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ANNUAL REPORTTHE STORY 2011

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to free@last’s annual report2011.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

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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.

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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.

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During 2011 we have seen the effects of reduced funding and support for the voluntary sector,

both in terms of those who have struggled to continue services; the increased competitive nature

of funding applications, tendering and commissioning processes and the youth service cuts

impacting on the riots. For some these are dark times but we thank God that he has kept us faithful

and has blessed us with continued success and growth. 

Our success is not measured on our income or numbers of people using our service but on the

difference we make in peoples’ lives; the impact of change and influence as our involvement with

the lives of local children, young people and adults has been much deeper, more honest, more

respectful and effective during this past year. 

Our physical growth has also been evident as after 2 years of fund raising we have purchased our

own building. Many, many people have recognised our passion and commitment to the people of

Nechells, and value our work enough to support this purchase. We are forever grateful for your

support, your generosity and above all for believing in us. Thank you.

These are still difficult times, and greater pressures and strains will hit 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)

BIGCHEESE

DIRECTORSREPORT

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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

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free@last’s vision is to improve the lives

of the children and young people of

Nechells and over the past 12 months we

have worked with 179 children aged

between 5 and 24. However, we do not

measure our success on the number of

people we work with but on the

difference we make to those who invite us

to be a part of their lives.

During the past 12 months we have

identified and worked with many issues

and difficulties that our young people

face, some that are specific to them as

individuals and some as wider families,

but also the collective struggles of living

in a poverty stricken inner 

city   community.  

We continue to address these issues by

providing support and opportunities for

each young person. We define support as

enabling them, and their families, to

understand the issues they face on a daily

basis and to develop a variety of tools and

techniques for reducing the frequency

and severity of these difficulties. Our

opportunities aim to expand peoples’

horizons, provide excitement and lasting

positive memories, and bring people

together to create an 

interdependent community. 

The support of young people requires  a

long term commitment to their lives, and

we have enabled some young people to

manage their difficulties with the police

and youth offending, provided support for

some to discover the positives of

education and employment

opportunities, helped several people

through homelessness, and provided a

listening ear on issues around drugs,

relationships, feelings and emotions. 

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Opportunities, on the other hand, can be

long term, like the Duke of Edinburgh

Awards Scheme, but we also see the

advantage of taking up short term

projects that become available through

working with other organisations or

receiving extra funding. This year includes

starting a market stall, involvement with

‘Filter Me’ and a design project using

multi-media technology. 

Across the country, including our own

city, there is a high level of uncertainty

about the future and effectiveness of

statutory Youth Services and we have

already begun to prepare ourselves for

the additional difficulties young people

will face through the reduction in services

available to them. The most striking

example of our efforts is the major

success of purchasing our own building,

which will be developed with the

assurance that it is equipped to meet the

needs of our children and young people. 

We carry with us an enormous hope for

the future for each individual child, young

person and family we encounter.

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Multi Media

free@last worked with “Learn too Digital”

to deliver 8 weeks of digital workshops.

Seventeen children and young people

aged from 8-15 took part and during the

project leant to take photographs, edit

and manipulate them using Photoshop.

They designed posters for the Nechells

Sports Centre, which were displayed to

show members of the fitness gym specific

exercise procedures.

Filter Me

We worked with a design project called

“Filter Me”, where young people from

Nechells were invited to take part in the

filming of an online portal designed to

give young people information about

cultural activities available across the city.

Four of our young people took part in a

short film, which is available to watch on

youtube at www.youtu.be/8YtMm3eYva.

OPEN CLUBS

Our traditional style youth clubs offer

young people a chance to make friends,

chill out have lots of fun and 

take part in activities. 

We currently provide 4 open clubs in 2

locations in the Nechells Community

During these clubs children and young

people have the chance to play computer

consoles, table tennis and explore their

creativity through arts and crafts. The

clubs are a place where they can gain

information on e safety, health and

relationships and other issues 

relevant to them. 

Qualified staff are available to offer 1-2-1

support and give guidance to allow the

young people of Nechells to make

informed choices about their life.

PROJECT WORK

free@last works hard to create a variety

of different experiences giving our young

people opportunities to learn new skills

and expand their horizons.

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T-shirt design

Some of our young people took part in an

arts project where they were encouraged

to discuss what they liked about living in

Nechells. They designed pictures that

represented their feelings and these were

then printed onto t-shirts and bags. It was

great to see so many children make

references to free@last and the youth

club in their designs.

