Fundraising

The organisation necessarily expends a significant amount of time pursuing funding for the various activities and services we provide. This is sometimes to research or pilot new developments, sometimes to meet shortfalls in funding, and also to support or continue existing work. Also there is an important need to finance the central administration and core costs that enables the organisation to function, including IT, property management, volunteer management and recruitment, and the increasing time spent in multi agency work.

In relation to these areas focus during the year was on: new developments around Social Rehabilitation, Lifelong Learning and Community Support; securing future funding for continuation of both befriending and intergenerational work; undertake much needed development of WellCheck and associated services; the ongoing need to secure adequate funding for advocacy; and securing appropriate support for IT, volunteering and the overdue refurbishment of the Pop In. By using a range of fundraising efforts, including approaches to a variety of trusts, many of these were achieved in some part. Priorities for the coming year will be to maintain and increase these sources and meet those not yet achieved.