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10 Years of Volunteering

Annual Report 2014THE HFVC GROUP

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The HFVC Group is a group of

volunteering organisations whose

function is to promote, support and

develop volunteering, and provide

assistance through information, advice,

guidance and training in order to get

people into work and/or education, and

to provide assistance to organisations

in quality standards, and fundraising

for volunteer type projects as well

as engaging and helping businesses

and their employees to support the

community through volunteering

related activities.

MissionStatement

Founded in 1986, HFVC is one of the largest and

most successful Volunteer Centres in London,

delivering a broad range of volunteering

projects helping local residents and voluntary

sector organisations in Hammersmith &

Fulham.

10 Years of Volunteering

The HFVC GroupThe HFVC Group consists of 3 volunteering and employability organisations that work together to promote and facilitate a comprehensive

range of volunteering and employability related activities across West London. In the last year our work generated 34,925 hours of

volunteering, with an equivalent value of £264,804.

BAC is the leading volunteering organisation

in the London Borough of Brent, celebrating

its 10 year anniversary this year and delivers

volunteering projects for local residents and

provides volunteers for Brent community and

charity organisations.

Founded in 2009, Works4U is a not-for-profit

social enterprise whose social mission is to help

businesses work in the community through a

range of volunteering related activities such as

team Community Challenges and skills-based

volunteering.

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Strategy & ObjectivesThe strategy and focus of the HFVC Group is to develop

its three key areas of expertise:

• Volunteering

• Employability

• Corporate Volunteering & CSR

Key objectives for the group over the next 12 months

include:

• Developing the three revenue streams of volunteering,

employability and corporate volunteering

• Further improving how we measure the impact of our

work

• Implementation of centralised monitoring and

reporting tool (Salesforce)

• Expansion of number of businesses supporting the

community through volunteering related activities

• Increase number of employability projects helping

disadvantaged and isolated local people secure

sustained employment

• Increasing number of volunteering opportunities and

volunteers in Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent and

across West London

• Develop volunteering in the areas of public health

and adult social care

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Reports

All at the HFVC Group give our hugest and warmest thanks to our Patron Tammy McFeggan who continues to be our

biggest and most active supporter. She also delivers the Disney VoluntEARS programme which sees hundreds of Disney

employees support the local community every year. Despite working so hard she always makes time to support the Volunteer

Centre (and with a welcoming smile). THANK YOU Tammy.

Thank You to our Patron

Tammy McFeggan Patron, The HFVC Group

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The past year has been one of great change and challenges for the HFVC Group, but staff, volunteers

and fellow Trustees have worked hard together to focus on our strengths to deliver innovative

projects that help people and organisations of Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent.

We said goodbye to Chief Executive Marion Schumann who, for 14 years, developed the

Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre from a small volunteer organisation into one of the

leading Volunteer Centres in London.

It has been a year of celebrations as Brent Active Citizens held its 10 year anniversary of supporting

and brokering volunteering in Brent and Works4U, our not-for-profit social enterprise, celebrated its 5

year birthday of helping businesses such as Disney, GE, British Airways, Wyndham Hotel Group, IGT, etc. to

support the community through volunteering activities.

Volunteers’ Week was a massive success with HFVC holding a volunteering roadshow around the borough and was launched by

Employment Minister, Esther McVey MP, and Ben Thomson from Hammersmith who was picked to be one 30 volunteer ambassador’s

across the country by national volunteering body NCVO.

Our reputation to deliver volunteering projects grows both locally and internationally with HFVC carrying out a number of youth

European volunteering projects in Romania, Lithuania and Russia as well as Works4U leading discussions on corporate

volunteering at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

I welcome new starters this year Catherine Perez Phillips as Hammersmith & Fulham’s Volunteer Services

Manager, Sheku Tejun-Tunkara as Employment Manager and say big thanks to Iuliana Dinu for her work on

the Creative Minds project and supporting the European volunteering projects.

I would like to thank our funders Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Big Lottery, Brent Council, City Bridge

Trust and LloydsTSB for their continued support which enables us deliver projects that really make a

difference to the local people and organisations we support.

The biggest thanks goes to the HFVC Group team of staff and volunteers whose

dedication and passion continues to inspire and helps our organisation to be

one of the leading volunteering organisations in the country.

Fatai Abdul Towolawi Chair, Board of Trustees

Reports

Chair’s Report

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It has been a year of transition for the HFVC Group as the organisation has undergone changes to help it thrive and prosper in an

increasingly difficult funding climate. Strategic development has been vital as we now focus on our key strengths and revenue streams:

volunteering, employment and corporate volunteering.

This year we also said goodbye to Marion Schumann, Director and Chief Executive of the Hammersmith & Fulham

Volunteer Centre for nearly 14 years. Starting in 2000 she turned a small organisation into one of the leading

Volunteer Centres in London as well as expanding it to include Works4U and Brent Active Citizens. She will

be greatly missed but leaves behind a strong and very able team to drive the organisation forward and

help local residents of Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent. We wish her the very best for the future.

It is with great privilege and honour that I take on the role of Chief Executive for the HFVC Group and

lead us through these difficult times and take us to the next level of organisational development.

Although I may be a new face to some, I have been involved with HFVC for nearly 10 years and

have a somewhat unique relationship where HFVC was a partner and then a client of my consulting

organisation before I volunteered for them and joined the Board of Trustees. After stepping down as

a Trustee I joined the organisation a few months later as Chief Operating Officer in April 2013.

In this Annual Report you will be able to read about the many great projects delivered by the HFVC Group

and how many local people and organisations we have supported. In the last year our work generated 34,925

hours of volunteering with a conservative equivalent value of £264,804 in addition to helping 120 people into

sustained employment.

The Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre delivered a wide range of volunteering and employment projects and over the past

10 years we have used investment from Hammersmith & Fulham Council to bring in to the Borough on average 5.2 times the level of

investment to help and support local residents. Brent Active Citizens this year celebrated its 10 year anniversary of supporting Brent

residents into volunteering and employment and the activities of Works4U were recognised internationally as it was invited to lead

discussions on corporate volunteering at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

We have embraced new technology this year to help us work more efficiently and effectively with the implementation of a centralised

monitoring and reporting tool (Salesforce) and email marketing (MailChimp) as well as harnessing the quadrupling of our social media

followers in the past twelve months to communicate to local people about our work, training courses and events.

