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ANNUAL REPORTTHE STORY 2012
to free@last’s annual report2012.We hope you enjoy
reading about another yearin the life of our service to
the people of Nechells,Birmingham. Please feel
free to contact us for moreinformation or if you want
to support us throughprayer, finance or
volunteering. Thank�you.
Welcome
VISION
To improve the lives of the children and
young people of Nechells.
MISSION
free@last is committed to providing
opportunities, activities, mentoring and
support for children and young people in
Nechells, and to further their interests by
working with their families, other
agencies and relevant professionals.
VALUES
Giving opportunities to all young people
in Nechells without distinction.
AIMS
To engage children and young people in a
range of developmental and progressive
activities which provide opportunities for
success and to broaden their horizons.
To support children and young people through
life’s challenges and difficulties.
To support their families to provide the best
possible environment for their children to
grow, develop and flourish.
To take a multi-agency approach to improving
the lives of children and young people.
OBJECTIVES
Aim 1: To engage children and youngpeople in a range of developmentaland progressive activities whichprovide opportunities for success and to broaden their horizons.
Objectives
To run weekly youth club activities.
To run weekly workshops for children to enjoy
with their dads/father figures.
To organise school holiday programmes.
To encourage young people to be involved in
the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and to
help them to complete each section
of the award.
To organise a range of adventure activity
programmes including rock climbing,
kayaking/canoeing, mountain
biking and archery.
To run a sports programme that includes
football, netball, table tennis and cricket.
Aim 2: To support children and youngpeople through life’s challenges
and difficulties.
Objectives
To identify the issues young people face and
how to overcome these issues.
To provide support, advice, guidance and
signposting where appropriate for children
and young people who are facing specific
difficulties and challenges like, grief,
homelessness, drugs, alcohol, domestic
violence, bullying, education, careers,
relationships, sexual health etc.
To provide appropriate staff and volunteers to
mentor and support children in need.
To develop specific programmes (with�other
agencies�where�appropriate) that address
issues that are not being met by other
statutory or third sector organisations
in Nechells.
To use the Common Assessment Framework
for children who require multi-agency support.
To meet the needs of the local schools who
have children at risk of exclusion, through our
alternative education programme.
Aim 3: T o support children and youngpeoples’ families to provide the best
possible environment for theirchildren to grow, develop and flourish.
Objectives
To provide one to one and group support for
mums and dads to enable and equip them to
support their children through their growth
and development from birth to adulthood.
To provide support services for parents whose
relationships are struggling/broken and having
a negative impact on their children.
To provide support, advice, guidance and
signposting where appropriate for parents and
other adults who are facing specific difficulties
and challenges like, debt, unemployment,
grief, homelessness, drugs, alcohol,
domestic violence, etc.
To provide positive opportunities for parents
and children to spend quality time together
and develop their learning, relationships and
positive memories together.
Aim 4: To take a multi-agencyapproach to improving the lives of children and young people.
Objectives
To promote our services to both local people
and other organisations.
To network effectively with other agencies and
professionals working in the area in order to
rationalise service provision, avoid duplication
and work in partnership.
To attend multi-agency meetings and arrange
1 to 1 sessions with other professionals to
explain our services.
To produce effective resources that can be
given to local people, professionals and
funders to promote our services.
In the year where Nechells was identified as having 53% child poverty (the worst in Birmingham)
we have felt the significant impact of reduced Governmental and Council funding and support for
the voluntary sector, not directly through any loss of income but through more intense competitive
funding against larger, regional and national charities. Against such giants we have no hope and
therefore our success rate for funding applications has been practically zero. These are hard times
which have not only restricted growth of the staff team but has also put any redevelopment of our
building on hold. With some staff leaving and new ones beginning we always have to manage a
change in dynamics but I am pleased to say that we are still here and fulfilling our purpose and
mission of improving the lives of the children and young people of Nechells.
As we see the difference that we make in peoples lives; the impact of change and influence as our
involvement with the lives of local children, young people and adults grows, we continue to know
that God is blessing us.
