THE PROSPECTS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - 2017 FORWARD FROM THE CHAIRMAN MISSION AND THEMES Next year in December we will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Foundation – although The PROSPECTS Foundation is ’s community owned environmental charity and we are PROSPECTS as a whole has already passed that milestone. This means we are approaching the time to something of a unique and wonderful organisation. We were established in 1998 by local people and reflect on what we have all achieved together. But there is no time to sit back on our laurels - this year have lots of skills and environmental knowledge which we use and pass on when delivering projects we look forward to continuing the good work. around the Borough. We support a network of PROSPECTS Panels as well as schools and community groups to help them develop their own ideas to improve the environment. In the tumultuous and “interesting” political year we have just seen, the environment, as ever, has been pushed to the back seat. While President Trump rows back on US commitments to combatting climate We focus our work on 6 Themes of Sustainability, which means that our actions are not harmful to change our own Government has signalled its policy of reliance on fossil fuels by consenting fracking the environment, they take account of both local and global issues and positively contribute to the in . Globally environmental indicators are not good – habitat loss, species extinction rates, reduction of climate change. Our 6 Themes are: ocean plastic, city air quality, loss of polar ice - you could get discouraged! BIODIVERSITY One interesting reflection though is that experience shows that giving up, just sitting back and expecting protecting and enhancing local wildlife and plant life “them” to come up with solutions is not going to get us very far. Contributions to solving environmental problems are needed at all levels – including the individual, the group and the community. That’s why ENERGY PROSPECTS exists – to raise awareness and encourage action. promoting energy conservation and the use of renewables SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT The Foundation is of course the facilitator of most of the things that happen within PROSPECTS. We encouraging cycling, walking and the greater use of public transport work with communities, volunteers and organisations to make real the things that other people want to achieve for the environment. In the process many people are involved – funders, partner organisations, WASTE & RECYCLING agencies, our own staff and trustees, land-owners, local authorities and of course the whole voluntary reducing, reusing and recycling waste sector. LOCAL FOOD encourage the growing of local, organic and healthy food There is, as ever, no shortage of good ideas for things that could and should be done but funding does not get any easier. The overall financial situation has made a significant impact on the voluntary sector ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS and competition for resources is fierce. An extreme case maybe - but one recent funding programme raising awareness of environmental issues became over-subscribed and closed within twenty minutes of launch! The need to be distinctive and effective is sharper than ever.

Interestingly though, the extreme squeeze on local authority budgets raises some new potential opportunities to realise benefits for nature and local people that will require us to adopt a cautious but imaginative approach.... Watch this space!

Over the last year we have managed to maintain all our mainstream activities – environmental awareness, community food growing, nature conservation and the Windfall Fund - as well as supporting our two community owned businesses, Woody and One Planet Shop, both of which are doing well. Over the next year or two we look to maintain these activities as well as looking at new opportunities.

Many thanks to everyone, no matter how great or small your involvement with PROSPECTS.

PHILIP VINCENT-BARWOOD MBE March 2017

2 3 OUR VALUES ACHIEVEMENTS AT A GLANCE • Secured funding from 15 different funders to support our work • 18 new local projects received Windfall funding totalling over £72,000 • The Windfall grants ranged from £200 to £13,676 • 6,500 volunteer hours were contributed to our projects, valued at over £90,000 • Over 700 different people attended activities/courses • Worked on over 20 different sites across the Borough • Took 1 community group on a tour of the wind farm • Ran more than 50 different community events/activities/courses • Held a very successful Woodland Day in September in Bullough Park with over 15 stalls and 150 visitors on the day • Held ongoing discussions with Lancashire County Council over the future of woodland sites in Hyndburn following the announcement of the proposed closure of the County Council Countryside Service • Became a ‘Local Cause’ for Co-op shoppers • Our training centre at Oakhill Park has been used over 30 times for practical workshops and training days • Attended the Lancashire Schools Sustainability conference at St Christopher’s School in and ran workshops for primary and secondary pupils We have a set of values which guide the way we work and direct the work we do: • Over 190 individuals gained an AQA certificate in at least one subject • Over 40 different AQA courses delivered • We value our environment, both local and global and respect its uniqueness and fragility • Carried out a series of consultation events including an online survey, written questionnaires and • We are committed to the principle of environmental sustainability face to face events for a new food project we are developing • We act as a catalyst for positive environmental change and work to organic principles • Improved our media profile including radio interviews, TV and lots of local press coverage • We believe in working collaboratively for our environment • Worked with a number of new partner organisations including the Ribble Rivers Trust, Mid Pennine • We believe that local people acting in their own right or collectively can reduce their carbon footprint Arts and The by changing their behaviour and practices • We are a people based organisation which is rooted in local communities • We seek to work for the benefit of all communities both present and future • We believe everyone has a positive contribution to make and we are committed to equality of opportunity for all • We believe that a green environment and active participation directly contribute to mental health and wellbeing • We work ethically

