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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NUMBERS mak ou e SU y FF ng O i L lp K e a H b e t t e r p l a c e f o r A L L Our vision is to help make Suffolk a better place for all. Our mission is to make a measureable difference to Suffolk by connecting Unlike traditional grantmaking trusts and causes that matter with people who care. foundations, we develop lasting partnerships with individuals, families, businesses, public bodies Our values are to be: and trusts. We work together to ensure that acute areas of need in Suffolk are addressed • Compassionate and fair in our purpose compassionately, respectfully and sustainably. • Professional and independent in all our We are committed to deepening levels of engagement in everyone who seeks to change relationships lives and improve futures. • Open and clear in our communications Nationally, we are one of a family of 48 Our priority is to reach those in most Community Foundations in the UK. With our combined power and shared passion to make need by combining robust evidence with a difference within the communities in which we local service delivery. live, we increasingly influence at the most senior levels and deliver real and meaningful change. mak ou e SU y FF Chairman and ng O i L lp K e a Chief Executive’s Report H b e t We have great pleasure in t e presenting the Trustees’ Annual r p Report and Financial Statements l a for the year ended 30 June 2016. c As a funder to the voluntary sector, we are witnessing the very real challenges e that our local charities and community groups are facing. On the one hand, f o the demand for their services continues to increase, and on the other, public r sector budget cuts simply means that there is less money available ‘in the A L system’ to support these services. In addition, according to the National L Council for Voluntary Organisations, 78% of all charitable giving currently goes to the largest 3% of UK charities; it will not surprise you that the national charities’ footprint in Suffolk is very small. However, there is some comfort that in response to this testing situation and with the help of its donors, the Foundation has increased its grantmaking activity by 36% over the past year to £2.44 million. In total, 608 separate grants were awarded to organisations that are tackling difficult social issues and, in so doing, making Suffolk a better and fairer place for us all. James Buckle The need to encourage and direct local generosity and philanthropy to our Chairman local voluntary organisations has never been greater. It is often surprising for our supporters when they find out that so much charitable activity is operating right in the heart of their own community; the number of organisations in this report that have been awarded grants over the past year is testament to that. And yet so many more are operating under the radar. To help increase the profile of this extraordinary activity, this report is accompanied by a companion publication, ‘Shine a Light’, which in turn is part of a wide-ranging project that the Foundation has undertaken to help organisations raise awareness of their services. It is just a glimpse into the world of local charity which we know will both surprise and inspire. During the past year, we have seen three trustees retire: Claire Horsley, James Dinwiddy and Stephen Fletcher. Their skills and commitment have been greatly valued and appreciated during these formative years and we would like to record our gratitude for their immense contribution. We also say goodbye to staff members Elizabeth Stephenson and Sue Wright who have retired, and to Rachael Mikulskis, who has moved to the USA following her husband’s relocation to Washington. Once again, we must recognise and thank them for their enormous dedication and input during their time with us. Finally, we would like to offer our sincere thanks to all our donors, to our staff, volunteers and supporters. Without your support, we would not be able to Stephen Singleton provide the critical grantmaking that benefits so many local people and Chief Executive communities. ANNUAL REVIEW 2015/16 | 1 Community Grantmaking Ipswich Community Playbus Acorn Fund ss supported by Pound Gates £853 ian A ocia & Sevatas To help fund a play bus d tio In n session once a week during st £ e 1 term time for a year in the , Fresh Start - new beginnings Whitehouse area of north W 0 0 £2,000 west Ipswich, providing lk 0 children with a fun place to o A contribution towards the f cost of a story book to be learn and play. f used in conjunction with u Ipswich Sports Club For The S therapy for those suffering Disabled & from childhood sex abuse. £1,500 h TOPCATS To help with venue hire c costs for the group for the i £798 w Towards the cost of building forthcoming year. s p an outdoor sensory