Annual Review 2011-2012

St Antony‘s Centre 2 Annual Report

Background & Aims

Background The Centre for Church and Industry was originally established in St Antony‘s Presbytery in 1979 as a joint project with Fr Joe Carter, the Parish Priest of St Antony‘s R.C. Church, Trafford Park. The first year saw work with the YCW, young workers, trade unionists, local employees and community trusts. In 1982, the Centre moved to the recently closed St Antony‘s Junior School following the decision to re-develop the former ―Village‖ Area within Trafford Park. The Centre went from strength to strength and launched its first government funded training programme the following year and a job creation scheme. In 1993, the former School building closed for re-development with the Centre moving temporarily to premises previously occupied by Barclays Bank on Third Avenue, Trafford Park. The Centre re-opened in January 1994 as a purpose-built facility, consisting of Conference, Meeting and Training rooms with a library, office accommodation and a new reception and exhibition area which features the Trafford Park Heritage Centre. The funding for the redevelopment project was supplied by the Trafford Park Development Corporation and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, establishing the first Centre for Church and Industry in the country. In 2009 we opened the Accrington Community and Training Centre (ACT Centre) in Accrington, Lancashire in partnership with the GMB Reach Out Project, local Churches and the community.

Aims ~ To promote better understanding and knowledge of Christian Social Thinking, especially in relation to industrial and economic issues ~ To establish a Centre offering training, advice and support to those seeking to apply this thinking to their own spheres of influence ~ To develop community based projects in response to social, economic, industrial and ecumenical issues and concerns ~ To promote, through study circles, publications and seminars, the application of Christian Social Thinking and development of Adult Lay Apostolate ~ To encourage Church-based organisations and people to understand and act upon the changing nature of industrial society and the challenges such changes present to the Church and community

The Centre is a not-for-profit organisation working under the Trusteeship of the Diocese of Salford and is a member of the Salford Diocesan

Department for Social Responsibility. Registered Charity No: 250037-R

It seeks to work with a wide range of community groups, organisations, churches

and individuals to develop common objectives and to benefit the wider community through specific projects.

The Centre works closely with the Ecumenical Greater Manchester Industrial Mission Trust,

acting as its administrative base.

Annual Report 3 St Antony‘s Centre

Contents

Subject Page Background & Aims Inside front cover Contents 3 The Centre Team 4

Director‘s Comments 5

Staff Changes 6

Facts & Figures 6

Management Committee 7

Management Retirements 7

Sub Committees 7

Reports Diocesan Work 8

Ecumenical 9

Maintenance 9

Trafford Park Heritage 10

The Plater Project 11

Training Report 12-13

Reach Out Partnership 14-15

Conference & Hire 16

Accounts 17-19

Out in the Network . . . Back cover


The Centre Team

Mr Kevin Flanagan Director Mr Paul Callaghan Contracts Manager Fr Martin Saunders Centre Chaplain Mrs Patricia Gallagher Centre Secretary / PA Mr Patrick Perry Employment Rights

Administration & Accounts Mrs Elizabeth Flanagan Accounts / Wages / Bookkeeping Miss Joanne Connor Conference & Hire / Admin

Training Department Miss Melissa Griffiths Training Manager Mr Tom Fredrickson Training Manager (Retired December 2011) Miss Dorothy Kneen Trainer Mrs Kathryn Fletcher Community Learning Tutor Mr Martin Breary Volunteer Trainer Mrs Ann Harris Volunteer Trainer Mr Mike Boswell Volunteer Trainer

Reach Out Project Mr Dave Flanagan Senior Reach Out Officer Mr Matt Bowe Reach Out Officer Mr Peter Callaghan Reach Out Officer Miss Lisa Mullan Administrator (Accrington)

Plater Project Mr Philip Unsworth Project Worker (to December 2011)

Heritage Department Mr Joe Brookes Heritage Archive Recorder Mrs Helen Lentin Heritage Volunteer Mr Paul Frost Heritage Volunteer

Maintenance Mr Aidan Neary Maintenance (September 2011) Mr Stephen Bowe Maintenance Assistant Mrs Margaret Farrell Site Maintenance Mr Marek Krolik Maintenance and Project Support (ACT Centre)