4 5 OUR FUNDED PROJECTS OUR FUNDED PROJECTS Over the last 12 months we have been funded by a variety of organisations/funds to deliver our core business ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS of environmental sustainability. This can be broken down into the following projects: • Project that encompasses almost everything we do from sending out press releases, giving radio interviews, running courses and workshops, holding AQA certificate presentations, guiding walks and CONNECTING PEOPLE TO HYNDBURN’S NATURAL HERITAGE holding/attending events, funded by Awards for All, NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group • A 2.5 year funded project working on the two proposed Local Nature Reserve sites in Accrington – Peel Prescription for Wellbeing Grants (CCG) and The Windfall Fund. Park & the Coppice and Woodnook Vale funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. • Ran a very successful series of workshops covering activities ranging from Beginners Fretsaw, Waste • Key objectives are to involve volunteers in improving and protecting the natural heritage of the sites Glass Decorations, Upcycling Silver Jewellery to Willow Bird Feeders, Pour and Set Soy Candles and through regular work days; to create a programme of activities whereby schools, community groups and Foraging for Food and Herbs. volunteers can learn about the natural and historical heritage of the sites; and to establish a community- • Held a very successful Woodland Day in September to celebrate all that happens in woodlands and to led Volunteer Ranger Service for the two sites. promote who we are and what we do!

WHINNEY HILL GREEN SPACE THE WINDFALL FUND • Aim of the project was to improve access into and through Whinney Hill, to encourage greater use of the • The community benefit fund associated with the wind farm on Moor. site and to enhance the existing flora and fauna through habitat management. • Available for community groups to carry out environmental projects across the Borough. • A habitat survey was commissioned from Lancashire Wildlife Trust to guide the management of the • Three levels of funding available - Mini – grants up to £250; Small - grants from £250 to £2,000; and site. Contractors were commissioned to deal with Japanese Knotweed, thin the existing woodland and Large - grants above £2,000. construct a new 625m footpath to link Whinney Hill Road entrance to the existing path network and to • In the last 12 months 18 new projects were funded totalling over £72,000 and covered all our themes of Livingstone Road. sustainability. • Community surveys and leafleting was done initially to encourage interest, gain an idea of local issues with the site and to inform residents of the planned work. WOODY • A woodland management social enterprise set up by PROSPECTS in 2012 to help pro-actively manage CONNECTING WITH NATURE Hyndburn woodlands. • A 2.5 days/week year-long programme that provided environmental taster sessions providing a wide • Run by volunteers and works every Friday on sites across the borough. range of activities aimed at people of all ages across Hyndburn, funded by Newground Together, The • Two recent pieces of practical work centred on woodland thinning at Royds Street in Woodnook and at Woodward Charitable Trust, The Windfall Fund and Piggy Park (via Orchard Windfall Fund and Tesco Bags the Whinney Hill green space in Accrington. of Help). • Also continued woodland thinning, to regenerate the hazel coppice, at Wilson’s Playing Fields in Clayton- • Activities took place in a number of locations including Piggy Park Community Garden, ; the le-Moors; thinning and milling Larch trees at Hollins woodland in to make bird boxes, benches, Growing Wild Allotment, Baxenden; Hyndburn Homes’ Community House, ; and Acorn House, a waymarkers and cladding; and ran a chainsaw course for another four volunteers. drug and alcohol recovery project in Accrington. • Behind the scenes saw a concerted push for online sales resulting in orders for hedging stakes, scout • Environmental themes included practical conservation activities, traditional crafts, basic food growing staves, rustic poles and clog sole blanks! training, cook & eat sessions and general horticulture. • Also ran environmental education sessions aimed at young children which focused on enjoyment and ONE PLANET SHOP interaction for which they gained a John Muir Discovery award which recognises the use of wild spaces • A community owned co-operative with over 145 members, initially set up with support from The for children. PROSPECTS Foundation. • To increase skill levels and employability opportunities for the volunteers taking part we offered AQA • Sells ethical, Fairtrade, sustainable, organic and local produce and is run by volunteers, a part-time shop courses in topics such as Wildlife Gardening and Organic Food Growing. manager and a part-time outreach worker. • Celebrated its 5th birthday during the year having opened in October 2011. REWILDING HYNDBURN’S GREEN SPACES • During the year the shop continued its outreach work with a Schools Liaison project and also ran a pilot • A project working with community groups, schools and other organisations creating and enhancing project working with Hyndburn Homes sheltered accommodation. habitats for wildlife, whilst providing natural resources to encourage organic practices on local food growing sites, funded by People’s Postcode Lottery, The Windfall Fund and the Co-op. CHARITY MANAGEMENT • We are running training and activity sessions on 40 topics such as creating wildflower meadows, organic • Our Managers have had a busy year keeping everything on track, applying for funding, developing ideas feed borders, hedgerows, heritage orchards, building bug hotels, bird boxes, habitat piles and bog for the future, liaising with Trustees and the PROSPECTS Panels and contributing to partnership working gardens and AQA Unit Award Scheme Certification will be offered to people wanting to develop their with other organisations across the Borough. knowledge further. • Successfully applied to fifteen different funding streams which has enabled us to deliver an active and varied programme of works over the year.

