Registered Charity Number 1044581 — Boothferry Road Community Project

Boothferry Road, Goole. DN14 6AE

Numbers, Words & Pics

Les Rogers ~ Project Co-ordinator

Individuals attending activities 2014/15 14-15 14-15 Groups & Courses

2014 - 2015 - different Individuals Average Attendance

Computer Club 59 8

Alzheimers Day 31

Festive Crafts 13 11

Christmas Crafts 5 5

Summer Flowers 8 7

Sculpture 10 5

Friday Friendship 10 4

Food Tasting 16

Archaeology 17 10

Singing 24 15

Craft Group 32 12

Parkinsons 24 11

Fibro ME 27 9

Stroke Association 13 13

Breath Easy 24 12

Yoga 18 6

Day Time Yoga 22 6

Courtyard/project Volunteers 65

Whist 37 17

Spring Flower arranging 11 11

Scrabble 10 3

Quiz 76 12

Line Dance 30 18

Quilting day 12

Pottery 4

Walking 3

Wreath Making (2014) 39 19

Mad Hatters 8

Wellbeing Day 250

Family History 9 7

Photography 13 7

Sledmere 20

Bag Making 7

Exercise Group 79 25

Carers 27 8

Whitby 46

Bridlington 56

Doddington 27

Scampston 32

Railway Children 25

Burnby Hall Gardens 17

Boat Trips 37 9

Food safety 12

Green project 15 8

crafts 12

IT training 6

Total 1338

Age Range

Less Lone-ly Less Iso-

lated The Same More Happy Empowered

Less Anx-ious

1338 individuals attended 47

different activities. 349 sessions/ trips. Different Individuals = 576 Female 455 - Male 121 - (Female = 79% Male = 21% ) 17% reported a disability .25% re-ported some form of carer responsibility. 87% DN14 post code. 67% retired . 88% reported trips out excellent . 86% reported trip organisation as excellent.

15 - 19 1 3 1

20 - 24 1 2 4

25 - 34 1 12 15 10 2

35 - 44 7 4 57 29 6

45 - 54 14 28 171 22 10

55 - 64 27 66 417 74 20

65 - 74 64 49 671 104 51

75 - 84 53 41 321 102 24

85 + 11 4 53 15 10

178 207 1712 357 123 Total evaluation responses 2577

Activity evalua-tion % 7% 8% 66% 14% 5% Improvement in Wellbeing 92%

15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 - 84 85 +

Less Lonely Less Isolated 1 1 7 14 27 64 53 11

The Same 1 2 12 4 28 66 49 41 4

More Happy 3 4 15 57 171 417 671 321 53

Empowered 1 10 29 22 74 104 102 15

Less Anxious 2 6 10 20 51 24 10

Reported In-crease in Well-being across age groups % 80% 71% 70% 96% 89% 89% 95% 92% 96%

Age 0 - 24 = 0.5% (12) Age 25 - 64 = 38% (992) Age 65+ = 61% (1573)

90 individuals linked to a volunteer/s groups

125 different individuals attended LTHC Groups 65 Volunteers - 42 aged 50+ Comments: "Could not have been improved - excellent" - Quiz . " Excellent Course - Theory and practical" - Archaeology " Gets me out of the House" - "Gentle exercise plus the social Scene" - "Loose weight and a good laugh" - "Get fitter plus meet people" - "I get to do activities I would not normally participate in and meet lovely people who are very good company" - Thursday Exercise Group "Something very differ-ent - enjoyed very much" - Panto "Living on your own Sunday can be a lonely day with family doing their own thing, lovely to spend a lovely day in the sunshine with friends in such a beautiful place" - Pocklington Burnby Hall "Living on your own it is so nice to have various activities to look forward to and this outing was very interesting" - Scampston

Time of Your Life Project - Individuals attending activities 13-14 13-14 Groups & Courses