We still have lots to do, but with a highly accomplished and dedicated team, a supportive and active

Board of Trustees as well as simply amazing and dedicated volunteers we are very ready to make

further progress and help more people in 2015.

Dominic PinkneyChief Executive

Reports

Chief Executive’s Report

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In the year 2013/14, HFVC Group managed some 18 projects in Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent,

Hounslow Boroughs and in Europe.

New projects include employment projects RAISE and WESTWORKS in partnership with Urban

Futures and Paddington Development Trust. Both projects are funded by London Councils and

some European youth projects funded by the British Council/European Commission.

Our intention is to continue to predominantly develop our activities in Hammersmith & Fulham,

Brent and neighbouring boroughs in West London.

Our total consolidated income for the year to 31st March 2014 was

£674,074, an increase of 8.5% over the previous year. Our expenditure

for the year was £738,218. The deficit of £64,144 reduced group’s reserve

to £94,094 as at 31st March 2014, of which £1,986 was held in Restricted Funds.

Current forecast for the year 2014/15 shows an income of £607,327. Expenditure is expected to

be £589,141 leading to a surplus of £18,186.

Due to continued uncertainty over the economy, we are closely monitoring our reserves, cash flow

and employment costs.

Paul Dowson Treasurer

Reports

Treasurer’s Report

Hitesh ShahChief Financial Officer

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I was appointed as the new HR Manager at the end of March 2013 and my objectives this year were to establish myself in the HR role;

qualify as a PQASSO Mentor; and to re-activate this successful, ongoing project.

After gaining the PQASSO Mentor accreditation from the Charities Evaluation Service in June 2013, I re-launched HFVC’s PQASSO

Mentoring service at the tri-borough Funders Fair 2013 in Kensington, reconnecting with previous clients and reaching new

organisations. A series of four drop-in Quality Standards Clinics were initiated held at accessible venues around the

borough, promoting Quality management through outreach, information presentations and networking. Four

contacts have since progressed to benefit from one-to-one Mentoring and Start-up advice.

Quality Marks currently held by HFVC are VCQA - the Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation, Matrix

and the PQASSO Mentor licence. All of these remain valid into the next financial year. HFVC continues

to support the local third sector by offering DBS Disclosure and Barring Service checks (previously

known as CRB checks). A marketing programme was undertaken to increase awareness of this

service, including two presentations to third-sector managers, a listing on Gov.Uk, and the inclusion

of DBS in regular HFVC outreach. Take-up is rising as a result.

An extensive Training programme was delivered to address capacity-building targets for LBH&F,

volunteer development targets within the Connecting Communities project, and personal development

objectives for internal team members. Around 20 classroom-based training courses were offered to eligible,

funded learners on topics ranging from Food Hygiene to Evaluation Techniques, Fundraising, Microsoft® Excel

and Trusteeship. Some subjects were taught by our in-house team, while others - such as First Aid - were delivered

by qualified external consultants and led to nationally-recognised Level 2 certificates. A small amount of revenue was generated by

selling excess places on some funded courses to ineligible delegates: there are plans to develop this potential revenue stream in future

years.

Students who prefer distance learning were offered a Level 2 correspondence course in Mental Health Awareness. 14 of our own staff

and volunteers joined this programme alongside clients and team members from partner HF MIND. Further internal training included

the popular monthly “Lunch & Learn” sessions, this year ranging from Stroke awareness to British Sign Language, German culture and

more.

PQASSO Clinics held in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham = 4

Organisations engaged for Quality Standards support = 25

Organisations engaged for Capacity-Building support = 38

DBS checks = 106

Chris McCoshHR Manager

Reports

HR & Capacity Building Project

11

New employees recruited

23

Training events organis

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Creative Minds perform Forum Theatre at the Lyric

Mayor Frances Stainton meets volunteers at Volunteers’ Week

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Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre continues to lead in matching individuals wanting

to volunteer with volunteering opportunities in charities and not for profit organisations

across Hammersmith and Fulham.

We post all the volunteering opportunities that we source from

local community organisations on the national volunteering

website www.do-it.org.uk. Last year we answered 1,084

of these enquiries, enabling people to take their first step

towards volunteering.

Others prefer to come into our office for a face to face

interview with an adviser to match them with a volunteering

opportunity and help set up an interview. The 496 face to face

interviews that we conducted last year were vital in giving people who may be

less confident about volunteering the time to explore the skills and experience they have to offer,

as well as an opportunity to explain the range of opportunities. This careful matching process ensures

placements that are successful for organisations and volunteers.

Many people are unaware of the benefits of volunteering and the range of opportunities that are available. We are

passionate about getting out and spreading the word about how volunteering enriches lives. Last year we went to 52

events at a range of venues, including community centres, shopping centres, local colleges, and hostels.

H&F Core Volunteering

The annual Volunteers Fair has

long been a key part of our promotion strategy and for

example, four of our recent intake went straight from the fair into

interview and were recruited; we have many more on file awaiting future

recruitments.

Hammersmith and Fulham Citizens Advice Bureau

1084

Do It Enquiries

5084

Volunteers Engaged

The partnership with the HFVC is very

important and something we are

very glad to have.

Victim Support (Hammersmith and

Fulham)

Catherine Perez PhillipsVolunteer Services Manager

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As part of the awareness raising activities run by the

project, Creative Minds volunteers were actively involved

in a number of events:

• Volunteers’ Week 2012

• Mental Health Awareness Week 2013

• World Mental Health Day 2012 & 2013

• Refugee Week 2012 & 2013 in partnership with the

H&F Refugee Forum he British Red Cross RnB Project.

