ANNUAL REPORTTHE STORY 2012

to free@last’s annual report2012.We hope you enjoy

reading about another yearin the life of our service to

the people of Nechells,Birmingham. Please feel 

free to contact us for moreinformation or if you want 

to support us throughprayer, finance or

volunteering. Thank�you.

Welcome

VISION

To improve the lives of the children and

young people of Nechells. 

MISSION

free@last is committed to providing

opportunities, activities, mentoring and

support for children and young people in

Nechells, and to further their interests by

working with their families, other

agencies and relevant professionals.

VALUES

Giving opportunities to all young people

in Nechells without distinction.

AIMS

To engage children and young people in a

range of developmental and progressive

activities which provide opportunities for 

success and to broaden their horizons.

To support children and young people through

life’s challenges and difficulties.

To support their families to provide the best

possible environment for their children to

grow, develop and flourish.

To take a multi-agency approach to improving

the lives of children and young people.

OBJECTIVES

Aim 1: To engage children and youngpeople in a range of developmentaland progressive activities whichprovide opportunities for success and to broaden their horizons.

Objectives

To run weekly youth club activities.

To run weekly workshops for children to enjoy

with their dads/father figures.

To organise school holiday programmes.

To encourage young people to be involved in

the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and to

help them to complete each section 

of   the award.

To organise a range of adventure activity

programmes including rock climbing,

kayaking/canoeing, mountain 

biking and archery.

To run a sports programme that includes

football, netball, table tennis and cricket.

Aim 2: To support children and youngpeople through life’s challenges 

and difficulties.

Objectives

To identify the issues young people face and

how to overcome these issues.   

To provide support, advice, guidance and

signposting where appropriate for children

and young people who are facing specific

difficulties and challenges like, grief,

homelessness, drugs, alcohol, domestic

violence, bullying, education, careers,

relationships, sexual health etc.

To provide appropriate staff and volunteers to

mentor and support children in need.

To develop specific programmes (with�other

agencies�where�appropriate) that address

issues that are not being met by other

statutory or third sector organisations

in Nechells.

To use the Common Assessment Framework

for children who require multi-agency support.

To meet the needs of the local schools who

have children at risk of  exclusion, through our

alternative education programme.

Aim 3: T o support children and youngpeoples’ families to provide the best

possible environment for theirchildren to grow, develop and flourish.

Objectives

To provide one to one and group support for

mums and dads to enable and equip them to

support their children through their growth

and development from birth to adulthood. 

To provide support services for parents whose

relationships are struggling/broken and having

a negative impact on their children.

To provide support, advice, guidance and

signposting where appropriate for parents and

other adults who are facing specific difficulties

and challenges like, debt, unemployment, 

grief, homelessness, drugs, alcohol, 

domestic violence, etc.

To provide positive opportunities for parents

and children to spend quality time together

and develop their learning, relationships and

positive memories together.

Aim 4: To take a multi-agencyapproach to improving the lives of children and young people.

Objectives

To promote our services to both local people

and other organisations.

To network effectively with other agencies and

professionals working in the area in order to

rationalise service provision, avoid duplication

and work in partnership.

To attend multi-agency meetings and arrange

1 to 1 sessions with other professionals to

explain our services.

  To produce effective resources that can be

given to local people, professionals and

funders to promote our services.

In the year where Nechells was identified as having 53% child poverty (the worst in Birmingham)

we have felt the significant impact of reduced Governmental and Council funding and support for

the voluntary sector, not directly through any loss of income but through more intense competitive

funding against larger, regional and national charities. Against such giants we have no hope and

therefore our success rate for funding applications has been practically zero. These are hard times

which have not only restricted growth of the staff team but has also put any redevelopment of our

building on hold. With some staff leaving and new ones beginning we always have to manage a

change in dynamics but I am pleased to say that we are still here and fulfilling our purpose and

mission of improving the lives of the children and young people of Nechells. 

As we see the difference that we make in peoples lives; the impact of change and influence as our

involvement with the lives of local children, young people and adults grows, we continue to know

that God is blessing us. 

