Annual Review 2007-08

Annual Review2007/08

Our Vision

Waverley Care’s vision is that everyone affected by HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C in Scotland should receive the highest standards of care and support to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

Our Mission

Our mission is to make a significant and meaningful difference to the lives of people affected by HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C. We do this through the provision of high quality supportive services, and by campaigning for excellence in blood borne virus treatment and care, and for an end to stigma and discrimination surrounding these conditions.

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About Waverley Care

Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading charity providing care and support to people living with HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C and to their families, carers and children.

Established in 1989 the support offered by the charity has helped thousands of people cope with the practical and emotional challenges that an HIV diagnosis brings with it.

Over the years our services have expanded to help people affected by Hepatitis C and have most recently focused on providing specialist support to groups already discriminated against by society such as Africans, gay men and drug users; individuals who, once diagnosed with HIV, face double discrimination.

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Introduction

One of the advantages of producing an annual review is that it helps to focus on just how much happens during the course of a year. New services, reaffirming African links, completing the review of our future strategy, increased numbers of volunteers, and some famous faces helping with our fundraising, certainly made it a busy year for Waverley Care. More details of our work over the past year are summarised in the following pages.

The coming year will continue to see challenges as council funding is squeezed, services are stretched and rates of HIV infection remain high. Waverley Care will continue to work with all our partners to ensure that our HIV services offer quality information, care and support.

We would like to thank all of Waverley Care’s Trustees, staff, volunteers and supporters for their hard work and dedication to making a real difference to the lives of people living with HIV in Scotland.

Gill Stewart David Johnson Chair Director


Our Services

Below is a summary of the services we offer:

Short-Term Residential Intensive Support

Support Services for all, including specialist services for

• Africans • Children and Young People • Gay Men • People Affected by Drug Misuse • Women

Community Support and Outreach Services including

• Advice and Information Service • Arts Project • Befriending / Buddying • Café • Care at Home • Spiritual and Pastoral Care • Complementary Therapies • Counselling • Crusaid Hardship Fund Administration • Health Promotion

Prevention and Awareness Raising

Waverley Care offers its services in partnership with The City of Edinburgh Council, The Councils of Mid, East and West Lothian, Crusaid, The European Social Fund, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian and The Scottish Government.


2007/08 Highlights and Achievements


New Services

We were delighted to receive BBC Children in Need funding this year for a new post within our children and families service. The new work is with young people in Scotland who are themselves living with HIV. The positive response from paediatricians has been overwhelming.

In response to the rising level of HIV infection amongst gay men and the lack of support services available to them, we extended our gay men’s work, including peer support. Through sharing experiences and discussing issues such as disclosure there have been real benefits for the men who have used the service to build self confidence and optimism. We have already seen service users going back to work, improving personal relationships with friends and family and living healthier lifestyles.

Finally in terms of new services, we extended the reach of our African work to cover NHS Lanarkshire. This fitted perfectly with part of our future strategy which is to extend the reach of our services to support more people across Scotland.

African Links

We strongly reaffirmed our links with Africa this year. Martha Baillie, our Senior Manager - Community Projects, visited Zambia in August to help a women’s project there to develop capacity. Her trip also allowed her to learn new techniques for working with people from African communities living in Scotland. Her visit was filmed as part of the BBC’s Songs of Praise programme.

In June we were visited by 3 staff from Malawi’s largest voluntary sector HIV agency MANASO. The trip was organised by Interact Worldwide.

The quality of our African work was recognised in March when we won the Best Practice in Empowering African Communities award at the bi-annual African HIV Policy Network awards. At an evening dominated by individual awards we were the only organisation to receive recognition.

Immigration is a key issue within our work with Africans and HIV and Human Rights was the subject of a seminar we organised in Glasgow in October. It sparked such interest that it became the topic of a BBC Radio Scotland documentary.


Crusaid Hardship Fund for Scotland

This year saw us take over the administration of the Crusaid Hardship Fund for Scotland and, with Crusaid and colleagues from HIV Scotland, we published the first ever report on ‘HIV and Poverty in Scotland’.

Launched by Sarah Boyack MSP in the Scottish Parliament, the report graphically illustrates the realities of living with HIV for many people – the stigma and discrimination surrounding the illness, the loss of opportunities and the very real financial poverty experienced by some people.


Fundraising

The fundraising team had an exciting year of events and activities.

In the eleventh year of our award winning come and sing events. Rupert Forbes, Bob Chilcott and Stephen Doughty all kindly conducted concerts and workshops with a wide range of music. Thanks to them and to our wonderfully loyal band of singers.

The summer saw our usual success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with our bucket shakers out in force and benefit events taking place including the Pleasance Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit, Off the Kerb Comedy Gala and Loud and Proud concert. Following our longstanding relationship with the Pleasance, we said thank you by presenting the Tartan Ribbon Award to Christopher Richardson and Anthony Alderson at the Arts and Business Scotland Awards.

Our major event of the year was our World AIDS Day Ball on 1st December which raised £34,000. We’re particularly grateful to our main sponsors Joseph Bonnar Jewellers, Harvey Nichols and Plaisir du Chocolat.

We are always delighted by the ongoing support of our patrons and this year have additionally enjoyed support from a number of other well-known individuals including Ian Rankin, Frank Skinner, and Alan Carr.

Thank you to all our supporters.