Enterprise

With the financial support of the

Successful Neighbourhoods Fund 6 young

people from Nechells learnt the skills to

run a small enterprise initiative and to

experience first hand the excitement of

selling their products on a retail market

stall. Products created and sold included

hand crafted jewellery and 

graphic art prints.

“Its�been�great�fun…it�keeps�mebusy�and�now�I�have�somewhere�tosell�my�hand�crafted�jewellery,�itsan�early�start�but�finally�I�can�do

something�I�love”Louise

“It�involves�a�lot�of�hard�work�but�itis�exciting�to�debut�my�art�work,

when�people�buy�my�work�it�is�likethey�are�buying�into�my�style”

Wayde 

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SPORTS AND ADVENTURE

free@last has always offered easy access

to progressive adventurous activities,

and this year it has served as a powerful

tool for building relationships with

individuals and sharing lasting

memories and experiences.

Rock climbing

During the beginning of the year Monday

night’s became our climbing club and 24

young people learnt how to rock climb at

a local indoor climbing centre. One young

person wanted to share her experiences:

“I�found�rock�climbing�very�usefulas�I�had�to�trust�others�which�I�didnot�want�to�do�at�first.�I�learnt�thatthe�more�I�trust�people�the�higherup�the�climbing�wall�I�could�go�asthey�helped�and�supported�me.�I

think�about�that�all�the�time�whenI�find�things�difficult�and�want�togive�up.�I�also�now�know�morepeople�who�live�in�Nechells.”

Archery

We have run Archery sessions throughout

the year where Nechells young people

have been encouraged to attend. This

year we were able to offer the use of

crossbows to those young people 

who had progressed well with 

bows and arrows.

Kayaking

During January and February for 10 weeks

free@last attended Sutton Coldfield

Canoe Club. Fifteen people aged between

8-14 years braved the cold and learnt how

to kayak and canoe.

Residential

The aim of this years residential was to

give the users of the youth club the

opportunity to shape its future. It was

also a chance to see if the group would

take the opportunity to learn about

free@last’s purpose and to value and

respect the opportunities that we offer to

them. It was not our easiest residential!!

Volunteers

We encourage young people to take

responsibility and give them the

opportunity to volunteer in the youth club

and other ad hoc activities.

These volunteering opportunities are

tailored to fit the young people, who

choose which activities they want to get

involved with and how much time they

have to commit. As they grow in

confidence and skills the young people

are entrusted with more responsibility.

The young volunteers show others that it

is possible to make a positive difference

both personally and within

the community.

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training courses we deliver are aimed at

increasing the employability and career

opportunities of the young people.

Counselling, mentoring, budgeting advice

and one to one support are available

throughout the entire course to ensure

that the young people have the best

possible chance to achieve meaningful

long term employment, education or

training in a career that they have chosen

for themselves.  

With the two year project due to be

completed in April 2012, we have started

our outreach work, aimed at helping

those young people who haven’t already

accessed the service. The outreach

centres are at The POD and Bloomsbury

Library and offer both CV and Interview

classes to help act as a conduit for the

main project. These will run for the

remaining 6 months of the programme.

NEETNot in Education, Employment or Training

The free@last ‘Money for Nothing’ NEET

programme has now been running for 15

months helping and supporting young

people aged between 16-25 years get

back into education, training or

employment through both formal and

informal education.

During this time we have worked with 36

young people from across the Nechells

area,  working more intensively with 23 of

them who chose to work with us to help

them search for their career goals. The

charity has successfully helped 9 young

people to find work and 12 young people

to get back into education.

As of 25th May 2010 free@last became a

recognised NOCN (National Open College

Network) training centre, this has

enabled the charity to develop and run

NOCN courses for our young people.

free@last has created its ‘Money for

Nothing’ programme and we have

delivered the 10 week training course to 9

young people. We are currently in the

process of developing the courses we

deliver in response to the needs of the

young people, these will include ‘Baby

care’ and a ‘Design’ project. All the 

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I.T., we see the children guide, inform and

praise their dads. This also makes it easier

to try new things, or revisit old ones “I’d

not ridden a bike for over 20 years” one

dad proudly said, adding, “I think 

I did quite well.”

Once again we have seen a variety of

outcomes for dads and children, shared

memories of creating music, the joint

success of completing our bike course, the

pride of winning at table tennis or a newly

developed sense of respect from

spending time together. 