The following people are employed by GMIM Trust:- Caroline Wyke Cohesion Project Worker Mary Millard Secretarial / Administrative Support Worker Rev Les Allmark Chaplain to Bolton Town Centre


Director’s Comments

2011 / 12 was a period of great challenge for most charities, particularly those engaged in education and training due to the significant changes in funding arrangements introduced by the Government in January 2011. As usual, the Centre Team responded well by examining carefully how we could continue to protect the important work that we undertake while at the same time identifying new strands of funding or partnerships with providers to enable us to continue to meet the high level of service that is expected of us by clients. With the knowledge that we would have to work even harder to find resources, even more effort was put into developing new ways of working and addressing any shortfalls that could have occurred with the loss of mainstream contracting from the summer of 2011. Whilst this was deeply disappointing and impacted heavily on many charities across the country, we had the advantage of experience, history and a dedicated team to ensure that we were in a reasonably good position at the end of 2011 and had opened up new agreements with a range of providers. While the new arrangements are challenging, we have entered into new agreements to continue to offer support for those in the World of Work, particularly those facing redundancy or seeking employment. The demand for our services continued to reflect the changed economic environment in which we all operate and has led us to pioneer new courses in the community with our partners Haslingden Community Link, GMB Reach Out, Employers, Unionlearn and of course the Faith Communities. The Plater Project and work with the Hyndburn parishes was strengthened further and we have continued to extend our services to other areas and communities in Lancashire. The network of 5 learning centres across the North West are becoming important hubs for offering Information, Advice and Guidance as well as a range of other services. As we go to print and following external audit, we have been informed that we have again been awarded the nationally recognised Matrix Standard for our IAG provision, a clear mark of quality for the Centre and its committed team.

In March 2012, the Centre was also successful in retaining its TUC Unionlearn Quality Award, again reflecting its commitment to work effectively in partnership with union members and their employers in the provision of high quality learning services.

The review captures some of the good news stories and our work over the past 12 months. I recommend it to you as a further sign of the strength of the organisation and the character and dynamism shown by its team over the past year.

Kevin Flanagan Director


Facts & Figures

Staff Changes

Despite the increasing use of e-mail, 2011 saw a dramatic increase in postal correspondence. Over 5,100 letters were sent out during the last 12 months, an increase of 1,500 on the previous year. The cost for postage across all projects was £1,925.73 plus £320.25 on the purchase of stamps generated through counter sales, making a total of £2,245.98. Counter sales generated in excess of £450. This was largely due to the celebration of 100 years of Ford contributing to the Heritage funds together with funds raised

through the sale of Heritage Books and Trafford Park M e r c h a n d i s e . Over the past year, £122.39 was spent on con fec t i onery from the coffee bar.

All publications in 2011 have been reproduced in pdf format and are available to download from our website, thus saving distribution costs and paper as the demand for information has continued to grow. Our policy is to continue to encourage our supporters and projects to use on-line file sharing and to view electronic versions of our publications in order to reduce the consumption of paper and resources. The Centre has a number of volunteers who give their time freely. They multi-task across the range of Centre activities, from answering the telephone to brewing up, turning cassette recordings into CD‘s, from shredding confidential documents to looking after visitors and from tidying up and watering the plants to photocopying. The work the volunteers carry out is very important, it is done exceptionally well and, to coin a phrase ‖Any time you perform a task that someone else could do, you keep yourself for a task that only you could do‖.

Happy Retirement, Tom!! Tom Fredrickson joined the Centre Team in 2000 following his return from Plater College, Oxford, where he studied Law. His first work was supporting the training part time, followed by his appointment as Training Manager after John Green left the Centre.

During his eleven years of service, he achieved his Certificate in Education becoming a fully accredited Trainer / Teacher in Further Education. He also assisted with the development of the Centre as an Accredited Training organisation with City & Guilds and the Open College Network enabling the Centre to offer full qualifications in Numeracy, Literacy, Start IT, ITQ Level 1 and 2 and a range of other training opportunities.

During this time over 1,000 students have passed through the Centre. The service that Tom has given over the years is a credit to him and his family who have supported him.

A presentation was made to Tom and Brenda, his wife, at the Advent Service held at St Antony‘s Church on Monday 19 December 2011. In retirement, Tom continues to demonstrate his service to the Community in his capacity as a Magistrate and as a volunteer for the Citizens‘ Advice Bureau. We wish Tom every success for a long a prosperous retirement.