Our work cannot happen without other people joining our journey and we are forever indebted to
those who have supported us for many years. We are also eternally grateful for the many new
people who have joined our rollercoaster and have played an important part in the life of
free@last. From Rotary members and business friends to Police and Park keepers our work grows
because of their generosity and positive influence on our lives and work.
We are now using our own building to run a wider variety of services and we have created a
membership scheme to enable all of the community to gain a sense of belonging as we look to
create a community of inter-dependence.
These are still difficult times, and greater pressures and strains will hit the community
organisations, and the people we are here to serve. We pray that God will continue to lead the
way and that you will continue, or begin your journey with free@last. Thank you.
JOHN STREET (Director)
DIRECTORSREPORT
Dear Friends,
I wish to convey on behalf of the charity, our deep felt gratitude for all your support
during the course of this past year. Although, as in previous years it has been at times
extremely challenging, we are pleased to report that it has been a year of progress and
achievement. Such progress and achievement has been attributable to the determined
and selfless work of both the staff and our director, whose creative vision and passion has
been both infectious and inspiring to all associated with the charity.
This year also represents a significant staking post for the charity, as through your
un-waivering support we have been able to fully secure a centre within the heart of the
Nechells community. As you are all aware we are living in very hard and uncertain times,
hence we again express our gratitude for your contributions and support, but we would
also ask for your continued help during the forthcoming year, as we believe that the
important work of the charity will take on new relevance in assisting many within the
community to be free at last from their restraints.
Best Wishes Always,
WINSTON SERGENT (Chair�of�Trustees)�
TRUSTEE REPORT
The heart and soul of free@last is focused
on the children and young people in
Nechells, with the aim of broadening their
horizons through a plethora of
opportunities and unconditional support
to help them through the difficulties they
face on a daily basis. We are a needs led
organisation that builds positive,
meaningful relationships with the young
people, and through these relationships
we are able to constantly adapt and
develop our work to reflect the desires
and dreams of those we are here to serve.
A wide cross section of young people
attend our clubs and activities, providing a
good representation of the hugely diverse
community in which we work. This year
we have started a journey with many new
youngsters whom have been met in the
schools, out on the street and in other
centres as well as continuing the
relationships with those we have
come to know so well.
At free@last we believe it is important for
young people to have stability and
routine, and we always aim to provide
regular, weekly activities as well as ad-hoc
opportunities when they are presented to
us. We have a clear structure and well
defined aims in order for us to be more
effective in helping children and young
people develop better social and
emotional skills.
The core activity is our ‘Traditional’ style
youth clubs with table tennis, computer
games and arts & crafts – but these also
provides the opportunities for the youth
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
team to build relationships and
challenge behaviour!
The focus of our activities this year has
remained with Mentoring and crisis
support, the Duke of Edinburgh Award,
supporting those not in employment,
education or training (NEET) and holiday
activities. This year has also seen a rise in
the amount of parental support due to
multi-agency involvement in young
peoples’ lives.
Youth Clubs
At free@last we run several youth clubs
to help give children from 5 to 18 years
old an environment to be safe in, relax
and to have fun together, whilst building
confidence, new friendships and positive
relationships with the staff. We have 78
children and young people who have
accessed our youth clubs, which have
been provided in 2 separate venues. The
clubs offer access to other services like
sport, team cooperation, art and craft,
Our ‘Money for Nothing’ NEET
programme is aimed to help 16 – 25 year
olds to develop a purposeful career path
and to take the positive steps to make this
achievable. This particular programme
came to an end at the beginning of 2012
with 49 young people involved. Out of the
49 participants 14 secured and retained
employment and 23 began further
education courses. During this
programme we identified many barriers
faced by young people living in our
community, including alcohol and
substance misuse, police issues,
homelessness, legal issues and a lack of
support from their own families. The
‘Money for Nothing’ programme gave
young people the confidence to attend
job interviews, learn how to write their
own CV, practice interview techniques
and easily carry out job searches.
Mentoring and budgeting advice were all
delivered as a response to the needs of
the young people .
