COPE Foundation annual report 2003. Item Type Report Authors COPE Foundation. Citation COPE Foundation. 2004. COPE Foundation annual report 2003. Dublin: COPE Foundation. Publisher COPE Foundation Download date 27/09/2021 18:09:43 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/574992 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse Di rectors' Report 8: Statement of Accounts Di rectory of Services 2 Members 4 Chairman 's Statement 7 Chief Executive's Statement 9 Cl ient Services 11 Accounts 17 Schools Programmes 24 Assessment/Guidance Training & Employment 27 Fundraising 33 Human Resources 34 Finance & Management Services 35 Information Systems 35 Statement of Directors 36 ,., COPE Foundation ANNUAL REPORT SERVICES DIRECTORY OF SERVICES , I LOCATION YEAR OPENED Bonnin ton Montenotte Cork 1970 Bonnington, Montenotte, Cork 1996 Bonnington, Montenotte, Cor 1996 Units 6, 7 & 8 Penrose Wharf, Cork 2002 Ballyvolane SPECIAL SCHOOLS Scoil Bernadette Cork 1958 Scoil Eanna St Paul's St Killian's ADULT DAY SERVICES (City) QDS (HELP Industries) Vicars Road Cork Vocational Trainin Centre Hollyhill John Bermin ham Centre John Bermingham Centre (New Centre) Doras ADULT DAY SERVICES (County) Mallow Quartertown Industrial Estate, Co Cork 1989 Foundat ion RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (County) Skibbereen 1982 Bandon Mallow Glen Lodge, Fair Street, Mallow, Co. Cork 2001 ANNUAL REPORT 2003 po,el HONORARY DIRECTORS & MEMBERS HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION Angela Beechinor Brian Bermingham Denis Bohane Ted Bradley Philip Burkley Jerry Buttimer Jerry Buttimer (Jnr.) John Cashman Michael Collins-Powell Jerry Corkery Michael Cotter William Cuddy Anne Daly Helen Dennehy Peter Dineen Catherine Field Noreen Fitzgerald Gearoid Gilley Patricia Gilley Hilary Grimes Liam Howe Rosaleen Hyland Sean Jennings Ann Keating William Kelly Canon Liam Leader PP Donal Lehane Edmond T MacSweeney Noel McCarthy Patrick Mullins Kay Murphy Maura Murphy William Murphy Stuart Musgrave Derek Nolan Patrick O'Callaghan Frances O'Donovan Fionnuala O'Donovan Frank O' Flynn Johnny O'Flynn Peter O'Flynn Denis 0' Mahony John O'Mahony Mary O'Mahony Tom Potts Philomena Powell Seamus Scally William H Sullivan Elizabeth Walsh James Walsh HONORARY LIFE ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP Aylmer Barrett Richard Mcintyre Thomas Monaghan Bernard O'Shaughnessy Maureen O'Sullivan Bonnjngton, Montenotte, Cork t: 021.4507131 f: 021.4507580 e: [email protected] w: www_cope-foundatjon.1e pal!"4 COPE1-' F o undation CLIENT SERVICES/ HUMAN RESOURCES PENSION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Michael Collins-Powell James Walsh Frank O'Flynn Chairperson Chairperson Chairperson Catherine Field Brian Bermingham William H Sullivan Vice -Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Jerry Buttimer Jerry Corkery Angela Beechinor William H Sullivan Edmond T MacSweeney Anne Daly Donal Lehane Hilary Grimes Sean Abbott Liam Howe Mary Desmond Don McAleese PENSION TRUSTEES Noel McCarthy COMMITTEE Kay Murphy PROPERTY RESOURCES Frances O'Donovan COMMITTEE Frank O'Flynn Bernard O'Shaughnessy Chairperson Elizabeth Walsh Frank O'Flynn Edmond T MacSweeney Mary Desmond Chairperson Jerry Buttimer Jerry Corkery William H Sullivan FINANCE 6: MANAGEMENT Jerry Buttimer SERVICES COMMITTEE Edmond T MacSweeney Denis O'Mahony AUDIT COMMITTEE Michael Conway William Cuddy Sean Abbott William H Sullivan Chairperson Chairperson Denis O'Mahony Jerry Corkery Vice-Chairperson RESEARCH COMMITTEE Maura Nash Peter Dineen Liam Kelly Derek Nolan Edmond T MacSweeney Chairperson William Murphy Brian Bermingham Pat O'Callaghan Vice-Chairperson Peter O' Flynn Ted Bradley Rosaleen Hyland FUNDRAISING Dr Robert A McCarthy COMMITTEE Sean Abbott Stuart Musgrave NURSE EDUCATION Chairperson COMMITTEE Tom Potts Vice-Chairperson Fionnuala O'Donovan Chairperson Denis Bohane Jerry Buttimer Philip Burkley Vice-Chairperson Jerry Buttimer Jerry Buttimer (Jnr) Dr Robert A McCarthy AUDITORS Noreen Fitzgerald Sean Abbott Sean Jennings Mary Desmond ERNST 8: YOUNG Ann Keating Anne Mannix STAPLETON HOUSE Pat Mullins Hanora O'Sullivan 89 SOUTH MALL Johnny O'Flynn Sr Mary John CORK Two Student Representatives ANNUAL REPORT 2003 _"PI SCHOOLS COMMITTEES Schools Boards of Management Scoil Eanna Scoil Bernadette Honorary Medical Consultant Brian Berm ingham Jerry Corkery Dr Robert A McCarthy Chairperson Chairpersan Honorary Consultant Physician Veronica Vaughan Don McAleese Marie O'Donoghue Dr Michael Hyland Kevin Byrne Marica Daly (Gerontologist) Maria Cunningham Finbarr McCarthy Billy O'Shea Noel McCa rthy Visiting Consultants Canon Liam Leader Hilary Grimes Dr Mary Hogan-Murphy Bernard O'Shaughnessy Ann O'Mahoney (Consultant Psychiatrist) Ann O'Mahoney Dr David Coughlan (Consultant Paediatrician) St. Paul's School St. Killian's