Management Committee

Management Retirements

Management Sub Committees

The following members of the Management Committee served during the period of this Report:

Mr Vincent Sheedy Head Teacher (Chairperson) Mrs Mary Howarth School Teacher Mr James Callaghan Retired Company Director Mrs Linda Hargreaves Consultant—Economic and Social Regeneration Rev Les Allmark GMIM Mr John Mallon British Aerospace Mr Gerry Ginty Retired Chairman of TNT Mrs Giovanna Holt GMB Senior Officer Fr Martin Saunders St Joseph‘s Accrington (Chaplain to Centre) Fr John Hitchen St Ambrose Barlow Deanery Representative Mr Andy Holt Solicitor Mr David Rushton ACT Centre Steering Group

We record our thanks to Brian Turner for serving on the Management Committee. Brian‘s term of office concludes in June 2012. He is a strong supporter of the Centre and used to work at Kellogg Company of Great Britain.

Re-election Gerry Ginty has served a period of 3 years and is eligible to be re-nominated for a further 3 years service, subject to AGM approval in June 2012. Elections for new members take place at the AGM.

The Centre Management Committee has two sub Committees which are made up of Management members and have powers to appoint other external advisors as required. Finance ~ This Committee deals with financial, staffing, audit and contract management matters. The chair is James Callaghan. Members serving on this Committee during 2011 were John Mallon, Mary Howarth and Gerry Ginty. Gerry oversees the internal audit processes. Training ~ The Training Committee oversees Training Contracts, the Training Department and related activities at Outreach Centres. The Committee also assists with Quality Assurance and accreditation processes. Members serving during the year were Vincent Sheedy, John Mallon, Mary Howarth, Richard Deloughry (ex-Officio), Andy Holt and Linda Hargreaves.


Diocesan

During the year we have continued to work alongside Caritas, the Diocesan Charity looking after Social Welfare and increasingly looking at areas of community and social justice issues.

The Plater Project in the meantime sent the Grantholders‘ Final Report to The Plater Trust in January 2012. The Plater Project was set up to create new learning and educational opportunities for marginalised groups in the Hyndburn area of Lancashire. The Project was based on using the principles

of Catholic Social Thinking to develop Community Group Leaders to advocate on behalf of excluded groups, combat isolation, foster tolerance and increase participation in the social and economic life of the Community.

Together with the local parishes in Hyndburn, the ACT Centre with the help of Project Staff Kathryn Fletcher and Philip Unsworth, provided 120 people with initial assessments of their learning skills and needs; enrolled 80 adults onto courses of which 60 learners achieved accreditation of nationally recognised standards. 20 of these learners gained employment by the end of the Project. 20-30 local residents are engaged in a Community Leadership Programme to develop a network of key community leaders to take forward and sustain project activity through liaison and partnership working with public, voluntary and private sector agencies.

Dementia was identified within the ―Including You‖ Social Exclusion group as an issue of local significance. Through the Plater Project, 50 people attended a dynamic workshop with a very practical approach to supporting those with dementia in the parish setting. The group discussions highlighted the need for further support for the carers of those with dementia and it became apparent that there was no place where the carers and those suffering from dementia

could come together and enjoy a social occasion. This has led to several parties coming together to establish a Dementia Support Group, ―The Friendship Group‖. The Group is organised by volunteers and meets regularly, bringing together dementia sufferers and their carers to enjoy various social events and activities that reduce isolation and exclusion.

The Project helped establish a Spanish Class at St Joseph‘s Accrington, which has supported 20 individuals. Building on this success, a further series of classes commenced in September 2011 and recently the Parish has installed broadband access in the hall to enable further initiatives to take place.

A Shared Reading Group was established as a new initiative to assist with literacy and social inclusion. This was a positive development building community and solidarity. The aim now is to encourage and utilise the trained volunteers to help bring this to other areas and to their own parishes.

Following the successful retreat for parishioners from across the 6 parishes of Hyndburn, during which 45 people travelled by coach to Holywell in North Wales, the spirit of the day was captured by an 89 year

old participant, ―This is an historic day and for the first time I have seen all of the parishes come together‖ .