6 7 VOLUNTEERING VOLUNTEERING We could not achieve the amazing work we do without our volunteers. We want to take this opportunity to As part of our Heritage Lottery funded project we are looking to establish a community-led Volunteer Ranger thank everyone who has given up their time to volunteer on our projects to help improve the environment. service for The Coppice/ and Woodnook Vale, through which volunteers will monitor the condition We have clocked up an astonishing 6,500 volunteer hours this year which is equivalent to almost 1,000 days of the sites, present information to the public and carry out community learning activities. The Rangers and is worth over £90,000. themselves will be trained in a variety of different conservation techniques and will carry out conservation tasks to improve these two sites. Watch out for further information over the coming year. Here are some photos of our volunteers in action at Platts Lodge and The Coppice: Woody, our woodland management social enterprise, is run by volunteers and has had another busy but rewarding year. Recent activity has included woodland thinning in various woodlands in Accrington, Baxenden and Clayton-le-Moors. It also ran a chainsaw course for four volunteers. These photos show the Woody volunteers hard at work.

Volunteers at Whinney Hill have cleared and improved existing paths and desire lines, cleared the overgrown steps, improved and replaced kissing gates and other entrance features, installed noticeboards, cleared Himalayan Balsam, coppiced Hazel in the woodland and built and installed bird boxes. The project has worked with Johnson Matthey, an international leading speciality chemicals company, who ran two practical days on the site as part of their management training course and also raised funds for the project. The project has also had help and support from and Lancashire County Council.

8 9 INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE Working with children and young people is often the most inspiring as hopefully the things they learn will The Windfall Fund also funded projects at Broadfield Specialist School and White Ash Primary School and stay with them for the rest of their lives and will influence how they see and react to the environment around work was completed on the Forest School at Fairfield Nursery School and Children’s Centre. them. We have had great fun this year working with over 15 schools/nurseries and colleges on a number of exciting projects. These photos show Roger working with Baxenden St John’s, Benjamin Hargreaves and Roger also worked collaboratively with and Adventure Hyndburn at the Rothwell Peel Park Primary Schools on the proposed Local Nature Reserve sites. Heights Forest School area in Bullough Park planting trees with young people.

Julie also worked with young people on the Connecting with Nature project and these photos really do show young people connecting with nature!

