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CHAIR’S REPORT

I am conscious as I write this report that we are going through difficult times in the mental health sector, and that there is real uncertainty about funding. This is a problem nationally and locally, especially with local authorities having to make unprecedented savings.

However, I also know that we are vigilant about what is confronting us and that our senior managers and trustees are focusing more than ever on assessing financial risks which might face us. Because we have been alert and prudent our services are in good shape and we are financially viable. Members can be assured that we will remain careful about how we use our resources, whilst trying to respond to all opportunities to care for and support those with mental health needs. In particular in the past year we have reviewed our strategic plans for the next few years and we will continue to be clear about what each of our services has to offer. The range of residential, elderly and day services, including support for people at home, will continue. We will also seek to work with partner organisations in promoting mental health and wellbeing and challenging stigma.

We consistently receive high praise from inspectors, and from our own service users, and that can only be due to the dedication of staff and the confidence of service users in what we provide and in the way we value their contribution. I am thankful for the mature way

that our Staff Forum discuss issues, some of which affect their conditions of employment and I hope all our efforts to communicate verbally and through the newsletter are valued. It is also good that we have user representation on some of our committees; the contributions and unique experience are essential.

We are in the process of strengthening the Board of Trustees and I am confident, already, that we have people with great experience, both in business and professional service. This process will continue to ensure that the governance of the organisation is as resilient as possible. In thanking the trustees, I also wish to thank all our volunteers and supporters. I hope that I will be forgiven for mentioning one person in particular; Helen Wadley, our CEO, who has had a miserable year health-wise and it is so good to see her commitment is as strong as ever. She leads a very good team and we thank them all.

Reverend Canon, Frank Longbottom, Chair

“WE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE HIGH PRAISE FROM INSPECTORS, AND OUR OWN SERVICE USERS…”

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CHIEF EXECU TIVE OF FICER’S REPORT

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORTAs our 50th year closes, I feel the word resilience sums up both Birmingham Mind’s celebrations and my own personal year. Due to an ongoing health condition I have not been able to be present during most of Birmingham Mind’s 50th year, having spent much of the year working as much as possible from my home floor.

Thankfully I was able to attend both the staff party and the service user party during last summer which were great events - well-organised, well attended and full of wonderful atmosphere. I was also able to attend some of our 50th celebration events which you can find more details of on pages 12-13.

Birmingham Mind is a charity that embodies resilience. Over the last 50 years it has seen many changes both in the political and health arena and it has grown into the wonderful organisation it currently is. Birmingham Mind always has and always will have the person at the heart of what it does. Don’t get me wrong, we are not perfect or complacent. We continually challenge ourselves to develop new services, new ways of working and new ways of involving the people who use our services.

We have started to see the cuts to services and welfare reform impacting on the organisation and the individuals that use our services. Over the next few years there is no doubt that it will be harder for us to maintain the services that we run. Cuts and re-tendering are great risks to us. However, I know that Birmingham Mind is in the best shape possible to move forward positively in order to meet these challenges.

As always my sincere thanks go out to all our staff, volunteers and service users for their continued help with all that we do. I am always amazed at people’s resilience and willingness to go the extra mile. I would also like to take this opportunity to give a special thanks to John Bristow for standing in for me and keeping everything going.

Helen Wadley Chair

“BIRMINGHAM MIND ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL HAVE THE PERSON AT THE HEART OF WHAT IT DOES.”

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WELL BEING & REC OVERY

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SOME OF OUR WELLBEING & RECOVERY WORKSHOPS

READING FOR WELLBEING

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MANAGING YOUR WELLBEING AT WORK

5 WAYS TO WELLBEING

SIMPLE HEALTHY COOKING ON A BUDGET

WOMEN’S HEALTH & WELLBEING

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ANXIETY & DEPRESSION COPING SKILLS

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SELF DEFENCE FOR CONFIDENCE

VOICE HEARERS’ SUPPORT GROUP

Birmingham Mind’s Wellbeing and Recovery Service is going from strength to strength

In October 2012, our Wellbeing and Recovery Service won the Birmingham City Council’s Shining Stars Best Team Success Award and, in July 2013, the service won the National Mental Health Providers’ Forum Best Practice Award for Innovation for the best design of a flexible new service. So what is the secret of the team’s success?