Switch Shows (April 2013-August 2013)This was a six months project funded by the Royal Society of Arts

(RSA) - Youth Awards for Innovation. It saw young people from the Events

4 Youth and the Creative Minds projects working together on

the planning, organisation and running of a community

event which took place during Mental Health

Awareness week in May 2013. In preparation

for the ‘Love your Mind’ event, young

people from the Creative Minds project

were involved in a series of drama

workshops and training during which

they learnt about Forum Theatre,

a communication method used to

analyze and discuss social issues

such as discrimination and to help

find solutions to these problems.

H&F Creative MindsCreative Minds was a two-year youth project funded by Comic Relief and run in partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham Mind, the

mental health charity. It reached out to 16-25 year olds affected by mental distress, both directly and indirectly and engaged them in

creative workshops such as music, painting, drama and photography. Through these workshops, young people could meet like-minded

individuals; build their social networks and confidence whilst also enjoying the therapeutic benefits of creativity.

The project also paired young people with mentors, also aged between 16 and 25. Mentees set out goals to achieve

over a 6 month period and worked on these through regular meetings with their mentor. The project also provided

the necessary training for youth workers and organisations in the borough to be better prepared when dealing

with clients with mental health needs. Training included Mental Health Awareness, Health & Safety and Risk

Assessment and Management.

48Young people w

ith mental health problems r

ecru

ited

102

Yo

ung volunteers & mentors recruited

115Young people trained in m

ental health awareness &

men

torin

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15Mentoring m

atches

55

Organisations trained

96Number of creative w

orkshops

Project Achievements (Sept 2011-Sept 2013)

Peter RodriguezYouth Volunteer Development Coordinator

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Events 4 Youth (E4Y) is a youth led volunteering

project which trains and supports young people

to identify, plan and run community events in

Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow. The

project won funding for five years from the Big Lottery Young People’s Fund in 2009 and has now

entered its final year.

In the past year, E4Y has continued to develop

young people’s skills and confidence and to

deliver a range of opportunities including

training, mentoring, events planning and access

to qualifications. In order to ensure sustainability

beyond October 2014, a core group of young

people has worked on a business model to help the

project generate income and become self-sustainable.

Events 4 Youth has continued to maintain the partnerships it has built over the

years and still seeks to develop new partnerships with the charity, public and business

sectors building gateways that will lead to more opportunities for youth.

Events 4 Youth

Events organised or supported by Events 4 Youth

Love Your Mind (May 2013), Butts Farm Community Fun Day (August 2013), E-Unique

fundraising event (October 2013), Volunteers’ Week - Lyric Square Event (June 2013), Refugee

Week Celebration Event (June 2013), White City Festival (September 2013), Volunteers’ Awards

Ceremony (December 2013), The Takeover (March 2014)

May 2013 – March 2014 - HEY was a youth led project run in partnership with

the Hounslow Volunteer Centre and funded by the Heathrow Communities for Youth 2013. It helped young people develop practical and life skills, confidence

and motivation through training and the planning and running of a community

event in Hounslow. Through this event the project also aimed at raising awareness

of youth volunteering and participation of young people in the community and

encourage more youth in the borough to get involved, develop skills and raise

their aspirations.

HEY – Hounslow Elevate Youth

165Youn

g people recruited

38Train

ed

- Events Management/Customer Service & First Aid

16Trai

ne

d in Business Skills & Mentoring

50Plan

ning & volunteering at an event

11ASDA

N qualif cations achieved

2310 small

8 medium & 5 large

Even

ts supported/organised

Project Achievements (April 2013-March 2014)

Sara BenjaminYouth Events Coordinator

Luisa MessinaHead of Youth

Project achievements:

Young people recruited 21

Young people trained in Events Management 11

Young people trained in First Aid 21

ASDAN qualifications achieved 11

Events organised 2

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Events organised or supported by Events 4 Youth

Love Your Mind (May 2013), Butts Farm Community Fun Day (August 2013), E-Unique

fundraising event (October 2013), Volunteers’ Week - Lyric Square Event (June 2013), Refugee

Week Celebration Event (June 2013), White City Festival (September 2013), Volunteers’ Awards

Ceremony (December 2013), The Takeover (March 2014)

Young people on the programme have enjoyed volunteering

for a variety of organisations such as Chiswick Nursing Home

(Befriending & Gardening), Chiswick House Garden Trust

(Gardening & Conservation), Age UK (Community Café -

Catering), Lunch Club 4 The Blind (Catering), Groundwork UK

(Gardening & Admin), Shepherds Bush Housing Association

(Admin), Eden Food Service (Catering), Let Me Play (Sport

Assistant), Fulham FC Foundation (Football Coaching), QPR

in the Community Trust (Sport Assistant), Olive Delicatessen

(Catering), Hammersmith Community Gardens (Gardening),

Family Mosaic (Painting & Decorating), Musequality (Stewarding &

Fundraising).

Existing partnerships have been strengthened and new successful ones have been

established with several organisations including Queensmill School, Cambridge School,

Phoenix School, William Morris, Jack Tizards School, Hammersmith Academy, Ealing,

Hammersmith & West London College, City of Westminster College, Kensington & Chelsea

College, West Thames College, Connexions Hounslow, North West London College, Action

on Disability, Mencap, Bishop Creighton House.

All in MotionAll in Motion (AIM) is a three year youth project for young disabled people aged 16-25 run in partnership with Action on Disability and

funded by the Big Lottery – Reaching Communities. AIM is now in its third year.

It aims to:

Get young disabled people into voluntary work and to prepare them for the workplace;Train and support local voluntary organisations to provide accessible and challenging opportunities for young disabled people.

40 Disabled young people placed

32

Number of Awards & Certif cates

55Disabled young people recruited

18Organisations recruited

32Organisations trained

1,976

Number of volunteering hours

Project Achievements (April 2013 to Mar 2014)

Mary Pierce Youth Disability Co-ordinator15

Accessibility Audits

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In the past financial year, HFVC Group’s international work has developed substantially. New project proposals were submitted in 2013

under the then Youth in Action programme, new partnerships were established and new project proposals submitted under the new

Erasmus+ Programme in 2014 to ensure not only our volunteers but also staff members are able to access a diverse range of personal

and professional development opportunities. Projects range from Youth Exchanges, to European Voluntary Service (EVS), Job-shadowing,

Seminars and Staff Training as well as Strategic Partnerships focusing on various topics. HFVC’s European partners now include

organisations from Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Russia.

