Moving Stories

Annual Review

To provide an effective and relevant range of services to homeless people and those who are at risk of homelessness and exclusion, in Central London. To promote engagement and change and meet physical, personal and emotional needs.

The end of street homelessness through programmes of prevention, intervention and reintegration, together with the opportunity for all vulnerable people in crisis to access help.

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A Chance to Change

The language of organisational and personal change and rebirth is often about journeys.

The journey of a vision for a new church and its associated buildings began around 7 years ago, and is now nearing completion. However, St Martin-in-the-Fields has provided shelter, respite and succour for homeless people for the last 60 years.

We have prepared well for the journey and during the last year and, since its creation in 2003, The Connection at St Martin’s has not only been delivering services, but thinking about the delivery of future services. We excelled in overcoming many obstacles and despite being housed in smaller, temporary buildings, we managed to maintain quality services to 6,000 people last year. We also managed to reduce the numbers of rough sleepers, to the lowest ever in our area.

Our commitment to change would not have been possible had it not been for everyone on this journey with us. Thanks are therefore due to users, staff, our Board members, volunteers and, of course, our donors and funders. In March 2008 we will have a building which is fit for purpose and which will, for the first time, assist rather than hinder our objective; of inspiring and helping homeless people to make their own journey from the streets to independence – but the journey will continue for everyone.

Preparing for the future has demanded that we completely review everything we do. We have identified our strengths and weaknesses and have continued to look at what is needed from a service user perspective. One of the big changes for the future will be a significant expansion in our services which assist people in moving into employment and training.

Lady Diana Brittan Chair

Colin Glover Chief Executive

Outreach and Building Based Services Day Centre for Young People Day Centre for Older People Night Centre Specialist Support and Advice Employment and Training Social Enterprise St Martin’s House Tenancy Sustainment User Involvement Volunteer Programme

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User statistics During 2007

60,000

Age

Visits to the day centre.

6,000

People used our services.

2,039

16-25 26% 26-49 57%

consultations.

50+

1,500

17%

Ethnicity

People assessed for substance misuse & housing issues.

700

People accessed Employment and Training through Workspace.

Gender

Asian

2%

Black

25%

Chinese

1%

Mixed/ Other

6%

White British 47% Male

81%

Female 19%

White Irish

6%

White Other

13%

Our services Outreach

Our Outreach Team works alongside local police, community support officers and other homeless agencies to identify people sleeping rough in the City of Westminster. The role of our Outreach Team is to identify rough sleepers in the immediate area and refer them on to appropriate services either within The Connection at St Martin’s building or other relevant agencies. They help approximately 900 people each year.

Once a rough sleeper has been identified and assessed by an Outreach Worker, we are able to work with them on their immediate needs of food, clothing, medical treatment, showers and emergency shelter. We can then address their other needs including: finding accommodation, tackling drug or alcohol misuse or mental health needs, referring to other special services and developing emotional and social support. This is often the first step in getting someone’s life back on track.

The aim of the Outreach Team is to reduce the amount of people sleeping rough on the streets of Westminster each year. The number of rough sleepers, as measured by regular street counts, reduced slightly last year, compared to that of the previous year.

This was as a result of our targeted work with long term entrenched rough-sleepers.

Case Study

Support and advice services

Multiple Needs Team

The Multiple Needs Team provide a specialist one-to-one service for homeless people aged 16 years and upwards. Through a process of assessment, advocacy, key working and partnership working, we aim to prevent rough sleeping, and link our users back into a range of services in their local area.

We offer a daily emergency advice service for young people (aged 16- 25 years of age) and older people (aged 26+) who are in crisis.

This specialist service offers a one-to-one advice service, five days a week for users whose needs are primarily housing based.

We also offer a general advice and advocacy service to users with more complex issues such as mental health problems, fleeing violence, drug and alcohol misuse, and physical health concerns.

We aim to help users to successfully reintegrate back into society and live a more independent lifestyle.

Naeema* is an 18 year-old female Eritrean refugee. Whilst in her home country she was imprisoned by the government and was subject to physical and sexual violence. She was forced to flee, and found herself sleeping rough in Central London. When she made contact with The Connection at St Martin’s Day Centre, she was allocated a caseworker from the Multiple Needs Team. Her caseworker provided emotional support, and practical assistance with benefits and housing, and subsequently, found a room for her in a two-bedroom flat, sharing with another Eritrean girl.