We were able to end this programme by
recruiting 2 of the participants, Adrian &
Sarah, to train with free@last as youth
workers, and now they support other
young people to understand their own
potential and work towards
enjoyable employment.
creative development, off site trips and
activities and visits to other organisations.
Through our newly developed handy
guide to youth clubs we are able to
challenge young people’s actions,
attitudes and words whilst encouraging
them to realise the consequences
of their actions and how to take
responsibility for them.
Our clubs promote the inclusion of all
social and cultural groups and we aim to
accommodate the needs of all young
people in Nechells by spending time with
some of them where they feel
comfortable - the parks and streets
of our community.
The future of these services is changing as
we incorporate all our clubs into our new
building, offering a wider variety of clubs
for children and adults, in a caring and
supportive environment where all who
come can benefit from a real sense of
belonging and appreciation
of their worth.
NEETNot in Education, Employment or Training
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Launched last year the p@l mentoring
programme set out to support children
and young people in their personal, social
and educational development. This
project wasn’t aiming to be just about
school attendance or academic
achievement, but one that would support
children with the most complex needs in
all areas of their lives.
We decided, that where appropriate,
family members would be included in the
mentoring process as well as schools and
teachers. On top of this each child would
be given their own mentoring contract
and action plan, highlighting the
programme’s focus on involvement
and achievements.
To meets its objective more effectively
p@l decided to provide its own
mandatory mentoring training and even
volunteers with prior experience of
mentoring attended.
“I would definitely recommend the
mentoring provided and would use p@l
mentoring in the future.” That’s the
comment from one teacher whose pupil
received p@l’s support.
To date the project has had 36 referrals
and is working closely with 4 local
schools. Another teacher states about
her referral, “It has helped (him) avoid
some problems in school and given him
the opportunity to discuss any issues”.
She goes on to explain “it has been very
useful to us as a school to have the
support…it has highlighted (his) needs…
this would have taken us longer to assess
without the mentoring”.
With many positive outcomes and an
excellent group of mentors to meet the
needs of children and young people the
p@l mentoring programme is generating
positive feedback amongst children,
parents and professionals.
Mentoring
The Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) scheme is
a real adventure from beginning to end. As a
nationally recognised award it is a challenging
programme of activities that helps young
people to learn new skills, help others,
experience adventure and gain a great sense
of achievement. There are 3 levels to the
award – Bronze, Silver and Gold and it is open
to young people aged between 14 and 24 who
are ready for a challenge.
Many of the opportunities offered by
free@last involve the young people in new
and challenging activities which help them to
push the boundaries of their comfort zone.
We have had 6 young people this year work
towards their bronze award. It has been a
challenging year for these young people so to
see them on a regular basis and complete their
sections despite their busy lifestyles has shown
us the degree of commitment and
self-motivation. They have been volunteering
at youth clubs and the kayaking club; and
enjoying music, drama, singing and canoeing
for their other sections.
We also ran a gold group this year and 1 of our
older young people has successfully completed
his expedition and residential. By April 2013 he
will be finished and looking forward
to visiting Buckingham Palace!
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
We have continued to provide a specialist
service that helps local people with their
debt and benefit enquiries despite a lack
of funding for our advice worker. Our
experience shows us that a supportive,
understanding and approachable service
is needed to enable people with financial
difficulties to feel relaxed and comfortable
speaking about these, often taboo,
subjects. We provide a positive influence
to our clients in their money management
and benefits entitlement awareness.
Over the past year we have dealt with 524
debt and benefit cases with a financial
value of £1,754,673. Since the project
Debt & Welfare Benefit Advice & Support
began in 2008 we have dealt with 1895
debt and benefit cases valuing
£7,442,270. We have had positive
feedback from our clients showing
people’s satisfaction of our service.
The above figures reflect not only the
struggles of a global recession but of the
economic difficulties of living in an inner
city community. This is a much needed
service which has become part of our
core work and will continue to enable
many children, young people and families
to improve their standards of living
through improved economic
circumstances and financial intelligence.
amongst the pupils, particularly on the
rare occasion that a teacher took
to the saddle.