The HFVC Group in Europe

Luisa MessinaHead of Youth

Funded by

HFVC ran it first ever EVS (European Voluntary Service) project

as a ‘sending’ organisation which saw 10 young people aged 18-

30 travelling to Romania in October 2013 for two weeks where

through the use of  Forum Theatre, a form of participatory

theatre that encourages democratic forms of interaction

between participants they raised awareness of different forms

of discrimination that exist in society.  This project was run in

partnership with Chance for Life Foundation (Romania).

This project was run in partnership with the Lithuanian Youth

Centre and saw young people from Spain, Estonia, Lithuania and

the UK taking part in its activities. This project aimed to identify

current problems facing most of the EU, such as migration,

education, youth unemployment and to analyse and identify the

needs of young people. By using non-formal education methods,

participants (all aged 18-30) to a weeklong youth exchange that

took place in Zarasai (Lithuania) were encouraged to discuss and

identify what needs and wants drive young people to make risky

decisions and look at possible solutions.

‘Volunteering in Europe’ European Voluntary Service (EVS)

Funded by ‘Know your Needs’Youth Exchange

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The very first EVS project for HFVC as a ‘hosting’

organisation was approved this year and will see a young

volunteer from Italy joining the Youth Team for 12 months

from August 2014 till July 2015. ‘A Creative Journey’ is a

project that will see the volunteer take part in a number

of different creative and social projects to familiarise with

working in/for the community and in particular with yougn

people, to provide help and support to those in need, to

work on creative solutions and cultural expressions with

a wide range of local residents from various social and

cultural backgrounds. This project is still funded under

the ‘old’ Youth in Action Programme.

In November 2013 two representatives of HFVC, one member of

staff and one young volunteer, visited Good Deeds Case, a youth

organisation based in St. Petersburg to explore the possibilities

for the development of a youth exchange focussing on youth

unemployment and social enterprise. During the visit HFVC also

met Russian local authorities and introduced the new project idea

to obtain commitment for the future initiative; they also visited a

Russian social enterprise. As a result of the visit, a project proposal

for a youth exchange is currently being drafted involving partners

from five different countries.

This was a week-long meeting held in Nancy (France) and hosted

by CRISTEEL, focussing on the new Erasmus+ programme and

on the development of new project ideas for transnational joint

activities. Participant organisations were SVI - Service Volontaire

International (Belgium), Youth Action Foundation (Bulgaria), AESCO

(Spain), Itinéraire International (France). As a result of this meeting,

a Strategic Partnership project proposal focusing on Young People

Citizenship and Participation has been developed and aims to be

submitted under the new Erasmus+ Programme.

This two years learning partnership project lead by

Itinéraire International (France) is now in its final

year and will come to an end in July 2014. The other

project partners are Cesavo (Italy) and Akademie für

Ehrenamtlichkeit  (Germany). Its aims are to improve

quality of services delivered by the voluntary sector,

facilitate local networks, help local voluntary and

community groups find new initiatives, share methods

of evaluation, and innovative strategies in the areas of

fund-raising, communication, promotion & marketing. In

order to achieve this, the project has used international

mobilities of staff and learners. Participants visited

organisations and projects in the four countries (London,

Berlin, Grenoble and Savona) learnt about best practice,

shared ideas and identified possible solutions to common

problems. During the last two visits, coordinators also

worked and agreed on a follow-up project proposal for

a ‘Common Box 2’ which would see partners working

together on a joint project focussing on disability.

‘Pan-European Social Entrepreneurship’Feasibility Visit

Funded by

‘The Common Box’Learning Partnership

Funded by

‘Contact Making Seminar’Volunteering in Europe

Funded by

‘A Creative Journey’Long term EVS

Funded by

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Connecting Communities

Catherine Perez PhillipsTsige DejeneCharmaine Goodridge

Connecting Communities Team

Funded by City Bridge Trust, our Connecting Communities project aims to promote and encourage volunteering and community

involvement throughout Hammersmith and Fulham and Brent boroughs, particularly amongst socially excluded and disadvantaged

groups. The project started in February 2013 and will run for three years to February 2016.

Over the last year the project supported a total of 135 clients, nearly all of whom are from a BAME/R

background, and all of whom were unemployed, into volunteering placements. In addition 10 volunteers

secured paid employment.

Overwhelmingly clients needed the extra one to one, face to face support to find a volunteering

opportunity that the grant enabled us to provide. The Level 2 certificated First Aid, Health and

Safety and Food Hygiene training courses have proved especially popular.

The difference the project has made is typified by the feedback we received from ‘David’

‘All the staff made me feel very welcome and comfortable when I came in to your office. I was helped

and made aware of relevant volunteering opportunities by Eugenie. She couldn’t have been more helpful, she put me at my ease and explained what the various roles I was interested in involved. She

made the initial calls to the organisations there and then and passed on my details to the volunteer

coordinators. I’m very happy and grateful to your bureau and Eugenie for the help and advice you

gave to me. It’s helped to change my life!’

David completed an IT skills training course through Connecting Communities, and is currently

volunteering for Victim Support’s Witness service and Action on Disability. He is disabled, and has

been unemployed for over three years.

We plan to build on the progress made in the first year of the project to run more training for

volunteers, and provide more targeted support to get people into

volunteering placements, as a stepping stone to work.

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Brent Active Citizens 10 Year Anniversary

The aim of Brent into Volunteering and Employment Project (BiVEP) is to provide local people

living in Brent with volunteering opportunities, training, work placements and job search support,

assist with business startup. The duration of the project is from May 2010 to April 2015 and is

funded by the Big Lottery.

BiVEP is working with the most disadvantaged and hard to reach people living in Brent, i.e.

BAME, and white working class people, the over 50’s and people with disabilities, enabling them

to access volunteering , training, employment and business startup opportunities.

The project has had another successful year. BiVEP has been delivering its services throughout

the borough of Brent by supporting the most disadvantaged and hard to reach communities.