When we last had contact with her, she had settled in well and was receiving counselling and support to help her deal with her experiences. She was looking forward to starting a part-time college course to improve her English, after which time she expressed a desire to pursue a career in health and social care. * Not her real name

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Multiple Needs Team

Our services Day Centre

Day Centre The Day Centre at The Connection at St Martin’s provides a welcome space for both young people (16-25) and older people (26+) in a diverse and multi-cultural environment. Facilities include a laundry, lockers, showers and health services and there is also a wide programme of activities encompassing art, music, photography and drama for all age groups. In addition to affordable food and free shower and laundry facilities, staff and volunteers are on hand to give emotional support and advice. Through this initial contact, people are encouraged to access and make use of a whole range of services, both within and outside the organisation.

Day Centre drop-in services are open every day between 9.00am and 1.00pm and twice weekly between 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Group activities run during afternoons. At weekends the Day Centre is open from 9.00am - 1.00pm.

Over 40 young people and 140 older people use the centres every week day, while at weekends attendance averages 130.

Café At the heart of the day-centre is the Café, which, as well as providing cheap and nutritious food, is a place where people can meet to talk to friends or to our team of workers.

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Typical Day Centre Timetable DAY Monday

TIME 9.30 am to 12.30 pm 10.30 am to 12.30 pm 11.00 am to 1.00 pm 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

GROUP

AGE

Computer Drop-in Art Legal Advice Art Headspace (Substance misuse)

All ages All ages All ages All ages 16 - 25

Tuesday 9.30 am to 12.30 pm

9.00 am to 12.00pm

10.30 am to 12.30 pm

1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Computer Drop-in Complementary Therapies Art Women’s Group Oral History Linked Group (BME) Evening Day Centre (Ex Services advice available)

All ages All ages All ages All ages All ages 16-25 All ages

Wednesday

Art

All ages

Thursday 9.30 am to 12.30 pm

10.30 to 12.30 pm

1.00 am to 3.00 pm

1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

1.00 am to 3.00 pm

4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Computer Drop-in Art Connect 50+ Group (Ex-Services advice available) Homeless Young Persons (HYP) Streetwise Opera Evening Day Centre (Ex Services advice available)

All ages All ages 50+

Friday

9.30 am to 12.30 pm 10.30 am to 12.30 pm 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Computer Drop-in Art Football Rough Sleepers Group

All ages All ages All ages All ages

Saturday

9 am to 1.00 pm

Weekend Service

All ages

Sunday

9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Weekend Service

All ages

10.30 am to 12.30 pm

16-25 All ages All ages

Case Study

Workspace

WORK SPACE

Since 1990, the Workspace team has provided employment training and education support for homeless people, people in temporary accommodation and people at risk of becoming homeless.

When Tom* first made contact with The Connection at St Martin’s he was living on the streets and suffering with depression. He had come to the UK after serving in the US Marines, and was married with a family. In his 50’s his relationship with his wife and family broke down and he turned to alcohol.

He eventually ended up on the streets.

He started using our Day Centre regularly, and with the support of our staff decided to stop drinking. He spent two years rebuilding his confidence and skills in Workspace, until he finally achieved an NVQ level 2 IT qualification.

Prior to working with us, Tom didn’t know how to use a computer.

Once he received his NVQ, he received support from staff in applying for jobs online. In 2007, he successfully secured work as a customer service advisor for London Transport. He now has his own accommodation, and is successfully supporting himself through his full time work. * Not his real name

Employment and training is the key to independent living and personal development for most homeless people, and is the single most important route out of homelessness.

For those in hostels it develops opportunities for moving on and out, possibly to the private rented sector. For those in tenancies, it can be an important part of the support system which sustains tenancies and helps people move forward.

Workspace aims to make its services accessible and relevant to all users. One to one and group work is delivered as well as regular drop-in sessions, an appointment system and time-tabled IT and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. Each year, the team helps over 700 people by providing: careers and vocational guidance; job search support including preparing for interviews, CV workshops, organising work placements, providing IT training and basic skills training.

From 2008 when we move back into our refurbished building, at least a quarter of our space and resources will be dedicated to improving Employment and Training services.

We plan to double the amount of clients we help to 1,500 in the next 3 years.

Connection Crew is the Social Enterprise arm of The Connection at St Martin’s. It provides a bespoke crewing service to the events industry. Connection Crew works in partnership with The Connection at St Martin’s and after we have invested in training and development, we return a portion of our income to the charity.