Our projects involve everything to do with environmental conservation and sustainability. One of our Windfall grants was awarded to One Planet (Accrington) Ltd to employ a Sustainability Officer to go into schools to educate young people about ethical shopping and reducing waste and other topical issues such as plastics in oceans and protecting water resources. 10 11 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES The PROSPECTS Foundation continues to support the PROSPECTS Panels based in Rishton, Baxenden, PIGGY PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN Huncoat and Clayton-le-Moors who carry out local environmental projects. Here are some of their recent Our biggest community project of the year has taken place at Piggy Park Community Garden in Rishton. achievements: Hyndburn Borough Council originally thought of turning the old Westwood Avenue Play Area into a community allotment. The idea was taken on by a local Councillor and the local community who formed The Rishton PROSPECTS Panel has: Piggy Park Community Garden Association. With the help of the PROSPECTS Foundation the abandoned • worked alongside the Canal and Rivers Trust on the milestone replacement programme to celebrate the playground has been transformed into an amazing community garden with raised beds, an orchard, a willow 200 year anniversary of the Leeds and Canal. dome, forest school area and much more! • planted the planters around the town with bedding plants and reseeded the wild flower banking at Norden Bridge. The effect of the community coming together has been truly inspirational. Lots of community groups • trimmed the willow arbour and tunnel in Cutwood Park and mulched around the muddy areas underneath. have worked hard to support the development of ‘Piggy Park’ including 5th Rishton Primetime Brownies, • worked closely with Piggy Park Community Garden Association on the successful transformation of a St Charles RC Primary School, Rockmount North West (a residential mental health rehabilitation facility), disused children’s playground into a community food growing and Forest School area. Roger’s Monday Conservation Group and Kemple View (a mental health support and rehabilitation service). • been busy on the railway station platform and has strimmed the overgrown banking, cleared the station It has taken over 5 years to come to fruition and an open day is going to be held in the summer to welcome car park, repainted fences and cleaned the shelter roof. It also intends to develop a new project with a everybody to have a look round and enjoy. local artist and all the schools in Rishton, to produce some decorative murals for the station to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Panel later this year.

Meanwhile, Baxenden Community Forum has: • worked with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, The PROSPECTS Foundation, ‘Woody’ and Hyndburn Borough Council to carry out improvement works in Hollins Wood. Larch trees have been removed giving more light to the paths and undergrowth and one of the Larch trees was made into a seat which was installed on the path through the woods. • carried out its annual litter pick and collected 13 bags of rubbish from Woodnook Vale. • replanted the planters on the Recreation Ground with summer bedding plants and spring bulbs. • continued the management of the Rose Garden in Haworth Park and the poppy garden by the Pal’s Mosaics. • continued with the management of Himalayan Balsam in Woodnook Vale. • led people on the annual Jubilee Walk and held a Bat Walk with assistance from the and Bat Group.

Members of the Clayton-le-Moors with PROSPECTS Panel: • attended an awards night hosted by Hyndburn & CVS at and received 3 awards – Luke Holmes, aged 7, received Youngest Volunteer; Joyce Webster, aged 85, Oldest Volunteer and Cath Holmes Going That Extra Mile award. Cath has clocked up 20 years of volunteering, which started by chance with Clayton le Moors Prospects Panel.

12 13 IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT WOODLAND DAY All our work improves the environment in some way whether immediately or for future generations to come. We held a Woodland day in September to celebrate everything to do with woodlands. We invited people Roger’s projects which are working towards the designation of the two Local Nature Reserves in Hyndburn to come to show off what happens in woodlands and why. We also featured other crafts and skills all to and improvements at Whinney Hill involve practical improvement works on a weekly basis. illustrate our main aims and six themes. The Mayor of Hyndburn, Councillor Tim O’Kane, included us in his busy schedule and Stephen Lowe from BBC Radio Lancashire hosted his Sunday morning show from the The Windfall fund has awarded funding to a number of conservation projects too including work at Foxhill Woodland Day. The venue was Bullough Park in Accrington and we had stalls demonstrating the following: Bank Nature Reserve in Oswaldtwistle. Here are some photos: Pole lathing, identifying water invertebrates, rustic woodcraft, bird and bat box building, using recycled items to create a woodland orchestra, dry stone walling, cooking bread bushcraft style, felt making, smoothie making on a bicycle and wood carving! The following photos are courtesy of Sean Telford (www.seantelford. net) who kindly gave up his time to record the event and was our official photographer on the day.