Namely, the Over 50’s, Young People, BAME/Refugees, Lone Parents, People with Disabilities

and White Working Class People by placing them into voluntary roles, training them and helping

them into part time and full time sustainable employment.

• For this financial year we have recruited 332 beneficiaries and placed 175 volunteers with

different voluntary and charitable organisations, local businesses and at one-off local

community events.

• We have trained 155 beneficiaries in a variety of training programmes including Employability,

Confidence Building, Interview Techniques, Business Start-up, First Aid, Health and Safety,

Mentoring IT (for beginners and advanced) and Food Safety.

• We have extended our network of partners by registering new organisations in order to

create more volunteering opportunities and work placements for our beneficiaries.

• We have worked with different organisations by undertaking different community challenges.

• We held the following 3 major successful events at the Brent Civic Centre:- Jobs Fair,

Volunteers Award Ceremony, BAC 10th Years Anniversary.

For our current and final year, we are confident that we will meet all our targets. Currently

we are concentrating more on applying for funding as the project reached its final year.

Brent Active Citizens is the leading volunteering organisation in Brent, brokering volunteering for the voluntary sector as well as helping

hundreds of individuals to support the community and reach their personal goals. In March 2014 Brent Active Citizens celebrated its

10th anniversary of supporting Brent residents and organisations with a celebration event at Brent Civic Centre. It was attended by

a large number of charity and community organisations, current and former Councillors, volunteers, the Leader of the Council (Cllr

Muhammed Butt) and Mayor of Brent, Cllr Bobby Thomas, who kindly opened proceedings with a short speech.

10 Years of Volunteering

Brent into Volunteering & Employment Project

16People helped into sustainable employm

ent

3Successful events at the Brent Civic Centre

332Benef ciaries Recruited

175Volunteers Placed

155People Trained

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Funded by Brent Council, Creative Minds is a peer mentoring programme aimed at encouraging

young people aged 16-25 in Brent affected by mental health problems to be inspired to achieve

their goals through 1:2:1 support and creative group activities.

Through the project young people get the chance to be involved in their community through

volunteering and developing social networks. The project trains mentors and volunteers to

support other young people age 16-25 with mental health problems to build up resilience,

self-esteem and confidence to self-manage their condition and become less dependent

on public services. The project also provides the necessary training for youth workers

and organisations in the borough to be better prepared when dealing with clients with

mental health needs. Training includes Mental Health Awareness, Health & Safety and Risk

Assessment and Management. 1-2-1 mentoring is coupled with creative group activities

and individual support to encourage young people with mental health problems to engage in

positive activities, create social networks and re-integrate in their community.

This innovative and successful project seeks additional funding as it comes to an end in March

2015. This will ensure that the rewarding work and the impact made on the young people and the

community will extend beyond its time and possibly beyond its present area and also more young

people with mental health issues can benefit from the continuity of the activities and support

provided through this project.

Brent Creative Minds

52Young people w

ith mental health problems r

ecru

ited

51

Yo

ung volunteers & mentors recruited

83Young people trained in m

entoring & mental health a

war

enes

s

10Mentoring matches

Project Achievements (April 2013-Mar 2014)

Naomi AkinludeProject Co-ordinator

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Brent’s WorkingBrent’s Working has been supporting local residents into volunteering,

training and employment. The project was developed to support the Brent

into Volunteering and Employment Project (BiVEP) with the demands of

the local people living in Brent looking for volunteering opportunities.

Brent’s Working has been delivering its services throughout the borough

of Brent in particular the wards where there is a high percentage of

worklessness and deprivation such as Willesden Green, Harlesden,

Stonebridge, Kilburn and Kensal Green. The Project has engaged with

some of Brent’s most disadvantaged and hardest to reach communities,

namely the Over 50’s, Young People, BAME/Refugees and Lone Parents,

and people with disabilities placing them into voluntary roles.

During 2012-2013 clients were trained in, First Aid, Pre-Employment,

business start up and IT. Clients were able to improve their skills, increase

their confidence & increase their chances of employment.

200 volunteers were placed with different charitable and voluntary

organisations in Brent. Some of the opportunities were:- administration/

reception, finance work, advice work, befriending, catering, caring,

teaching, driving, legal work, retail & charity shops, gardening, local

events etc.

The Project came to an end in September 2013. We would like to say

a huge thank you to our funders to Lloyds TSB Foundation (now Lloyds

Bank Foundation).

Tsige DejeneProject Manager

130Clients Trained

First Aid

Pre-Employment

Food and Hygiene

Business start-up

IT

Training Cours

e of

fere

d

200Volunteers Placed

40Benef ciaries found part-time and full-tim

e empl

oym

ent

10 Years of Volunteering

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Brent FocusBrent Focus is a volunteer film-making project that is training novice film-makers to make a film

about their local community. Funded by Brent Council, through their Ward Working scheme,

this project has volunteers making films about community issues in the wards of

Brondesbury Park, Mapesbury and Tokyngton.

Brent Active Citizens has been training volunteers on video production

as well as guiding them to decide on a topic for the films to be made.

The volunteer team have met Brent Council Neighbourhood Co-

ordinators and Ward Councillors as well as interviewing lots of

local people.

Film production training consisted of the following

areas:

• Introduction into Film-making

• Camera

• Lighting

• Sound

• Cinematography

• Interview Techniques

• Story-boarding

• Editing/Post-Production

• Producing and Directing

• Script-writing

• Copyright, rights and permissions

• Distribution and Promotion

The Volunteer Teams are in ‘principal

photography’ at the moment and following

the editing and post-production will

be presenting the films for the local

community to see.

Estimated value of volunteering

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Community organisations

supported through Works4U organised activities includes:

Domestic Violence Intervention Project,

St. Peter’s Primary School,

St Vincent’s Care Home,

Melcombe Primary School,

White City Adventure Playground,

Willesden Green Scouts,

Hestia Care,

Hounslow Homestart,

Mary Seacole Memorial Park,

Thames Valley Harriers,

St Luke’s Hospice,

WeAreBang Radio,

Bishop Creighton House,

Shepherd’s Bush Families Project,

City Mission Nursery

It has been a milestone year for social enterprise Works4U, a not for profit organisation

whose social mission is to help businesses to support the community through volunteering

and related activities. As well as celebrating its 5th year as a self-sustaining enterprise, it

helped more businesses and business volunteers to support the community than ever

before.