For many years Birmingham Mind has successfully offered high quality day services, these were known as Community Life Connection Services, but in a tough economic climate, council funders are asking service providers to “do more for less”!

In October 2012, a percentage of the Comm-unity Life Connections Service funding was coming to an end and tendering opportunities were available to apply for money to meet key outcome areas that had been set by the council. Birmingham Mind successfully applied for what is known today as the award winning

Wellbeing and Recovery Service.

What does the service offer?

An individualised, integrated wellbeing and recovery service in the form of workshops, sessions, 1 to 1 support for users and carers aged 18 upwards, who would like to improve their physical, psychological and emotional health in a safe and friendly environment.

The service is based at Birmingham Mind’s Beechcroft Community Centre in Erdington, a friendly and welcoming service hub. The centre is open 7 days a week, including some evenings, and a number of additional services are offered in various community settings across Birmingham.

Accessing the service couldn’t be simpler, with an open afternoon every Tuesday for people to pop in, complete a short access form and have a chat about what’s on offer (or arrange another time if this isn’t convenient). The straightforward access process is key to the success of the service, which to date supports over 800 people.

The team

The team prides itself on working in partnership with service users and other organisations and services to help it continue to develop. The staff and volunteers are experienced, dedicated and passionate and always striving to do better, going the extra mile to ensure services are accessible to all.

The team take services to people, which is why they have a track record of engaging with hard to reach communities. Another key factor to the success of the team is that they work as a true team, valuing each other and celebrating each other’s successes!

It makes me proud to be Operations Manager of such a dedicated team offering such a high quality, well used and vital service that is growing and developing on a daily basis.

There’s no stopping the Birmingham Mind Wellbeing and Recovery Service. We now need a bigger awards cabinet!

Becky Smith

Operations Manager

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EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

CDW SERV ICES

The Community Cohesion Portfolio (CCP) programme, run by the Community Development Workers is a partnership initiative between Birmingham Mind, Common Unity Social Enterprise, BVSC and Freshwinds and is funded by the Joint Mental Health Commissioning Team.

It is a service designed with the concept of resilience as one of its core principles. Resilience can be defined as a bank of protective factors that an individual can develop and use to promote good mental health, as well as rely on to cope with life’s challenges. It is invaluable to building healthy and proactive individuals and communities and so was woven into the ethos of the work the CDW service undertake across Birmingham.

Each of the 7 programmes of work within the CCP has elements of building resilience. The 5 Ways to Wellbeing training, led by BVSC, stresses the notion that everyone has a mental health and we can all do things to promote good mental health. By exploring the 5 ways…

• Give • Connect • Be Active • Keep Learning • Take Notice

…and how we can take simple steps to incorporate these into our lifestyles, individuals can develop resources for themselves to help them through difficulties.

By allowing individuals to plan how they can counteract difficulties they experience however big or small by connecting or being active,

the notion of resilience is developed and strengthened. The commitment of people to infuse this into their personal and professional life, be they working in the teaching, health or care sector allows us to see that building of resilience that it can instil.

The URBRUM project, which is led by Common Unity, primarily engages with young people on issues of health and social care. There is a dedicated team of volunteers who support in the production of the quarterly URBRUM magazine and maintaining the URBRUM website, as well as getting involved with the wider projects that the CDWs do. Through this, volunteers develop a sense of ownership, value and belonging; characteristics that can help build strength and resilience that volunteers can resort to in their day to day life.

The Get into Reading programme is one which involves facilitating reading groups in a range of community settings. Currently running 10 groups across the city, many with mental health service users, this is a strong example of building resilience at a grassroots level. The reading groups allow people an opportunity for low level social interaction as a first step to encouraging the ability to formulate ideas, take part in group discussions, recognise the value of literacy as a tool for maintaining good wellbeing, building confidence and developing friendships. These essential lifelong and transferrable skills all feed into individual and community resilience, proactivity and happiness.

