Bournemouth CVS

Annual Review 2016/17

Bournemouth CVS supports and develops organisations and promotes volunteering

Bournemouth Council for Voluntary Service

Registered Office Boscombe Link, 3-5 Palmerston Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4HN

Tel & Fax: (01202) 466130

email: contactus@bournemouthcvs.org.uk

Website: www.bournemouthcvs.org.uk

Twitter: @bournemouthcvs

Registered Charity No: 1081381

Company No: 4024662

This report summarises our key achievements in 2015-16 in the context of our five main aims:

To support the identification of needs in the community and facilitate innovation and improvements to meet those needs

To ensure that local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations and community groups fulfil their missions more effectively

To facilitate effective communications and collaboration amongst local VCS and between public, private and voluntary sectors

Staff Trustees

Hazel Walker - Chair Rev Martin Broad - Vice Chair Paul Payne - Treasurer Colin Feltham Prof. Keith Popple Debbie Clifton Sarah Harrison Philip Tarrant Dr Sonia Wilson Richard Erven (resigned Feb 17)

Bournemouth Borough Council

Bournemouth 2026 Trust

Big Lottery Fund

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group

National Association for Voluntary and

Community Action (NAVCA)

Poole CVS

Dorset Community Action

Dorset Race Equality Council

Thanks to all our Funders and Partners

To support local VCS to influence policies, plans and practices that have an impact on their organisation and beneficiaries

To ensure that the VCS is benefitting from the additional capacity of volunteers and that they are valued for their contribution

Vivienne Aird Chief Executive Romany Ross

Amy Collins Volunteering

Development Worker

Steve Place Senior Adviser

Hannah Rees Patient Liaison Administrator

John Bailey

Dani Ford-Horne Development Worker

(Voluntary Youth)

Lisa Churchill Virtual Ward

Administrator

1. To ensure that local organisations and community groups fulfil their

missions more effectively

Over the last year in order to ensure that local organisations fulfil their missions more effectively we have delivered a range of services and support including: Offering individual in-depth advice and

guidance in response to 413 requests from 93 different voluntary and community organisations in the last year to help them to deliver effective services to the people of Bournemouth.

Providing in addition a dedicated advice

and support service for voluntary sector youth organisations which responded to 80 requests from 17 different organisa-tions.

Offering a range of training courses to

promote education and workforce development within the sector in topics such as: Introduction to Fundraising, Good Governance, Being a Charity Trustee, and Events and Community Fundraising.

Providing, in addition to formal training, 6

one to one advice sessions for voluntary organisations on the topic of fundraising and a social media surgery for 10 groups. 100% of delegates reported they were very satisfied or satisfied with the support in both cases.

Providing a regular newsletter entitled

‘Know Your Stuff’ which updates members on all the legal and technical aspects of running a charitable organisation.

Maintaining an e-network to keep trustees

updated on legal and technical develop-ments. Several factsheets and a newsletter for trustees have also been distributed.

Providing practical support to the sector by,

for example, advertising jobs and events and providing an extensive selection of audio visual resources available for loan.

94% say advice service helped them

to improve their governance 97% say that their organisations are

more sustainable as a result of the advice service

89% report increased confidence in

their level of skill as a result of attending BCVS training

Needs in the community are identified on an on-going basis by the local voluntary and community sector and also by individuals seeking to set up new organisations or groups. We assist by helping groups to set up new services to respond to needs which they have identified. In order that this in-formation can be shared we bring organisations together in regular sub-sectoral forums. Innovative ideas and improvements to services are identified and organisations may work together to realise these improvements or feed- back information to relevant bodies about gaps in services. This year we have worked closely with Public Health Dorset and Poole CVS to support front line groups in their work on health and wellbeing. We have jointly organised training for groups and developed a series of factsheets to enable the VCS to identify health needs in the population and to find ways of measuring the impact of the local VCS in responding. Three organisations have been helped to develop new services while 28 local organisations have been given one to one support to further develop their work on wellbeing. We are also working closely with all GP prac-tices in Bournemouth and Adult Social Care teams to offer a service which seeks to link patients and clients to voluntary sector services which can assist. Again this helps us to gain awareness of local need and to identify gaps in services. We are currently working hard to highlight the need for improvements to community transport services and initiatives to combat loneliness amongst the local population.

