular participation plays a significant part in the application Over 1000 people came to our first Comic Takeover event process. Pupil testaments help held in Falkirk Library in November. Based on the ComicCon illustrate the value of school model, we had speakers, workshops, Cosplay competitions sport, the work of Active Schools and stalls selling comic arts and crafts. As well as meeting and demonstrate the ethos of the well-known comic writers and illustrators, people were able to award. attend workshops and take advantage of free comics. The event was great fun; there was a real buzz in the building with lots “Active Schools helped me to happening on both floors. discover what I loved doing and had a huge influence on my The Digital Drop-in Day gave us a chance to show off all our career path to study education at new fun technology. Over 500 children and adults got hands- University.” on with 3D printing, coding, gaming and programmable robots. Families were able to try out all sorts of new educational “I feel much more confident as a devices, apps and tools. We had 3D printers, Apple ipads result of the volunteer work I’ve with 3D games, Pokémon events, coding classes and design done with Active Schools. For me workshops. Everyone particularly enjoyed navigating the robots the best part of volunteering is around the book-maze and animating their own drawings either the feeling you get when you see into a 3D figure or as part of a Greenscreen background. a young person succeed.”

“… the people I’ve met due to Active Schools will be friends for life and others I have met have had a great impact on my life so far.”

24 Motivation

Profiles of two of Scott Burton Martin Wylie our staff who are “I’m the Trust’s Physical Activity “I’m the Community Sport Hub instrumental in Coordinator and I lead our Officer for the Trust. My job is motivating people exercise referral programme really wide ranging, primarily to be more active. known as Active Forth and the however, and the part which Step Forth walking programmes really motivates me the most, is - Nordic, Buggy and Health working in partnership with local walks. With partners including people, clubs and organisations. I GP surgeries, physiotherapy link them into wider opportunities services, Forth Valley with sporting governing bodies rehabilitation services and NHS as well as local schools and our health promotion officers we teams in the Trust. work to help people manage and take control of their The key aim of my role is to build complex health needs. relationships with all these groups The Trust’s Active Forth referral and find new and interesting ways programme is becoming a to get them working together; national working template showing that working together, for solid evidence based with other highly motivated and practice across the sector and like-minded people can have huge I’m delighted that recently I benefits, for individuals, clubs and have been asked to present the local community. Active Forth’s referral data at some prestigious National Increasing the number of Conferences. people participating in sport I’m passionate about all and activity along with the areas of physical activity and number of opportunities that the rehabilitation. In our gyms I’ve communities have is something seen the difference that we which really drives me. I’ve worked make on customers’ lives. Most in the sport and leisure industry of our customers referred to for over 13 years now and have us with a chronic condition a huge passion for sport and or injury do not know how to physical activity and the impact exercise safely or appropriately it can have on people’s lives. I and after 12 weeks they feel love my role as I get a real feeling more confident, energetic, that the work I’m doing with local positive and happier. Being able communities is helping them to to motivate and self empower improve and better themselves for someone to take control of their the long term.” health is one of the best jobs you can have.”

25 “Really interesting history about Callendar House, the grounds are beautiful and the staff friendly. Lovely little tea room too with fabulous views over the grounds.”