Shakeela Rashid Community Development Worker

CDW SERVICES

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THRIVE TRAINING

Taking part in THRIVE training between February and June 2013, meant thinking more about what the word “Resilience” actually means more than I have ever done before. It’s a word that seems to crop up more and more, with Government talking about the need for the economy to be more resilient, or communities needing to be more resilient, but what does it actually mean? And is it a word that has become as some people would argue about the word recovery in the mental health context, over used to the point of losing the point?

From my THRIVE training I’ve learned to see resilience as the ability that every human being

can develop, to survive and live following life’s inevitable catastrophes and heartaches. We all have to learn how to develop it for ourselves, it’s not really something that anyone else can give to us as a ready wrapped present - it doesn’t work like that and nobody is born with it! But we can be helped along the way by supporters of different kinds to find our own resilience as we deal with the loss of loved ones, loss of a job or something that goes very wrong in our lives.

Mike Jeffries Birmingham Mind Thrive Facilitator

Nigel has recently completed the THRIVE training course. He is now one of Birmingham Mind’s 7 facilitators. Resilience is one of the key elements of THRIVE.

“For me resilience is about having a support system and a network of friends, colleagues and acquaintances. It’s about having a belief in change and a value system that supports differences and flexibility. Resilience also means doing activities that I enjoy, it’s about art, sport and faith. It’s about feeling confident and being able to take on board life and all its surprises.”

Nigel Ellis Birmingham Mind Thrive Facilitator

Following a very successful partnership between ourselves and Elemental Wellbeing, Birmingham Mind will shortly be implementing an internal THRIVE training programme to be delivered to all front line managers and staff within the organisation as part of our on-going commitment to supporting and developing recovery based services. We also hope that we will be able to use our knowledge and experience of THRIVE to further support our work and involvement with a number of partner organisations.

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EERSThe Severn Trent 13

This year a group of 13 workers from Severn Trent Water helped to redecorate a number of rooms within our residential property in Selly Oak.

No task was too big for the group; the work was completed to a very high standard and they even helped to move the furniture back into the rooms.

The group not only volunteered their time for the day they also sourced all the paint. Lucy Hodgson one of the workers at Severn Trent commented, “I personally felt that the day was a huge success, we were able to transform 3 rooms into brighter, cleaner and fresher areas whilst at the same time thoroughly enjoying ourselves!”

This is the second time Birmingham Mind has been supported by corporate volunteers and we hope it’s something we can continue, so more of our services can benefit from such positive contributions. In return for Severn Trent’s support, we are planning to deliver a presentation to the group to help raise awareness of mental health and all the services.

Gursharan Purewal Volunteer Coordinator

Bamanga Attah

When I first started working at Birmingham Mind about 3 years ago, it came after a break in my working life of some 4 or 5 years.

Because of this, I found the initial work load quite stressful but I had inner faith and resilience in myself, I knew I would cope eventually. I believe that at first some tasks seem demanding but once you start working through them it becomes easier and more interesting. Tasks are still a challenge but I enjoy them, they keep me alert and on the ball.

Recently we had a volunteer appreciation meeting, I got a lovely certificate of appreciation that I proudly keep on my wall. I left the event feeling really proud that the work I do for Birmingham Mind is appreciated.

My inner resilience has helped me through the demanding first stages of becoming a volunteer and with Birmingham Mind’s support my life is now going from strength to strength.

VOLUNTEERING FOR BIRMINGHAM MINDA number of our volunteers have said that resilience sparks a nature/nurture debate. It’s a natural instinct that kicks in depending on your personal circumstances. It’s something that can be developed and strengthened by the experiences you go through in life.

All our volunteers have said that resilience is about taking each day as it comes and it’s a word that they like – it’s strong but never overpowering.

One of our volunteers said that their resilience had grown in the time they have spent with us because they’ve challenged themselves to try different tasks and by gradually building up their responsibilities. Even if at times it may have seemed stressful it worked because their confidence in their own abilities had grown. A common theme that our volunteers mention with regards to resilience is that it’s about keeping on going and trying to overcome any obstacle that they may face.

