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Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 Charity no. 1053319 Company no. 03149116 Our Vision Linked to the vision of helping people to be full citizens in society, we also run three social That people with learning disabilities are able to enterprises: achieve greater independence, live fulfilled lives and live as full citizens in society. • Furzey Gardens, tea rooms and gift shop Our Mission • Hanger Farm Arts Centre and Arts Café • Minstead Lodge conference and events venue. To provide training and support for people with learning disabilities to enable them to develop These social enterprises achieve three new skills, lead fulfilled lives and achieve greater key objectives: independence. We do this at a pace tailored to the individual, in an inspirational way, with a 1. Provide training and employment opportunities Annual Report and for people with learning disabilities in a range of dedicated and experienced workforce who value the potential in everyone. roles including café assistants, horticulturalist, catering and maintenance. This may be part Accounts 2019 - 20 of a structured training programme through Our Purpose our Step Up for Work programme which leads Minstead Trust was formally established as a to employment or sustained volunteering with charity in 1986 but our work with people with external employers, or through participation in learning disabilities and other needs began even day opportunities to gain wider skills and is open earlier. Most notably this was at Furzey Gardens to anyone regardless of their skills or experience. which, at the time, was a separate charity that 2. Provide an income to the Trust provided space in the garden for work opportunities The outcomes focus on three key areas: Demonstrate to the general public what can for people with learning disabilities. • Health and wellbeing (emotional and 3. physical health) be achieved by people with learning disabilities when they receive the right support and • Life skills (social skills and community living) Over the years, thanks to the fantastic work of our ambition. staff and volunteers, we have grown to support • Work (preparing for work and support in work). over 220 people a week. All of our support, across all of our work is focused Everything we do focuses on supporting people on supporting people to achieve those goals. This to achieve their potential. We developed the is through participation in day opportunities in the Minstead Trust Outcomes Framework which New Forest and Portsmouth, community groups in directly links our vision of supporting people to Hampshire, theatre and music groups at Hanger achieve greater independence, lead fulfilled lives Farm Arts Centre. It is also through support to live and live as full citizens in society. as independently as possible in our residential care home (CQC rated Good with Outstanding features) and our nine supported living houses. 2 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 3 Chief Executive’s Statement Chair’s Statement The past year has seen another great year from gaining softer work-focused skills supported I was delighted to be appointed as Chair of growth for the people we support at through our day opportunities. of the Board of Trustees at Minstead Trust Minstead Trust. Further expansion of our in February 2020 upon the retirement of Although the worries about Covid-19 were on the services to a wider community of people horizon at the end of the financial year, the true Richard Woolgar. means we are regularly supporting over 220 impact that it would have on everyone’s lives and people with learning disabilities and other the length of time that the restrictions would be Richard had worked tirelessly to support the Trust over many years and I would like to thank him for additional needs each week. in place were not to have been known at that point. We had put in place stringent planning his contribution to the growth and development of Minstead Trust. Our day opportunities in Portsmouth and New and business contingencies, particularly focusing Forest continued to provide high quality activities on being able to continue to provide the much This was an extremely successful year. The growth to nearly 160 people. Our supported living services needed support to individuals, but the impact in our social enterprises and ongoing investment expanded from 32 to 35 people with the opening on our work was to be immense. Thanks to the in supported living properties meant that we of a new property, while refurbishment of an dedication of our staff team and a fantastic were on track to support more people with eighth supported living property that will support response from our supporters to our emergency learning disabilities, helping them to gain life and a further seven people was nearly completed. fundraising appeal, we are confident that we will workplace skills that will transform their lives and Our community groups, including Hanger Farm be in a secure position for future years. help them to live independently. Community Theatre, reached a further 55 people each week. As ever, we can only achieve what we have done with the dedicated support from all of our staff, our COVID-19 has delayed some of our plans but the support of the community and tremendous work We have had a full year of running all three of volunteers and those individuals, businesses and of our staff and volunteers has meant that we our social enterprises – Hanger Farm Arts Centre, grant-giving bodies who support our work. I am, continue to be optimistic about the future. Furzey Gardens and Minstead Lodge conference as always, grateful for everything that you do to and events venue. This has enabled us to expand enable us to provide the high quality support and our Step Up for Work programme that provides opportunities to people with learning disabilities. employability training with supported placements Thank you! in our social enterprises leading to sustained employment with local employers. This year, 15 Elizabeth Selby people have been on the programme. By the Minstead Trust Chair of Trustees end of the financial year, four of those individuals had either started, or were about to start paid Madeleine Durie employment. An additional 15 people benefited Minstead Trust Chief Executive 4 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 5 Who we are Each week 10,700 supported 224 people 975 volunteer living houses supported 8 1 to lead more hours 163 hours a year independent and of support meaningful lives for 35 people 130 residential to live in people attending 121 their own staff volunteers care home homes day opportunities 404 Over Over hours 60 10,000 of support in 55 key events 20,000 people 28 audience members residential for at Minstead at Hanger Farm visitors attending 30 corporate eight people Arts Centre to Furzey people attending volunteer Lodge Gardens community groups groups community theatre 6 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 7 Delivering our Strategic Plan Part one In 2017, the Board signed off a five year strategic plan for growth with seven Key achievements strategic priorities: How we transform lives • Delivering quality services focusing on outcomes • Developing social enterprise opportunities • Diversifying our service to a younger age group. How our supporting structures enable us to make a difference • Expanding our donor and supporter base • Developing our staff and volunteers • Expanding our accommodation to meet changing needs • Ensuring our systems and processes support our objectives. As we near the end of that five year strategy, we are inevitably focusing on the areas that are still to be developed further. 8 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 Minstead Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019 - 20 9 Supporting independent lives Case study House, which has been converted into bedsits and In 2019-20 we helped 224 people to ‘Supporting Janet: living a healthy life achieve more independence through two-bed flats for seven people with a communal space. We had hoped to have this refurbishment 224 people across our day opportunities in the New Forest Janet attends Minstead Trust’s day completed and new tenants move in by spring Hampshire to and Portsmouth, enabled 35 people to 2020 but once again, the Covid-19 pandemic opportunities in Portsmouth. live in their own homes with friends or delayed that into later in the year. achieve more on their own, and supported eight in our independence’ Like all the people who attend our day residential care home. Growth in the total We successfully ran a number of community opportunities, Janet is working towards specific number of people we reached was due, in groups – Friendship and Advice groups in Totton, goals that help her live a more independent and fulfilled life. Her key outcome is ‘living a healthier part, to growth in the number of people Romsey and Waterside and Hythe as well as Skill Up in Southampton reached an average of 29 life’ and she has joined chair-based movers and we supported to live in their own home people a week. We had hoped to be able to open an exercise class to improve her health. and through the Community Theatre and a fourth group in Lymington, and had begun music activities for people with learning detailed work with a partner organisation to do so The movers session has replaced her swimming, disabilities at Hanger Farm Arts Centre. when Covid-19 pandemic started and the plans which she isn’t currently able to do. She is were put on hold. We continued to run our Skill improving her mobility and strength and We reported last year that we hoped to extend Up courses in Eastleigh, thanks to local grants, becoming more confident and stronger in doing our supported living provision through contract reaching 17 people on average a week.

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