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Staff

Lee Ingham - Manager

Dot Haigh – Shop Manager

Rebecca – Project and Transport Worker

Haydn Thorpe – Driver

Kathy Tasker – Information Co-ordinator

Maureen Rushworth - Activities Co-ordinator

Mini Farrell – Driver

Rob Cook – Communications Co-ordinator

Susan O’Malley – Project and Admin Worker

Vicki Thompson – Receptionist / Administrator

Zoe Ricketts – Volunteer Co-ordinator

Board members

Norah Gibson – Chair, Stuart Quin – Vice Chair

Jeanne Major – Company Secretary (retired)

Christine Butterfield – Treasurer

Barbara Dixon, Caroline Gruen, Dominic Charkin,

Edna Rose, Giulia Artuso, Martyn Smith (resigned),

Sally McHale, Sue Dean

Funders

BEA: Benfield Charitable Trust, Charles Brotherton Trust,

Constance Green Foundation, East Morton Village Hall,

Harrison Potter Trust, MICE Money Bramley Councillors,

Oddfellows (Manchester Unity Friendly), Wades Charity,

Zurich Community Trust.

OWLS: Butler Trust, Co-operative Community Fund,

Inner North West Well Being Fund,

Lloyds TSBFoundation, Wades Charity, Westward Care

BEA & OWLS:

Leeds City Council and donations from individuals

who wish to remain anonymous

Thank you.... To all our volunteers, April 2013—March 2014

Joyce Aggett, Hannah Anderson, Brenda Archer, Giulia

Artuso, Brenda Atack, Iris Barker, Margaret Baxendale,

Margaret Bell, Tom Bell, Felicity Bester, Dorothy Bligh, Mavis

Bond, Audrey Botwood, Catherine Bouskill, Beverley

Bradshaw, Ian Brown, Margaret Brown, Edna Buckle,

Una Bunney, Angela Carter, Marlene Chandler, (John) Chi

Chang, Dominic Charkin, Eileen Child, Gemma Collett,

Carl Cooper, Helen Copley, Eve Corry, Patricia Craig, Dor-

othy Craven, Margaret Crew, Harry Crossley, Colin

Darby, Barbara Dargan, Sue Dean, Christine Dent, Barbara

Dixon, Malcolm Dixon, Connie Earl, Jonathan Edmondson,

Jennifer Evers, Stanley Farrar, Terry Farrell, Norah Gibson,

Ellen Glover, Nina Goldthorpe, Sandra Gorman,

Dora Grant, Maureen Greaves, Stuart Green, Peter

Griffin, Dorothy Haigh, Joan Haigh, Karen Hallas, Ted Han-

ley, Terence Hayward, Joan Hewitt, Steve Hodgson, Henriet-

ta Howard, Susie Ineson, Pat Ioannou, Dorothy Jay,

Isabella Jenkinson, Nancy Johnson, Christine Kearsley, Tricia

Kyte, Sydney Lawton, Lai Ting Lee, Kenneth Linley, Kath Lis-

ter, Joan Lockett, John Lockett, Anne Lonsdale, Jeanne

Major, Frances Maloney, Florence Marsden, David

Marsh, Gloria Marsh, Rebecca Matthews,

Maureen May, Joan McCann, Lee McDonnell, Sally

McHale, Ian McPhail, Patrick Mensah, May Millar, Kirsten

Miller, Barbara Mooney, Irene Moran, (Margaret) Anne

Murgatroyd, Brian Myland, Bryan John North, Lucy Old, Keith

Padbury, Marian Padbury, Aaron Pool, Elaine Powell, Jim

Quimby, Stuart Quin, Christine Radcliffe, Krystyna Richards,

David Richardson, Jayne Richardson, Carol Ridsdale, Karen

Rogers, Edna Rose, Karen Rosindale, Ryan Serle, (Eileen) June

Sharp, Martyn Smith, Mavis Smith, Sharon Snowden,

Jean Stacey, Pauline Starkey, Betty Steele, Ester Teixeira Bar-

ros, Margaret Tiernan, John Turner, Audrey Waddington,

Karen Wanless, Pauline Ward, Christine Warr, Kathleen

Warr, Carol Watson, Leslie Webster, Margaret Welford,

Kathleen Westwood, Lucy Whitehead, Pat Whitley, Kathy

Wordsworth, Mavis Wright, Margaret Young.

Team of KPMG staff working on the opening of Bramley Lawn

Winners of Bramley Challenge receive certificates from BEA’s Patron—Rachel Reeves MP

BEA at Lord Mayor’s thank you celebration for volunteers

Bramley Elderly Action Annual Report 2013-14

Bramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644 www.bramleyea.org.uk Reg Charity No. 1043975 Ltd Company No. 3008194

Chair’s Report

Our 20th Anniversary year promises to be a memorable one with

the opening of Bramley Lawn and Bramley Community Shop in

Bramley Shopping Centre. The opening of these facilities will

enable ourselves to offer more activities, services and

information.