26 VENUES

VENUES PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR PARTICIPATION AND ATTRACTING VISITORS TO THE AREA

New Play Trail opened The ability to freely access quality Award winning Callendar House We opened an innovative new outdoor play is a key element breaks record Natural Play Trail in Callendar in a child’s development as it Callendar House enjoyed a record Park. Comprising a mix of play offers excitement, independence, year attracting 58,000 visitors, equipment, natural features, learning and a chance to mix with winning Best Tourist Attraction at sculpture and seating it takes a other children. However, what the Scottish Hospitality Awards half hour walk around the park, is innovative and sets this play and more recently gaining 5 with the flagship feature being an facility apart from many others is Star Historic House status from exciting forty metre long double that it encourages entire families VisitScotland. zip wire. to get active on the equipment. In addition to permanent The design was developed with We’ve produced a short film exhibitions we’ve taken a creative input from two local primary to promote the trail and there programming approach which schools and incorporates features is a waymarking board on site uses arts activity to complement the children thought would get and online maps to help guide the heritage offer. This includes them most excited about playing visitors around it. The result is free local music society recitals, and exercising outdoors. The trail an inspiring, challenging trail for weekly ballet and tap dance provides an opportunity for the children, their families and carers classes for under 5’s, local history young and the young at heart to which makes great use of outdoor talks and interactive cooking and be active and most importantly spaces in the park. tastings by costumed interpreters to have fun – swinging, jumping, in the Georgian Kitchen, all balancing, running and climbing. FTH Theatre improvements intended to encourage repeat The trail also features art Following on from the installation visits. installations and benches which of state of the art LED stage have been located near the active lighting and a quality PA system The Park Gallery and 2nd Floor items to form resting points along in the main auditorium, we’ve Galleries hosted exhibitions by the way, making it suitable for transformed the stalls and balcony artists including Lesley Banks many abilities. Situated in the area at FTH with contemporary (Gongoozler - in association with beautiful surroundings of this and comfortable new seating, Scottish Canals) and Michael historic park the trail wanders carpets and paintwork in tones Prince and temporary exhibitions through one of the most attractive of blue and grey. The new seating including The Antonine Wall and areas in the park – the arboretum. bank downstairs retracts at Iron with associated schools and the press of a button, saving family workshops. By creating Following community consultation time and labour costs and opportunities to engage with on the management of Callendar allowing for greater flexibility for contemporary themes we Park, when around 30% of performances. continue to attract new audiences. respondents said they were looking for improved play In addition, the backstage areas As part of Green Tourism we aim opportunities suitable for all including the dressing rooms have to increase our current rating of ages, we were fortunate to been redecorated throughout and Silver to Gold and make the House secure external funding from the we’re planning for the main foyer more sustainable. This includes Robert Barr Trust and Falkirk to undergo a transformation with plans to participate in the Toilet Environment Trust, along with stylish and welcoming new décor, Twinning Scheme to raise funds in support from the Falkirk Common signage and poster displays. developing countries. Good Fund. Volunteers from Link Housing and the regular Callendar Park volunteer group helped to create the play trail on the ground. 27 Falkirk Fury move home “After 26 seasons at the Mariner Centre we anticipated a difficult transition to Grangemouth Sports Complex, not only in respect of working with new staff, playing on a different court and just the feel we had built up at what was a great venue for our teams and fans. However, not only did our Junior Boys win the Scottish Cup and Scottish League at U18 level - at the top level in Scotland, all our teams adjusted well to the change. Our Senior Men continued to attract great crowds of 300 fans and above on Friday nights and when we played in a British Cup tie we had a great atmosphere that the officials from the British Basketball League were very positive about. The staff at the Complex made us feel at home, right from pre-season and all our 16 teams found ‘our new home’ to be positive, friendly and one I am sure we will find will be equally successful as the Mariner where we racked up over 20 National titles - so 2 down 18 to go!”

John Bunyan Head Coach - Falkirk Fury Basketball Club Photograph by Alex Johnson (c) 28 VENUES

