Workforce Roadshow
June 2023
Agenda
1. Celebrating our success
2. Priorities for the current year
3. Questions and Discussion
Thank you
Celebrating our success in 2022/23
• 120 staff and 240 volunteerssupportingand delivering 36 programmes and services
• £3.76m income generating £124,000surplus with £111,000unrestricted
• Strong balance sheetwith £1.2munrestricted reserves and total reserves of £1.6m
• 80% of our enterprises and services returned a surplus
• Leading Hampshire’s CVS network and reappointedas SCO to manage HCC £495,000in 2023-24
• Reviewed and updated our strategy
• Investedin our digital capability and new IT
• Investedin PR and communicationsand stagedhigh profile events
Mission and Priorities
To play a key role in developing a thriving voluntary sector across Hampshire empowering communities, mobilising members and delivering critical community services, making life better for everyone.
Our approach is to engage, identifyopportunities and propose solutions
Priorities
• Mobilising our membership supportinghealth, social care and children’sservices.
• Delivering services that help peopleto reconnect, enhancewellbeing and tackling inequalities in health & wealth
• Enablingcommunities to help themselves, to be resilient & inclusive
• Buildingpartnerships and collaborations; attracting investment and delivering better outcomes
• Promoting who we are, what we do and demonstratingour impact
• Investing in and developing our peopleto be the best we can be.
Roles and Responsibilities of SLT
ORGANISATION
Chief Executive
Tim Houghton
• Partnerships and key strategic relationships
• Developingmembership, community and health services, volunteering,training
• Leads the SLT, line manages COO, FD and CD
Community Director
Mandy Harris
• Infrastructure support, volunteering,fundraising, training, health & wellbeing
BUSINESS
Chief Operating Officer
Hywel Small
• Lead developmentand delivery of all services and running the day to day business with support from finance and HR. Reports to CEO
Finance Director
Tanya Dowthwaite
• Finance, HR and IT portfolio. Reports to CEO but providingdirect support to COO
➢ Continueto makeeveryone’slifebetter
➢ Aim is to supporteven morepeoplemostin need
➢ Fundingchallenges– SP23, Shopmobility, Homeservices/Finsignposting
➢ Businessfocuscontinues. Incomefor thisyear £3.95m = 8% year on year (forecast surplus £21k)
➢ Targeted surpluslower – minimumbreakeven/ more surplus(sustain ourselves)
➢ Key servicetargets – Transport £1.4 million,Shopmobility £114k, Home services -£66k
➢ Investmentin Systemsand People – continues / increases – key appointments
Business Plan 2023-24
To support 700 + voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations with advice & guidance through our Community Development team
Delivery and impact targets
To provideTraining for 1,200+ learners through our Training Team
To encourage 60,000 + people to our community& sports centres @ Leigh Park & Clanfield
To grow our membership to 500+
To assist 35 + hirers with our Wheels to Work Scheme
To support 60+ clients through the Positive Pathways Programme.
To secure 950+ hours of skill exchanges via our Woolmer Forest Timebanking service.
To support 500+ people to volunteer
To provide counselling to 500+ START clients and survivors of sexual trauma and abuse
To provide 850 + customers with mobility scooters around towns/cities and at events
To help 400 + people with homes and gardens through our Home Help and Gardening services
To assist 100+ people frail, elderly and disabled people with shopping
To carry 85,000 + passenger journeys on our Community Transport services
To support 220+Young Carers & their families through our New ForestYoung Carers Programme
To encourage 1000+ people on Healthy Walks
• Significantinvestmentin training& development - addressing identified needs
• Individualneed – person by person
• Complianceand responsibilityneed – Health & Safety and Safeguarding
• Managementdevelopment& organisationalneed–LeadershipDevelopmentProgramme helpingto accelerateour development with new sources of income
Performance and development
2023-24
Dates for your Diary
• 11th October CommunityFirstworkforceevent at Hanger FarmArts Centre,Totton
• 24th NovemberCommunityFirstAGM and communityconference‘Lookingto the Future’ at WinchesterVineyardChurch
• Summer Social….comingsoon
Be engaged and be inspired.
Engage, identify opportunities and propose solutions
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