We extend our sincere thanks to the Plater Trust for enabling us to enter into a new type of Project. A practical application of Church‘s Social Thinking has been established in Hyndburn. We believe this reflects the best principles that were evident within Plater College prior to its

closure and the important mission of the Church in the Community.


GMIM

New Chaplain for the Airport We welcome the Reverend George Lane as the new Co-o rd ina t i ng Chap la i n a t Manchester Airport Chaplaincy. George has been in Bristol and grew up on the Fylde coast. He is married to Libby who is the Vicar of Hale and Ashley, which includes part of Runway 1. For the past 5 years he has been a member o f the D iocese o f Manches te r Communications Team based in Deansgate, Manchester. George will join the Ecumenical and Interfaith Team at the Airport Chaplaincy, which includes Terry Simms, a Deacon from the RC Diocese of Shrewsbury. We thank Major Ian Field for all his hard work whilst ―standing in‖ following the resignation of Rev Kevin Ball in the summer of 2011. Ian will remain at the Airport one day a week.

Changes ahead . . . GMIM is in the process of having a makeover. It is being updated with a new central server which will be easier for connectivity between

the various Chaplaincies which operate across Greater Manchester. The new website will encompass Chaplaincies from Manchester Airport, Bolton Town Centre, Ashton Town Centre, Oldham Town Centre, Middlebrook Retail Park, Bolton Christian Community Cohesion and Greater Manchester Police. GMIM and Oldham Town Centre are working together to develop a joint Chaplaincy post, with the hours split between both projects.

Passion For Song “The Big Easter Sing” How do you follow on from the huge success of the Passion for Bolton Passion Play in 2011? By organising Passion for Song, Bolton‘s Big Easter Sing. More than 100 people came together from all walks of life to join forces for this festive occasion to sing the ―Hallelujah Chorus‖ as part of a very exciting event. T h e s i n g i n g w a s conducted by Dr Robert Aston from Bolton Symphonic Orchestra.

Maintenance

I rejoined the Centre Team in September last year during which time we have carried out many tasks including painting various rooms, garden maintenance, painting the exterior fences to the Centre, Church and Presbytery. My biggest task was to build some display boards for the Queens Jubilee Exhibition. Most of my weekly tasks are on going like the gardens, room organising, and general maintenance. I am helped mainly by Stephen Bowe each week and some times when needed by Marek Krolik. We are a happy bunch of renegades who do most jobs with a smile. On our maintenance Staff also we have Margaret Farrell who is mainly responsible for keeping the place clean and tidy.

Aidan Neary Site Maintenance


Trafford Park Heritage

History Comes Home Undoubtedly the main attraction on the Heritage calendar this year was the arrival of more than 50 Model T Fords at the Centre on Friday 2nd September 2011.

The event was expertly organised by Joanne Connor at the Centre and Rob and Chris Lorch from the Model T Ford Register of Great Britain to mark the centenary of the first production of Ford‘s famous Tin Lizzie in Trafford Park.

A parade of Model T‘s in various styles and livery were arrayed outside the Centre, drawing a crowd of around 300 people as well as many more intrigued onlookers. The Model T owners were generous in encouraging people to be photographed behind the wheel of a piece of local history – a number of the vehicles in attendance had been built at the Trafford Park site.

After the opportunity for photographs to capture a rare visual spectacle and discussions of all things technical with driving enthusiasts, the Model T Ford Register

presented the Director of the Centre with a plaque to commemorate the Centenary of event.

From the Centre the Model Ts went in procession to the original factory site with the Centre‘s own ―camera crew‖ capturing them en route before they journeyed on into Manchester city centre.

We record our appreciation to all the Model T Ford owners and enthusiasts across the country whose participation helped make the event so memorable.

Chris Cooper The Heritage Centre was sad to note the passing of possibly Trafford Park‘s greatest social historian, Mr Chris Cooper, in December 2011. Formerly a respected and influential businessman in the area, Chris served on the Trafford Park Heritage Committee and his knowledge and story telling gifts were regularly in evidence when visitors and guests attended the Heritage Centre looking to find out more about relatives and friends who lived and worked in the area.

A dedication has been produced in the form of a short film with Chris on the commentary. The Centre records its thanks to Paul Frost, a local volunteer and musician who prepared the film.