Grangemouth Sports Complex Creating opportunities at Supporting athletes to succeed improvements Kinneil Estate The investment over recent years We completed phase two of We’ve been involved in the start to improve facilities for athletes an upgrade to the ladies dry of an exciting new two year at Grangemouth Stadium has side changing rooms. Having programme, called The Kinneil made the venue much more listened to our customers we Coastal Rangers Project. Eight attractive as a training base. created improved access to unemployed people from the From the new Olympic standard the toilet and shower facilities local area have been recruited tracks, including one which we from the changing area itself. to a training apprenticeship with repurposed from the Glasgow New changing cubicles, the The Conservation Volunteers 2014 Commonwealth Games, introduction of a vanity area and who supervise a programme of through to new changing reconfiguration of the refurbished tasks which are regenerating and facilities, reception spaces, lockers have further modernised conserving the greenspace at and upgraded athletics field facilities and been well received Kinneil Estate to encourage more infrastructure the venue is now by our customers. visitors to come to the site. so much more welcoming for all users and the Athletics Centre Falkirk Council allocated The participants have spent of Excellence now complies with additional funds to support the first six months gaining International Athletics standards. essential maintenance works in SQA accredited employment Grangemouth Sports Complex. skills through practical outdoor Approximately 30 elite level The most significant projects work and are now employed as athletes across sports such as included the replacement of Modern Apprentices completing athletics, basketball, Taekwondo the pool filtration system and a further eighteen months of site are regular users of the venue associated heating systems. based training which will increase along with many club and We also took the opportunity their employability and allow regional level athletes. Many of to grout the swimming pool them to compete in the labour the elite athletes train with us tanks. The nature of this type of market. The work programme so on an almost daily basis and we work goes largely unnoticed by far has delivered improvement to give them as much support as customers but is essential behind path surfaces, steps and bridges, we can to enable them to train the scenes work required to hedge and tree planting, and dry and progress their sporting maintain facility operations. stone wall repairs. development. The resident athletics club Victoria Harriers Mariner Centre’s new exciting The trainees are also supporting has developed many stars over soft play the work of community groups the years and currently a top As we go to print we are about including Friends of Kinneil, the performer is Grant Plenderleith to launch a brand new soft play White Lady Mountain Biking from , a 400m specialist, facility, which along with new Group, the Antonine Wall Group Commonwealth competitor entrance, reception and café and the Community Orchard and bronze medallist at the space has transformed this Group. British Indoor Championships. venue. The project has been Grant tells us that “access to in development for some time The project is funded by the the Stadium’s strength and and we now look forward to Scottish Government through conditioning equipment along how it will be received by new the Coastal Communities Fund, with the superb Olympic generations of Mariner Centre and is an excellent example standard tracks and use of customers. Because of the new of our work with partners, to the Trust’s swimming pools development, we were sad to say help improve the quality of has helped me set a personal farewell to a very long standing greenspace in the Falkirk area best this year, 6th in the all customer, Falkirk Fury Basketball and create opportunities for time Scottish record, which I’m Club, but are delighted that young people to gain skills hoping to better as the season they have made a really good and experience which will help progresses.” The success of local transition to their new home at them in their journey towards athletes such as Grant goes a Grangemouth Sports Complex. sustainable employment. long way to help raise the profile of sport in the Falkirk area.

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COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP BRINGS NEW ACTIVITY, RECOGNITION AND INVESTMENT TO THE AREA

Tackling inequality lunch and fruit. We continued really helped her to come out of Our Active Schools team played the approach over the Easter her shell and start talking to more a key role in helping to achieve holidays when, following people.” an important outcome of the feedback, a breakfast option was Community Planning Partnership also offered. A family who have been through - our area will be a fairer and a lot of illness and bereavement more equal place to live. ‘Holiday Feedback from parents and over the past year told us on Hunger’ has unfortunately children was very positive and many occasions how much they become more widely recognised so the initiative has continued appreciate everything we have as an indictor of inequality and for the summer holidays in 2018. done for them “…its been a weight poverty in young people, so we We’ve now developed better off my mind knowing she will responded through our summer links into other areas of support have this opportunity again this holiday camp. available within the Council summer… after the last summer which helps us identify those and Easter programme she has Working with Falkirk Council, families who would most benefit been interacting more with other who recognised that our team and also enables us to signpost people which has built up her were well placed to make families who may require confidence.” interventions, a targeted project additional support such as with was rolled out within the 2017 resettlement. summer holiday camp where an environment could be created Our team hear stories of hardship that was stigma free, socially and struggle and find it so inclusive, supportive, fun and rewarding to be able to play a participative. Importantly it also part in improving the lives of increased the physical activity, local young people. Here are a mental wellbeing and self- few of these stories. esteem of the young people and introduced them to new sporting A single mum who is trying to opportunities. work to get a better future told ahead of the summer 2018 camp With funding for purchase of “I’m going to be working more food and additional coaching throughout the summer and staff, 30 free places a day were this is going to provide me with provided to primary school so much support – it will also children who qualified for term give my daughter more time to time free school meals. The socialise as she finds this very children were provided with difficult. The Easter programme

30 A mum told us “Thank you so much for offering this again….I’ve been unable to do much with the girls due to illness and family circumstances. They are so happy at the thought of going back for this summer and are looking forward to seeing everyone!”

