Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

WORCESTER SNOEZELEN CIO

WE PROVIDE LEISURE THERAPY FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO HAVE ANY DISABILITIES & ADDITIONAL NEEDS. THESE INCLUDE MULTI-SENSORY ACTIVITIES, HYDROTHERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS AND THERAPIES. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HOLD EVENTS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS & EMPOWER OUR MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERFORMANCE, LEARNING NEW SKILLS & EXHIBITIONS.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£312,865	£343,360	£-30,495	0
31/03/22	£329,797	£299,188	£30,609	12
31/03/21	£367,000	£301,200	£65,800	22

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

http://www.worcestersnoezelen.org.uk/

enquiries@worcestersnoezelen.org.uk

01905748229

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Herefordshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£77,980
Youth Music	£21,810
Co-Operative Group	£9,288
Sport England	£5,275

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Worcester Snoezelen
£2,670	21/10/2023	We will train people with learning disabilities/additional needs to prepare and serve food and drinks in our café.
Youth Music - Youth Music Project
£21,810	02/03/2022	Youth Music Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Worcester Snoezelen
£6,618	24/10/2020	We provide multi-sensory play activities for children with disabilities for health and wellbeing, therapy and experiential learning.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£77,980	17/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,275	03/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - Coffee Lounge Project
£88,636	24/05/2019 48	This funding will help introduce a coffee lounge, which will enable visitors to enjoy refreshments in a disability friendly environment. It will also enable young people with learning disabilities to ....more This funding will help introduce a coffee lounge, which will enable visitors to enjoy refreshments in a disability friendly environment. It will also enable young people with learning disabilities to receive training, work experience and employment. Students from the adjacent University of Worcester will be encouraged to patronise the Coffee Lounge, widening disability awareness and engagement. It will bring people together to help build community relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cohesion Porject
£9,740	15/02/2019 12	This funding will be used to deliver an immersive learning experiences for children. The project aims to raise awareness and understanding about disabilities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNE BARD MRS Appointed: 2021

BRIAN JOSEPH NOEL O'CONNELL Appointed: 2016

ERIC SPENCER RHODES (Chair) Appointed: 2015

JAMES PARKER Appointed: 2022

JULIAN MARK HAYCOCK Appointed: 2022

ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKBOURN Appointed: 2009

VALERIE ANNE BLACKBOURN Appointed: 2009

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2020, number: 1188079

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from WORCESTER SNOEZELEN on 03/05/2022

Main office

3 Turnpike Close
Worcester
WR2 6AB

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION OF A MULTI-SENSORY LEISURE THERAPY CENTRE AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE DESIGNED TO: A) PROMOTE MULTI-SENSORY PRACTICES AND TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING; AND B) INCREASE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THE BENEFITS OF MULTI SENSORY PLAY THERAPY.

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