Jubilee Exhibition In May 2012 the Centre launched its ―Queen of Diamonds‖ Exhibition to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Following a revamp to the exhibition area, a display has been researched and produced by Joanne and the Centre team capturing the 60 years of Queen Elizabeth‘s reign including a timeline of notable royal events during this period.

The exhibition will remain on display and run alongside the ―Games in the Park‖ Exhibition to coincide with the Olympic Games in London.

This exhibition will record the sporting history of Trafford Park and its community featuring images and artefacts donated by former residents and workers.

Special thanks to Aidan Neary, Stephen Bowe and Marek Krolik for designing and constructing the new exhibition stands.


Plater Project

The ACT Centre The Centre continues to support the community, through its general Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) service and training provision, supporting over 200 people through these services. The Centre currently offers Adult Literacy, Numeracy and a range of accredited and non accredited IT courses, on top of the IAG drop-in service for people seeking support regarding their training and employment needs.

Blackburn College and Skills Support for Redundancy We have secured a subcontract with Blackburn College to deliver Start IT, an Entry Level 3 IT course in which learners learn how to use Microsoft Software, such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Help with using email and the internet to search and apply for jobs is also available through the course.

ESF Community Grants courses for people who are long term unemployed The Centre has also secured an ESF Community Grant which has enabled us to continue to deliver training to people who have been out of work more than 6 months and would not qualify for Skills Support for Redundancy funding. Training in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and IT are available on site at the Centre and we have recently completed a series of non accredited UK Online Go On sessions at Rough Lee Residential Home, in Accrington, as part of our outreach provision.

Crown Paints Training continues to take place at Crown Paints, in Darwen. Courses in Adult Literacy continue to be popular and in January 2012, the first cohort of Adult Numeracy learners completed their course. We are now piloting an ITQ course which is proving to be a great success.

Haslingden Community Link (HCL) The Centre has delivered basic IT training at HCL through the use of a mobile laptop suite and the UK Online initiative Go On in October 2011 and we are now delivering Adult Literacy and Numeracy classes.

JHP and Skills Support for Redundancy Further funding has been secured with JHP to deliver Skills for Life and IT qualifications.

Kathryn Fletcher

presenting certificates to students at

Rough Lee House

Kathryn Fletcher Community Tutor


ITQ Training

Introduction This time last year we came to the end of our last direct contract with the Skills Funding Agency. This year has been one of transition in which we have developed new partnerships through subcontracts with other providers. This has led to significant changes in the management and delivery of our learning programmes: but I am pleased to say that the training team has continued to provide a high quality of service, ensuring success rates and learner satisfaction remain high.

2011-12 Contracts/Activity As part of the shift in delivery models, we have been working in partnership with Sussex Coast College since August

2011. The table below outlines the targets to be achieved by 31st July 2012.

As the table depicts we are over target in a number of areas and hope to continue working with the college into the new academic year.

List of Sites Tameside Council (12 locations)

Yodel, Preston The ACT Centre

Haslingden Community Link GMB Regional Office, Liverpool

St. Antony‘s Centre Crown Paints, Darwen

Tyco Fire Products, Stockport Scapa, Ashton-under-Lyne

We have been working in partnership with Blackburn College to deliver a small IT programme to those facing redundancy or

who have recently b e e n m a d e redundant. Thanks

to Kathryn Fletcher‘s hard work at the ACT Centre 9 learners have achieved a Start IT qualification. We hope that our working relationship with the college continues into the new contract year. A subcontract has been agreed with JHP employability which will also run until 31st July 2012. This is a response to redundancy programme designed to help those under threat of redundancy or who have been unemployed for less than 6 months. The delivery has included accredited qualifications in Literacy, Numeracy or IT as well as employability skills such as CV writing and online job applications. Target Figures: 50 Learners to be supported in Lancashire and 100 Learners in Manchester.

Collective Learning Fund The Collective Learning Fund is a £25,000 fund arising from an underspend across the Unionlearn Programme. The Reach Out Project successfully bid for these funds which it will use to develop new financial models to support learning within the community. The fund provides a match contribution where one has been made by a learner, employer or provider. Between January and April of this year 80 learners were supported through this fund, with both formal and informal training, the majority of these learners would not have been eligible for funded courses elsewhere. The Go On, online basics course was provided by UK Online Centres in order to give those with little internet knowledge a range of tools and resources to help them get online. To date, across our 5 learning hubs there have been 320 registrations.