Our work cannot happen without other people joining our journey and we are forever indebted to

those who have supported us for many years. We are also eternally grateful for the many new

people who have joined our rollercoaster and have played an important part in the life of

free@last. From Rotary members and business friends to  Police and Park keepers our work grows

because of their generosity and positive influence on our lives and work. 

We are now using our own building to run a wider variety of services and we have created a

membership scheme to enable all of the community to gain a sense of belonging as we look to

create a community of inter-dependence.

These are still difficult times, and greater pressures and strains will hit the community

organisations, and the people we are here to serve. We pray that God will continue to lead the

way and that you will continue, or begin your journey with free@last. Thank you.

JOHN STREET (Director)

DIRECTORSREPORT

Dear Friends,

I wish to convey on behalf of the charity, our deep felt gratitude for all your support

during the course of this past year.  Although, as in previous years it has been at times

extremely challenging, we are pleased to report that it has been a year of progress and

achievement.  Such progress and achievement has been attributable to the determined

and selfless work of both the staff and our director, whose creative vision and passion has

been both infectious and inspiring to all associated with the charity. 

This year also represents a significant staking post for the charity, as through your

un-waivering support we have been able to fully secure a centre within the heart of the

Nechells community. As you are all aware we are living in very hard and uncertain times,

hence we again express our gratitude for your contributions and support, but we would

also ask for your continued help during the forthcoming year, as we believe that the

important work of the charity will take on new relevance in assisting many within the

community to be free at last from their restraints. 

Best Wishes Always,

WINSTON SERGENT (Chair�of�Trustees)�

TRUSTEE REPORT

The heart and soul of free@last is focused

on the children and young people in

Nechells, with the aim of broadening their

horizons through a plethora of

opportunities and unconditional support

to help them through the difficulties they

face on a daily basis. We are a needs led

organisation that builds positive,

meaningful relationships with the young

people, and through these relationships

we are able to constantly adapt and

develop our work to reflect the desires

and dreams of those we are here to serve.

A wide cross section of young people

attend our clubs and activities, providing a

good representation of the hugely diverse

community in which we work. This year

we have started a journey with many new

youngsters whom have been met in the

schools, out on the street and in other

centres as well as continuing the

relationships with those we have 

come to know so well. 

At free@last we believe it is important for

young people to have stability and

routine, and we always aim to provide

regular, weekly activities as well as ad-hoc

opportunities when they are presented to

us. We have a clear structure and well

defined aims in order for us to be more

effective in helping children and young

people develop better social and

emotional skills.

The core activity is our ‘Traditional’ style

youth clubs with table tennis, computer

games and arts & crafts – but these also

provides the opportunities for the youth 

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

team to build relationships and 

challenge behaviour!

The focus of our activities this year has

remained with Mentoring and crisis

support, the Duke of Edinburgh Award,

supporting those not in employment,

education or training (NEET) and holiday

activities. This year has also seen a rise in

the amount of parental support due to

multi-agency involvement in young

peoples’ lives. 

Youth Clubs

At free@last we run several youth clubs

to help give children from 5 to 18 years

old an environment to be safe in, relax

and to have fun together, whilst building

confidence, new friendships and positive

relationships with the staff. We have 78

children and young people who have

accessed our youth clubs, which have

been provided in 2 separate venues. The

clubs offer access to other services like

sport, team cooperation, art and craft,

Our ‘Money for Nothing’ NEET

programme is aimed to help 16 – 25 year

olds to develop a purposeful career path

and to take the positive steps to make this

achievable. This particular programme

came to an end at the beginning of 2012

with 49 young people involved. Out of the

49 participants 14 secured and retained

employment and 23 began further

education courses. During this

programme we identified many barriers

faced by young people living in our

community, including alcohol and

substance misuse, police issues,

homelessness, legal issues and a lack of

support from their own families. The

‘Money for Nothing’ programme gave

young people the confidence to attend

job interviews, learn how to write their

own CV, practice interview techniques

and easily carry out job searches.