3. To facilitate effective communication and collaboration amongst

local VCS and between public, private and voluntary sectors

We also run a Charities Forum in partnership with Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce which meets four times a year where relationships between local charities and local business can be developed. Topics of the Charities Forum have included: Engaging with the Bournemouth Echo Fundraising Trusteeship The Volunteer Pool

2. To support the identification of needs in the community and

facilitate innovation and improvements to meet those needs

The main written medium through which we communicate is our quarterly newsletter. We also provide daily communication with the sector through our e-networks. Daily communications between VCS organisations is supported through 10 e-forums. In partnership with Poole CVS we run three forums: Criminal Justice Forum for organisations which are supporting victims of crime and seeking

to rehabilitate offenders Children and Young People Forum for organisations working with children and young people

in Bournemouth Health and Care Forum attended by organisations seeking to improve the health and

well-being of residents in the town Working in partnership with Dorset Race Equality Council, we also run an Equality and

Diversity Forum to bring diversity groups together to build their capacity and to enable them to develop a collective voice.

Many Voluntary and Community Sector organisations in Bournemouth have as one of their primary purposes an ambition to change the policies and practice of various agencies and public bodies in order to challenge the discrimination and disadvantage experienced by their beneficiaries. To support them in their endeavours BCVS invests a considerable proportion of its resources in ensuring that the VCS has on-going engagement and good access to those who are responsible for local decision making at the highest level. Through this work and our involvement with various local partnerships, our statutory partners are recognis-ing the value that the voluntary sector brings to the development of new and existing services and are asking for increasing levels of voluntary sector repre-sentation. This is helping voluntary organisations to ensure that the needs of service users are at the forefront in policy development. In order to meet this increased demand we have developed democratic procedures for the election and appointment of sector representatives and the voluntary sector now has places on 14 key decision making committees in Bournemouth. We have organ-ised the election of fifteen voluntary sector representa-tives to these positions. The forums have a crucial role to play in ensuring that the sector is able to play a full part in the planning and development of services for the local population in Bournemouth. Each meeting focuses on recent policy developments at national and local level. Voluntary sector representatives are able to give feedback on meetings which they have attended and the local sector is able to raise issues about the impact which new and existing policies are having on local commu-nities. The forums also help to develop relationships between the sector and local health care profession-als and to identify ways in which the needs of local residents can be met more effectively. The ‘Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary Sector’ is the key document setting out how partnerships between local statutory organisa-tions and the voluntary sector should function. Bournemouth Borough Council, Dorset Police, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Dorset Fire and Rescue Services, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital are all signatories to the Bournemouth Compact.

4. To support local VCS to influence policies, plans and practices that

have an impact on their organisations and beneficiaries

5. To ensure that the VCS is benefiting from the additional capacity of

volunteers and that they are valued for their contribution

We promote volunteering opportunities on be-half of local voluntary and statutory organisa-tions through our monthly voluntary vacancies brochure – this is updated monthly and over 200 copies are distributed each month listing over 300 voluntary opportunities. It is sent to librar-ies, is available on our website, advertised via Twitter, and is also emailed to over 70 local or-ganisations.

In partnership with Poole CVS we have also developed a new website The Volunteer Pool to highlight voluntary roles which will attract skilled business people e.g. HR support, Trustee roles, website development.

During National Volunteers Week we organised a fair and invited a number of charities to promote the work that they do and to advertise for volunteers. We also participated in the Mayor of Bournemouth’s Annual Volunteer of the Year Award.