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50TH CELE BRATION

BIRMINGHAM MIND 50TH CELEBRATION

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On 10th October 2013 Birmingham Mind Officially celebrated our 50th Anniversary. The event was opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham 2012. We started the day with a great speech from Peter Hay Director of Adults & Communities BCC.

In the afternoon more lively workshops were put on, with Storytelling, Laughter Yoga and Recovery amongst them. Other colleagues, service users and supporters were invited to join us.

We then moved to the formal part of the day—our actual 50th Annual General Meeting, followed by our Awards ceremony and then a party.

A productive and fun day.

After other inspiring speeches we then held a series of workshops looking at issues such as The Future of Mental health, and User Involvement.

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor John Lines and Mrs Kathleen Lines, with Helen Wadley, CEO (centre).

Birmingham Mind Community Development Workers Shakeela Rashid and Aiesha Wright facilitating a session on recovery.

Birmingham Mind staff and service users participating in a session of laughter yoga with teacher Sandra Wathall.

Muda Tangawabaiwa, one of our Support Workers, receiving a long service award from Rev. Frank Longbottom, Chair of Birmingham Mind

Birmingham Mind Trustees Lorna Scully, Prof. Ann Davies and Rev. Jennifer Marsh.

Key note speakers Paul Farmer, CEO of National Mind, Peter Hay, Director of Adults and Communities BCC and Dr Mike Smith, Clinical Director, Alternative Futures Group.

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I started becoming involved with the Mind Working Together Service User Induction Group in April this year following on from the training the previous November.

At first I found it challenging but after a few interviews I started to enjoy it. I enjoy hearing what work people used to do. The purpose of the group is simply to emphasise how important it is for a service user to be aware of the different involvement opportunities in Birmingham Mind.

Being part of this group has definitely increased my resilience by making me more confident. I believe that being resilient is underpinned by a belief in oneself, having friends and a positive outlook in life. These qualities enable me to cope with the stresses and challenges of everyday life and the ability to overcome traumatic events.

I also believe one’s resilience can go up and down in life. My resilience was low when I first left hospital in the 1990s but by being introduced to Birmingham Mind, going to drop in centres, attending a stress management course and having floating support I was able to start to rebuild my resilience.

Edwin Martin Task Group Member

The road to resilience

In December 2012, I was honoured to be given the opportunity to manage the Older Adults Outreach Service.

Before working for this service I often wondered how people react to the news of having Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. I would ask myself, ‘How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives?’ ‘How does a loved one face the challenging reality of the person diagnosed?’ ‘How can we remember when the ability to remember disappears?’ These are all such difficult questions to guess the answers to unless you have or are in that situation.

The Older Adults Outreach service has an experienced team who work with these challenging situations day to day. We try to form positive relationships with the person and their carer. We try and support their strengths and increase their confidence. Emotional support is paramount; forming trusting relationships, enabling strength, confidence and a sense of control of their lives. The team looks at the positive meanings within people we support in a stimulatory or reminiscent way. The road to resilience is an individual one, a road with many bumps, turns and blockages along its way. However, I have also learnt that along this road there are help signs, pullover signs and bridges to get us across in even the most turbulent of waters.

Melannie Moxon Older Adults Outreach Manager

BEING RESILIENT IS UNDERPINNED

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DOMIC ILIARY SER VICES

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HOW WE STAY RESILIENTDOMICILIARY SERVICES

My name is Ryan Ottley and I have worked for Birmingham Mind for 5 years in the Domiciliary Support Service.

In this time I have had to deal with many stressful and difficult situations. I’ve learned a lot through my training, helping me deal with new situations and giving me the tools to identify what’s needed when I feel pressure building.

Physically I train my body to be stronger and healthier and mentally I’m always trying to gain new knowledge. I believe we can learn a lot from other people’s experiences. My biggest role model in life has been my mom who has shown me that life isn’t fair, but never let that hold you back. You must always keep pushing forward in order to succeed. To me resilience is something you gain and get better at as you get older. No man is an island, we all need help at some time in our life. Don’t be afraid to ask for it.

Ryan Ottley Domiciliary Support Service

My name is Stephen Schumann and I am a service user of Birmingham Mind’s Domiciliary Support Service.