We do however face the ongoing problem

that although opportunities and benefits

may be high recruitment is still low. In

order to attract more dads and their

children we are increasing our workshops

from 3 per week to 8, giving more choice

and availability. This will also provide

more opportunities for current and future

dads to work with us as volunteers. 

Greater Opportunities for Dads and Children

We are in the 3rd year of delivering dads

and children family learning activities

thanks to funding from the Big Lottery. 

It’s true to say that these workshops are

vastly different in structure to the

targeted support Dads Do It Too! has

delivered in the past. Dads don’t need to

be struggling with their role as a father

and they don’t have to turn up with a

specific problem to join our workshops.

All they need is a desire to spend time

with their child or children. As dads have

previously said these workshops “take the

hassle out of organising things to do”…

and it’s this hassle free element that has

once again seen dads ask to extend 

their time with us. 

“The�children�can’t�wait�tillWednesday�night’s�club…I�don’tknow�how�they�(Dads�Do�It�Too!)

come�up�with�all�the�ideas”.�

We know from experience that these

workshops are exciting and fun, the dads

and children both tell us, as does the

continued commitment from our

volunteers. At the same time however

dads and children are developing

relationships that will benefit them long

into the future. On a weekly basis we see

dads guide, inform and praise their

children and in some workshops,

particularly those using multi-media and 

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CHILDREN’S CENTRES

Alongside our activities, workshops and

residentials Dads Do It Too! continues to

deliver a range of one-to-one support.

We continue to receive referrals 

from Flying Start, particularly for dads

requiring support around custody and

access. The past year has also seen us

continue our work with Bloomsbury

Children’s Centre, having helped them

develop their parents programme we are

now co-facilitating dads and children’s

workshops within their family

support setting. 

An update on our workshops

Better Bikes

Once again we have taken our bike

workshops out to schools in Nechells.

Both St Clements and St Matthews

Schools in Nechells have benefited from

these workshops during term times.

We’ve also increased the amount of riding

on each workshop focusing more on the

dads and children’s cycling skills and all 

important road safety. 

Create and Compete

Our arts, crafts and gaming workshops

have continued throughout the year at

Nechells Regeneration Project. These

workshops continue to bring a

competitive streak to arts and crafts with

dads and children urging each other on at

anything from model making to table

tennis. We’ve seen quite an age range in

the children attending the workshops this

year, with the youngest being 

3 and the eldest 13.   

Dads Go Digital

Keeping up to date and in line with

current trends our digital photography

and music workshops have been

re-shaped to include animation and short

film making.  Staff and volunteers have

had great fun in practicing their animation

skills, and we soon hope to post some of

our hard work on our website. 

“It’s�a�lot�easier�to�be�myself�in�aservice�aimed�at�dads”

“These�workshops�have�allowedDads�Do�It�Too!�to�draw�onfree@last’s�vast�experience�ofactivity�based�services�and�modifythem�for�parent�and�child�learning.”�

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FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ”KEY BIRMINGHAM”

“Crossing�the�barriers�togetherbreaking�down�the�walls�ofdifference�as�one.�People�of�colour,people�of�faith,�people�of�life�–sharing�our�journey�and�memoriestogether.�The�reality�of�KeyBirmingham.”

Amongst the many activities provided by

free@last “the family residential” has

become a regular highlight of the year.

This year saw us provide the residential in

our role as a member of Key Birmingham.  

“Key�Birmingham�is�a�consortiummade�up�of�several�voluntary�andcommunity�organisations�with�ashared�set�of�values.�KeyBirmingham’s�mission�is�to�build�upand�empower�young�people,children�and�families.”

Staff and 12 families headed off to

Quinta Christian Conference Centre on

Wednesday 1st June for 3 days of family

fun, challenges, good food and even sun.

Key Birmingham has a mission to enable

people to access new opportunities and

open new ‘doors’, and its vision to provide

families and young people with

meaningful experiences and relationships

was much in evidence over this week.

Feedback from the families highlighted

just how successful the residential was in

bringing together different families from

across Birmingham to share experiences

and ideas about how to enjoy 

family life together.

“To�get�families�from�various�areasand�ethnic�backgrounds�interactingin�such�a�positive�way�together�isfantastic.”

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A range of activities took place

during the residential, including

kayaking, archery, group cooking,

hunting for fire wood and a team

building exercise that turned into

an impromptu game of 

football with a 7 ft ball. 