Qualification Target Achieved Enrolled

ITQ Level 1 10 11

ITQ Level 2 15 3 29

Skills for Life 38 36 18

Totals 63 76 21


Melissa Griffiths Training Manager

Numeracy & Literacy Training

ESF Community Grant This is an £11,000 contract focused on the Hyndburn area. It is largely an extension of the community work started on the Plater project and will run until February 2013. The aim of the project is to help a minimum of 60 people through accredited and non accredited training. Some basic IT training has already commenced at Rough Lee House residential Home in Accrington, helping the residents of the home improve their skills.

Volunteers We have had two new volunteers join the Training Department this year, Ann-Marie Harris and Mike Boswell. Ann has been giving Literacy and Numeracy support to a number of individuals at the centre under the Sussex Coast College contract and the Collective Learning Fund provision. With Ann‘s support these learners are hoping to progress into Further Education. Mike has been delivering Go On courses at St Monica‘s Primary School, Flixton, with the help of our long standing volunteer Martin Breary. He has also followed up on some work done previously in the year at The Lalley Centre in Collyhurst, delivering basic Word Processing and Go On courses. He has run a number of bespoke programmes at the centre in areas such as digital photography, file management and selling on eBay.

The Matrix Following a successful Matrix assessment visit between 23-25 May 2012, St Antony‘s Centre has been awarded the Matrix Standard for a second time. This is valid for three years and is a measure of the high quality of Information, Advice and Guidance offered by the Centre. The Assessor commended the Centre‘s commitment to continually improving its service.

Staff Development In order to retain membership at the Institute for Learning and in line with best practice, all teaching staff must complete Continuing Professional Development Activities (CPD). This year all training staff have enrolled on the ITQ Level 3 qualification and are on target to complete this by September 2012. This alone will meet the CPD requirement for this academic year.

By completing the qualification, all teaching staff will hold at least one level higher than those they are teaching. Our learners are already confident in the expertise of the centre‘s staff and this can only work to improve our subject knowledge and therefore the quality of training provided. Other training undertaken this year includes: the completion of the V1 Internal Verification Award by Dorothy Kneen and the A1 Assessor‘s Award by Melissa Griffiths. This has made the assessment procedures within the centre more efficient and robust.

A note of thanks Tom Fredrickson retired at the end of 2011 and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all his hard work over the past 12 years.

Looking Ahead In August this year our Skills for Life qualifications will be changing to Functional Skills. We are already accredited to deliver the new qualifications with City and Guilds and hope to pilot the new qualifications prior to the new contract year.

We are also in discussions with all providers with whom we currently hold subcontracts in order to extend our relationship with them into the new contract year.


Reach Out

Workplace learning

A difficult but busy year has once again flown by and it seems like yesterday since I was last updating you. The last 12 months marked the end of a 2 year contract period with the Un ion Learn ing Fund. The Reach Out team have worked tirelessly as always and in a difficult climate, trying to ensure that Lifelong Learning remains high on the agenda of the workplaces they are operating in. With the country in recession, some would argue that training and education for workers should be further down the list of priorities. I would argue that due to the opportunities the Reach Out Project brings to both the employer and the employee, there has never been a better time to accelerate it higher up the list. The Reach Out team have worked hard to negotiate opportunities with large adult education providers to ensure training is open to all, from functional skills through to high level management training. All courses are run, where possible, in the Employers‘ workplace and often take place during work time. The project is now working with a large number of employers and two key areas where we have made significant progress is with Crown Paints and the Asda distribution centres. Gillian Glover (ULR for Crown Paints) has worked hard over the last 12 months to organise and promote the benefits of lifelong learning in the workplace and worked closely with the Reach Out team to negotiate paid release for workers to attend courses on site. More recently we have negotiated a learning agreement, signed by the Chief Executive Officer (Brian Davidson) which outlines the terms of delivery including paid release for Union Learning reps and paid