I have suffered with mental illness for over twenty years. I have overcome many difficult times. I keep my willpower and determination by taking each day as it comes.

I have a lot of difficulties with my mental illness but I do have good people around me which I appreciate and always will and these include my Birmingham Mind keyworker and co-workers, social worker, CPN and consultant. They are all key elements in my life.

Stephen Schumann Service User, Grant Court

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The Task Group is a group of service users that originally put their names forward from the Improving Mind group.

Whilst Improving Mind is the monthly open forum, that anyone who uses Birmingham Mind services can attend, the members of the Task Group do the detailed consultation work on things like Policies & Procedures or the Service User Survey and they report back to the Improving Mind group.

As it is a working group it has a closed membership through the calendar year (It does require people with some experience, knowledge and skills to do the work, it would be unfair to ask anyone unused to working on Committees and not used to doing detailed work on Policies etc to step straight into this group). New members can be elected to the group every January.

There are lots of ways that the Task Group has shown resilience. Members have had their own share of tragedies and adversity and there is always a kind of risk involved in being a member of something like the Task Group – how will it impact on your own mental health? What will other Service Users think of you? Can you survive in a group if there are disagreements and/or arguments? Members of the Task Group constantly show that they can deal with these feelings and get on with business in a very professional manner; it takes real resilience to do this!

The group has also developed its resilience by learning and developing, by taking part in training on how to Chair meetings and how meetings work (as well as courses that individual members have done at places like Fircroft College) and asking for training to better understand how “Safeguarding” works.

The Task group is very supportive, it understands that members may have to take breaks from meetings sometimes or may have to leave the group to concentrate on their own wellbeing for a period of time. The group has passionate debates and strong disagreements sometimes but continues to exist! This definitely shows Resilience!

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RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

Team 3

As a result of funding cuts, we were informed of the closure of the successful Single Point of Access Service.

It required resilience to work through the closure, working with staff concerned about future employment, supporting other service providers through the changes and reassuring people referred to the service that they would still be offered support. The SPA service ended in November 2012.

In December 2012, I was delighted to be invited to become a service manager for Team 3, Support Services. The team had experienced a number of management changes and were unsure of what to expect in their new management team. In just over 6 months I have seen staff in Team 3 develop into a group of individuals who work effectively together to deliver an excellent recovery based service

In March we moved to our own office along the corridor in Alma House. I believe the move has had a positive effect on the team and is helping to encourage a closer working relationship.

Pat Motzheim Support Services Manager

Moving on

In the spring of 2011, the staff of Deerwood Grange were given the sad news that Deerwood was to close.

It was devastating as we were like a close family unit and to us, Deerwood was more than just a job. We were part of the process to rehome residents but our working future was unknown. It was an emotional time.

After a series of consultations, we both joined Team 3 in Floating Support Services as Relief Support Assistants. The first day was very daunting but we had no need to worry as the team was very supportive. The management team offered guidance and support with learning new paperwork and skills, and arranged for us to shadow staff on support visits and assessments.

Two years on, we have both attained full Support Workers’ roles and have been included in the Supporting People visits, file audits and been engaged in the Standards Review Group meetings. This transition has paved the way for us to develop our careers.

Onwards and upwards!

Jenni and Betty Support Workers

A rewarding role

I was presented with the challenging responsibility of undertaking the role of Referrals Officer.

This was incorporated into my administrative role in November 2012. Previously this was overseen by a small team within the SPA services.

Working alongside individuals experiencing mental distress, having initial contact with service users and ‘breaking the shell’ empowered me to develop an empathetic and resilient approach towards successful interaction with clients.

Meeting clients from all walks of life, some challenging and some who have no motive to move forward, helped me build that bond with them in order to capture a snapshot of the challenging stigmas they face.

This role was rewarding because of the difference made to the client. Showing them that there is light at the end of the tunnel provides hope and motivation for them to challenge stigma and enjoy life to the full.

