Rainhill Parish Council Annual Report 2021 Thank You! Awarded for Excellence Rainhill Parish Council - Annual Report 2021 Welcome to our 2021 Annual Report Value For Money/ Financial Statement 2019/20 Chair’s Report Local Support Networks The Financial Statement shown below is in the same form as the summary of accounts provided under the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 for external audit. Well Rainhill, what a year we have Post Office shared! Address: 509 Warrington Road, L35 4LP The Samaritans Parish Council Finances 2018/2019 2019/2020 Number: 07568 642 601 Free Number: 116 123 £ INCOME £ There has never been one quite like Sara and her team of volunteers can Website: www.samaritans.org/ Rainhill Parish Council has ensured a ZERO per cent increase for the 67,000.00 Precept 68,340.00 it! We have certainly walked collect shopping (up to £20), Get in touch about anything that’s troubling you SECOND year running in the cost of the Parish precept to residents. prescriptions for those in isolation or no matter how big or small the issue is. 714.00 Football Pitch Hire 744.00 together through a storm! What can just give you a call for a quick chat. Rainhill Parish Council has set a budget for the 2021/2022 financial 504.37 4F Centre Insurance Premium 689.55 huge losses and sacrifices have year that will result in a sum of £68,340 being raised by the Precept 515.14 Other been made by so many in our NHS 111 Online on domestic residents. This money is raised as part of the Council 2,718.70 VAT reclaimed 4,656.90 community and indeed continue to Use if you feel you cannot cope Lloyds Pharmacy with your symptoms at home, your Address: 473 Warrington Rd, L35 4LL Tax collected by St Helens Council and then passed to the Parish 71,452.21 TOTAL INCOME 74,430.45 be made. Through the last year the condition gets worse, or your Number: 0151 430 9888 Council. Copies of the audited accounts can be obtained from the Parish Council has continued to symptoms do not get better after 7 support Rainhill in any way possible days. Only call 111 if you cannot Clerk in the autumn of 2021 once the external audit of accounts is £ EXPENDITURE £ get help online. completed. and, through virtual meetings, has 15,990.86 Employee & Running Costs 28,119.64 Longsters - conducted business too, installing 7,546.42 Public Open Spaces 4,469.73 Alphega Pharmacy new bins, extending, and updating Heath Pharmacy Address: 578 Warrington Rd, L35 4LZ 11,023.00 Village Hall 11,869.14 AdAddress: 18-20 Elephant Lane, Number: 0151 426 2122 CCTV coverage, commissioning and St Helens, WA95QW Your Parish Councillors 7,837.50 Environmental Improvements 17,240.03 Cllr Ann-Veronica Howitt opening the new Dog Park, Number: 01744 818826 Names and full details of Councillors are also available from 1,594.44 Publicity 2,673.83 Raising the flag at the pursuing better broadband for the the Clerk, Rainhill Library, Rainhill Village Hall and on the 858.48 S137 Payments including GCA costs 901.22 end of the Parish Cllrs area, and supported funding Longton Medical Centre Parish website www.rainhillparish.org.uk 2,078.97 VAT payable 4,164.00 virtual walk up Everest. Address: 451 Warrington Rd, L35 4LL applications for our playing fields Rainhill Village Surgery Number: 0151 290 4700 1,567.82 Insurance 1,700.56 Address: 529 Warrington Rd, L35 4LP amongst other initiatives. Many much anticipated events had to be 1,159.74 National Subscriptions 161.00 Number: 0151 511 5672 adapted or cancelled as meeting up as a community was not 3,857.51 Pension Scheme 4,158.79 permitted. But taking the hashtag #TogetherApart we were able to Rainhill Clinic 2,782.25 Tax & NI 3,038.98 Address: View Rd, L35 0LE instigate or support the very well received VE window display, the Crossroads Surgery Number: 0151 289 2021 58,296.99 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 78,496.92 Scarecrow Trail, Pumpkin Festival, Christmas Tree Festival, Jingle Address: 450 Warrington Rd, L35 4LL Cllr Ann Veronica Howitt, Chair Cllr Wil Williams, Vice Chair Number: 0151 430 9989 [email protected] [email protected] Round the World, Rainhill Chasing Rainbows, Clap for Carers etc. £ CUMULATIVE FUND BALANCE £ Some of our wonderful young people sang in their neighbourhood, I Care Opticians 67,734.62 Balance Brought Forward 82,889.84 made and delivered cards to every household, walked the roads Tesco Pharmacy Address: 128 Thatto Heath Road, WA9 5PE Number: 01744 811 890 at 1/4/2019 dressed as Disney Royalty, drew cards and wrote messages for Address: Cables Retail Park, Prescot Number: 0151 331 1638 71,452.21 Plus Total Income 74,430.45 those isolating. Remarkably dedicated volunteers shopped and 139,186.83 157,320.29 delivered to those shielding including those at Reeve Court. A bevvy Police Community Support Officers Cllr Graham Barker Cllr Ian