release for those wishing to attend courses. St Antony‘s has played a large part in helping deliver this agenda with courses every Thursday in the areas of Literacy, Numeracy and IT. I am glad to say that we haven‘t stopped there; we are now in the early stages of supporting Crown Paints‘ own Training and Development team in replicating the model of good practice shown at the Darwen site to its other major manufacturing plant in Hull. A purpose built Training Academy has now been established at Darwen with a large range of courses being delivered including interior design, painting and decorating and also higher level supervisor and management training opportunities enabling staff to develop their skills and progress within the organisation. Negotiations with Asda distribution continue. The Reach Out project was invited by Asda to assist them in coordinating a national response to training in the areas of IT apprenticeships, and redundancy support. This has led to a number of discussions with national providers and covers 26 distribution centres across the UK ranging from Falkirk to Plymouth. We continue to work with Asda and have tabled a delivery plan in response to their remit and employees needs. A delivery plan has also been put together to assist those 'at risk' of redundancy within the organisation offering re-skilling with the hope of re-deployment in other areas of work within the organisation or as a worst case scenario help prepare individuals for the job market. There was a move made almost 18 months ago to secure facilities w i t h i n t h e communities of the North West region and mirror the

Inside the new Oldham Learning Hub


Dave Flanagan Senior Reach Out Officer

Reach Out

model of good practice shown at the Accrington Community and Training Centre. To date, we have 5 ‗learning hubs‘ in Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Oldham and Accrington. All have a fully functioning IT suite with wireless internet connection and offer a range of courses available through our partner providers.

Redundancies have once again made up a large part of our work with the team co-ordinating response programmes at a number of workplaces and increasingly extending the redundancy support services across the community learning hubs. We offer CV workshops and employability skills training as well as functional skills training in Maths, English and IT. As well as the direct support, the Reach Out Project can also offer a Pathways Programme which enables candidates to train for a specific role or sector. There programmes often result in work experience and guaranteed job interviews with employers at the end of the process.

Celebration of Learning

The commitment of GMB North West & Irish region Union Learning Representatives and achievements of learners supported through the GMB Reach Out project were marked in style at the ‗GMB Celebration of Learning Evening' on Thursday 1st March. Attended by Union Learning Representatives, local training providers, community activists, The Reading Agency, union officials and the GMB Regional Secretary Paul McCarthy, the evening provided a platform to showcase the work of

the GMB and its partners in supporting work based learning, response to redundancy and adult education initiatives across the region.

Awards were presented by the GMB Regional Secretary to GMB learners from across the region in recognition of their achievements after completing courses at the 5 regional learning hubs established through the GMB Reach Out project. The audience also witnessed the signing of a Partnership commitment with Oldham College to mark their support across local projects and joint working in helping to develop the regional learning hubs and offers of support to members. Other guest speakers included GMB ULR for Yodel, Andy Rowlands, who spoke of the importance of training support at times of transition for organisations. David Kendall from the Reading Agency highlighted the importance of reading and its contribution to improving literacy skills. I am pleased to say that we have been successful in securing a further 2 year contract to enable us to continue the good work of the Reach Out Project and it is already proving to be a challenging period with major changes and reforms taking place within the adult education sector. Collective Learning funds are currently being established and the project was successful in securing funding from the TUC to help kick start the initiative with contributions to date having been secured from employers, providers and the Unions. In the light of recent cuts and the dramatic changes in Adult Education funding over the next 6 months this is an important area of work which will hopefully lead to a sustainable future for the project.


Conference & hire

Joanne Connor Conference & Hire

During 2011, St. Antony‘s Centre continued to be a popular choice for meeting and training events for companies across the region. The recession had an impact on income for 2011, which was lower than the amount generated in 2010. It continued to be an effective means of generating funding for the Centre. The income for 2011 was £11,733. This was generated by 54 bookings made by 23 organisations bringing over 950 people through the Centre doors.

2011 saw a number of large events held at the Centre. In April, ITV Productions converted both downstairs seminar rooms into a school nursery setting for Coronation Street scenes involving the teacher Mr. Packham and Julie Carp. The ITV design team painted a ―George and the Dragon‖ mural on our glass doors which we kept and can still be seen today. Many of our regular users returned throughout the year including Costco, Gamma Telecom, Open College Network and Procure Plus; however we also welcomed 7 new users to the Centre. Of these new users, 4 were film companies using Third Avenue to film TV programmes and advertisements and for that reason wished to use our facilities as break out areas for their actors. An episode of Shameless and adverts for Co-Op Travel, We Buy Any Car and Daz washing powder were all filmed outside the Centre. The TV producers were full of praise for the Centre mainly due to us being flexible and opening at the weekend and late at night. Feedback from Title Role Productions stated that ―All staff were helpful and went out of their way to ensure our filming day ran smoothly‖. At the beginning of 2011 we introduced a new pricing structure and began charging a fully inclusive rate for room hire and