Another important area of work for the Volunteer Centre is to open up new placements and to promote good practice in the management of volunteers. Regular meetings for Volunteer Coordinators are offered which are supported by regular web-based communications. The e-network currently has a membership of 309 subscribers from organisations from the public and voluntary sector across Bournemouth and Poole. Topics covered in the past 12 months include:

Employee Volunteering

European Voluntary Service

Making Your Volunteer Role Stand Out

Volunteer Management Quality Standard

We have continued to work in partnership with Bournemouth Integrated Youth Service and Bournemouth 2026 to develop the Bournemouth Young Volunteer Award Scheme. The aim of the award is to raise the profile of volunteering and to recognise and celebrate the many hours that young people, aged 13 to 21, contribute to voluntary work in their local community. Since its launch on 1st April 2013 the scheme has awarded over 1800 certificates to young people.

Dealt with 1553 Enquiries Registered 709 new volunteers Carried out 402 interviews 107 new volunteers had

additional barriers

Demographic change and changes in public poli-cy are placing increased demand on local service provision (both voluntary and statutory) at a time when resources for public services are diminish-ing. The ageing and increasingly diverse popula-tion requires service providers to increase and adapt the type of support provided. As well as pressures this is creating new opportunities.

We will be seeking to work more closely with the local authority to enable them to meet these challenges. The voluntary sector has a sound track record in working innovatively to develop responsive services which make best use of resources and thus has much to offer in this respect.

We will continue to work with General Practice and Public Health bodies to support them to take a more preventative and holistic approach. We will be encouraging them to work more closely with the voluntary sector to harness its ability to provide solutions and responses to healthcare needs which are social in origin rather than medi-cal. We will be seeking to continue the dialogue with the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Clinical Commissioning Group in order to ensure that they are aware of the potential contribution of the VCS in meeting health needs locally.

We will seek to remove the barriers to commis-sioning opportunities for the sector through our work with our statutory partners by encouraging them to use a range of funding mechanisms including grants and to review and update the Compact and ensure its implementation at local level.

This year we have greatly increased participation by local voluntary organisations in all our services. We will also continue to develop our marketing strategy and consider how new and existing organisations find out about the service which we offer.

We will develop strategies to reach out and encourage greater participation in our services by ever more organisations and will explore a range of strategies to attract greater numbers of volun-teers. We will continue to collaborate and work in partnership to avoid duplication and to gain access to additional funding streams to increase and enhance the services we can provide.

Future Developments at Bournemouth CVS

Thank you to all the VCS organisations that have supplied us with photos.

Front cover clockwise from top left: BCVS Networking Event for Charities and Health Care Professionals;

Wessex Chorus Community Choir; Mayor of Bournemouth Annual Volunteers Award; Ideas 2 Action

Page 3 from top: BCVS Twitter Workshop; BCVS Community Fundraising Workshop

Page 4: Andy Martin, Bournemouth Echo at the BCTC Charities Forum

Page 5 from top: Bournemouth Natural Science Society Open Day; Pink Champagne Dragon Boat Team; (L-R) Hilda, Gerry and Bahire, Members of

Haviland Springers Club; Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill at the Criminal Justice Forum

Page 6 from top: Winners of the Mayor of Bournemouth Annual Volunteer of the Year Award;

The Samee Project; Young Volunteers at the NCS event led by BCHA

Page 7 from top: Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting in progress; Good Gym Runners (at Faithworks Wessex)

INCOME Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total 31.03.17 Total 31.03.16

Total incoming resources 138,035 74,313 212,348 207,881

EXPENDITURE

Total Resources expended 131,205 67,999 199,204 207,704

Transfer of funds 0 0 0 0

Net Movements in funds

6,830 6,314 13,144 177

Balance brought forward

264,417 16,920 281,337 281,160

Balance carried forward

271,247

23,234

294,481

281,337

BCVS Summary Financial Report 2016-17

Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2017

Total 31.03.17 Total 31.03.16

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible Assets 0 0

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash at Banks and in hand 298,236 284,545

Debtors and prepayments 8,595 2,405

Stock 0 0

Sub Total 306,831 286,950

Creditors - amounts due within one year 12,350 5,613

Net Current Assets 294,481 281,337

Net Assets 294,481 281,337

FUNDS

Unrestricted 271,247 264,417

Restricted 23,234 16,920

This is a summary of the full accounts prepared to Charity Commission Standards which have

been independently examined by the Auditors. Copies are available on request from:

Bournemouth CVS.