14 15 ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS AQA ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Getting out and about, enjoying the fresh air, getting some exercise and looking after the environment are all We are now in our third year of delivering the AQA Unit Award Scheme so we have become quite accomplished reasons for enjoying the countryside and are great for improving health and wellbeing too. at designing and writing our own units as well as making good use of the huge bank of units available to us through the scheme. Whether it’s going on a river walk, taking part in an orienteering challenge, bird watching, visiting an inspirational garden or experiencing wildlife up close at a Nature Reserve there are never enough reasons to We are able to offer units in subjects such as volunteering, woodlands, food growing and recycling, which venture outdoors and enjoy what’s around you and on your doorstep. These are some of the things we have relate to the funded project activities delivered under PROSPECTS’ six themes. Alongside these we run been enjoying outdoors this year. workshops in traditional and heritage crafts with an environmental theme such as willow weaving, candle- making, fretsaw woodworking, pyrography, making felt objects from wool and producing artefacts and decorations from recycled and waste glass.

The scheme is aimed at making learning more inclusive, interesting and inspiring. The units are available to everyone whatever their age or ability and because they are very flexible we can adapt them for different learners. We have found that by introducing the certification scheme people that attend our workshops have become more motivated and engaged and they have certainly become more confident when adding to their existing knowledge and skills. Everyone can learn at their own pace but most people achieve units in three to six hours over two sessions. The scheme is about a record of achievement not formal qualifications and is about recognising learning in areas such as volunteering and social activities.

In the last year, which covers the end of the 2015 - 2016 academic year and the first six months of the 2016 - 2017 academic year, over 190 people have gained a least one certificate through the 40+ courses we have offered.

16 17 WHO WE HAVE WORKED WITH WHO WE HAVE WORKED WITH Aawaz Growing Wild Piggy Park Community Garden Association St Christopher’s High School Highfield Community Action Group Pip Cottage St John’s Primary School Accrington Cricket Club Hippings Methodist School Pro Photo St Mary’s Primary School Clayton-le-Moors Accrington Sea Cadets Hollins Technology College Red Rose Recovery Step Together Accrington Women’s Centre Hope Ribble Rivers Trust Stonefold After School Club Acorn Recovery Huncoat Community Forum Ride Revolution 1 The Base Acorn Woodcraft Hyndburn Borough Council 5th Rishton Primetime Brownies The Mayoral Office Adventure Hyndburn Hyndburn Homes Rishton PROSPECTS Panel The Hyndburn Project Alternative Futures Group Hyndburn Leisure Rockmount Northwest Trinity Community Church Angie Da Silva Hyndburn Park Primary School Rotary Club of Church & Oswaldtwistle Up & Active East Lancashire Art Daze Hyndburn & Ribble Valley CVS Sandy Lane Gardening Group White Ash School AQA Education Hyndburn Resource Centre St Andrew’s Primary School Woodcraft Creations Baxenden Community Forum Hyndburn Tree Wardens St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School Woodnook Residents Community Association Baxenden St John’s CE Primary School Hyndburn Used Furniture Store St Bartholomew’s Church Wood Sage Outdoor Education BBC Radio Lancashire Incredible Edibles Accrington St Charles’ Primary School Woody (Hyndburn) CIC Academy Primary School Johnson Matthey It is with regret that we have to report that Hyndburn Used Furniture Store (HUFS) closed its doors in late Benjamin Hargreaves CE Primary School Kemple View May 2016. Bootstrap Enterprises Lancashire Biodiverse Society Hyndburn Used Furniture Store (HUFS) was set up in February 2004 and in later years was supported by Broadfield Friends Association Lancashire County Council PROSPECTS through our Social Enterprise programme. The charity was established to recycle household Broadfield Specialist School Lancashire Sticks furniture and white goods with the aim of providing employment, training and volunteering opportunities for people in Hyndburn. A key feature of HUFS was the bulky waste collection service it provided for Hyndburn Churchfield House Ltd Lancashire Wellbeing Service and Rossendale Borough Councils as well as the delivery of the Care and Urgent Needs Support Service Clayton with Altham PROSPECTS Panel Lancashire Wildlife Trust for Lancashire County Council and over the years hundreds of tonnes of furniture and white goods were re-used or re-cycled. All this activity was only possible with the dedicated support of the staff and volunteers. Community Restart Lancashire Women’s Centres However, after many months of struggling it became inevitable that the Board members of HUFS had to Creative Support Lucida Glass dissolve the charity. Hyndburn Borough Council were very helpful during the difficult period faced by HUFS but unfortunately a longer-term strategy could not be agreed and the charity had to cease operating. Dry Stone Walling Association Greenway Elysium Maundy Relief Fairfield Children’s Centre Mount Carmel High School Fate Medicade Natural Friends of St Christopher’s NCS Young People’s Group Mercer House 1842 Newground CIC Mid Pennine Arts One Planet (Accrington) Ltd Friends of White Ash School Peel Park Primary School Green Haworth Primary School Pendle Crafters Greenwood Twiggs Pendle Forest Orienteers