Mentoring and budgeting advice were all

delivered as a response to the needs of

the young people . 

We were able to end this programme by

recruiting 2 of the participants, Adrian &

Sarah, to train with free@last as youth

workers, and now they support other

young people to understand their own

potential and work towards 

enjoyable employment. 

creative development, off site trips and

activities and visits to other organisations.

Through our newly developed handy

guide to youth clubs we are able to

challenge young people’s actions,

attitudes and words whilst encouraging

them to realise the consequences 

of their actions and how to take 

responsibility for them.

Our clubs promote the inclusion of all

social and cultural groups and we aim to

accommodate the needs of all young

people in Nechells by spending time with

some of them where they feel

comfortable - the parks and streets 

of our community. 

The future of these services is changing as

we incorporate all our clubs into our new

building, offering a wider variety of clubs

for children and adults, in a caring and

supportive environment where all who

come can benefit from a real sense of

belonging and appreciation 

   of their worth.

NEETNot in Education, Employment or Training

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Launched last year the p@l mentoring

programme set out to support children

and young people in their personal, social

and educational development. This

project wasn’t aiming to be just about

school attendance or academic

achievement, but one that would support

children with the most complex needs in

all areas of their lives.

We decided, that where appropriate,

family members would be included in the

mentoring process as well as schools and

teachers. On top of this each child would

be given their own mentoring contract

and action plan, highlighting the

programme’s focus on involvement 

and achievements.

To meets its objective more effectively

p@l decided to provide its own

mandatory mentoring training and even

volunteers with prior experience of

mentoring attended.

“I would definitely recommend the

mentoring provided and would use p@l

mentoring in the future.” That’s the

comment from one teacher whose pupil

received p@l’s support.

To date the project has had 36 referrals

and is working closely with 4 local

schools. Another teacher states about

her referral, “It has helped (him) avoid

some problems in school and given him

the opportunity to discuss any issues”.

She goes on to explain “it has been very

useful to us as a school to have the

support…it has highlighted (his) needs…

this would have taken us longer to assess

without the mentoring”. 

With many positive outcomes and an

excellent group of mentors to meet the

needs of children and young people the

p@l mentoring programme is generating

positive feedback amongst children,

parents and professionals.

Mentoring

The Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) scheme is

a real adventure from beginning to end. As a

nationally recognised award it is a challenging

programme of activities that helps young

people to learn new skills, help others,

experience adventure and gain a great sense

of achievement. There are 3 levels to the

award – Bronze, Silver and Gold and it is open

to young people aged between 14 and 24 who

are ready for a challenge.

Many of the opportunities offered by

free@last involve the young people in new

and challenging activities which help them to

push the boundaries of their comfort zone.

We have had 6 young people this year work

towards their bronze award. It has been a

challenging year for these young people so to

see them on a regular basis and complete their

sections despite their busy lifestyles has shown

us the degree of commitment and

self-motivation. They have been volunteering

at youth clubs and the kayaking club; and

enjoying music, drama, singing and canoeing

for their other sections.

We also ran a gold group this year and 1 of our

older young people has successfully completed

his expedition and residential. By April 2013 he

will be finished and looking forward 

to visiting Buckingham Palace!

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

We have continued to provide a specialist

service that helps local people with their

debt and benefit enquiries despite a lack

of funding for our advice worker. Our

experience shows us that a supportive,

understanding and approachable service

is needed to enable people with financial

difficulties to feel relaxed and comfortable

speaking about these, often taboo,

subjects.  We provide a positive influence

to our clients in their money management

and benefits entitlement awareness.

Over the past year we have dealt with 524

debt and benefit cases with a financial

value of £1,754,673. Since the project 

Debt & Welfare Benefit Advice & Support

began in 2008 we have dealt with 1895

debt and benefit cases valuing

£7,442,270. We have had positive

feedback from our clients showing

people’s satisfaction of our service. 