play I Lighthouse Women’s Aid area for children and young people with disabilities and £500 additional needs. A contribution towards sessional worker costs for a cycle of therapeutic programmes for women and AXA Insurance children. Fund Orwell Mencap £500 The Befriending Scheme Haverhill Town Pastors Towards the cost of Home-Start South Suffolk & purchasing new chairs for the £340 £320 District Towards a go pro camera A contribution towards the group’s social club for people and accessories to film cost of equipment to enable £1,000 with learning difficulties. Towards the salary cost member’s feedback and the group to continue of a co-ordinator in west REACH Community Projects progress. supporting vulnerable people Ipswich to manage a in Haverhill on a Friday £500 network of volunteers who Birketts Fund evening. provide dedicated advice To fund a supported volunteer Home-Start Suffolk: East and support to families with programme at the food bank. Ipswich and Coastal children under the age of 12. St Nicholas Hospice Artheads £2,000 £503 £500 Towards volunteers’ travel and Towards delivering women’s Ipswich & Suffolk West Supporting the group’s expenditure. art and craft sessions. Indian Association hospice neighbour scheme in Haverhill, helping patients in Ipswich Sports Club For The £1,000 their own homes. DIAL - Lowestoft and Disabled A contribution towards Waveney £650 the annual running cost Suffolk Family Carers £1,000 of the organisation to Towards the cost of venue A contribution towards the enable it to continue £500 hire. Enabling the group to run two salary of the disability adviser. providing a lunch club half day courses for individuals Outreach Youth for older members of the experiencing trauma and for Eastern Enterprise Hub Caribbean community in those who support or live with £750 Ipswich. £780 Supporting the setting up of them. To fund the ‘Back to Your a monthly support group for Future’ project which will transgender children and support unemployed young their families. mums. 2 | SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Porch Project Bury St Edmunds Women’s Ipswich Morning Stroke Club Pathways Care Farm Aid Centre £2,000 £1,350 £1,375 A contribution towards the £1,694 To deliver weekly Towards the cost of training 25 cost of weekly youth sessions, Towards the cost of delivering physiotherapy sessions for volunteers to ensure they feel providing a safe place for three freedom programme people who have suffered a prepared and confident to young people to meet and courses to women who have stroke in the Ipswich area. support people with dementia socialise. suffered domestic abuse. or learning difficulties at the Ipswich Opportunity Group care farm. Suffolk Rape Crisis CREATE £2,000 PSN CIC £1,000 £2,000 To fund regular support To provide 50 sessions of A partial award towards the sessions for children with £2,000 counselling for women and production costs of a film additional needs. To purchase a digital girls (aged over 14) in the supporting those with mental projector and laptop to deliver Waveney area who are health issues. Kernos Centre presentations, workshops and survivors of rape or sexual training courses. Fresh Start - new beginnings £2,000 abuse. Funding the continuation £2,000 and expansion of counselling Rural Coffee Caravan A contribution towards services supporting vulnerable Information Project the salary costs of part children, young people and Bluebell Fund time specialist workers and their families in the Sudbury £1,806 Supporting the cost therapeutic interventions. area. of five village visits in St Breaking Barriers (Suffolk) Green Light Trust Matthew Project Edmundsbury to help £2,000 reduce rural isolation. Towards employing a Café £2,000 £2,000 Project Manager to help those Providing an outdoor Towards the provision of St Nicholas Hospice with learning disabilities run programme of eco therapy Behavioural Family Therapy pop up cafés. and relaxation techniques for sessions for families. £2,000 young girls. Supporting a 6 week Bumblebee Children’s Charity Noise Solution Ltd programme of ‘Nicky’s Way’, Home-Start Suffolk: East a bereavement service for £2,000 Ipswich and Coastal £2,000 children and young people. Supporting the core running Supporting music based costs of the provision for £1,600 services for young people Stowmarket & Area children with physical and Towards equipment to who are living in challenging Opportunity Group learning disabilities. support volunteers who are circumstances. helping vulnerable families. £2,000 A contribution towards core costs. Rural Coffee Caravan Information Project £1,806 ANNUAL REVIEW 2015/16 | 3 Bunbury Family Call Connection Outreach Youth Risby CEVCP School £2,000 £1,500 Fund Fund Towards the cost of A contribution towards the employing a part time youth cost of creating a quiet, calm development worker.