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“...it was a fantastic experience. Staff were always on hand to offer advice and guidance when required but also, importantly, they mainly took a ‘hands off’ approach allowing us the flexibility and freedom to make it truly ‘A Fans View’ exhibition. ...the success of the exhibition has been twofold. Firstly, seeing visitors who would perhaps not normally have been to an exhibition, or indeed Callender House before. Secondly, seeing what we have achieved has given us the confidence to start thinking about longer term plans for a dedicated Falkirk FC museum.” Alan Brown

Capacity building We were able to help guide them came from the fans themselves, Nearly two years of work between through the process of setting up with private collectors lending our museum curator and some an exhibition which in turn gave items such as the ball from the fans of Falkirk Football Club led them hands-on experience of 1957 Scottish Cup Final. With so to the opening in 2018 of a unique how to set up a museum. For our many intriguing objects, stories co-curated exhibition - Falkirk part we got to host a wonderful, and footballing memories to FC: A Fans’ View. It arose from inclusive and unique exhibition choose from it became an exercise a request for advice on how to as well as a great experience in in how to edit ten possible go about setting up a museum helping the fans to get closer to exhibitions into one, to capture a dedicated to the club. The fans’ their dream of their own museum. sense of the team from the fans’ passion and enthusiasm was point of view without drowning in obvious and this provided an ideal Although some objects were detail! opportunity for collaboration. sourced from the museum and archive collections, the majority

32 Reducing isolation and loneliness The older people we will work with Supporting communities to Looking forwards, Library Services include those with dementia and do more for themselves will be working with CVS, Alzheimer physical frailty and impairment. We’ve been working alongside Scotland and four local care homes We want our activities to help Grangemouth Golf Club to to bring the benefits of reading and lift the mood of residents, create help them explore how they social interaction to older people more social contact and shared might take on the lease of who can no longer make it into our discussion as well as support Grangemouth Golf Course so buildings. In 2017, we were delighted residents to remember and share they can operate the whole to be awarded £91,530 funding over past memories, helping them to facility themselves. The Club three years from the Big Lottery engage with the people around already manages the upstairs Fund for the Care Words project. them. bar within the clubhouse and organises the golf competitions Care Words is a highly worthwhile Julie Anne Moore of which take place. Committee new project which aims to bring Alzheimer Scotland told members from the Club have together older people in care been exploring different settings (both day care and us "we have enjoyed management models to residential) with trained volunteers the invaluable support develop a business case which who will facilitate regular reading of Falkirk Community would allow them to run the and reminiscence sessions. Over Trust's library service in course as a community asset. three years, we expect to support approximately 450 older people and previous years when the During 2018/19 we will 40 volunteers. experience of tailored continue to operate the themed sessions has course, working to establish Care Words will, through a volunteer- operations on a cost neutral led support model, help to reduce been invaluable to basis so that it is in the best the isolation and loneliness the service users, position for the Club to take experienced by older people in day stimulating memories on. The Club is working hard and residential care settings. This will on sponsorship deals and be achieved through starting reading and conversation that hopes to have a business groups, shared reading sessions and carried on long after plan in place by March 2019 reminiscence sessions. Volunteers the sessions ended. We to enable it to take on the full will work in pairs and activities will are delighted that the management of the site. We be led by the wishes and needs hope that by working with the of the participants. Resources will new Care Words project Club in this way, this superb include large text, audio books, will allow this excellent parkland course will continue poetry sessions and reminiscence service back into our to grow in popularity and props. remain an asset for the local programme." community. 33 PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP

“Pupils have been very positive, as anticipated some were able to shine where they had not had the chance before. Children loved the long walk and the time spent in the park; it was lovely to walk and talk in a relaxed way, I could see it meant a lot to the children. Gave them a chance to relax in an environment with no pressure.”

Collaborating to enhance the outdoors take pupils away from so much at ease with the running curriculum school or family stresses. We of the events was beneficial, I Working closely with schools our find that over a short time very took a lead from them.” Outdoor Activities team creates real benefits in mental health, adventure and challenge in the confidence, attainment and “Because pupils ‘made their outdoors designed to support attendance can accrue. own’ they were eating food they pupil attainment and appeal to normally wouldn’t and were those who may be disengaged in From a recent S1 transition amazed at themselves. Loved formal learning settings. Bespoke programme, designed to help the fact the staff were on board programmes developed with pupils integrate into High with hot chocolate and choccy teachers complement and build School, make friendships and biscuits after the late night walk, on existing work in schools, can build confidence, a parent it was just the relaxed supper focus on communication and reported back to school on the children needed.” interpersonal skills, get pupils her sons progress stating; “… ready for work, deal with difficult she is absolutely delighted “I have much appreciated your and challenging behaviour or with the Outdoor Learning team’s efforts to make this a help with transition from primary Programme and the progress success.” to secondary level. her son is making. She said that she noticed a huge rise in Following some difficult budget Over the year we worked with 22 his confidence and he was now deliberations we are delighted schools and delivered a total of undertaking lots of activities that the Council’s Children’s 307 days across each secondary independently.” Services are continuing to work school and primary additional with us in 2018/19. special needs units. 2,300 pupils Multi-day activity programmes benefitted from the opportunity with an overnight adventure to learn in the outdoors. camp at Muiravonside Country Park allows deeper engagement A full range of outdoor sport on and feedback from school staff land and water gets participants has been particularly positive focusing on gaining new physical about these. skills. The levels of concentration “The whole experience was required and just being in the fantastic, the fact that staff were

