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The notes form part of these financial statements
The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 October 2024
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Crafting Connections CIC was established in October 2021, with the aim of improving people’s general health and wellbeing and reducing social isolation through a range of arts and crafts, alternative wellness therapies and other opportunities. During the financial year November 2023 to October 2024, we have continued to deliver a range of community-based sessions within the Southwick area of Sunderland in partnership with The Salvation Army. At the same time, we have been going through the legal process of obtaining our own community premises via an asset transfer process. We have engaged with people with low-level mental health needs, people with physical disabilities, people with low self-confidence and self-esteem, and people with learning disabilities and have supported each individual to feel comfortable and welcomed into our sessions. In January 2024, we opened Lambton Community Hub, our Community Asset Transfer building from Sunderland City Council. We deliver a wide range of classes and activities from this venue, including lunch clubs, baby and toddler groups, arts and crafts activities and exercise classes. Visitor numbers have been growing month on month. Our demographic is mainly older people aged 65 and over, people with physical disabilities and people with low-level mental health concerns. Feedback is very positive and we continue to grow and change according to this feedback. We have continued to apply for community grants and funding to support the development, growth and improvement of our service offer for customers. We have been successful in gaining funding to support the development of a community garden onsite, where we plan to grow a range of fruits and vegetables for the community to share. We now have a volunteer who manages our kitchen, allowing us to provide meals for greater numbers of people weekly.
Our stakeholders are all of the individuals that attend our range of classes and sessions, the voluntary sector community and the various organisations that have provided funding to support our service delivery. All of our arts and crafts classes involve consultation with the group to understand the types of activities that they enjoy or would like to try. This consultation is used to ensure that sessions are person-centred and tailored according to the individual’s interests and abilities. We have had our lunch club attendees complete feedback questionnaires to identify any issues or areas for improvements as well as seeing what works well. We use our social media platforms to consult with the local community about our services and to run ideas for new services past them to gauge interest. We attend regular voluntary sector meetings to talk to other organisations about partnership working and opportunities to refer to each other. We also discuss community needs and ways to improve our engagement with as many people as possible. This has resulted in partnership working with a number of VCS and other organisations, including regular venue hire with them to deliver their services from our community building.
All of the Directors were involved in the delivery of project-based services and as such, were remunerated for the time they spent delivering these services. All remuneration that was received was funded by the non-profit income achieved through successful bids to grant-providing organisations. Remuneration is listed in our accounts under 'Staff Payment' and totals £6,734 for the period 1st November 2023 to 31st October 2024.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
11 July 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Louise Jenner
Status: Director