Sameena Akhtar Clerical Assistant

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THIS TRANSITION HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR US TO

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A SUPPORT NETWORK, ENCOURAGEMENT AND GOOD ADVICE FROM OTHERS Anthony Harris, Care Officer

HAVING A GOOD TEAM AROUND TO SUPPORT YOU IN WORK, AT HOME ITS FAMILY SUPPORT THAT MATTERS IN TIMES OF STRESSLeanne Benson, Care Officer

HAVING PEOPLE AROUND TO SUPPORT YOUMaggie, service user

FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR JOB Luke Harrington Care Officer

HAVING A GOOD MANAGER THAT LISTENS TO YOU AND EXPRESSES THEIR TRUE FEELINGS AND A STRONG STAFF TEAM TO SUPPORT YOUEvelyn Windsor, Care Officer

NICE FOOD AND COMING TO BEECHCROFT FOR FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT Derrick Hall, Resident

MY CATS BECAUSE THEY GIVE ME UNCONDITIONAL LOVEKaren Bowser, Care Officer

TRYING TO ALWAYS STAY HAPPY AND GOING HOME AT THE WEEKEND TO SEE MY FAMILY AND CATS HELPS TO KEEPS ME RESILIENT AND POSITIVE ( Louisa Kourris-resident)

TALKING TO VAL AND GOING TO CHURCH KEEPS ME HAPPY AND WELL Lloyd Washington Munroe, resident

Sarah Mckenzie

Sarah has recently joined Mind, working at Hagley Road as a Care Officer, and has been part of the new service user induction process.

When I was interviewed I thought it was great that a service user was present at the interviewing stage along with the members of staff. I was comfortable with him being there. It was also very interesting taking part in the service user induction process. I now know the opportunities that Birmingham Mind offer for service users, the process really gave me a good insight on how it works with service users in a positive way. I found it very helpful with my job role now and I can explain opportunities to the service users I support.

Sarah feels that her resilience is built through spending time with and being really close to her twin sister. Being positive and staying happy and socialising with friends also adds to Sarah’s resilience.

Osdale Berry

I first began my journey with Birmingham Mind after leaving hospital. I was about 27 years old and was given a room and a bed in Pershore Road.

Things were different back then and people lived in residential homes for years. I lived in Pershore Road for 2 years and it was there I again began to study; I did my City & Guilds in Engineering.

I then moved to my flat in Moseley, this is where I started to settle down and my life came together. Since I have done my level 2 in Mental Health Support and Awareness this has allowed me to become more involved with Birmingham Mind. I am currently on the Quality Support and Clinical Governance panels, I hold residents’ meetings at Pershore Road and I am a volunteer for Reading for Wellbeing. I have also attended health & safety and fire training.

Osdale feels his resilience comes from looking back at his past and knowing things haven’t always been this good. When he left home he had drug, alcohol and emotional problems. Support from Birmingham Mind has shown him he can change and do something more productive with his life.

RESILIENCE WITHIN RESIDENTIAL CARE

WHAT HELPS TO KEEP YOU WELL AND POSITIVE?

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Birmingham Association For Mental Health Income & expenditure account year ended 31 March 2013

2013 2012

£ £

Operating income 5,333,986 5,399,522

Continuing operations 5,333,986 5,323,115

Discontinued operations - 76,407

Operating expenses 5,116,406 5,000,673

Operating surplus/(deficit) for the year 217,580 398,849

Continuing operations 217,580 516,938

Discontinued operations - (118,089)

Profit on sale of fixed assets - 430,213*

Interest receivable 72,114 23,282

Surplus for the year 289,694 852,344

*This 2012 surplus was due to the sale of a large asset held by the Association.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S STATEMENT TO THE MEMBERS OF BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTHWe have examined the summary financial statement for the year ended 31 March 2013.

This statement is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Section 427 of the Companies Act 2006. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in such a statement and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our work, for this statement, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of the trustees & the auditor

The trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law) are responsible for preparing the summary financial statement 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 summary financial statement with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report, and its compliance with the relevant requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made thereunder.

We also read other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summary financial statement.

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

Opinion

In our opinion the summary financial statement is consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of Birmingham Association for Mental Health for the year ended 31 March 2013.

We have not considered the effect of any events between the date on which we signed our report on the full annual financial statements on 15 August 2013 and the date of this statement.