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Photographs by Jim Huntsman

Securing technology expertise We welcomed the Force for Good Falkirk’s Stories, Celebrating Our We’ve been fortunate to be part team to the 2018 STEM event Heritage and Careers in a Modern of the international Force for to do a soft launch that ironed Producer Economy. Learning and Good programme. This social out any potential glitches ahead engagement across a wide range innovation programme aligns of the App, “HelixExplorer”, of organisations, businesses and teams of J.P. Morgan technologists being successfully launched on communities will aim to enhance with charitable organisations to both Apple and Android stores. customer and visitor experience build technology solutions to help J.P.Morgan host a showcase event of the area’s heritage venues, advance their missions. of all Scottish based projects and increase participation and lifelong we are delighted that for both learning opportunities in heritage Charities selected to participate in years the team working on the and physical activity, and raise the programme are matched with Helix won the top prize. awareness of and engagement a team of up to ten motivated and with the area’s buildings, routes, diverse technologists who spend Bringing new activity to the area collections and stories. We expect approximately four hours weekly We partnered with Falkirk Council, this work to build effective and over an eight month period, Scottish Canals and the Central sustainable partnerships that will working on a technical solution. Scotland Green Network Trust carry on beyond the life of the and made a bid to the Heritage funding. The Helix team participated in Lottery Fund’s Great Place Force for Good over the last scheme and were delighted to be two years with teams from awarded over £450,000. This is to J.P.Morgan’s Glasgow office to deliver a programme of work to build a custom mobile application. better connect the area’s heritage The challenge was to engage Helix assets which we will lead over the users, before, during and after a next three years. visit and give information through interpretation and interaction in a Under the banner of Falkirk: creative way. Landscape, Industry and Work there will be four elements - Falkirk Heritage Alliance,

35 TRADING

Falkirk Community Trading Ltd is Scottish gin and new lines in excellent home baking and our a subsidiary company of Falkirk biscuits and jams. exceptional Afternoon Teas. The Community Trust. It is set up to success of the Afternoon Tea offer operate the catering and retail Helix catering was awarded led to an increase in bookings for outlets within our facilities. All ‘Taste Our Best’ by VisitScotland, celebratory Teas including 80th of the surpluses generated are ensuring at least 40% of our birthdays, christening parties and used to help sustain and improve produce is from Scotland. The baby showers. culture and sport services. It had Helix, Home of the Kelpies a very successful year with an achieved the VisitScotland 5 Star We also hold a Taste Our Best 35 % increase in the charitable award status, with the Kelpie Tour award at Callendar House and donation compared to last year. guides achieving a 10/10 score. recently the Tearoom was awarded Café of the Month The Helix continued to trade well The marketing effort at the Helix by the Association of Cultural across the whole site. Income focussed on local communities Enterprises. The Sunday Post’s grew by 5% on like-for-like sales, for events and park activities ‘scone spy’ awarded 9/10 points during a particularly poor weather and the Kelpies for tourist for our scones as well as giving year. The refreshed Kelpies Guide and international markets. a great review of the House. Book continued to be one of our VisitScotland, VisitFalkirk and Retail performance at Callendar top performing retail sellers along EventScotland continued to House has been declining and with the Andy Scott ‘Kelpies’ be strong advocates, and the going forward we are developing range. A new product range Kelpies continued to be visual a retail strategy and action plan included an exclusive Dennis and assets within a high number to increase spend per visitor and Gnasher visiting the Kelpies comic of their campaigns. The tourist turnover. strip from the Beano Studios. visitor market is of course a key Inspired by a visit made to the audience for the Visitor Centre. Looking forward 2018/19 trading Kelpies by Beano artist David performance is set to benefit Sutherland with his friend, and At Callendar House the recently from the opening of soft play at The Kelpies sculptor, Andy Scott, refurbished Tearoom uses locally the Mariner Centre with a new all items have been very popular. sourced produce, produced in- relocated café area. Other popular new items included house and is well renowned for