Brown of sari clad ladies delivered meals donated by the Blue Mango. R D Wilkes Optometrist Ken Vincent [email protected] [email protected] Address: 15 Dane Court, L35 4LU Number: 0151 777 6177 56,296.99 Less Total Expenditure 78,496.92 Residents donated food and toiletries for Christmas hampers co- Number: 0151 426 2214 ordinated by the Rocket Pub, and collected duvet sets to be made 82,889.84 Balance carried forward at 31/3/2020 78,823.37 into scrubs and laundry bags for the NHS by hard working £4,158.79 Dementia UK £161.00 volunteers. New Social Media groups were set up and run with St Helens Mind Website: www.dementiauk.org £1,700.56 £3,038.98 Number: 07912 059 881 Number: 0800 888 6678 £4,164.00 ideas, humour and information sharing. Rainhill Ramblers was Website: www.sthelensmind.org.uk Cllr Ann Daniels Cllr Donna Greaves £901.22 formed and adapted around the changing rules for meeting up Providing support to people aged 18+ who [email protected] [email protected] £2,673.83 outside. It brought new friendships, and physical and mental health £28,119.64 Domestic Abuse 24/7 benefits. These have all been the rainbows that have brightened our National Confidential Helpline lives and given us hope for rays of sunshine when the storm had St Helens Freephone Number: 0808 2000 247 £17,240.03 Floating Support Services Website: www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk passed. Number: 01744 734 819 As I write this the outstanding work of the NHS, both in caring for Providing mental health support. the sick and in the rolling out of the vaccination programme , again Cllr David Hendrick Cllr Gordon Roberts Childline supported by local volunteers, are giving us all hope for a return of Chrysalis Centre for Change [email protected] [email protected] Free Number: 0800 1111 Number: 01744 451 307 £11,8693.14 £4,469.73 some form of normality. Website: www.childline.org.uk Email: [email protected] We thank them and all the members of our community for helping Childline are there for children and young Website: www.chrysaliscentreforchange.co.uk Staff & Running Costs (37%) Public Open Spaces (6%) people whatever they’re going through. Address: 1st Floor, Beacon Building, 25 us ‘ walk through the storm’ and into the sunlight. College St, Saint Helens WA10 1TF Village Hall (15%) Environmental Improvements (22%) St Helens Foodbank Women’s support service only. Including Publicity (3%) S137 Payments (0%) RAINHILL YOU HAVE BEEN, Number: 01744 26414 counselling, confidence and assertion Cllr Sandra Roscoe Cllr Mark Rothwell Email: [email protected] courses, CBT for depression, grief support VAT Payable (5%) Insurance (2%) Address: Atherton Street, St programmes, therapeutic art and crafts [email protected] [email protected] AND CONTINUE TO BE, Helens, WA10 2DT sessions and domestic abuse support. National Fees (0%) Pension Scheme (5%) Opening Hours: Tuesday and Friday 11:00 - 14:30 Kooth AMAZING! Website: www.kooth.com Child Bereavement UK An online digital counselling and Broadband Update Number: 01928 577 164 Over the last 5 months I have been chasing Openreach for progress on fibre broadband being wellbeing platform for children and young people (based in Widnes) aged 11 to 25 years. available to the businesses and residents in the village area.In September, I was made aware that Prescot exchange Fantastic free service working with Cllr Kate Stevenson-Black Cllr James Tasker was to be included in the next Fibre to the Premises roll out planned for January - March 2021. However, recent Provides young people with instant free and #WeAreRainhill the whole family. anonymous access to selfhelp materials, live [email protected] [email protected] communication with Openreach has confirmed that the roll out is now planned for January-March 2022.The point I No limit to number of sessions. made to Openreach is that, as we were omitted from an earlier upgrade to give a part fibre broadband option, I was moderated discussion forums and tools such as hoping that areas where that option was not offered should be given priority in the next Fibre plan. This is not the online journals and goal trackers. case, unfortunately, as they have different funding options to finance this upgrade as it is a national programme, and Applying for Free School Meals their emphasis changes due to Government funding at that time. (As we well know, the Government funded Number: 01744 676 666 Enquiries at Community Fibre Partnership fund ran out before we got to the final part of our participation in the scheme.) Use the following link based on the Making Space I know there are obvious difficulties for Openreach in very challenging times and that, according to a recent report, Cover Story postcode of your home address: https:// Number: 01744 675 255 fibre installation has been suspended until March this year.