New Corporate Engagement Manager Saskia Hornivius will be leading Works4U to an even

more successful 2015.

Due to its work in supporting local organisations, Works4U

was awarded 2014 Best Business Supporter of the

Community and 2014 Best Hammersmith Business

at the Hammersmith & Fulham Brilliant Business Awards.

Winning these awards has been fantastic recognition of

the activities we carry out and the hard work and

dedication of the Works4U team over the past

year: James Schumann, Latoya Asante,

Nigel Kay, Monika Janigova, Lorena

Romera Grande, Kathleen Wabrowetz,

Billy Gurr.

Award winning

430Number of business volunteers

£215,000Estim

ated value of volunteering

30Number of Team

Volunteering Community Challe

nges

Works4U

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Our work locally has been recognised internationally with Works4U invited as experts on corporate volunteering

at two international conferences, one in Perm, Russia and in the other at the United Nations Office at

Geneva where it led discussions on corporate volunteering. CEO Dominic Pinkney moderated and

facilitated discussion between various corporates (e.g. Transaero Airlines and Marks & Spencer)

and NGOs from across the world.

In addition to the above, we co-founded the London Employer Supported Volunteering

Network, with Southwark Volunteer Centre and their ESV programme Involve, to link together

and collaborate with ESV initiatives across London to enable businesses to do more to help

the community and for longer and sustained periods. This exciting and new initiative is

developing well and London ESV Network meetings have been supported by corporations

Westfield London, PWC and GE.

Works4U

Dominic Pinkney Works4U Chief Executive

Works4U 5th Birthday

Established in 2009, Works4U celebrated

its 5th birthday this year which is a fantastic

achievement for a not for proft social enterprise.

Works4U’s roots began as a volunteer-run project

in the 1990s in Hammersmith & Fulham but this has

grown and through the hard and successful work of

Business Development Managers Doreen Thompson-

Addo, Alice Lamb and Dragos Tudor, Works4U

is an established and growing enterprise

that has a business model to be self-

sustaining whilst achieving its

social mission.

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The RAISE project is a £1.9m multi-agency project co-funded by the European Social Fund and the London

Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and led by Urban Futures. RAISE aims to raise the aspirations

of unemployed and workless residents of Hammersmith and Fulham and inspire them to succeed in

employment by providing them with a comprehensive employability programme complemented by

skills development and work placement opportunities which can be further developed and built on

once in employment.The project supports the Work & Skills strategy in offering a co-ordinated and

comprehensive pathway of tailored support into sustained employment, addressing key skills needs and

barriers to work along the way. These needs and barriers might include:

• Lack of work experience or recent work experience• English language or basic skills needs• Lack of relevant qualifcations, including vocational qualifcations• Finance or debt concerns• Low confdence or self-esteem, which may or may not be linked to health problems• Lack of understanding or experience of soft skills, such as punctuality, communication or

interpersonal skills

Participants are provided with a focused programme of IAG, skills development and job brokerage to

support their return to sustained employment in the targeted sector. This includes:

• Assessment and diagnostic to identify support needs.• An individual action plan.• Information, advice and guidance to support return to work in accordance with individual

action plans.• Group and individual employability skills development including, confdence, motivation,

workplace familiarity, CV building, job-search, application form and interview techniques.• A structured programme of skills training to develop employability and vocational skills,

including sector specifc qualifcations delivered by HFVC or working with appropriate training providers.

• Access to mentoring support, especially peer mentoring with other young people.• Work placements.• A client support budget to provide clothing, equipment, qualifcations fees, travel costs for

interviews etc.• Formalised job brokerage through direct employer relationships, supplemented by wider job

search activity.• Post-employment (in-work) support for a minimum of 26 weeks to support sustained

employment.

Participants who have multiple and complex barriers preventing an immediate return to work are

referred to wider advice and support services including financial advice, childcare support, housing,

benefits advice, disclosure support services and health services.

RAISE Project

Sheku Tejan-TunkaraEmployment Manager

126Enrolment • Target 80

1266 Hours IAG • Target 80

19Vocational Qualif cation • Target 20

2Work placem

ents ª Target 20

43Job start • Target 29

166 months sustained • Target 20

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West Works is an 18 months project aimed at supporting residents of Hillingdon, Hounslow

and Ealing into training, work placements and sustainable employment. The project provides

a comprehensive support to residents leading to sustained employment of at least 26 weeks.

A significant proportion of our participants will take a work or volunteering placement with

specific aims and outcomes. Where necessary, participants will undertake ESOL or Skills for

Life training.

Prior to entering employment we offer participants the following:

• CV development and job-search support• Confdence/self-esteem building• Health advice and support• Better Off Calculations and fnancial and debt advice• Accredited or non-accredited vocational training• Mentoring/coaching

• Advice or support with childcare needs

Participants are supported into sustainable employment which provides opportunities for

progression. We also provide in-work support to both the participant and the employer.

West Works

73Enrolment • Target 60

736 Hours IAG • Target 60

12Vocational Qualif cation • Target 40

12Work placem

ents ª Target 30

20Job start • Target 20

76 months sustained • Target 10

Sheku Tejan-TunkaraEmployment Manager

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AccountsHammersmith Fulham Volunteer CentreConsolidated Summerised Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2014 Statement on behalf of the Directors of Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre :

The figures below are a summary extracted from the Financial Statements which were approved by the Directors on 10 November 2014.

The full Financial Statements have been audited by Price Bailey LLP Chartered Accountants, whose audit opinion in respect of these accounts was unqualified. These full Financial Statements will be submitted to the Charity Commission after they have been approved by the board at the Annual General Meeting on the 10 November 2014.

These summarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a fuller understanding of the financial affairs of the Charity. For fuller details, please consult the full annual accounts together with the auditors’ report. These full accounts are available on request from the Charity’s registered office at 148 King Street, London, W6 0QU.