Connection Crew has been operational for just over two years and is going from strength to strength. Our central location next to Trafalgar Square places us in excellent proximity to London’s leading venues. We have steadily built up a loyal client base working all over London and the UK. Connection Crew has developed a unique training programme in partnership with Gallowglass, a leading crewing company in the UK. Our crew are trained to the highest standard and are constantly monitored through our training programme.

We are currently working with Workspace to develop a pilot for supported employment and training, for ex-homeless people to become Connection Crew trainees.

Connection Crew will then employ exhomeless people as crew and also develop a more comprehensive employment support service, for this client group.

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Connection Crew

Case Study

Night Centre

WORK SPACE

Launched in November 2000, Our Night Centre offers temporary overnight respite from the streets for the most vulnerable homeless people. The Night Centre is not a hostel but a place where people can spend the night, have a hot meal, use our basic facilities, get support on any personal issues and access other services. It is open from 10.30pm to 7.30am for up to 40 people a night.

Annie O’Brien, Night Centre Manager, highlights the need for the service: John*, a 56 year old former rough sleeper, had been living independently in Tower Hamlets. Sadly, he suffered a head trauma leaving him without speech, doubly incontinent and with some brain damage. He lost his housing and ended up at The Connection at St Martin’s door. Following our intervention, he was allocated a Social Worker back in Tower Hamlets who paid for a personal carer for the duration of his stay at the night centre until suitable accommodation, a very high support care home, was found. * Not his real name

“We have recently looked at creative ways to allow a bit more flexibility in the way that the Night Centre is accessed and by whom.

We are trying to respond to crisis situations as well as the more practical issues of securing accommodation for a range of clients with varying needs and motivational levels”.

This service costs £450,000 per year to run.

We rely on individual donations, as well as some government funding to continue this vital service. Each year, we need to raise £150,000 to continue running this life saving service.

Our Tenancy Sustainment Team provides long-term support to young rough sleepers who wish to move into their own flat. We have a team of specialist workers across London, who help people to do this, by equipping them with both the practical items and skills they need to live independently. We provide support for as long as it’s needed, to help people make a success of their tenancies and to address problems as and when they arise.

Young people sleeping rough on the streets of London have arrived here usually after having experienced a pattern of traumatic events in their lives. Taking on the responsibilities of managing their own tenancies, even with our support, is a daunting task. It can take up to a year to obtain a flat, but once they have, we help them to adjust and to cope with this period of change.

To complement our services to young tenants, we have a team of volunteer befrienders for those people who are most isolated or vulnerable. They bring a welcome addition to the young person’s life by meeting with them weekly and going on regular outings with them in London to increase their social confidence and self-esteem.

The Tenancy Sustainment Team aim to support and enable young people to develop new skills and strategies which help them to respond to life’s challenges in a constructive and practical way. By providing long-term support, we hope that young people will have the capacity to make a success of independent living, and move forward into training or work, thus ensuring a better future.

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Tenancy Sustainment Team

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“I am in a position now where I can give a little something back, so I do. My dream is to teach kids to cook, and hopefully one day I’ll be able to do that”

Colin was a very successful Chef, and worked for some of London’s top hotels. However, his life began to take a downward turn in 2000, when he tragically lost his son and daughter in a boating accident. In 2001, he began to get chest pains and went for an angiogram. They operated on him straight away, and he died 3 times on the operating table. Sitting in his comfortable house, a year after the operation, and still deep in shock and grief, Colin made a decision “to be free of any responsibility”.

His wife had also died 3 years previously, so felt he had nothing to live for. He decided to become homeless and wanted to become, to use his words, “a non-person”. He bought a tent, rucksack and camping equipment and got on a train to London, “not knowing where I was going to end up”.

St. Martin’s House is a medium-stay supported housing project offering assured short-hold tenancies to former rough sleepers on a medium stay basis. The accommodation comprises of 16 self- contained studio bedsits and the project is staffed by 2 full-time supported housing officers. Support includes accessing community support services for any alcohol, substance misuse, physical or mental health support needs they may have. They also provide help and support with claiming benefits, accessing training and education, budgeting, nutritional health and other life skills. Staff also offer emotional support to those who have experienced trauma, bereavement, family or relationship breakdowns, and where appropriate make referrals to counselling and therapy programmes.

For the next two years, he ended up sleeping rough under Waterloo Bridge. During this period he began to experience chest pains again. It was during a visit to St Thomas’ Hospital that his circumstances, and the cause of his homelessness became apparent to staff, and he was referred to a bereavement counsellor. It was also during this period that Colin first made contact with services at The Connection at St Martin’s. He was encouraged to come and have hot meals and showers, and workers there supported him in finding temporary accommodation, until 2004, when he moved into St Martin’s House.