School General Medical Officer Services Jerry Butti mer William Cuddy Dr Edmond Donovan Chairperson Chairperson Visiting Physician Sr. Mary-John Maureen Peters Dr Pat Brett Margaret Meade Martin Shiel Ann Keating Elizabet h Murphy Pharmacist Pioras O' Brain Kevin Daems Derek Nolan Dr Mary Gantly Patricia Gilley Ted Kenneally Denis 0' Mahony Ann O'Mahoney Chaplain Ann O'Mahoney Fr Michael Kidney ,., C OPE F ound at 1on Chairman's Statement William H Sullivan s an innovation to the Annual Report format into the tinued successful drive to achieve value for money in Afuture, the 2003 Report includes a Statement from every area of expenditure, have given us the courage to our Chief Executive, Maura Nash. That Statement will maintain our commitment to respond actively to client deal with the initiatives, challenges and opportunities unmet or changing needs. Given the client profile, with taken up by the Executive during the year, leaving it to an ageing and increasingly large number of severe and me to report on events from the perspective of the profoundly handicapped clients, there is no other Board. choice. Formation of policy is the primary responsibility of the In anticipation of continuing financial pressure on fund­ Board of COPE Foundation. The workings and proposals ing levels, we also initiated an independent audit of emanating from the various COPE Foundation service levels. Committees, which have been re­ That audit is currently in progress organised in recent years to sharp­ and is expected to provide a credi­ en focus, are crucial to that task. ble platform for our ongoing repre­ So too are the representations sentations to Government. of the Executive through Chief Executive, Maura Nash, as well as It is, however, in the day to day taking into account the considered response to serving our clients that opinions of individual Board mem­ COPE Foundation should take bers based on their business, greatest pride. Our Mission to professional and , indeed, direct "Fulfilling the Potential of Persons experience of intellectual disabili­ with Intellectual Disability" is man­ ty. Through this pro-cess we have ifestly being realised at every loca­ developed strategic plans to deliv­ tion which I have visited over the er quality person-centred services. years of my Chairmanship. In 2003 alone, I participated in at least At the end of the day, policy imple­ three exhibitions of the artistic mentation or any measure of endeavours of clients where I was the success of COPE Foundation is impressed, not alone by the work assessed against our "Vision, William H Sullivan of our clients, but by the commit- Mission and Goals" re-stated else­ ment from every member of staff where in the Report. involved. For the same reasons I am delighted also to congratulate those clients and staff members who par­ However, thoughtful policy formation and innovative ticipated so joyfully and successfully in the 2003 Special planning to service our clients changing or unmet needs Olympic Games in Dublin. requires adequate funding. For 2003, Government made it clear that "existing levels of service" only could expect I could repeat these sentiments in respect of adminis­ funding; indeed, in the early part of the year even these tration and services, nursing and carers at every level, levels were effectively underfunded. research and speCialist staff working within the Foundation. On my own behalf and on behalf of the We continued nonetheless to plan for change within the Board , I extend to every member of staff our sincere framework of a rolling strategic plan. We were encouraged gratitude and appreciation. to do so by our ability to borrow and service debt which could reach (16 million cumulatively over coming years . In particular, I wish to thank Maura Nash and her Senior Management Team for their professionalism and indeed Simultaneously we continued to make representations to courage in meeting the challenges of 2003 so successfully. Government, which were well and truly grounded in the realities of meeting client needs. As the year advanced It is my task to ensure implementation of Board policy I am pleased to report some increases in Capital and and report back to the Board on progress in that regard. Revenue funding were granted in response by I am very grateful for the strong support which I have Government. These monies, taken together with a con- received throughout my term from every single Board ANNUAL REPORT 2003 pagel CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Member and not least the Vice­ Science regarding St Killians School Chairman, Jerry Buttimer. continues to be a major source of worry and irritation. uring 2003, we launched the Dstory of COPE Foundation in a The prospective "demise" of the book entitled "An III Wind Blowing Southern Health Board in the Good" written by Professor