The above figures reflect not only the

struggles of a global recession but of the

economic difficulties of living in an inner

city community. This is a much needed

service which has become part of our

core work and will continue to enable

many children, young people and families

to improve their standards of living

through improved economic

circumstances and financial intelligence.

amongst the pupils, particularly on the

rare occasion that a teacher took 

to the saddle.

Our multi-media workshops Dads Go

Digital were this time marketed with two

options: 1. make your own

animation/short films or 2. capture your

own family portraits. 

The family portrait option had been made

available thanks to the kindness of STAR

CITY management in letting us use their

studio facilities. Unfortunately neither of

these options came to realisation, interest

was shown, volunteers gave valuable time

leafleting and talking to passersby in STAR

CITY, but unfortunately attendance 

never developed.

We know from experience that the

engagement of large numbers of dads

into activities with their children is never

easy, and once again Dads Do It Too!

faced the problem of increasing its

numbers. During the middle of the year

Greater Opportunities for Dads and Children

Dads Do It Too! has continued to providecross-generational activities that

naturally encourage father and childinteraction, stimulate the learning of

skills and most of all, develop thefather-child bond.

The beginning of the year saw the

continuation of our 3 main workshops –

Create and Compete, Better Bikes and

Dad’s Go Digital. 

Create and compete, with its continually

varying art based activities and

competitions, still attracts the widest age

range of children of all of our workshops,

the youngest being 6 months old 

and the eldest 13 years. 

Better Bikes continued but this time it

was the course content that was stripped

down rather than the bikes. Following

requests from dad’s and children alike the

focus on bike maintenance was reduced

to simply include the key elements of

puncture repair, brake upkeep and the

general care of the bike. This left more

time for riding techniques, road safety

and trying skills on our various bike tracks.

Once again we were able to deliver these

workshops at 2 local primary schools, St

Clements and St Matthews. Initially 11

dads signed up with 15 children. Dads’

attendance may have been sporadic but

our visible presence weekly on the

playground certainly created a buzz

with dads at Slade Road Primary School,

some of whom later engaged in our Friday

archery sessions. Families from our craft

club swapped painting for paddling and

took to kayaking like ducks to water, some

encouraging their uncles and cousins to

attend with them. Meanwhile a couple of

dads with military backgrounds would

hear nothing of their children or

grandchildren missing an archery 

session afterschool.

The new timetable may not have

increased figures to record proportions,

however it did increase them, raised the

profile of Dads Do It Too! by making us

more visible and provided inter-agency

development through increased team

work. A running total at the beginning of

the Kayaking showed over 70 dads

sessions booked on Saturdays in a 6

month period, this was paired with 111

children’s sessions. New monitoring

following this showed that 31 dads and 55

children had signed up to kayaking over a

3 month period. 

With the new timetable in place at the

end of the summer we were working with 

we re-consulted with our funders the Big

Lottery with the proposal of offering a

new range of workshops each to run over

6 weeks compared to 12, (12 weeks

commitment alone was a barrier to some

dads). This agreed we rolled out our new

timetable, which allowed us to offer

additional craft workshops at Nechells

Primary School and Bloomsbury

Children’s Centre, whilst retaining our

original Wednesday evening craft club.

We also continued to work with St

Clements and St Matthews primary

schools; however, the cycling skills were

replaced with the introduction of soft

archery. The soft archery sessions were

complemented with the excitement of full

target archery in our new building on

Friday afternoons. The final and for some

our most thrilling addition to our

workshops was kayaking and canoeing 

on Saturday Mornings.

The introduction of these workshops not

only provided us with the opportunity to

attract more dads, but gave Dads Do It

Too! the chance to work on a regular basis

with Freax, free@last’s outdoor activity

team. This in turn saw us working

74 dads and 125 children. This does not

include the number of returning families

we worked with from previous years, or

the varied one-to-one and sensitive work

we do around custody and access. 

The next stage in our dads work is to

develop a bank of local volunteers,

particularly dads, with the skills, drive

and enthusiasm to mirror our work. We

have already started this exciting process

with our Devoted Dads Residential.

Devoted Dads Residential

Following a successful application to the

Big Lottery’s Supporting Change Fund we

were able to begin the process of

championing past dad’s as future

facilitators of our work. For the first step

in this process we hosted an activity filled

family residential where families could

take part in activities, while the dads

could observe the elements of leadership.

18 children and parents attended 

this residential. 

As with most free@last residentials the

activities were varied.  Within minutes of

arrival we were enjoying a game of

hand-ball in the open air swimming pool.

Even the youngest member of the group

at under 12 months couldn’t resist the

draw of the water, resulting in his dad

accompanying him fully clothed. 

The first evening was spent deep in the

depth of Quinta’s woods making tracks to

an open fire. This mainly highlighted that

city dwellers aren’t natural orienteers, as

the sounds of nature were drowned out

by cries of ‘where are you?’ Once at our

location however all was well as the

compulsory marshmallows were placed

on sticks and inserted into the fire.

The next day we took to the lake for a

spot of Kayaking. With two infants

attending and all other family members

wanting to kayak the dads worker was left

with a bit of baby-sitting at the lake-side.

Thanks to our kayaking facilities at

Brookvale Park Erdington most family

members had some experience of

paddling and all enjoyed a pleasant

afternoon. To finish things off the Freax 

team threw in a few trust and balancing

games to build up our appetite for dinner.

A second evening of swimming was

followed with another night around the

campfire. This time hot chocolate

accompanied the marshmallows and it

was fair to say that fatigue set in for most

by the end of the mug. 

The final morning saw an improvised

activity take place as family members

took charge of the cooked breakfast,

which they accomplished with military

precision. Perhaps they were getting

ready for the final activity, archery! The

residential ended with a few rounds of

field archery, followed by crossbows. This

generated the most curiosity from dads,

who showed an interest in 

becoming instructors. 

Following the residential, and after talking

to various dads and volunteers free@last

have arranged for Archery GB to train up

to 12 instructors in archery, this will be

the second stage of our supporting

change programme, to take 

place in late 2012. 

Freax continues to be our most successful

business and this year has seen Aaron

Stone taking on the role of Business

Manager and doubling its income,

reaching an income of £145k. Freax

operates as a mobile adventurous activity

provider based in Nechells, Birmingham.

Our main unique selling point is the ability

to be fully mobile and flexible allowing us

to reduce the travel costs for schools,

business and other organisations. As well

as this we are a very friendly, experienced

and flexible team, able to work in any

situation and circumstance to deliver high

quality adventurous activities and team

building challenges.

We offer a huge variety of activities from

archery, crossbows, mountain biking,

team building and camping experiences

to week long residentials, rock climbing,

canoeing and kayaking; and much more.

We have seen the success of our own

mobile climbing wall grow with a huge

amount of bookings over the summer

period for schools, fun days and 

sporting events. 

Prince’s Trust residential provision has

continued to grow as we develop

excellent relationships with Birmingham

Metropolitan College, Solihull College and

Bournville College. 

Our partnership work with Quinta

Christian Conference Centre in Oswestry

has seen Freax work with youth groups

and schools from across the country -

from The Convent of Jesus & Mary

Language College in NW London to Bridge

Church’s youth group from Bolton.

This year has seen an encouraging

amount of repeat bookings from schools

building on from their extremely positive

and exciting experiences with us.

Examples include Cromwell School

enjoyed their on-site camping

experiences for the 4th year running, and

Stockland Green School have used our

services for 2 months of weekly after

school activities and a 2 week long

‘summer school’.

Businesses

Due to our hard work, excellent

reputation and quality of service Freax

has prospered and increased its

provision significantly during

this past year.

Freax have launched 2 new websites: 

www.freaxadventures.co.uk and

www.mobileclimbingwallhire.co.uk

This year we have worked with:

Bridge Church group (Bolton), Convent of

Jesus & Mary Language College (London),

Eden Youth Group (Manchester), Mary

Webb School (Shrewsbury), 

Quinta (Oswestry)

From Birmingham:

Prince’s Trust groups from Bourneville,

BMET and Solihull colleges. Cromwell

Primary school, St Clements Primary, St

Matthews Primary, Greenholm Primary,

Slade School. Stockland Green Secondary,

Fairfax Secondary, Heartlands Academy,

Aston Manor Academy, YMCA, BMET

College Public Services Course, Probation

services and free@last.

free@last is proud of its history in

delivering projects that are innovative and

different and in the summer of 2012 it

continued this tradition with the launch of

its ‘Family Fun Zone’. Initially coupled with

the strap line ‘a charity shop with a

difference’ the Family Fun Zone was born

out of a mutual desire from free@last and

the management of STAR CITY to improve

the opportunities of the local community

to access family based leisure services. 

We knew that STAR CITY had many

attractions that appealed to the ‘have a

go’ culture of its passing trade and that

the Family Fun Zone would be best aimed

at interests in this market. By

incorporating every member of the family

we aimed to provide a service where you

could enjoy an activity or relax in a safe,

fun and friendly environment – hence

Family Fun Zone and the new strap line - 

‘a place for the whole family’.

The Family Fun Zone would at the same

time generate income to support

free@last and its many projects. Through

running the Family Fun Zone at minimal

cost, with the support of volunteers,

family, friends and staff going the extra

mile, our aim is to average 75% of our

profit going directly towards supporting

the children of Nechells.

At this stage of developments our

opening times have yet to be set in stone,

however we have covered the summer

school holidays of 2012, together with

following half terms and each Saturday 

in between. 

With a variety of activities taking into

account family members interests, age,

gender and skill (i.e. would a 1st timer

give it a go), the Family Fun Zone has

been a hive of activity, laughter,

competition and joy, for both its

customers and staff.

We have seen people pop in for a single

go at archery while on the way to the

cinema, at the same time as some

families go from activity to activity making

an afternoon of it and enjoying a coffee

along the way.  

Activities

Archery

Crossbows

Slingshots

BB firing range

Kayaking

Paint a Plate, Money Box or Ornament

Make a Bracelet

Make a Mask

Decorate a Door Hanger

Teas, coffees and snacks

We are also developing party booking and

a voucher scheme. 

To find out our opening times and

upcoming new activities visit

www.facebook.com/

familyfunzonebirmingham 

An Exciting Opportunity

With a constant visible presence in the

main atrium of Star City and thousands of

visitors each week, there is a fantastic

opportunity for other businesses with a

Corporate Social Responsibility to support

us whilst promoting their own work. If

you would to sponsor the Family Fun

Zone or display your products in our shop

please email free@last1.org.uk 

The first full year of Freax canoe club has

been extremely popular and successful

with over 450 people paddling on

Brookvale Lake, Erdington. We have seen

many new and returning faces this year as

over 100 children, young people and

adults have enjoyed splashing around in

the canoes, kayaks and sit-on top kayaks.

Membership to the club has also

increased with an age range from 10 to 65

years old, proving this is a sport for

anyone to enjoy. The canoe club went on

its first ever river trip this year, enjoying

the relaxing delights of the river Severn.

Starting from Arley and paddling down to

Bewdley there were 9 paddlers using a

range of boats from sit-on-tops to closed

cockpit touring kayaks and play boats. 

The canoe club now has membership on

the Brookvale Park Development Group

which enables us to work together with

other users, including local Counsellors, to

develop all the facilities for everyone to

use. The sailing club house is the first big

change as it is being renovated with a

cash injection from the council. While this

is being carried out a temporary

Portacabin and toilets have very kindly

been donated by 2 local companies.

Sergeant Si Hensley from West Midlands

Police has continued his support of the

club and has secured funding for 6

sit-on-top kayaks to enable parents to

paddle the water with their children; and

our friendly park keeper Paddy, is always

on hand to help us in any way he can.

Through our work with local schools many

children have accessed the canoe club

during our evening and weekend sessions

and some of these have become

members themselves. Several young

paddlers have achieved their British

Canoe Union Paddle Power Start awards

and Paddle Power Passports. 

It has been really great for local residents

to come and enjoy the water and access

the lake where it has previously been

impossible. There is a great buzz and feel

around the lake and it is great to be a

part of something positive and local.

One year on from the date of purchase

we are still a long way from redeveloping

the old garage site into a multi-purpose

youth and family centre, mainly due to

the difficulties of finding large grant

making trusts to share their financial

resource with us. However, we have been

blessed by several people who do believe

in the work we are doing and the vision

we have for positively influencing the

local community. 

The Rotary Club of Erdington very

generously gave us enough money to

make the necessary safety and cosmetic

improvements in the main hall (toilets

and a new kitchen area) to start running

our youth and children’s clubs, and our

dads and kids workshops from our own

building. They have also encouraged

other Rotarians, including the RIBI

President, to visit and show their support

for our work.

A consultation with local people was held

at the beginning of 2012 to discuss the

needs of local children, young people and

adults and to see how they would like the

building to develop. Over 165 people

came and shared their thoughts, ideas

and aspirations for the centre, and

unanimously chose the most expensive

options – but as I say, why shouldn’t we

have the best in Nechells?!

We continue to get excellent support

from Jim Gardener (architect) and Ian

Frankton (Quantity Surveyor) who have

stuck with us, providing Probono work for

this redevelopment to be successful. Our

current state is to break down each area

into individual projects and try to attract

funding in stages for these rather than

the whole building in one go.

It may take us many years to secure all

the funding but we will have a facility for

local people to call their own and be

proud of. 

If you would like to be involved

with the development of our

building please get in touch with

John Street.

THENORTONCENTRE

Income

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Expenditure

Salaries�&�N.I.

Project�Costs

General�Running�Costs

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New�Building�Purchase

Equipment�Purchased

TOTAL

£110371

£0

£10158

£179202

£21231

£2093

£323099

£141433

£35945

£31490

£8723

£184000

£10376

£411967

FINANCE

free@last Supporters Our thanks go to the following for their

support during 2011/2012

Barrow Cadbury Trust

BBC Children in Need

Big Lottery Fund

Birmingham City University Business School

Business in the Community

Community First

Cromwell School, Nechells

David Wilson Partnership (Architects)

Erdington Rotary Club

Four Acre Trust

Frankton-Hill Ltd (Chartered Quantity Surveyors)

Heartlands Academy, Nechells

IBM

Key Birmingham

Nechells POD

Nechells Primary E-Act Academy, Nechells

Politics In Brum

Smurfit Kappa SSK

St Clement’s Academy, Nechells

St Joseph’s School, Nechells

St Matthew’s School, Nechells

St Vincent’s School, Nechells

Star City Entertainment Centre

The Clothworkers Foundation

The Headley Foundation

The Jarman Charitable Trust

The Norton Foundation

The Rowlands Trust

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

The Tudor Trust

UK Youth

All those involved with Brookvale Park, including

Sergeant Si Hensley and his team of officers,

Glendale (especially Paddy the Park keeper),

Friends of Brookvale Park, Cllr Penny Holbrook,

Parks Department and all others involved.

All those involved in the ICAN B7 group.

All those who took part in the 24 hour sponsored

run and kayak to raise funds for our building.

and all the individual friends and supporters

of free@last

Thank You

Director

John Street

Administrator

Jan Street

Youth Work

Moznur Rahman

Sarah Pearmain

Adrian Porter

Luke Street

Sufia Khatum

Dawn Russell

Families Work

Stuart Radburn

Lin Street

Joy Jesson

Karen Statham

Neil Horan

Advice & Guidance

Yousef Behfar

Family Fun Zone

Abi Day

Adam Street

Luke Street

Freax

Aaron Stone

Adam Male

Daniel Reilly

Shelima Begum

Nick Roberts

Design

Wayde Raphael

Trustees

Winston Sergent – Chair

Andre Wilkinson – Treasurer

Jacquie Sergent – Secretary

Anne Ebdon

Ricardo Atlan

  

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“I have come that you may

have life, and have it to the

full” John 10:10