“People�of�differencetogether�united�-�purposeful,as�one�family�in�peace.�Somepeople�think�this�is�the�stuff

of�dreams�but�KeyBirmingham�makes�

it�a�reality�.”

Roll on next year!!

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Thanks to the Severn Trent TrustFund and Lloyds TSB Foundationwe have continued to provide aspecialist service that helps local

people with their debt and benefitenquiries. Our experience shows

us that a supportive,understanding and approachable

service is needed to enable peoplewith financial difficulties to feel

relaxed and comfortable speakingabout these, often taboo, subjects.We provide a positive influence to

our clients in their moneymanagement and benefits

entitlement awareness.

Over the past year we have dealtwith 550 benefit and debt cases

with a financial value of £2 million. To date we have 

Debt & Welfare Benefit Advice & Support

been 100% successful in helpingclients  in claiming their benefit,dealing with their debts andmanaging their money. Since theproject began in 2008 we havedealt with 1262 benefit and debtcases valuing £6 million.

The above figures reflect not onlythe struggles of a global recessionbut of the economic difficulties ofliving in one of our inner citycommunities. This is a muchneeded service which has becomepart of our core work and willcontinue to enable many children,young people and families toimprove their standards of livingthrough improved economiccircumstances. 

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There is a constant pressure for voluntary

organisations to raise their own money

through social enterprise, rather than

being completely dependant on trust

funding or commissioning. free@last have

always enjoyed the relationships it has

with funders and continues to develop

these, but we also recognise our

responsibilities in helping to alleviate the

strain and pressure on diminishing

resources that are needed by 

so many others.

Running businesses is never an easy path

to follow and our 2 existing companies –

Freax Limited and FAL Training Limited,

are no exception. FAL Training provides

support and training for workers and

managers who wish to develop and

deliver services for fathers. Between 2005

- 2010 this was our most successful

business but we have seen the decline in

services to fathers as Government and

managerial decisions to cut funding for

organisations who deliver parenting

support has meant that dads have

become less of a priority than mum’s or

children. With these funding restrictions

and limited marketing of this business it

has been a very quiet year for our training

business. Take a look at our website

www.dadsdoittoo.co.uk

Freax is currently our most successful

business, employing 3 instructors and an

administrator, and reaching a turnover of

£73k last year. As an adventurous activity

company based in Birmingham we have

had to be very creative in developing our

products and services. Our ability to be

mobile means that we reduce the costs

for schools, businesses and other

organisations as we go to their venues to

deliver activities. With a wide range of

archery & crossbows, our own mobile

climbing wall, our team challenges and

bike courses we have worked with schools

from Birmingham, Wolverhampton,

Stoke-on-Trent and West London. Our

delivery of Prince’s Trust Residentials has

increased by 50% as they recognise our

skills in working with their young people;

Businesses

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and our family based residentials are becoming renown for cutting edge practice. Freax

has definitely become an exciting alternative for adventurous activity provision in the

West Midlands – and further afield. Take a look at our video website www.freax.co.uk to

see for yourself.  

Over the past 12 months we have worked with the following:

St Thomas More Catholic School, (Wolverhampton)�| Bridgtown Primary, (Cannock) |

Chesterton Secondary, (Stoke) | Ravenscourt Prep School, (Hammersmith) | 

Quinta, (Oswestry)

and from Birmingham: Prince’s Trust | Cromwell Primary | Bordesley Green Primary |

Fairfax Academy | Heartlands Academy | Prince Albert Primary | St Clement’s Primary | 

St Matthews Primary | St Vincent’s Primary | YMCA | Probation (T2A) | Safer B’ham

Partnership (IOM) | Eastside HLB | St George’s College and free@last.

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FREAX CANOE CLUB‘BROOKVALE LAKE’

A local neighbourhood police sergent, Si

Hensley, has spent the last year tirelessly

trying to breathe life into the Stockland

Green area of Birmingham, in an attempt

to improve facilities and services for

young people and families, thus reducing

crime brought on by boredom,

disadvantage and hopelessness. free@last

and Freax have embraced Si’s vision and

through working together we have been

enabled to start a canoe club, 

offering pay & play sessions and 

membership opportunities.

Since starting a regular canoe club on

Wednesday evenings and Saturday

mornings we have seen a tremendous

response to this new service available for

local residents. In just 2 months we have

had over 100 children, young people and

adults paddling on the water. Some of

these have returned for more sessions

whilst others have enjoyed a first time

experience and will inevitably return

when the water is warmer!

