Customer Annual Report 2019/20

The Mayfield and Rocester Neighbourhood Association (MARNA) is working on a number of environmental improvement projects in Mayfield. The first stage of this is an outdoor gym which will promote sport and healthy living in Mayfield linking football training and playing with community outdoor fitness training.

The community has carefully selected 6 pieces of equipment through a consultation program for the benefit of the whole community with a specific focus on young people, from the age of 14 as well as disabled and older parishioners. Benefits include muscle strength, cardio fitness, flexibility, balance and co-ordination; as well as a huge sense of achievement and an enormous amount of fun.

Burton Albion Community Trust (BACT) received Trent & Dove funding for a local volunteer Team to attend an educational visit to Ghana. The trip aims to raise funds for BACT, whilst supporting African Adventures’ partner projects in Ghana and providing local people with a life-changing experience. Monies raised will enable BACT to continue support work within the local community, working with people in disadvantaged areas and communities within East Staffordshire.

Winshill Together is a local Residents Association, they have used funding to provide many activities for the local community such as: school holiday activities, play days, themed community events, craft sessions, a summer trip to the coast, a community fun day, Christmas parties and community carol concert as well as weekly lunches, dinners and snack attack sessions for children and teenagers.

Funding has been provided also to Winshill Neighbourhood Resource Centre, which is a community interest company providing a diary of activities and support for the local community.

Funding has been provided to “Coffeecom” a community café providing low cost healthy meals and a safe space to meet and chat.

The Newstart Project has received funding to offers families in the area an opportunity to purchase good quality clothing, household items, games and toys from a shop unit on Hawfield Lane. All groups have planned a schedule of events for the full year to address need in the community and ensure that gaps of isolation and food poverty are met.

Belvedere Park Junior Football Club aims to provide a safe environment and opportunity for children to develop. There is a focus on providing healthy outdoor activities and life lessons of respect, teamwork, development, enjoyment, focus and fulfilment. The club has at its core an aim to take children from early years to give them something to ‘hold on to’ developing in to a team structure from u7s through to Youth level with an opportunity to gain a career in sport with the links to Burton Albion, Derby County, BSDC & St Georges Park.

It provides the opportunity to obtain Coaching badges & provide a pathway to employment. The club revealed a partnership with Nike as one of 250 Partner Clubs throughout the UK. There have been opportunities such as attending Nike only Coaching sessions run by the likes of England Manager Gareth Southgate.

The Children’s Safety Education Foundation provide the following schools with educational resources; – 1) Winshill Village Primary School, 2) Richard Wakefield Primary School, 3) Anglesey Primary School, 4) Eaton Park Junior School, 5) Paulet High School.

Trent & Dove funding has helped to provide approximately 1200 (9-16-year olds) with a bespoke education programmes delivered by Teachers across each of the five schools as part of their PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, Education) programme to inspire young people to lead healthy lifestyles and to make the most of their potential and become good responsible citizens across 3 programmes:

Will Power Programme
– Promotes responsible citizenship values
– Increases self-esteem and confidence to help maximise personal potential
– Be healthy, i.e. enjoy good physical and mental health lifestyle
– Develop the understanding skills, abilities, attitudes necessary for emotional well-being
Respect Programme
– Identifies what constitutes anti-social behaviour and understand the effect it has on others.
– Explores unconsidered impact of anti-social behaviour on the wider community.
– Identifies the dangers and consequences associated with illegal and dangerous substances.
– Enhances the opportunity for young people to thrive in a safe and caring environment through guiding them to be the confidential, articulate, skilled citizens.
Money Wise Programme
– How to manage money
– Become a critical consumer
– Manage risks and emotions associated with money
– Students will be able to acquire the skills, knowledge and mind-sets that will help them thrive in the future that no-one can predict.
– Through utilising the programme young people will learn how to understand the need for a budget and impact debt can have on their lives.
– The need to budget for themselves and looking at bank accounts and the need for safe banking.

Funding provided to a Trent & Dove Independent Living Scheme to provide residents with a programme of events and facilities to reduce social isolation, integrate residents with the wider community and provide an active and stimulating environment at Dove Court.

The Eaton Foundation is a registered UK charity serving East Staffordshire, owning the first male mental health and wellbeing centre in the country. The charity supports adult men over the age of 18 with complex needs. They support men in a whole-person approach with their offending, dependency, homelessness, poverty, mental health needs and long term unemployment. When men access their service, they instantly get access to their unique holistic support package which includes help with their debts and finances, help with their qualifications and skills, help with their emotional wellbeing and mental health, help with their housing needs and practical requirements.

Funding from Trent & Dove has provided a dedicated point of contact at the Eaton Foundation specifically for Trent and Dove Clients.

Horninglow Learning Centre and Community Hub provides IT training and technical support directly to the local community of Horninglow. The Trent & Dove funding has helped to make residents more digitally engaged, confident, raising self esteem, and increasing the chance of better opportunities to move forward into employment.

Short St Café is entirely run by tenants who volunteer their own time to operate the café and run community events. Food hygiene certificates have been attained by all of the volunteers and an inspection of the café achieved a Food Hygiene Rating score of 5 in compliance with food safety legislation. Trent & Dove funding has helped the café to offer an environment where tenants have a safe space to meet, and also provides an opportunity to open up lines of communication with Trent & Dove officers. Members of the Welfare Reform Team have offered open surgeries providing advice on Universal Credit and being accessible to tenants for tenancy related enquiries.

Lunches and afternoon tea have been provided at low cost to elderly residents which for many are the only opportunity for them to leave their home and to spend some time with other residents in the area.

A variety of community events are delivered throughout the year which are aimed at all members of the community including seasonal and themed activities, summer fun days, craft sessions and Christmas parties. Fortnightly craft sessions after school provide an opportunity for children to spend focused time together at the end of the school day while receiving a hot meal for a nominal cost.

The Young Persons Fund is awarded to young people who have emerged through challenging times to participate in programmes and projects that have enhanced their personal learning and experience while providing benefit to a local community. The award supports a young person to continue to achieve and experience life skills and opportunities as a result of their drive and determination.