Income Turnover £1,802,556

Expenditure Cost of sales £1,331,234 Administration expenses £65,376 Investment £44,995 Charitable payment £360,951

Directors Suzanne Arkinson Maureen Campbell Shona Dunsmore Appointed 31st October 2017 Ased Iqbal Steve Mackie Resigned 18th August 2017 Chris Morris Ian Scott Term of Office ended 30th June 2017 Registered Office Suite 1A, The Falkirk Stadium, 4 Stadium Way, Falkirk, FK2 9EE Company number 400658

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Falkirk Community Trust is a The Company is governed by The Board has the ability to company limited by guarantee its Memorandum and Articles appoint two additional co-opted and does not have a share capital. of Association through a Board Directors to allow the Trust to Falkirk Council is the sole member of eleven Directors. Five benefit from relevant skill sets and of the Company. The Company independent Directors are drawn expertise as required. The Chair commenced trading on the 1st from local business, sport, culture, of the Board is elected from the July 2011 and any surpluses environmental and learning Independent Directors. generated by the Company are sectors. Five Directors are reinvested to improve the facilities nominated Elected Members of and services which we provide Falkirk Council. There is provision to the communities of the Falkirk for an Employee Director area. nominated by Trust staff which is not presently filled.

Directors Ruth Morrison (Chair) Suzanne Arkinson Appointed 1st July 2017 Councillor William Buchanan Councillor Lorna Binnie Appointed 7th June 2017 Councillor Joan Coombes Appointed 28th June 2017 Derek Easton Appointed 1st July 2017 Colette Filippi Appointed 1st July 2017 Councillor Dennis Goldie (Vice Chair) Term of Office ended 7th June 2017 Councillor Linda Gow Resigned 5th May 2017 Councillor Jim Flynn Appointed 7th June 2017 Alex McQuade Term of Office ended 30th June 2017 Councillor Cecil Meiklejohn Appointed 7th June 2017 Steve Mackie Resigned 18th August 2017 Councillor Pat Reid Term of Office ended 7th June 2017 Simon Rennie Andrew Roberts Appointed 1st June 2018 Ian Scott (Chair) Term of Office ended 30th June 2017 Councillor Robert Spears Term of Office ended 7th June 2017 Robert Tait Term of Office ended 30th June 2017 David White Chief Executive Maureen Campbell Company Secretary Jane Clark Registered Office Suite 1A, Falkirk Stadium, 4 Stadium Way, Falkirk FK2 9EE Auditors Drummond Laurie, Gateway Business Park, Beancross Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8WX Solicitors Shepherd + Wedderburn, 191 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LB Bankers Clydesdale Bank, 1 Bank Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NB (to April 2018) Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 Newmarket Centre, Falkirk, FK1 1JX (from May 2018) Charity Number SCO42403 Company Number Registered in Scotland No. 400657

39 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Falkirk Community Trust accounts to focus on growing our income reserves. The reserves are in a have been prepared for the year by other means. Following a very healthy position which will to 31st March 2018. Turnover significant increase in customer help manage further anticipated for the period was £19.01m. We income last year we continued funding reductions and the worked with a reduction in our the growth trend, up by 2% consequences such as the cost service fee from Falkirk Council and despite very poor weather of voluntary severance as well of £920,000 which was on top affecting business in the final as providing an opportunity to of significant reductions in the quarter. Income secured from deploy funds on business growth previous two years. This places competitive grant funding was initiatives aimed at generating considerable pressure on the slightly reduced, however, over additional income. We have organisation and whilst we were the year we secured over £1m of a number of such projects able to maintain service delivery awards which will flow though in in development that we are in 2017/18, there is no doubt the coming year. Grant income positioning within our forward that viability of the full portfolio was received for delivering the business plan. of operations is increasingly Active Schools and Youth Music challenging going forward. Initiatives. The full accounts can be viewed or downloaded from our website Our response to this reduced An underlying surplus of £35,000 at www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org funding in 2017/18 was to continue contributed to the Trust’s general