equipment. At the same time, we experienced a number of cancellations. We therefore conducted a second evaluation and made the decision to revert to our previous method of charging for room and equipment hire separately with a 4% price increase across all facilities. In August, Greater Manchester Police used our conference room to host their „Policing Today, Policing Tomorrow‟ meeting involving the Chief Constable Peter Fahy. This was an important event for Greater Manchester Police and they were extremely appreciative of the support we offered leading up to the evening. September 2011 saw us commemorate the Centenary of the production of the Ford Model T car in Trafford Park. Organised closely with the Model T Collectors Club, Model T‘s were lined up outside the Centre and then travelled through the Park to the site where the factory used to stand. This event brought many new faces and visitors to the Centre.

2012 has started positively for conference and hire as we have seen 53 bookings made

in the first 5 months. The majority of these bookings have been made by a new user.

During the year our conference room was painted making it much brighter and appealing to our

visitors. Feedback remains an imperative tool for us and we recently introduced the use of an electronic survey to enable us to collate and analyse the results much more easily. As always we are keen to maintain a high quality, friendly and comfortable meeting environment and for the remainder of the year we will continue to encourage new users to the Centre by exploring new client bases.


Income and Expenditure Account To 31 December 2011

2011 2010

£ £ £ £

Income

Centre hire 11,733 29,672

Office services 9,716 10,348

Diocesan staff contribution 32,666 32,635

Projects 402,229 348,837

Industrial Chaplaincy 4,657 9,952

Heritage Income 3,469 901

Fund raising 110 294

General sales and sundries 1,386 1,383

Interest received 240 131

466,206 434,153

Expenses

Centre hire costs 2,449 7,313

Salary costs 50,095 55,468

Industrial Chaplaincy 312 1,598

Rates 974 932

Heating, lighting and water 6,153 6,833

Telephone 2,085 1,220

Photocopier charges 2,939 2,723

Maintenance and repairs 7,766 9,534

Administration and sundries 7,750 2,128

Travel expenses 119 217

Projects 361,237 302,388

Heritage expenses 1,635 1,549

General purchases and sundries 1,716 1,394

Professional fees 1,587 760

Depreciation 2,565 2,540

449,382 396,597

Surplus of income over expenditure 16,824 37,556

Surplus for the year 16,824 37,556


Balance Sheet to 31 December 2011

Signed

Mr Vincent Sheedy

Chair Centre Management Committee

Date 2012

Note 2011 2010

£ £ £ £

Fixed assets

Tangible assets 1 2,590 5,155

Current assets

Stock 2,078 2,400

Debtors 17,727 7,748

Bank accounts 282,716 307,613

Trafford Park Arts bank accounts 1,075 1,075

Cash balances 339 438

303,935 319,274

306,525 324,429

Creditors amounts payable within one year

(31,227) (39,637)

Net assets 275,298 284,792

Financed by:

Plater Project Reserve 3,132 35,000

Pension Reserve Fund 37,409 37,409

Jubilee fund 10,745 5,195

Retained surpluses

Balance brought forward 207,188 169,632

Surplus for the year 16,824 37,556

224,012 207,188

275,298 284,792


Notes to Financial Accounts

1 Fixed assets

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

ST ANTONY‟S CENTRE

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011

The attached income and expenditure account and balance sheet and notes thereon have been prepared from the records of the Centre and reflect the surplus for the year, and the state of the Centres affairs at the year end.

NAIRNE SON & GREEN Chartered Accountants 477 Chester Road Cornbrook Manchester M16 9HF

Fixtures

& Fittings

Computer

Equipment

Total

£ £ £

Cost

1 January 2011 11,841 31,027 42,868

Additions - - -

31 December 2011 11,841 31,027 42,868

Depreciation

1 January 2011 11,841 25,872 37,713

P & L Account charge for the year - 2,565 2,565

31 December 2011 11,841 28,437 40,278

Net book value 31 December 2011 - 2,590 2,590

Net book value 31 December 2010 - 5,155 5,155

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