Financial Summary


Waverley Care (a company limited by guarantee)

Summarised Consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2008

Income and Expenditure Account

2008 2007 £ £

Income 1,638,213 1,549,839

Expenditure (1,682,477) (1,541,520)

Surplus on Activities for the Year (44,264) 8,319

Balance Sheet

Fixed Assets 626,730 695,828

Net Current Assets 492,679 541,078

Pension Liability - (26,000)

Total Assets Less Liabilities 1,119,409 1,210,906

Financed by

Unrestricted Funds

General 54,502 80,423

Pension Reserve - (26,000)

Designated 429,399 456,617

Restricted Funds 97,893 93,747

Capital Reserve 537,615 606,119

1,119,409 1,210,906


2007/08 Income

£

Voluntary Income 234,473

Investment Income 30,590

Income from Charitable Activities 1,373,150

Total Income 1,638,213

2007/08 Expenditure

£

Charitable Expenditure 1,623,328

Costs of Generating Funds 104,628

Governance Costs 24,395

Total Expenditure 1,752,351

A full copy of the accounts is available from [email protected]

Thank you

Our thanks go to everyone who has helped us during the past year.


• 21st Century Kilts

• Academy of Burlesque and Cabaret

• African HIV Policy Network

• Alexander Harley Seeds

• Anderson Strathearn

• Angus Council

• Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

• Balerno Community High School

• BBC Children in Need

• Beeslack Community High School

• Boehringer Ingelheim

• The Bohemians Lyric Opera Company

• Boroughmuir High School

• Boudiche

• The Brookhouse Charitable Trust

• CC Bloom’s

• Cadenza

• Café Habana

• Celeste Beauty Spa

• Cherry Lifestyle Management

• Church of Scotland HIV Project

• Church of the Sacred Heart

• The Clara E Burgess Charity

• Community Food and Health (Scotland)

• Community of the Transfiguration

• Cornerstone Bookshop

• Cruden Foundation Limited

• CWAC

• Drummond Miller LLP

• Dusit Thai Restaurant

• Edinburgh Concert Band

• Edinburgh Diocese of the Scottish

Episcopal Church

• Edinburgh Festival Theatre

• Edinburgh Music Theatre

• Edinburgh Presbytery of the

Church of Scotland

• The Edinburgh Playhouse

• Edinburgh Royal Choral Union

• Eleanor Barton Trust

• Ernst and Young

• ESCA

• EUSA

• Filmhouse

• Firrhill High School

• GHQ

• The Gannochy Trust

• George Heriot’s School

• George Watson’s College

• Gilead

• Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

• Harvey Nichols

• Hatch Mansfield

• Hawick High School

• HBOS Foundation

• Heart of Midlothian Swimming Club

• The Henry Smith Charity

• Highland Explorer Tours

• Home House Edinburgh

• The Hope Trust

• Humanity in Motion

• The Inchcape Foundation

• Jedburgh Grammar School

• Jenners Princes Street Edinburgh

• John Watson’s Trust

• Joseph Bonnar Jewellers

• Kelso High School

• LankellyChase Foundation


And a big thank you to our many individual donors.

• Leith Academy

• Leith School of Art

• Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland

• Lornshill Academy

• Loud and Proud

• Lush

• MAC AIDS Fund

• Macintyres of Edinburgh

• The Mainhouse Charitable Trust

• The Majestic Line

• The Martin Connell Charitable Trust

• Metropolitan Community Church

• Microsoft

• MSD

• Murray International Holdings

• Narcissus

• National Galleries of Scotland

• National Library of Scotland

• National Theatre of Scotland

• National Trust for Scotland

• New Town Bar

• No 18 Sauna

• North Leith Parish Church

• Off The Kerb Productions

• Old Course Hotel and Spa

• OneSpa

• Paths for All

• Planet Out

• Pleasance Festival Theatre

• Ponton House Trust

• Portobello High School

• Prestonfield

• Radio Clyde Cash for Kids

• Regent Bar

• The Robertson Trust

• Robin Rowles Photography

• Rotary Club of Edinburgh Breakfast

• Royal Bank of Scotland

• The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company

• The Russell Trust

• The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

• The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

• Sirius Event Services

• Smythson

• The Sportsman’s Charity

• St Andrew’s and St George’s Church

• St Augustine’s High School

• St Columba’s by the Castle

• St James Parish Church

• St John the Evangelist

• St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral

• St Paul’s and St George’s 10% Fund

• St Peter’s Episcopal Church

• Standard Life plc

• Stobo Castle

• Student Stop Aids Society

• Tartan Silk PR

• Telford College

• Tesco

• Tibotec

• Tigerlily

• The Treatment Place

• Usher Hall

• VMH LLP Solicitors

• Whitburn Academy

• William Grant and Sons Ltd

Directors


Anthony Alderson

Christopher Bell

Kate Copstick

Sir Tom Farmer CBE KCSG

Alexander McCall Smith

Sheena McDonald

Shirley Manson

Christopher Richardson

Ms Shulah Allan

Ms Karen Cairney (Appointed 25 September 2007)

Dr Karin Froebel

Mr Andrew Marshall-Roberts

Ms Hosanna Msengezi (Resigned 8 October 2007)

Ms Pauline Scott

The Right Reverend Brian Smith

Ms Gillian Stewart CB (Chair)

Mr David Taylor MBE

Mr Brian West

Dr Helen Zealley OBE

Patrons

Waverley Care Old Coates House 32 Manor Place Edinburgh EH3 7EB

Tel: 0131 226 2206Fax: 0131 226 2209

Registered Charity No. SC036500Company Limited by Guarantee No. 253043

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