NORTH YORKSHIRE YOUTH 2012 ANNUAL REVIEW & ACCOUNTS Registered office Carlton Lodge Carlton Miniott Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4NJ Charity number 1116521 Company registration number 05883684 President M Dobson MBE Vice-President John Dennis MBE Trustees C Les - Chairman P B Triffitt - Treasurer L J Gibbon S Collison B Hitchen L N Baynes E Mitchell T Roberts T Swales Company Secretary T Roberts Auditors Chipchase Manners 384 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough TS5 6HA Bankers Lloyds TSB Bank Plc Market Place Thirsk YO7 4HB CHAIRMAN’S REPORT My second year of tenure has certainly and strategies for fundraising and been an eventful one, however the marketing, as well as allowing work with commitment of staff and trustees has external specialists. shone through, and with hard work we managed to implement several The outdoor centre continued to go from significant changes for the better. strength to strength this year, with over 5,500 young people involved in activity. The most notable challenge was the Our marketing efforts are proving their departure of Simon Hills as Chief worth and there have also been some Executive, and after 5 years in the role we improvements to domestic facilities wish him well. This left a significant based on customer comments. gap in our Senior Management Team, which provided an opportunity to review The Youth Development Team have been the organisation and ensure it remained working hard to support provision for fit for purpose. As a result, David Sharp young people across the county and was promoted to the role of Chief were successfully involved in the initial Executive. stages of recruitment for the Government’s flagship youth pro- David’s first change was to relocate the gramme, the National Citizenship Administration and Youth Support teams Service for Summer 2012. to Carlton Lodge. With only a small amount of re-shuffling, this facilitated This year NYY also achieved Open the centralisation of all staff and made College Network accredited centre significant cost savings in the process. status. As such we are now able to offer accredited training courses, which A staffing restructure was a further are invaluable to those young people major change, effectively removing one disengaged from formal education or of the Senior Manager roles and placing requiring a different learning style in an emphasis on sales for Carlton Lodge. order to achieve. An award from the Transition Fund I would like to thank all our staff for the subsequently provided resources to effort and teamwork they have shown, establish the roles of Business and for helping in no small way to Development Manager and Customer change the lives of our clients. I would Relations Manager. These two posts also thank board members for their wise were subsequently integrated into counsel and continuing enthusiasm. We the current team on a permanent will continue to run the operation as a basis – a move which continues to successful business, and will spend some produce significant results. time this winter looking at new product development. The future has many The Transition Fund award also challenges, but we will meet them facilitated to the production of a head on , and we will succeed! new business plan, corporate websites Carl Les, Chairman 3 CARLTON LODGE OUTDOOR CENTRE 2011–12 has been a year of The Family Fun Day at the end of July was consolidation and transformation also attended by over 250 people. at Carlton Lodge. We have made significant progress in replacing lost Through the dedication and energy business from last year. New of Miles Bradshaw the Carlton Lodge customers include Millthorpe School Bursary Fund was established. Carlton from York who brought 118 pupils in Lodge was selected by Ladbrookes’ the last week of the summer term. Northallerton Branch as their charity Because we could only offer 98 beds of the year, and we also received in accommodation we housed the generous grants from many of the Lions overflow in two twenty-man scout tents, and Round Table groups around the providing the students with sleeping county. bags, mats and pillows - our first foray into ‘catered camping’ packages. In September 2011 50 volunteers from O2 Telefonica carried out Another School from York, Manor CE various tasks around the site as part Schools came on 3 consecutive 3-day of their ‘Think Big’ programme. The inclusive packages, each with 72 relationship continued into 2012 when people. We also hosted a group who a second team converted the games were piloting the Government’s new room into a facility that could be National Citizenship Service project, used as a dining area, renovating the a programme with which we will be kitchen and preparing the old staff much more engaged in 2012 -13. showers in the Stables to be converted into a laundry. The year saw a successful campaign to encourage FE colleges to use Finally, as part of the staff re- activities at the Lodge as part of their organisation, we recruited seasonal induction programmes. Kirklees and facilities staff to replace our previous Middlesbrough colleges were but two of reliance on casual staff supporting the several who benefited from using housekeeping and catering delivery. adventurous activities to help young This was a great success, leading to students to get to know each other improved cost-effectiveness and through their shared experiences of efficiency, as well as increased scores the day. on evaluation forms. Our Holiday Activity Days have 2012-13 promises to be our busiest become well established in the year ever and the foundations built in local community as an alternative to 2011-12 will serve as a firm base on child care for 8 – 14 year olds with which to build. attendance growing throughout the year. Mark Faulkner, Head of Centre 4 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM YOUTH CLUB SUPPORT and secure expressions of interest from This year we have continued to support young people across York and North our members by carrying out regular Yorkshire. Progress in recruitment by youth club visits, responding to leader March 2012 was on-target. concerns and providing useful resources. We have resumed our LOOKING TO THE FUTURE... membership to Keyfund and continue In the coming year we will be to offer young people access to this mapping youth activity from all funding. providers and identify potential areas for development. We will be offering The nature of the support we provide further volunteer training and to our 45 member clubs is always producing tools to help clubs improve diverse, and this year was no exception. their safety and increase their Our Fieldworkers continue to provide engagement. advice and support on developing appropriate policies and practices, and NYY TRAINING advice on access to the latest funding, resources and activities. In return, Our training activity has developed conditions of membership are followed since we became an accredited centre in order to record and demonstrate the with OCN. From January to March sector’s provision of safe and 2012 we delivered to 21 learners, appropriate activities for young people. with 3 learners accumulating the 10 credits required for an Award in This year saw a significant change Youth Work Practice. Lucy and Clare in the way we report voluntary youth started an assessor course with OCN, activity across the county as we made and Lucy has also undertaken a Level 4 the move to using North Yorkshire course to improve practice. County Council’s ‘Aspire’ database. The intention of this is to allow voluntary We developed a short course as part sector youth work to be recognised and of the ‘Starting Fresh’ NEET partnership. recorded in comparable terms along- As an accredited provider we can work side statutory provision. with small groups of young people as part of their progress towards work, Finally, congratulations to Richie Bastow, training or education. our Youth Work Apprentice seconded from NYCC. Richie completed his Our training programme and ‘Starting apprenticeship earlier this year and Fresh’ work enables us to progress our achieved a level 3 in Youth Work aim of providing devlopment practice. opportunities for young people and adults, and wil secure our status as a NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE training provider in North Yorkshire. The team worked intensively from December to promote the scheme Lucy Gratton, Head of Youth 5 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES North Yorkshire Youth Limited Statement of financial activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) For the year ended 31 March 2012 Unrestricted Restricted 2012 2011 funds funds Total Total Notes £ £ £ £ Incoming resources Incoming resources from generating funds: Voluntary income 2 43,157 247,959 291,116 487,327 Investment income 3 1,740 - 1,740 2,770 Incoming resources from charitable activities 4 458,069 - 458,069 414,134 Total incoming resources 502,966 247,959 750,925 904,231 Resources expended Charitable activities 5 271,597 194,527 466,124 653,053 Governance costs 7 216,022 85,967 301,989 299,691 Total resources expended 487,619 280,494 768,113 952,744 Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year / Net income/(expenditure) for the year 15,347 (32,535) (17,188) (48,513) Total funds brought forward 714,125 78,240 792,365 840,878 Transfer between funds - - - - Total funds carried forward 729,472 45,705 775,177 792,365 Extracted from the full financial statements of North Yorkshire Youth Limited 6 The notes on pages 10 to 17 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 8 BALANCE SHEET North Yorkshire Youth Limited Balance sheet as at 31 March