On behalf of the Trustees/Directors. Paul DowsonTreasurer

Independent Auditor’s Statement to the trustees of Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre

We have examined the summarised financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2014 set which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet.

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the auditor

The trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and the recommendations of the Charities SORP.

Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements within the Annual Report 2013-14 with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report.

We also read other information contained in the within the Annual Report 2013-14 and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the charity’s full annual financial statements describes the basis of our opinion on those financial statements.

Opinion

In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre for the year ended 31 March 2014.We have not considered the effects of any events between the date on which we signed our report on the full annual financial statements on 28 November 2014 and the date of this statement.

Price Bailey LLP, Statutory auditorDashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street London, EC2M 1QS

Hammersmith Fulham Volunteer Centre

Consolidated Summerised Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2014

Statement on behalf of the Directors of Hammersmith & Fulham

Volunteer Centre :

The figures below are a summary extracted from the Financial

Statements which were approved by the Directors on 10 November 2014.

The full Financial Statements have been audited by Price Bailey LLP

Chartered Accountants, whose audit opinion in respect of these accounts

was unqualified. These full Financial Statements will be submitted to the

Charity Commission after they have been approved by the board at the Annual

General Meeting on the 10 November 2014.

These summarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to

allow for a fuller understanding of the financial affairs of the Charity. For

fuller details, please consult the full annual accounts together with the

auditors' report. These full accounts are available on request from the

Charity's registered office at 148 King Street, London, W6 0QU.

On behalf of the Trustees/Directors.

Paul DowsonTreasurer

Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer CentreConsolidated Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 2014

Unrestricted Restricted Total TotalBalance Sheet as at 31st March 2014 2014 2013 Statement of Financial Activities Funds Funds 2014 2013

£ £ Incoming Resources £ £ £ £Fixed AssetsTangible Assets 9,656 2,382 Voluntary Income 25,166 - 25,166 25,172

Activities for generating funds 121,624 - 121,624 65,835 Current assets Investment Income 51 - 51 77 Debtors and prepayments 83,133 31,017 charitable activities 60,189 467,044 527,233 530,016 Cash at Bank and in hand 69,314 176,854 Total Incoming Resources 207,030 467,044 674,074 621,100

152,447 207,871 Creditors: amounts falling due Resources Expendedwithin one year (68,009) (47,705)

84,438 160,166 Costs of Generating Funds 7,921 - 7,921 3,969

Net Assets 94,094 162,548 Costs of Charitable Activities: Staff Costs 55,494 416,650 472,144 418,955 : Consultancy and Professional Fees 45,055 6,962 52,017 34,618

Provision for Liabilities and Charges - (4,310) : Volunteer Training & Expenses 15,374 12,382 27,756 32,887 : Volunteer events 3,123 5,981 9,104 13,569

Total Assets £ 94,094 £ 158,238 : Staff Recruitment & Training - 800 800 4,484 : Travel & Subsistence 2,600 1,931 4,531 4,356

Funds : Books, Newsletter and Publications 17 25 42 1,195 : Publicity, Meetings and Conferences 20,691 4,467 25,158 5,706

Unrestricted Funds : Other Direct Costs 29,947 1,719 31,666 30,475 General Reserves 22,435 2,562 : Support costs 20,758 77,427 98,185 104,365

: Corporation Tax - - - 11 Unrestricted Designated FundsDevelopment fund 25,747 25,747 193,059 528,344 721,403 650,621 Contingencies reserve fund 36,000 56,000 Special Projects Fund 894 5,774 Core Activities fund 8,062 30,000 Governance Costs 8,894 - 8,894 9,600 Walt Disney Corporation for W4U - 25,692 Tesco Charity Trust (Community Award) - 1,115 Ecotys Common Box (1,030) -

69,673 144,328 Total Resources Expended 209,874 528,344 738,218 664,190

Total Unrestricted Funds 92,108 146,890

Restricted FundsCAF ‑ Access to volunteering 1,601 1,712 Net Incoming resourcesLBHF ‑ Youth opportunities fund - - /(expenditure) (2,844) (61,300) (64,144) (43,090)Big Lottery Fund ‑ Events 4 Youth 1,879 2,354 NLDC ‑ Capital fund - - Big Lottery Fund ‑ BIVEP (202) 169 Balance Brought Forward at Big Lottery Fund ‑ All in Motion (148) 805 1st April, 2013 146,890 11,348 158,238 201,328 Comic Relief - (1,822)Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales - 1,347 Big Lottery Fund ‑ Transformation Local Infrastructure - 4,468 Transfers (51,938) 51,938 - -City Bridge Trust ‑ Connecting Community 3,203 3,725 Brent Council ‑ VSIF (4,347) (1,410)

1,986 11,348 Balance Carried Forward at 31st March, 2014 £ 92,108 £ 1,986 £ 94,094 £ 158,238

£ 94,094 £ 158,238

Independent Auditor’s Statement to the trustees of Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre

We have examined the summarised financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2014 set which comprise the Statement of Financial

Activities and the Balance Sheet.

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the auditor

The trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and the

recommendations of the Charities SORP.

Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements within the Annual Report 2013-14

with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report.

We also read other information contained in the within the Annual Report 2013-14 and consider the implications for our report if we become

aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the charity’s full annual

financial statements describes the basis of our opinion on those financial statements.

Opinion

In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of

Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre for the year ended 31 March 2014.

We have not considered the effects of any events between the date on which we signed our report on the full annual financial statements on 28

November 2014 and the date of this statement.