Colin left St Martin’s House in 2006, and is now living independently again in his own flat. He acknowledges that he couldn’t have moved forward in his life without the help of The Connection at St Martin’s and St Martin’s House. He still enjoys cooking and whilst at St Martin’s House was nominated for a “Good Neighbour Award” by fellow residents. Colin is a man whose heart is in the right place. He said: “I am in a position now where I can give a little something back, so I do. My dream is to teach kids to cook, and hopefully one day I’ll be able to do that”.

User involvement

Oral History Project Homeless in the Capital

Since July 2006 we have promoted engagement and change through our user involvement programme. Led by an experienced and senior project worker and supported by all staff, its objective is to enable and support users and staff to interact in a manner that encourages positive engagement and change. The user involvement and the groups and activities programme seeks to create: • a culture where users are involved in and are part of the decision making processes about themselves and the services.

• a culture where users are involved in the resolution of the issues that determine their homelessness.

• a culture that allows users to see themselves positively, where they feel in control of their future, where they are able to develop positive new social networks, learn new skills and be able to imagine living in a different way.

The user involvement and the groups and activities programme are essential to the provision of effective and good quality services and will continue to be used to develop the services in our new building.

During the last year, we have started to develop an Oral History Project for our day centre users. The project “Homeless in the Capital” aims to record the personal histories of at least 30 people who live or have lived on the streets of Central London. Involving rough sleepers and people living in temporary accommodation, it will explore the day to day experiences of living without a home and will include homeless people’s memories of childhood, school, family, work and leisure.

Participants will learn new skills such as video recording, editing, interviewing, web design, team working, communication and marketing skills. The project will also give a voice to homeless people using their own words and images. Staff, volunteers, oral history experts and film students are all involved in supporting the project steering group which is made up of day centre users.

Subject to funding, we also plan to develop an oral history website and produce educational resource materials for schools and colleges. This will leave a lasting record of this hidden heritage.

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Corporate Involvement

Bestinvest raises over £200k for The Connection at St Martin’s Bestinvest, one of London’s top independent investment advice firms, chose The Connection at St Martin’s as their Charity of The Year for the period 2006/7. They pledged to raise £100k through fundraising activities and gave a further £100k. In the true spirit of partnership and employee involvement, Bestinvest and The Connection at St Martin’s formed a joint charitable committee and the company set about holding fundraising events, including race nights, auctions, raffles and jeans days to reach the fundraising target.

By far the biggest – and most ambitious single fundraising event that the committee organised was a 24 hour sponsored cycle ride from London to Land’s End in July.

The route covered over 300 miles, with two teams from Bestinvest and one team from The Connection at St Martin’s completing the cycle ride in just under 24 hours.

The event topped what had been an exhilarating, exciting - at times exhausting but most of all rewarding year of fundraising for the company and the charity.

‘A fter reviewing many worthwhile causes we chose The Connection at St Martin’s as our Charity of the Year because they met – and in many areas exceeded – our demanding criteria. The Connection at St Martin’s performs an invaluable role in supporting people who become homeless for numerous reasons and Bestinvest are proud to have made a worthwhile contribution to a great cause.’

- John Spiers, Bestinvest Brokers Ltd

Chatham Financial, a capital markets advisory firm with offices in the US, UK, Poland and Singapore, have supported charitable projects in Africa and several community projects in the US for a number of years. In the UK, they wanted to support a local charity involved in the community, where their London office is located. Chatham Financial looked for a charity where their employees’ skills would be of real benefit, and all of its employees took part in the decision making process to select The Connection at St Martin’s as their chosen charity.

Chatham Financial were keen to know exactly what support we needed from them and have committed to helping us in the following areas: Days out for our users; CV and interview workshops; support with Christmas activities; and mentoring newlyemployed homeless people to improve the chances of sustaining their employment and accommodation. Some of the people who use our services are not fluent in English. This can create difficulties for our staff when trying to understand and address a person’s individual needs.

When we highlighted this problem to Chatham Financial, they suggested that as their staff speak a variety of foreign languages, they could provide a free translation service for our charity as and when this is needed.

Our relationship with Chatham Financial has been extremely successful and beneficial to our staff and users. Their contributions are just an example of ways in which local companies provide invaluable support to our charity, in a way that is not limited to financial contributions alone.

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We actively encourage local companies to get involved with our work. Over forty companies currently support us in a variety of ways.