2013 - 2014 - differet individuals Average attendance

Computer Club & Evening tasters 50 10

U3A - pre-planning and recruitment event 84

Stress session 6

Dignity Day 33

International Womens Day (TOYL) demographic 80

First Aid 14

LTHC planning 8

Volunteers Day 20

Archaeology 20 12

Singing 27 14

Craft Group 26 13

Parkinsons 27 13

Fibro ME 16 11

Stroke Association 15 9

Breath Easy 31 11

Yoga 34 9

Volunteers training course 20 12

Courtyard Volunteers 46

Whist 33 17

Flower arranging 17 13

Scrabble 8 3

Quiz 38 8

Tea Dance 31 20

Intergenerational singing 17 16

Alzheimers (2013) 9

MS society (2013) 14

Wreath Making (2013) 33

Total 757

883 evaluations returned

737 report an increase in wellbeing 83%

Over 520 people aged 50+

112 different individuals attended LTHC networks

The two f lagship ac t iv i t ies star ted th is year have been the week ly

Exerc ise Group and the Going out Group both of which have

proved very popular and del ivered some excel lent outcomes

around increases in heal th , f i tness, conf idence, and wel lbe ing

a longs ide decreases in iso la t ion and lonel iness.

The Exerc ise group star ted as a s imple t ime l imi ted jo int work ing

in i t ia t ive wi th the loca l author i ty but i t soon became apparent

there was enthus iasm and appet i te for a cont inu ing week ly s lo t .

The pro ject appl ied for and received a smal l grant f rom the Local

Author i ty to purchase some sports equipment, the core TOYL

pro ject funded a tutor and the room - the event rap id ly became so

popular that we had to sp l i t in to two d is t inct sess ions cover ing the

whole of Thursday morn ings. Part ic ipants have achieved individual

goals around weight loss , increase in mobi l i ty and overa l l f i tness -

ind i rect feedback f rom GP's f rom ind ividuals has been very good.

The Going out group involves the organis ing and running of t r ips

and out ings to dest inat ions proposed by pro ject part ic ipants. Th is

has inc luded t r ips to the theat re, v is i ts to s ta te ly homes and

gardens, walks and vis i ts to the coast . We have worked to make

the offer as inc lus ive as poss ib le and par t ic ipants have taken part

wi th a range of d isabi l i t ies and ind ividual d iagnos is these have

inc luded mobi l i ty issues, menta l heal th issues, aut ism, visual

impai rment , breath ing and conf idence issues. An ind ividual cost is

ca lcu lated to inc lude t ranspor t and any entry fees th is is then

shared between the part ic ipants .

Work wi th the longterm heal th condi t ions networks has cont inued

and th is year we have helped a number of these groups inc lud ing

Park inson 's, Breath Easy and Our own Carers Group fund ra ise

e i ther by he lp ing them source smal l grants or enabl ing them to

fund ra ise at events the TOYL pro ject has fac i l i tated for example

an Alzheimer 's Day event . Th is smal l funding has al lowed them to

run t r ips out or to br ing in speakers etc .

Some unexpected outcomes have come from activities for example two ladies who

met at activities have become friends and then decided to go on a UK holiday

together, at the travel agents the cost was high and comment was made that they

could go on a cruise for the same price... so they did - Sending us pictures from the

Scandinavian fiord's!

Individuals at the exercise group and other activities have been able to achieve

medical targets set by their doctor or consultant by attending our activities - this has

included weight loss, help with recovery from strokes, mobility targets and increases

in core fitness.

From day one monitoring and evaluation has been a key aspect in enabling us to

deliver the project outcomes - this ongoing process enables us to spot trends and

gaps and work towards meeting these, for example feedback from both the going out

group and exercise group has led to the development of a spin off walking group.

We have worked to expand the offer to some 'difficult to reach' groups and have

empowered individuals with autism, brain injuries, mental health problems and visual

impairment to access mainstream activities. One individual in his mid eighties and

with a sight impairment was assisted to meet a personal goal of climbing the 199

steps to Whitby Abbey. A couple felt able to share with us that neither had been out

of the town or travelled on public transport for many years - one had never been on a

bus till they came to our activities their self esteem and confidence has grown

expediently of the past few months.

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The value of our activities has been picked up on by other organizations for example

a training provider has referred Volunteers to us and work and experience with our

Computer Group has led to 3 of our volunteers moving on into employment, one

winning an apprenticeship.

Out approach in project delivery has been open and fluid enabling us to respond

quickly to the changing needs of our beneficiaries this will not be altering

LES ROGERS ~ PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR.