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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2023
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
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Status: Director
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Reach and Unite Outreach and Empowerment CIC (RUOE) works with a range of vulnerable young people from complex backgrounds. We address marginalisation, poverty and harm facing vulnerable young people through specialist rehabilitation services by increasing safe spaces and social opportunities with a focus of improving future outcomes. Practically we:- Remove barriers leading to unequal distribution of resources and - opportunities for young people at risk of facing inequalities.- Improve future outcomes, quality of life and health determinants.-Improve the wellbeing of young people who have experienced trauma.- Provide counselling and therapy to young people for bereavement and loss, de-pression, anxiety, stress, confidence and self-esteem, abuse, self-harm, relation-ship breakdowns, emotional traumas, and addictions.Our service targets young people recognised by statistics to have an increased risk of facing inequalities such as marginalisation, social exclusion, poor health determinants, unemployment, and criminality. This includes young people with special educational needs, social, emotional, and mental health needs, learning difficulties, invisible disabilities such as, neurodiverse needs, autism, and ADHD. This year we have extended our support to young people out of education, those with adverse life experiences, those who have experienced abuse or neglect and children in the care of the local Authority.RUOE is a service that aims to lead on inclusivity and our company ethos is "A place for Every Child". We chose this as our ethos as we believe that all children deserve a place to socialise and belong. We look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and recognise that a lot of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds lack a place of belonging, a safe place, acceptance, and esteem. The model displays that young people need these things to reach self-actualisation. We also look at the Social Determinants of Health Rainbow model which recognises how social circumstances such as where people live, learn, and grow determines future health outcomes. RUOE focuses on improving social circumstances for those recognised by statistics as being at risk of poor health due to social circumstances such as poverty, disability, and Trauma. We focus our work on deprived parts of the region recognised on the Indices of multiple deprivation where resources and opportunity are lacking. We are a community led organisation, with the voice of the community and young people informing everything we do. We listen to our community through advisory meetings with local people, coffee mornings and face-2-face meetings. We use social media to engage those furthest from support and participate in local online forums. We also meet with statutory organisations and are a part of 5 community steering groups and 2 community action groups made up of over 70 organisations. Through these established community connections, we have attended several events for parents with children that have additional needs as well as hosting our own parent support groups. We have offered a range of activities at our after-school clubs and holiday clubs such as boxing, football, netball, swimming, arts, life skills, animal care, dance, and forest school as well as several enriching recreational activities. RUOE has used specialised sports delivery to enable young people with limited abilities and additional needs to have an in-creased access to sports and leisure. We do this by offering privatised swimming les-sons and sports sessions. We adapt our delivery and adjust environments to meet the needs of those we serve. This can often be a challenge for regular organisations due to the competitiveness of sports which often leads to the groups we target being marginal-ised. We have increased access to sports for 487 young people either after school or as a part of our holiday club. Our young people were a part of the Commonwealth Games 2022 who have also funded some of our sports equipment and dance floor, although we have been predominantly funded by Sport England for our sports clubs. Our company offers a transport service to remove barriers to accessing our service in response to community need and this allows us to reach young people across the black country. This year two additional minibuses have been purchased which has now led to us having three 15 seat minibuses and 1 car, which shows the magnitude of young peo-ple we support day to day. The Clothworker Endowment Fund and sustainable income have enabled us to purchase our vehicles.We have supported 72 young people in the development of transferable and employability skills through our post 16 programme. We have offered employment mentoring, traineeship placements, apprenticeship placements, work experience and university placements. Through this programme we have seen 92% of 16 to 25 year-olds at high risk of unemployment go onto full-time employment. This project was funded by City Ideas Wolverhampton. We have worked in partnership with our local authority, the police and violence reduction unit to deliver our gang and exploitation prevention programme. This includes the development of skills, intense therapeutic and structured mentorship, emotional support, positive community engagement and multi-agency working. We have seen a tremendous impact on several individuals we work with and have seen many young people leave gangs, pursue skills developed through our programmes such as boxing, training opportunities, sports clubs, film making and music. This project was funded by Violence Reduction Partnership, Police, Safer Wolverhampton, and Westhill Endowment Fund. We have seen amazing outcomes such as families at risk of breakdown remaining together accredited by several parents and professionals to our services. We have seen young people discharged from mental health services, young people leave gangs and families closed to social care plans. Parents have reported that their children have stopped self-harming, behaviours have improved, and this has been accredited to the positive behaviour support plans the club offers which continues to result in positive behaviour change. In addition to this young people have grown in confidence, young people with a history of abuse and exploitation are no longer deemed as at risk. We have seen an improvement in social skills, independence, young people have developed consequential thinking, raised social responsibility, self-awareness, and over 258 young people have reported that they have developed a sense of belonging at the club. All of our google reviews are at 5 stars and our professional partnership, parent, and young people’s feedback has been exceptional and a lot of this can be found on our website and YouTube channel. Our highlights this year have included a visit from labour leader Keir Starmer who commended the club in the daily mail. The Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority and conservative member Andy Street who openly supported our efforts to increase employment outcomes for 16–24 year-olds with complex backgrounds. In addition to this our Christmas food parcel and a toy drive that was organised by one of our partners National Infrastructure Solutions saw our community and local businesses come together to support 58 families receive a Christmas food parcel, turkey and a range of toys and family games as gifts. This supported low- income families such as families with parents or children that had terminal illness, families that experienced job loss following the pandemic, young parents and families fleeing domestic violence. Another success was the development of our post-16 programme developed by young people, for young people, with outcomes beyond that which was expected. Other successes were being granted Ofsted registration and commissioning from children’s services and the violence reduction unit that has seen a decrease in gang involvement, exploitation, and family breakdown. The development of our allotment place has seen young people develop a love for agriculture and supported low-income families by allowing the community to have access to free fruit and vegetables grown and looked after by our young people. Finally, we have trebled our income from our previous tax year which has led to us having a greater impact on our community, securing two inclusion hubs that offer safe spaces to young people in Wolverhampton and Walsall and two full time staff that receive a salary.
We have been supported by a range of funding bodies such as, The Grantham York Trust, National Lottery, Westhill Endowment Fund, Violence reduction Partnership, West Midlands Police, Heart of England, Sport England, Severn Trent Community fund, Clothworker Endowment Fund, Lloyds School for Social Entrepreneurs, Commonwealth Games 2022, Safer Partnerships, Centric Projects, Active Black Country, and Arts Council. Most of our funding has come from Wolverhampton Local Authority HAF Funding and City Ideas funding. Sustainable income has been developed through childcare, commissioned services to local schools, Wolverhampton and Walsall Social care teams and commissioning from Violence Reduction Partnership.
The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £40,650.There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 September 2023
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: D Williams
Status: Director