Our multi-media workshops Dads Go
Digital were this time marketed with two
options: 1. make your own
animation/short films or 2. capture your
own family portraits.
The family portrait option had been made
available thanks to the kindness of STAR
CITY management in letting us use their
studio facilities. Unfortunately neither of
these options came to realisation, interest
was shown, volunteers gave valuable time
leafleting and talking to passersby in STAR
CITY, but unfortunately attendance
never developed.
We know from experience that the
engagement of large numbers of dads
into activities with their children is never
easy, and once again Dads Do It Too!
faced the problem of increasing its
numbers. During the middle of the year
Greater Opportunities for Dads and Children
Dads Do It Too! has continued to providecross-generational activities that
naturally encourage father and childinteraction, stimulate the learning of
skills and most of all, develop thefather-child bond.
The beginning of the year saw the
continuation of our 3 main workshops –
Create and Compete, Better Bikes and
Dad’s Go Digital.
Create and compete, with its continually
varying art based activities and
competitions, still attracts the widest age
range of children of all of our workshops,
the youngest being 6 months old
and the eldest 13 years.
Better Bikes continued but this time it
was the course content that was stripped
down rather than the bikes. Following
requests from dad’s and children alike the
focus on bike maintenance was reduced
to simply include the key elements of
puncture repair, brake upkeep and the
general care of the bike. This left more
time for riding techniques, road safety
and trying skills on our various bike tracks.
Once again we were able to deliver these
workshops at 2 local primary schools, St
Clements and St Matthews. Initially 11
dads signed up with 15 children. Dads’
attendance may have been sporadic but
our visible presence weekly on the
playground certainly created a buzz
with dads at Slade Road Primary School,
some of whom later engaged in our Friday
archery sessions. Families from our craft
club swapped painting for paddling and
took to kayaking like ducks to water, some
encouraging their uncles and cousins to
attend with them. Meanwhile a couple of
dads with military backgrounds would
hear nothing of their children or
grandchildren missing an archery
session afterschool.
The new timetable may not have
increased figures to record proportions,
however it did increase them, raised the
profile of Dads Do It Too! by making us
more visible and provided inter-agency
development through increased team
work. A running total at the beginning of
the Kayaking showed over 70 dads
sessions booked on Saturdays in a 6
month period, this was paired with 111
children’s sessions. New monitoring
following this showed that 31 dads and 55
children had signed up to kayaking over a
3 month period.
With the new timetable in place at the
end of the summer we were working with
we re-consulted with our funders the Big
Lottery with the proposal of offering a
new range of workshops each to run over
6 weeks compared to 12, (12 weeks
commitment alone was a barrier to some
dads). This agreed we rolled out our new
timetable, which allowed us to offer
additional craft workshops at Nechells
Primary School and Bloomsbury
Children’s Centre, whilst retaining our
original Wednesday evening craft club.
We also continued to work with St
Clements and St Matthews primary
schools; however, the cycling skills were
replaced with the introduction of soft
archery. The soft archery sessions were
complemented with the excitement of full
target archery in our new building on
Friday afternoons. The final and for some
our most thrilling addition to our
workshops was kayaking and canoeing
on Saturday Mornings.
The introduction of these workshops not
only provided us with the opportunity to
attract more dads, but gave Dads Do It
Too! the chance to work on a regular basis
with Freax, free@last’s outdoor activity
team. This in turn saw us working
74 dads and 125 children. This does not
include the number of returning families
we worked with from previous years, or
the varied one-to-one and sensitive work
we do around custody and access.
The next stage in our dads work is to
develop a bank of local volunteers,
particularly dads, with the skills, drive
and enthusiasm to mirror our work. We
have already started this exciting process
with our Devoted Dads Residential.
Devoted Dads Residential
Following a successful application to the
Big Lottery’s Supporting Change Fund we
were able to begin the process of
championing past dad’s as future
facilitators of our work. For the first step
in this process we hosted an activity filled
family residential where families could
take part in activities, while the dads
could observe the elements of leadership.
18 children and parents attended
this residential.
As with most free@last residentials the
activities were varied. Within minutes of
arrival we were enjoying a game of
hand-ball in the open air swimming pool.
Even the youngest member of the group
at under 12 months couldn’t resist the
draw of the water, resulting in his dad
accompanying him fully clothed.
The first evening was spent deep in the
depth of Quinta’s woods making tracks to
an open fire. This mainly highlighted that
city dwellers aren’t natural orienteers, as
the sounds of nature were drowned out
by cries of ‘where are you?’ Once at our
location however all was well as the
compulsory marshmallows were placed
on sticks and inserted into the fire.
The next day we took to the lake for a
spot of Kayaking. With two infants
attending and all other family members
wanting to kayak the dads worker was left
with a bit of baby-sitting at the lake-side.
Thanks to our kayaking facilities at
Brookvale Park Erdington most family
members had some experience of
paddling and all enjoyed a pleasant
afternoon. To finish things off the Freax
team threw in a few trust and balancing
games to build up our appetite for dinner.
A second evening of swimming was
followed with another night around the
campfire. This time hot chocolate
accompanied the marshmallows and it
was fair to say that fatigue set in for most
by the end of the mug.
The final morning saw an improvised
activity take place as family members
took charge of the cooked breakfast,
which they accomplished with military
precision. Perhaps they were getting
ready for the final activity, archery! The
residential ended with a few rounds of
field archery, followed by crossbows. This
generated the most curiosity from dads,
who showed an interest in
becoming instructors.
Following the residential, and after talking
to various dads and volunteers free@last
have arranged for Archery GB to train up
to 12 instructors in archery, this will be
the second stage of our supporting
change programme, to take
place in late 2012.
Freax continues to be our most successful
business and this year has seen Aaron
Stone taking on the role of Business
Manager and doubling its income,
reaching an income of £145k. Freax
operates as a mobile adventurous activity
provider based in Nechells, Birmingham.
Our main unique selling point is the ability
to be fully mobile and flexible allowing us
to reduce the travel costs for schools,
business and other organisations. As well
as this we are a very friendly, experienced
and flexible team, able to work in any
situation and circumstance to deliver high
quality adventurous activities and team
building challenges.
We offer a huge variety of activities from
archery, crossbows, mountain biking,
team building and camping experiences
to week long residentials, rock climbing,
canoeing and kayaking; and much more.
We have seen the success of our own
mobile climbing wall grow with a huge
amount of bookings over the summer
period for schools, fun days and
sporting events.
Prince’s Trust residential provision has
continued to grow as we develop
excellent relationships with Birmingham
Metropolitan College, Solihull College and
Bournville College.
Our partnership work with Quinta
Christian Conference Centre in Oswestry
has seen Freax work with youth groups
and schools from across the country -
from The Convent of Jesus & Mary
Language College in NW London to Bridge
Church’s youth group from Bolton.
This year has seen an encouraging
amount of repeat bookings from schools
building on from their extremely positive
and exciting experiences with us.
Examples include Cromwell School
enjoyed their on-site camping
experiences for the 4th year running, and
Stockland Green School have used our
services for 2 months of weekly after
school activities and a 2 week long
‘summer school’.
Businesses
Due to our hard work, excellent
reputation and quality of service Freax
has prospered and increased its
provision significantly during
this past year.
Freax have launched 2 new websites:
www.freaxadventures.co.uk and
www.mobileclimbingwallhire.co.uk
This year we have worked with:
Bridge Church group (Bolton), Convent of
Jesus & Mary Language College (London),
Eden Youth Group (Manchester), Mary
Webb School (Shrewsbury),
Quinta (Oswestry)
From Birmingham:
Prince’s Trust groups from Bourneville,
BMET and Solihull colleges. Cromwell
Primary school, St Clements Primary, St
Matthews Primary, Greenholm Primary,
Slade School. Stockland Green Secondary,
Fairfax Secondary, Heartlands Academy,
Aston Manor Academy, YMCA, BMET
College Public Services Course, Probation
services and free@last.
free@last is proud of its history in
delivering projects that are innovative and
different and in the summer of 2012 it
continued this tradition with the launch of
its ‘Family Fun Zone’. Initially coupled with
the strap line ‘a charity shop with a
difference’ the Family Fun Zone was born
out of a mutual desire from free@last and
the management of STAR CITY to improve
the opportunities of the local community
to access family based leisure services.
We knew that STAR CITY had many
attractions that appealed to the ‘have a
go’ culture of its passing trade and that
the Family Fun Zone would be best aimed
at interests in this market. By
incorporating every member of the family
we aimed to provide a service where you
could enjoy an activity or relax in a safe,
fun and friendly environment – hence
Family Fun Zone and the new strap line -
‘a place for the whole family’.
The Family Fun Zone would at the same
time generate income to support
free@last and its many projects. Through
running the Family Fun Zone at minimal
cost, with the support of volunteers,
family, friends and staff going the extra
mile, our aim is to average 75% of our
profit going directly towards supporting
the children of Nechells.
At this stage of developments our
opening times have yet to be set in stone,
however we have covered the summer
school holidays of 2012, together with
following half terms and each Saturday
in between.
With a variety of activities taking into
account family members interests, age,
gender and skill (i.e. would a 1st timer
give it a go), the Family Fun Zone has
been a hive of activity, laughter,
competition and joy, for both its
customers and staff.
We have seen people pop in for a single
go at archery while on the way to the
cinema, at the same time as some
families go from activity to activity making
an afternoon of it and enjoying a coffee
along the way.
Activities
Archery
Crossbows
Slingshots
BB firing range
Kayaking
Paint a Plate, Money Box or Ornament
Make a Bracelet
Make a Mask
Decorate a Door Hanger
Teas, coffees and snacks
We are also developing party booking and
a voucher scheme.
To find out our opening times and
upcoming new activities visit
www.facebook.com/
familyfunzonebirmingham
An Exciting Opportunity
With a constant visible presence in the
main atrium of Star City and thousands of
visitors each week, there is a fantastic
opportunity for other businesses with a
Corporate Social Responsibility to support
us whilst promoting their own work. If
you would to sponsor the Family Fun
Zone or display your products in our shop
please email free@last1.org.uk
The first full year of Freax canoe club has
been extremely popular and successful
with over 450 people paddling on
Brookvale Lake, Erdington. We have seen
many new and returning faces this year as
over 100 children, young people and
adults have enjoyed splashing around in
the canoes, kayaks and sit-on top kayaks.
Membership to the club has also
increased with an age range from 10 to 65
years old, proving this is a sport for
anyone to enjoy. The canoe club went on
its first ever river trip this year, enjoying
the relaxing delights of the river Severn.
Starting from Arley and paddling down to
Bewdley there were 9 paddlers using a
range of boats from sit-on-tops to closed
cockpit touring kayaks and play boats.
The canoe club now has membership on
the Brookvale Park Development Group
which enables us to work together with
other users, including local Counsellors, to
develop all the facilities for everyone to
use. The sailing club house is the first big
change as it is being renovated with a
cash injection from the council. While this
is being carried out a temporary
Portacabin and toilets have very kindly
been donated by 2 local companies.
Sergeant Si Hensley from West Midlands
Police has continued his support of the
club and has secured funding for 6
sit-on-top kayaks to enable parents to
paddle the water with their children; and
our friendly park keeper Paddy, is always
on hand to help us in any way he can.
Through our work with local schools many
children have accessed the canoe club
during our evening and weekend sessions
and some of these have become
members themselves. Several young
paddlers have achieved their British
Canoe Union Paddle Power Start awards
and Paddle Power Passports.
It has been really great for local residents
to come and enjoy the water and access
the lake where it has previously been
impossible. There is a great buzz and feel
around the lake and it is great to be a
part of something positive and local.
One year on from the date of purchase
we are still a long way from redeveloping
the old garage site into a multi-purpose
youth and family centre, mainly due to
the difficulties of finding large grant
making trusts to share their financial
resource with us. However, we have been
blessed by several people who do believe
in the work we are doing and the vision
we have for positively influencing the
local community.