Price Bailey LLP

Statutory Auditor

Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street

London, EC2M 1QS

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Funders:Hammersmith & Fulham CouncilBrent CouncilBig LotteryLloyds TSB FoundationCity Bridge TrustDepartment of Work and Pensions

H&F Council:Cllr Frances Stainton (Mayor of H&F)Sue SpillerPat BuncheKatharina Herrmann Susan HughesHelen Pinnington

Brent Council:Cllr Muhammed Butt (Leader of the Council)Cllr Bobby Thomas (Mayor of Brent)Ben SpinksVikash MistryRichard HayReehan MirzaJoanna McCormickCarl CheeversAugusta Morton

Businesses/Corporations:DisneyGEBritish AirwaysGSKMarks & Spencer (Hammersmith)DiageoPernod RicardHarper CollinsCAAIGTWestfieldOlive Deli (Fulham)Oxfam Boutique (Chiswick)

Partner Organisations:8ainAction on DisabilityAgeUK (H&F, Brent)Cancer Research (Hammersmith)Cambridge SchoolChelsea & Westminster HospitalCity of Westminster CollegeDr Edwards & Bishop King’s Fulham CharityEaling, Hammersmith & West London CollegeCommunity Investment Team (LBHF)Economic Development (LBHF)Learning & Skills Regeneration (LBHF)Housing & Regeneration (LBHF)Eden Food ServiceElgin Resource CentreFoundations UKFulham FCFulham PalaceGroundwork UKH&F MindHammersmith Community Gardens AssociationHammersmith United CharitiesHealthy PlanetHounslow Volunteer CentreJobcentre Plus (Hammersmith, Acton)MencapNubian LifePaddington Development TrustQPR in the Community TrustQueensmill SchoolRenaissance SkillsScopeShelter (Fulham Rd)Shepherds Bush Housing AssociationSobusStarbucks Youth ActionUrban FuturesUrban Partnership GroupVictim Support H&FVolonteurope

We would also like to thank the following for their support:Greg Davison (GE)Colin Patterson (Photographer)Mehmet Mulla (Designer)Esther McVey MP (Employment Minister)Justin Davis Smith (NCVO)John Carlin (NCVO)Davinder Kaur (NCVO)James Banks (GLV)David Rodriguez (GLV)Joseph Morrell (Involve, Southwark VC)Stephanie Kamin (Team London)Carmel Barros (British Airways)Steve Kerr (LVSC)Richard Thurston (Thurston Design)Kieran Mullan (ValueYou)Bob Johnson (DWP)Jill Collins (DWP)Mahmud Rahim (Metropolitan Police)Harbhajan SinghHugh DeeneyGeorge Sherburn (8ain)Paul Langford (8ain)Andy Slaughter MPAndy Sharpe (Urban Partnership Group)Rosemary Hayden (Urban Partnership Group)Hoss Malek (Renaissance Skills)Laura Ferreira (Ealing CVS)Andy Roper (Ealing CVS)E-EuniqueLyric TheatreHammersmith AcademyNCVYSKingston SuperhighwaysJames Browne (Third Sector IT)NCVO/Big AssistGeoff SchumannHoratio Morgan (Sobus)Shad Habitan (Sobus)Peter Okali (Sobus/CaVSA)Ian Lawry (Sobus)Doreen Thompson-AddoLibby WingfieldOrin Miller (Intro2Enterprise)Ciara O’Reilly (Westfield)Jessica Wanamaker (K&C VC)Gareth Owen (One Westminster)Alex Tambourides (H&F Mind)Sophie Brooks (Marks & Spencer)Dragos TudorJohn Blackmore (Action Acton)Lauren Tobias (Hackney VC)Richard Eason (HAVS)Taz Negra (Hounslow VC)Bernard Dainton (BidrightUK)Jaq Cameron (K&C Foundation)

AIMPeter Thellusson (AgeUK H&F)Theresa Thomas (AgeUK H&F)William Rallison, CH&GTLouise Randall, CH&GT

Europe & International:Piotr SadowskiDanila KorotaevJulia NovoselovaOlga ZubkovThomas KegelDavide PesceClémentine laforêtProVobis – Christina Rigman, Carmen Marcu, Corina PinteaChance for Life - Iulia Paraschivescu, Cristi Stroe

Volunteers:Core TeamEugenie Gachette Noel D’Silva Janet Belgrave Ann-Marie Ruddock Sharon Forbes Myriam Harzi Amina Potter Kieron Nolan

Davide Zocchi Giulia Buzzone Reece Ebanks Zarina GangeraCasandra BoatengIsmahaan Abdul AzizShpresa Malaj Alma BecicBen ThomsonAudrey ClashingMaria TejeroMonika JanigovaVerena Hosbach

Works4ULatoya AssantePaola SantarelliNick GalanisBilly GurrKathleen WabrowetzLorena Romera Grande

MarketingNicole HolgateAlicia WilsonKorel Oliver-Christie

HRKathy Ann IfillAlban BytyciAnahita EynollahiStella Elina Stavrakaki

Board of TrusteesAbdul Towolawi (Chair)Carol AllenCharles Forsyth (Vice-Chair)Joe Akowuah (Trustee to Oct 2013)Justin AlthausPaul Dowson (Treasurer)Stan PaschalMatt ThorleyKawal Singh OBE

PatronTammy McFeggan

Staff (Apr 2013 – Mar 2014)Dominic Pinkney (Chief Executive)Hitesh Shah (Chief Financial Officer)Luisa Messina (Head of Youth)Tsige Dejene Gimariam (BAC Manager)Charmaine Goodridge (BAC Manager)Catherine Perez Phillips (Volunteer Services Manager)Iuliana Dinu (Creative Minds Co-ordinator)Sheku Tejan-Tunkara (Employment Manager)Naomi Akinlude (Creative Minds Co-ordinator)Alma Becic (Training Co-ordinator)Sara Benjamin (Events 4 Youth)Sandra Brown (Receptionist)Dhrupti Gorsia (Brent Focus)Irina Jarrett-Thorpe (Interim Core Manager)Dusanka Likevic (Cleaner)Suki Mahon (Youth Team)Chris McCosh (HR Manager)Mary Pierce (AIM Project Co-ordinator)Helen Purcell (Core Manager)Peter Rodriguez Trujillo (Youth Team)Mohammed Salem (Finance)James Schumann (Works4U)Layla Serroukh (Creative Minds Brent)Smita Shukla (Brent Active Citizens)and Marion Schumann (Director 2000 - 2014)

ConsultantsYvonne Wilson – EquivisonSusan Westman

BanksNatWestCAF Bank

AuditorPrice Bailey

Thank yous and acknowledgementsThe HFVC Group would like thank the following for their support:

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2014 Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Awards

GE Volunteers at Mary Seacole Park

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10 Years of Volunteering