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Volunteer Involvement

Volunteers bring a huge range of skills, backgrounds, abilities and experience to the services which benefit our users. From speaking a foreign language so that a user may be understood, to running an art class, to providing a listening ear and a hot cup of tea, volunteers are at the heart and soul of what we do.

Volunteers: • Provide diverse skills and experience • Represent the wider community • Contribute to personal development • Help individuals to re-integrate

Originally a drug and alcohol worker, she had also trained in reflexology as part of addiction treatment. When she joined The Connection at St Martin’s she was placed with the Rough Sleepers Group and a couple of its members expressed an interest in trying reflexology.

She began practising and found that many positive changes were occurring in the client’s wellbeing and circumstances. From there, she began to volunteer in the Women’s Group.

Having seen the obvious benefits of the reflexology to the clients, we decided to seek funding to continue this valuable service.

Once the funding came through, Faith was asked to join The Connection at St Martin’s As we see over 6000 individuals each year, volunteers are vital in the provision of services on a part-time basis. Faith said: “becoming a paid member of staff has been extremely and in ensuring that each person is engaged important to me because it has meant that with on a human level. They provide the I am working more hours per week, am emotional and social support that is crucial in helping individuals to reintegrate back into able to give more time and energy and feel society. Without the assistance of volunteers, that the treatments that I provide are truly valued. My commitment to the service has many more homeless people would become entrenched in street living, substance misuse needed to increase now that I am paid, but the support that I have received from those or the criminal justice system. around me has enabled this work to develop with ease. Working here is without doubt the Faith began volunteering at The Connection most interesting and enjoyable work that I at St Martin’s two years ago while studying do and I feel very fortunate to work in such for a Masters degree at the University of an important homelessness service. I find Westminster. The course required her to working with our clients an engaging and spend half a day each week with a group enjoyable process”. of people, to explore issues around antioppressive practice.

A New Beginning

During the year, we have carried out a strategic review of all our services involving our key stakeholders. We now have a renewed vision, mission and clarity of purpose that will address the diverse needs of all the homeless individuals using our services including: • • • • •

Homeless people new to central London Long-term entrenched rough sleepers Chronically socially excluded adults Homeless and workless people Ex-homeless people living independently

From our newly refurbished building, we will have created a place of change where we can deliver renewed services that are accessible, empowering and inspiring to all our users.

Our future new services will include: 1. Doubling our Workspace Employment and Training programme and offering pre-vocational work and independent living skills.

2. Creating a day centre engagement programme that inspires users to transform their lives.

3. Enhancing our group work activities through increased emphasis on outcomes.

4. Extending our health and well being programme to include alternative health therapies.

5. Continuing to improve our services through user consultation and participation .

6. Developing tailored services for differing user groups including younger people, older people, ethnic minorities, women and other minority groups.

Through our arts engagement programme, we work with a diverse range of organisations to enrich our users life experiences and empower them to change their lives. In the last year, we have worked collaboratively with the following organisations: • • • • •

Cardboard Citizens English National Opera National Portrait Gallery Serpentine Gallery Streetwise Opera

We also continue to work with the following key agencies to add value and increase access to specialist or mainstream services such as health, employment, training, drug and alcohol services.

• • • • • • • •

City Lit Great Chapel Street Medical Centre Equinox Jobcentre Plus Hungerford Drugs Project Veterans Aid Westminster Primary Care Trust Tuckers Solicitors

We see collaboration between the public, private, voluntary and community sector as essential for delivering services that meet all our users’ immediate and long term needs.

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Engagement & Collaboration

Financial report Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2007

(£)

2007 (£) (£)

2006 (£)

Fixed Assets Tangible assets

112,494

57,510

Current Assets Stock Debtors Cash at bank and in hand

9,832 381,800 583,260 974,892

6,310 441,150 120,295 567,755

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 228,496 298,706

746,396 Total Assets less Current Liabilities

858,890

269,049

326,559

Deferred Income 478,216 4,363

478,216 Net Assets 380,674

4,363 322,196

Capital and Reserves Revenue Account Restricted

Designated Unrestricted Total Charity Funds

51,000 329,674 380,674

102,867 52,500 166,829 322,196

Each year, we need to raise up to £1.28m in donations from companies, the general public and trusts to keep our services running. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the individuals who generously donated to our work. In particular, to donors of the St Martin in the Fields Christmas Appeal, Friends of the Connection, St Martins Annual Pilgrims, Runners and Sponsors of the London Marathon and British 10k.