40 60 3% 2% How we were funded £ 2017/18 2016/17 35% Falkirk Council £11,433,000 60% 61% Grants £327,000 2% 2% Fundraising £516,000 3% 4% Income £6,735,000 35% 34% Total £19,011,000

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How our income was generated £ 2017/18 2016/17 1% 4% Arts £753,000 4% 3% 1% Heritage £66,000 1% 1% Libraries £151,000 1% 1% 12% Sport £2,360,000 12% 14% Fitness £1,517,000 8% 7% 8% Helix £407,000 2% 2% 2% Parks & Golf Courses £330,000 2% 2% 2% Outdoors £161,000 1% 1% 1% 60% 1% 8% Business Development £32,000 1% 1% Trading Activities £1,801,000 8% 8% Falkirk Council Service Fee £11,433,000 60% 61% Total £19,011,000 1+14+7+2+8+60 3+

How our resources were spent £ 2017/18 2016/17 Arts £1,892,000 10% 10% 3% Heritage £752,000 4% 3% 4% 6% 10% ibraries £2,288,000 12% 12% 8% Sport £5,869,000 31% 32% Fitness £1,297,000 7% 7% 5% 12% Helix £1,263,000 7% 6% 3% Parks & Golf Courses £1,124,000 6% 6% 6% Outdoors £545,000 3% 3% Business Development £937,000 5% 5% 7% Trading Activities £1,442,000 8% 8% 7% 31% Governance & Management £518,000 3% 3% Falkirk Council Service £1,049,000 6% 6% Payments Total £18,976,000 10+312317658

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With a turnover of £19.01m, and 493 employees (195 full-time and 298 part-time) as at the end of March 2018, we manage over 80 sites across the Falkirk Council area and offer a huge range of programmes and activities for a wide variety of customers. We like to think that we are able to offer services of interest and value to all Falkirk area residents throughout their lives from pre-school to retirement.

The venues we operate and manage are diverse and range from the unique heritage attractions of Grade A listed Callendar House and the Hippodrome Cinema, specialist facilities such as the regionally significant Grangemouth Indoor Athletics Centre to local libraries, sports venues and pitches in neighbourhood areas.

12 25 Stoneywood FalkirkCommunity Trust Sport 24 Denny 1 Head Quarters / Bookings & Sales 22 Bankier Sports Centre 23 Bo’ness Recreation Centre Arts 24 Denny Football Centre 11 2 FTH (Falkirk Town Hall Theatre) 25 Denny Sports Centre Dennyloanhead 3 Hippodrome 26 Grangemouth Golf Course 22 Haggs High 4 Bo’ness Town Hall 27 Grangemouth Sports Complex Bonnybridge 5 Grangemouth Town Hall 28 Grangemouth Stadium Banknock 29 Hallglen Sports Centre Heritage 30 Mariner Leisure Centre 6 Callendar House & Park 31 Polmont Sports Centre 7 Museum Store 32 Polmonthill Snowsports Centre 8 Kinneil Museum 33 Stenhousemuir Sports Centre 9 Grangemouth Museum Parks Libraries 34 Kinneil Estate 10 Bo’ness Library 35 Muiravonside Country Park 11 Bonnybridge Library 36 Zetland Park – amenities 12 Denny Library 37 Dollar Park – amenities 13 Falkirk Library 38 Helix Park 14 Grangemouth Library 15 Larbert Library Outdoors 16 Meadowbank Library 39 Outdoors Base 17 Slamannan Library

Fitness 18 Health & Fitness - Grangemouth Sports Complex 19 Health & Fitness - Bo’ness Recreation Centre 20 Health & Fitness - Mariner Centre 21 Health & Fitness - Stenhousemuir

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15 Carronshore Stenhousemuir Larbert 21 33 5 Grangemouth Denny Bainsford 14 9 7 10 Bo’ness 36 28 3 20 30 37 39 38 13 4 23 Muirhouses 2 27 34 19 Blackness Camelon 3 1 18 8 11 Bonnybridge Castle 32 Dennyloanhead 6 Laurieston 16 26 Haggs High Bonnybridge Westquarter Falkirk Redding Polmont Hallglen 31 29 Reddingmuirhead Brightons Rumford Whitecross Shieldhill Maddiston

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