In our 20th anniversary year it is important that we recognise all

the hard work undertaken by ‘previous’ as well as current

volunteers, staff, Board members. For instance, in 2014 I met

Kathleen Harrison, BEA’s first Company Secretary, at BEA fundraising gala dinner. At the

dinner I was informed by Sheila Mahon (my predecessor and BEA’s first employee) that

Kathleen was BEA’s first member and probably the first volunteer. It tells a story about

BEA, that 20 years after its foundation, the organisations first member, volunteer and

employee are still supporting the work of BEA. We continue to be indebted to people like

Kathleen and Sheila.

Throughout the year we will be hosting a series of anniversary events and I hope that you

can join us. Celebrations will include a joint 20th anniversary event with BARCA where we

will also be recognising the contribution of faith organisations to the local community. The

anniversary will finish with a party in March. People ‘previously’ involved with BEA will be

invited along and thanked at these events.

Speaking of thanking people, I would like to thank the Board for their continued hard work

in what has been another very demanding year. I would like to especially thank Norah

Gibson who is standing down as Chair having made a significant contribution to the

developments of the last three years. We are all glad that Norah will be continuing to support

the work of BEA.

A theme throughout our anniversary year is ‘looking back and looking forward’:

Looking back: in the early nineties Leeds City Council (LCC) had the foresight to use the

NHS & Community Care Act to replicate the work of Belle Isle Winter Aid across the city.

They did this by funding the set up of Neighbourhood Network Schemes including BEA.

LCC remains our main funder and the work of the Neighbourhood Network Schemes is a

good example of how the voluntary sector can work in partnership with the council. There is

increasing recognition that the work of the Neighbourhood Schemes (including BEA and

OWLS) is living proof that the community and the council cares. There is also a growing

national interest in the partnership work of Neighbourhood Schemes and LCC.

Looking forward: in May 2014 The Care Act was introduced. This significant piece of

legislation has a number of implications for older people including greater responsibility for

local councils to provide ‘preventative health services.’ Examples of ‘preventative health

services’ are the activities that BEA and OWLS provides with support from Leeds City

Council. This could be good news for older people and BEA. It is good to see that the rest of

the country is catching up with Leeds!

Lee Ingham, Manager, Bramley Elderly Action

Manager’s Report

Incoming resources £338,046

62%6%

15%

12% 5%

Contracts Grants

Donations Activities

Earned income

Bramley Elderly Action Annual Report | 2013-14

This is a very special time for Bramley Elderly Action as we celebrate our 20th

anniversary. It was at a meeting on the 21st April 1994, at the Social Service

Office on Hough Lane, that the first Steering Committee was appointed and the

name of Bramley Elderly Action was agreed. The first public meeting was held

in June 1994. Fifty people attended. Over these past twenty years, we have seen

many changes. Membership has grown, the area we cover has expanded, the

services we offer have increased—and of course we have more staff and

volunteers to keep everything going. Another significant change has been in

how we are funded. We are now in the fortunate position of receiving core

funding from Leeds City Council. Whilst we still need to fundraise to cover the costs of all that we do, the

funding from LCC eases the burden of fundraising, especially on our manager. I would like to take this

opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the funding of BEA.

One of the highlights of this year has been the transfer to BEA of the Bramley Lawn centre under the

Community Asset Transfer scheme of the LCC. The official opening will be taking place on 10th October.

We intend that Bramley Lawn will be an innovative, exciting and welcoming place – a valuable addition to

BEA’s resources and we welcome your comments on what activities you would like to see happening there.

Most of BEA’s work goes on quietly without hitting the headlines and I am proud of the reputation that BEA

has in this city for the quality of its work. We have many – unsolicited – testimonials from members and

members’ relatives regarding the value of our work. I know the high regard in which BEA staff are held and

I am proud to be part of the organisation. We could not, however, accomplish what we do without the

selfless contribution, the dedication of our volunteers. They do remarkable work. In economic terms, the

volunteers time is worth well over £100,000 and this helps make BEA a cost-effective organisation, a value

for money organisation and I give a very sincere ‘thank you’ to our volunteer force.

I have now been Chair of BEA for three years – three very interesting and rewarding years, but years not

without challenges. Times are changing and organisations have to change with them. It is vital that from

time to time an organisation takes a critical look at itself, at what it is doing, how it is doing it and how well-

equipped it is to move on. Over the past two years, we have been working on our strategic plan, setting out

our goals for the future. We have also undertaken a staffing structure review to make sure we are able to

give the highest quality of care, concern, innovation and leadership in the sector. I want to express my

thanks to all the Board members - especially to Vice-Chair Stuart who took on so much of the work related

to the review. Being a member of the Board carries a great responsibility – for the soundness of the

organisation in the quality of its services, for ensuring all the necessary policies and procedures are in place

and implemented, and for ensuring the financial soundness and accountability of BEA. In recognition of this

special responsibility, the Board has decided that two former Board members have given exceptional service

and it is my pleasure to announce that Special Service awards go to Joan Lockett, who served for twelve

years as Chair, and to Jeanne Major, who served for almost thirteen years as a Board member, including

acting as Company Secretary.

At the next Board meeting in October, I will be standing down as Chair of the Board of Trustees. It has

been a privilege to hold this position and I will continue to serve BEA in any way I can.

Norah Gibson, Chair, Bramley Elderly Action BEA members at unveiling of Bramley War Memorial

Expenditure £333,911

61%17%

6%

4%

12%

Salaries and on costs Services

Governance Management fee

Office and overheads

Finances 2013 /14