18 19 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES BALANCE SHEET AT 31 OCTOBER 2016 (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2016

Unrestricted Restricted 31.10.16 31.10.15 Unrestricted Restricted 31.10.16 31.10.15 Funds Funds Total Funds/£ Total Funds/£ Funds Funds Total Funds/£ Total Funds/£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets 15,000 - 15,000 15,000 Donations and Legacies 3,130 - 3,130 2,080 Charitable Activities CURRENT ASSETS Environmental Projects - 276,615 276,615 237,981 Debtors 150 - 150 - Investments 25 - 25 25 Investment Income 1,186 360 1,546 1,519 Cash at Bank and in Hand 78,552 118,009 196,561 161,215 Other Income 2,109 13,034 15,143 15,219 78,727 118,009 196,736 161,240 TOTAL 6,425 290,009 296,434 256,799 CREDITORS EXPENDITURE ON Amounts Falling Due Within One Year -6120 - -6,120 -5,614

Charitable Activities NET CURRENT ASSETS 72,607 118,009 190,616 155,626 Accountancy Fees 452 1,474 1,926 1,830 Environmental Projects - 26,390 26,390 4,245 TOTAL ASSETS LESS General Costs 2,736 - 2,736 2,321 CURRENT LIABILITIES 87,607 118,009 205,616 170,626 Cultivate Food Growing Programme - 20,731 20,731 58,002 Local Food Growing Programme - - - 8,000 NET ASSETS 87,607 118,009 205,616 170,626 Environmental Awareness Programme - 25,871 25,871 13,949 Windfall - 46,719 46,719 46,759 FUNDS Charity Manager - 38,546 38,546 39,362 Unrestricted Funds 87,607 84,370 Nature Conservation - 10,921 10,921 25,708 Restricted Funds 118,009 86,256 Windfall Grants - Various - 58,611 58,611 43,225 Connecting With Nature - 11,229 11,229 - TOTAL FUNDS 205,616 170,626 Rewilding - 906 906 - Natural Heritage - 16,858 16,858 -

TOTAL 3,188 258,256 261,444 243,401

NET INCOME 3,237 31,753 34,990 13,398

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD 84,370 86,256 170,626 157,228

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 87,607 118,009 205,616 170,626

Our full Annual Accounts can be downloaded from our website at www.prospectsfoundation.org.uk or paper copies are available from our Environment Centre at 54 Broadway, Accrington. 20 21 OUR FUNDERS WHO WE ARE Our thanks go to all our funders, without them the work would not take place. TRUSTEES: Philip Vincent-Barwood (Chairperson) Paul Gott (Vice-Chair) (Huncoat Community Forum) Nicholas Cort (Treasurer) William Matthews (Baxenden Community Forum) Stephen Hemingway (Individual Member) Paul Worswick (Clayton-le-Moors with Altham PROSPECTS Panel) Colin Cooper (Rishton PROSPECTS Panel) Catherine Holmes (Church PROSPECTS Panel) Margaret Worden (Individual Member) Neil Mooney (Individual Member) Councillor Paddy Short (Hyndburn Borough Council) County Councillor Miles Parkinson (Lancashire County Council)

OFFICERS: Mike Stapleford/Ian Plested (to July 2016) (Charity Managers) Roger Plum (Nature Conservation Officer) Julie Livesey/Ian Hodgson (to July 2016) (Community Food Growing Officers) Barbara Sharples (Environmental Awareness Co-ordinator) Alison Silver (Windfall Fund Co-ordinator)

The PROSPECTS Foundation is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

Registered Charity Number: 1076541

Registered Company Number: 03686719

Bankers: Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS

Solicitors: Forbes Solicitors, Rutherford House, 4 Wellington Street, , BB1 8DD

Auditors: KM Accountants, 4-6 Grimshaw Street, , Lancashire, BB11 2AZ

Investment Advisors: Wrigleys Solicitors, 19 Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS29 3AG

Registered Office: 54 Broadway, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1EW

Telephone: 01254 230348

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