Haines Watts Birmingham LLP, Statutory Auditor, Sterling House, 71 Francis Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Date: 15 August 2013

EQUALITY & DIVERSITY FIN

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The trustees confirm that the financial information presented below is extracted from the full financial statements.

This summary may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity and in particular does not contain any additional information derived from the trustees’ report. For more detailed financial information the full financial statements, the auditors’ report and the trustees’ report should be consulted. Copies of the full financial statements are available free of charge at our Head Office at Graham Street, Hockley, Birmingham. Requests to receive the full financial statements in future years instead of the summary financial statement should be made in writing to this address.

The auditor’s report on the annual report and financial statements was unqualified. No statements have been made by the auditors under section 498(2) of the Companies Act 2006 (accounting records or accounts not agreeing with the records), or section 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006 (failure to obtain necessary information and explanations). The auditor’s report in respect of section 496 of the Companies Act 2006 (whether the trustees report is consistent with the accounts) was unqualified. A copy of the statutory annual report and financial statements of the charity will be delivered to Companies House and the Charity Commission following the Annual General Meeting.

Reverend Canon, Frank Longbottom, Chair

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

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Trustees

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

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Black female

Black mael

Asian female

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Mixed male

White female

White male

Black mael

Asian female

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White female

White male

Volunteers

Trustees

clients

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TotalOther female

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Black female

Black male

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White male

Other female

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Black female

Black male

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White female

White male

Other female

Other male

Black female

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White male

Other female

Black female

Black male

Asian female

Asian male

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Mixed male

White female

White male

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

Chinese male

Black female

Black mael

Asian female

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White female

White male

Trustees

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

Chinese male

Black female

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

White male

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

White female

White male

Volunteers

Volunteers

clients

staff

TotalOther female

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Black female

Black male

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Mixed male

White female

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Black female

Black male

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White female

White male

Other female

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Black female

Black male

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White female

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Black female

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Other female

Other male

Chnese female

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Black female

Black mael

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White female

White male

Trustees

Other female

Other male

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Black female

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

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Mixed male

White female

White male

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

White female

White male

Volunteers

Staff

clients

staff

TotalOther female

Other male

Chinese female

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Black female

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Asian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

White male

Other female

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Chinese female

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Black female

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Asian male

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Other female

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Black female

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Asian female

Asian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

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Other female

Black female

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Asian female

Asian male

Mixed female

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White female

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Other female

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Chnese female

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Black female

Black mael

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White female

White male

Trustees

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

Chinese male

Black female

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

White male

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

White female

White male

Volunteers

Clients

27%

42%

15%

2%2%

3%

26%

44%

55%

33%

35%

2%

2%

10%

10%

2%2%1%1%1%1%

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12%

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10%

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13%

1%

6%

17%

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clients

staff

TotalOther female

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Black male

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Mixed female

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Black male

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Other female

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Black male

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White male

Other female

Black female

Black male

Asian female

Asian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

White male

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

Chinese male

Black female

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

White female

White male

Trustees

Other female

Other male

Chnese female

Chinese male

Black female

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

Mixed female

Mixed male

White female

White male

Black mael

Asian female

ASian male

White female

White male

Volunteers

2012 /13

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If you would like to give a donation to Birmingham Mind, please send a cheque made payable to ‘Birmingham Mind’ to our Head Office:

17 Graham Street Hockley Birmingham B1 3JR

Telephone 0121 608 8001 Fax 0121 608 8006

www.birminghammind.org

Birmingham Mind would like to thank the following for their continued financial contribution to our association:

Birmingham City Council Adults and Communities

Birmingham City Council Supporting People

Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group

Birmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group

Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group

The Stone Family Foundation

Various Charitable Trusts who wish to remain anonymous

All friends and supporters who give us individual donations

Summary of services offered by Birmingham Mind

Residential care homes

Sycamore Lodge

Hagley Road

Pershore Road

Charles Davies House

Ludford Road

Supported housing projects across the city

and support to people in their own homes

Older adult outreach/respite service

Wellbeing and Recovery Services

Beechcroft

South Aston and Kingstanding

Drop-ins across the city

Other services

Advocacy

Grant and Hasbury Court

Registered Charity No: 1003906

Birmingham