We have found that adults have shown

just as much interest in this activity as

children have, with many dads getting on

the water with their children and paddling

together, whilst mum’s enjoy taking the

photo’s from the dry bank side. This

intergenerational activity provides

opportunities for grandparents to bring

their grandchildren and share a new

experience, as well as provide positive

activities for parents to engage with their

children, whether they are the main

carers or only see them at weekends.

The canoe club is definitely a proven

need, with many local residents informing

us of their joy at seeing the lake used for

water sports once again. A cross

generational, multi ethnic, healthy, active

and fun provision has, and continues to

be, a real hit with local residents and

professionals alike. The demand for this

will inevitably increase as the opportunity

for progression through the canoe and

kayak skills awards is introduced; as word

of mouth spreads information about the

club; and as the spring and summer

return in 2012. 

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ours@last!!

On 26th September 2009 we launched our

building campaign to meet the growth of

our services for the children and young

people of Nechells, and exactly 2 years

later on 26th September 2011 we were

handed the keys to our own building. 

The Norton Foundation first showed their

support of our work with a grant of

£100,000, followed by £20,000 from the

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation and

£25,000 from the Clothworkers

Foundation. With further grants from The

Bryant Trust, The Bernard Piggott Trust,

The Rowlands Trust, The Douglas Turner

Trust, George Henry Collins Trust, GJW

Turner Trust and Grantham Yorke Trust,

and donations from many individuals we

reached our purchase price and have 

bought our own building.

We now begin the process of refurbishing

this building into a purpose driven youth

centre that meets the needs of the

children in our community, therefore

increasing the access and amount of

opportunities available in our

neighbourhood. 

Our existing services will be developed to

meet more needs of the children in our

area, particularly those with complex,

multiple issues. It may take another 2

years but we will soon have a facility for

local people to call their own and to be

proud of. 

If you would like to be involved with the

development of our building please get

in touch with John Street.

THENORTONCENTRE

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Income

Grant�Making�Trusts����������������������������������������

Statutory�Funds��������������������������������������������������

General�&�Gift�Aid�Donations����������������������������

Building�Fund��������������������������������������������������������

Bank�Interest�������������������������������������������������������������

Freax�Donation���

TOTAL�����������������������������������������������������

Expenditure

Salaries�&�N.I.

Project�Costs

General�Running�Costs

Professional�Fees

TOTAL

£183977

£45787

£9206

£19778

£74

£6688

£265510

£164992

£48316

£37313

£6711

£257332

FINANCE

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free@last Supporters Our thanks go to the following for their

support during 2010/2011

Barrow Cadbury Trust

Four Acre Trust

The Tudor Trust

Big Lottery Fund

George Fentham Trust

Lloyds TSB Foundation

Children In Need

The Norton Foundation

The Clothworkers Foundation

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

The Rowlands Trust

Douglas Turner Trust

GJW Turner Trust

Grantham Yorke Trust

George Henry Collins Trust

Bernard Piggott Trust

The Bryant Trust

Nechells Regeneration Project

Flying Start, Birmingham

Bloomsbury Children’s Centre

Nechells POD

Be Birmingham Future Jobs Fund

Be Birmingham Social Enterprise Fund

Be Birmingham Successful Neighbourhoods Fund

Cromwell School, Nechells

St. Vincent’s School, Nechells

Heartlands Academy, Nechells

St. Matthew’s School, Nechells

Nechells Junior and Infant School, Nechells

St. Joseph’s Church, Nechells

Key Birmingham

and all the individual friends and supporters

of free@last

Thank You

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Director

John Street

Youth Work

Abi Delaney

Alex Young

Moznur Rahman

Lin Street

Dawn Russell

Luke Street

Families Work

Stuart Radburn

Craig O’Dell

Karen Statham

Joy Jesson

Neil Horan

Lin Street

Administrator

Jan Street

Advice & Guidance

Yousef Behfar

Freax

Adam Male

Craig O’Dell

Shelima Begum

Luke Male

Rachel Harding

Design

Wayde Raphael

Trustees

Winston Sergent – Chair

Andre Wilkinson – Treasurer

Jacquie Sergent – Secretary

Anne Ebdon

Sarah Simmons

Ricardo Atlan

  

THE TEAM

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