The Statement of Financial Activities shows a net surplus, for unrestricted activities of £890,158 and a deficit for restricted activities of £831,680. Total reserves at 31st March 2007 were £380,674 which equates to 1 months running costs. During the year, we have maintained both our costs and funding at approximately equivalent levels to the previous year. For the year to 31st March 2008, we anticipate increased expenditure due to investment in our central services to support our service delivery.

These accounts are taken from the Financial Statements audited by Aspen Waite Ltd, and which were approved by the Board of Governors on 6th November 2007 and subsequently submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The auditors report contained no concerns or qualifications.

- Diana Brittan, Chair & Ian Watson, Treasurer

We confirm that the above accounts are consistent with the full Financial Statements of The Connection at St Martin’s for the year to 31st March 2007.

- Aspen Waite

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2007 (Including the Income and Expenditure Account)

Unrestricted Restricted

funds funds

(£) (£)

Total funds Total funds 2007 2006 (£) (£)

Income and Expenditure Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income Activities for generating funds Investment income

849,320 55,441 11,522

6,965 - -

856,285 55,441 11,522

894,239 73,510 12,266

Incoming resources from charitable activities Day and Night Centres Multiple Needs and Prevention Outreach and Building Based services Employment and Training Housing and Resettlement

27,777 - - 60,901 73,220

1,196,365 525,388 444,440 317,839 595,515

1,224,142 525,388 444,440 378,740 668,735

1,300,594 532,731 450,093 299,800 667,595

Total incoming resources

1,078,181

3,086,512

4,164,693

4,230,828

151,803 27,720

- -

151,803 27,720

144,218 48,073

- - - - - 8,500

1,831,425 529,173 523,279 425,756 608,559 -

1,831,425 529,173 523,279 425,756 608,559 8,500

1,933,874 530,763 450,262 402,686 609,410 7,500

Total resources expended

188,023

3,918,192

4,106,215

4,126,786

Net (outgoing)/incoming resources for the year before transfers Transfers of reserves Net movement in funds Balances brought forward at 1 April 2006 Balances carried forward at 31 March 2007

890,158

(831,680)

58,478

104,042

(728,813) 161,345

728,813 (102,867)

- 58,478

104,042

219,329

102,867

322,196

218,154

380,674

-

380,674

322,196

Resources expended Cost of generating funds Cost of generating voluntary income Cost of activities for generating funds Charitable activities Day and Night Centres Multiple Needs and Prevention Outreach and Building Based Services Employment and Training Housing and Resettlement

Governance cost

The charity made no recognised gains or losses in 2006 or 2007 other than the result for the year.

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Thank you

A big thank you to all our major supporters during the year AD Power Will Trust Albert Hunt Charity Anglo American Group Foundation APCO UK Big Lottery Fund Bestinvest Brokers PLC Capital 95.8 Help a London Child Carat Posterscope Central London Nextsteps City Bridge Trust City of Westminster City Parochial Foundation Comic Relief Communities and Local Government Connection Crew ConneXions Central London Constance Green Foundation Fidelity UK Foundation Friends of The Connection at St Martin’s Gallowglass George Wimpey UK Ltd GE Money UK Goldman Sachs Jobcentre Plus * From annual accounts 06/07

Henry Smith Charity Home Office Intermediate Capital Group Institute of Civil Engineers Irish Government’s Dion Fund ITEM London Borough of Wandsworth London Councils Marks & Spencer PLC Ministry of Defence Movers & Shakers Property Breakfast Club Next PLC Off the Streets and into Work Penguin Group Pret a Manger QiQ International Redwood Publishing Reed Elsevier Rules Restaurant St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal Charity Souter Trust Streetsmart Strand Palace Hotel Templar Advisors Ltd

Tolkien Charitable Trust Weldon UK Charitable Trust Westminster Amalgamated Charity Westminster Foundation Westminster Primary Care Trust Board of Directors Michael Angus Lady Diana Brittan DBE (Chair) Rev Nicholas Holtam Councillor Louise Hyams Jean Innes Gay Longworth Jonathan Martyr David Obrart Lady Jane Reid Ian Watson (Treasurer) Simon Wethered Jenny Williams Canon Robert Wright Chief Executive Colin Glover OBE

In memory of‌

During the year, sadly, we said goodbye to two unique individuals who made a lasting impact on our work. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to remember and acknowledge their generosity and commitment. They are fondly remembered.

Bob Isles Former Director of Social Care Unit St Martin in the Fields & Founder of the Friends of the Connection.

Catriona Lorimer Director of Finance The Connection at St Martin’s

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