The Rotary Club of Erdington very
generously gave us enough money to
make the necessary safety and cosmetic
improvements in the main hall (toilets
and a new kitchen area) to start running
our youth and children’s clubs, and our
dads and kids workshops from our own
building. They have also encouraged
other Rotarians, including the RIBI
President, to visit and show their support
for our work.
A consultation with local people was held
at the beginning of 2012 to discuss the
needs of local children, young people and
adults and to see how they would like the
building to develop. Over 165 people
came and shared their thoughts, ideas
and aspirations for the centre, and
unanimously chose the most expensive
options – but as I say, why shouldn’t we
have the best in Nechells?!
We continue to get excellent support
from Jim Gardener (architect) and Ian
Frankton (Quantity Surveyor) who have
stuck with us, providing Probono work for
this redevelopment to be successful. Our
current state is to break down each area
into individual projects and try to attract
funding in stages for these rather than
the whole building in one go.
It may take us many years to secure all
the funding but we will have a facility for
local people to call their own and be
proud of.
If you would like to be involved
with the development of our
building please get in touch with
John Street.
THENORTONCENTRE
Income
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Statutory�Funds��������������������������������������������������
General�&�Gift�Aid�Donations����������������������������
Building�Fund��������������������������������������������������������
Trading�Income
Sponsored�Events���
TOTAL�����������������������������������������������������
Expenditure
Salaries�&�N.I.
Project�Costs
General�Running�Costs
Professional�Fees
New�Building�Purchase
Equipment�Purchased
TOTAL
£110371
£0
£10158
£179202
£21231
£2093
£323099
£141433
£35945
£31490
£8723
£184000
£10376
£411967
FINANCE
free@last Supporters Our thanks go to the following for their
support during 2011/2012
Barrow Cadbury Trust
BBC Children in Need
Big Lottery Fund
Birmingham City University Business School
Business in the Community
Community First
Cromwell School, Nechells
David Wilson Partnership (Architects)
Erdington Rotary Club
Four Acre Trust
Frankton-Hill Ltd (Chartered Quantity Surveyors)
Heartlands Academy, Nechells
IBM
Key Birmingham
Nechells POD
Nechells Primary E-Act Academy, Nechells
Politics In Brum
Smurfit Kappa SSK
St Clement’s Academy, Nechells
St Joseph’s School, Nechells
St Matthew’s School, Nechells
St Vincent’s School, Nechells
Star City Entertainment Centre
The Clothworkers Foundation
The Headley Foundation
The Jarman Charitable Trust
The Norton Foundation
The Rowlands Trust
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Tudor Trust
UK Youth
All those involved with Brookvale Park, including
Sergeant Si Hensley and his team of officers,
Glendale (especially Paddy the Park keeper),
Friends of Brookvale Park, Cllr Penny Holbrook,
Parks Department and all others involved.
All those involved in the ICAN B7 group.
All those who took part in the 24 hour sponsored
run and kayak to raise funds for our building.
and all the individual friends and supporters
of free@last
Thank You
Director
John Street
Administrator
Jan Street
Youth Work
Moznur Rahman
Sarah Pearmain
Adrian Porter
Luke Street
Sufia Khatum
Dawn Russell
Families Work
Stuart Radburn
Lin Street
Joy Jesson
Karen Statham
Neil Horan
Advice & Guidance
Yousef Behfar
Family Fun Zone
Abi Day
Adam Street
Luke Street
Freax
Aaron Stone
Adam Male
Daniel Reilly
Shelima Begum
Nick Roberts
Design
Wayde Raphael
Trustees
Winston Sergent – Chair
Andre Wilkinson – Treasurer
Jacquie Sergent – Secretary
Anne Ebdon
Ricardo Atlan
THE TEAM
2�Cattells�Grove
Nechells
Birmingham
B7�5RA
( :0121�327�5959
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“I have come that you may
have life, and have it to the
full” John 10:10