East Potential Annual Review 2008/09

ANNUAL REVIEW: 2008-09

MAKING FUTURESBRIGHTER

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About East Potential

East Potential is a unique social and economic regeneration charity, working with communities across east London and Essex.

We work to raise aspirations, promote community cohesion, and give people a chance to succeed.

We do this through foyer accommodation for young people, employment and training services, arts and culture programmes, children’s centres, and healthy and sustainable living projects.

Founded 14 years ago and part of East Thames Group, we have led the way in providing a broad range of programmes that enable people of all ages to develop their skills, their confidence and their ability to play an active part in their community.

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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 04Helping young people fulfil their potential ........................................................................... 06Bringing families together .............................................................................................................................. 12Helping people get the job for them ............................................................................................... 16Empowering people to achieve .............................................................................................................. 18Promoting arts and culture ............................................................................................................................ 22Promoting green and healthy living .................................................................................................... 26Enabling young people to turn things around ............................................................... 30Our finances ........................................................................................................................................................................... 32Governance ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34

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As East Potential approaches its 15th year of operation (working under the East Potential name since 2004), we have much to be proud of.

Initially set up as an organisation to run East Thames Group’s foyers, providing support and accommodation to young people, we blazed the trail in foyer services and remain the biggest provider of foyer accommodation in the UK.

But while helping young people achieve their full potential remains at the heart of our work, we have gradually expanded to offer comprehensive social and economic regeneration services. Our wide-ranging programmes now benefit families and individuals of all ages and play a vital part in creating a brighter, happier future for the people of east London and Essex.

We have continued to innovate, lead and deliver notable achievements. For example, our employment and training programmes are widely admired as being exemplary in addressing local needs (see page 16). In recognition of this, in 2008-09 we received funding from London Councils to enable us to role these programmes out to hundreds of people in Barking and Dagenham.

A focus for us now is ensuring that our work to help people get into work is aligned with East Thames’ wider role in major regeneration in the region, including the Athletes’ Village in Stratford, so we are enabling people to take advantage of new opportunities that the Group is helping to drive.

In a different area of our work, we are already seeing great success in our children’s centres in Epping Forest, which mark the expansion of our work to engage families. 1,873 families with young children have already registered at the centres, which run activities to help parents engage their children in fun and learning (see page 14). The centres have been praised by councillors, MPs, a Government minister on a recent visit, and most importantly by the parents and carers using the centres.

The fantastic achievements outlined in this review would not have happened were it not for the dedication and passion of our staff and board members, and the generous support we have continued to receive from our funders and partners. I would like to extend my thanks to you all – we look forward to continuing to work with you next year and hopefully for years to come.

Sandra Fryer, Chair

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Innovating, leading, delivering

For many organisations, including East Potential, 2008-09 was a challenging year.

We have been fortunate to have the continuing support of so many of our partners, stakeholders and funders. This has enabled us to not only continue running our existing, highly-regarded programmes, but in many cases step up our service provision and help even more people to raise their sights and achieve more for themselves, their families and their wider community.

In 2008-09 we opened our new Barking and Dagenham Foyer, which will house and support 116 young people, meaning that our six foyers now accommodate up to 575 young people. The new foyer will provide a hub for young people in the community, offering services in partnership with local organisations (see page 8).

2008-09 has also seen the rapid expansion of our services for families. As well as opening our first children’s centres (see page 14), we have been awarded funding to launch Families Together. This innovative project aims to get to the root causes of child poverty, working intensively with families to help them increase their income and attainment. We’re looking forward to seeing this project evaluated by the IPPR and sharing the findings nationally.

Our radically altered operating environment has also caused us to pause and reflect on the way in which we deliver our important work. We have been improving our monitoring and evaluation of programmes, so we have a better understanding of our impact. We have also been reviewing where our work is most needed and most effective, and looking at how we can use this knowledge to offer our services more intelligently.

Given the current climate our focus over the coming year will be helping local people gain employment – especially jobs created through regeneration in the area. However, we are also well aware that our other programmes, bringing communities together to live healthier, greener, more fulfilling lives are increasingly important at the current time.

As ever, we will continue to engage our partners and explore new opportunities for joined-up working. This forms the foundation of all our work – so I would like to say a big thanks to our partners and encourage those reading this review who are not currently working with us to give us a call to explore how we can work together.

Pamela Gardner, director of social and economic regeneration, East Thames Group

Raising aspirations and attainment

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Helping young people fulfil their potential

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SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN HOUSING NEED

East Potential is the largest provider of foyer accommodation in the UK. Our five foyers and assessment centre between them accommodate more than 600 young people in need of housing and support. The foyers deliver a tailored support programme for each young person during their stay of up to two years. This aims to help them develop their skills and confidence, their ability to live independently and get into work or education, and their capacity to contribute to their community.

PROVIDING A HUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICES

In 2008-09 we opened our new Barking & Dagenham Foyer, which will not only accommodate 116 young people, but

also provide a hub for young people in the community – a one-stop-shop for a range of services to promote wellbeing, improve access to employment and develop community cohesion.

The film clip below shows an interview with two of the Foyer’s first residents.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

Our foyers rely on good partnership working with other service providers. In Harlow, a joint referral panel has been established by Harlow Foyer, Harlow Council and Nacro Housing, so that housing,

East Potential was originally founded with the aim of working with young people to help them reach their full potential. While we have expanded our work significantly to benefit the wider community, engaging and benefitting young people remains a vital part of what we do.

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Previous page: Warsame and Tye, residents of Drapers Foyer, enjoying a well earned rest in their local park

Our foyers are:

Barking and Dagenham Foyer, Barking (houses 116)

Drapers City, Bethnal Green (houses 41)

Focus E15, Stratford (houses 210)

Harlow Foyer (houses 116)

Redbridge Foyer, Ilford (houses 70)

First Step Assessment Centre Plaistow (houses 22)

Click on the links above for more info and virtual tours on our website

http://www.east-potential.org.uk/CMSPage.aspx?pid=9&ssbid=1708















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education and employment services are easily accessible to young people without them having to approach lots of different organisations. The panel was named as an example of best practice in tackling homelessness among young people by the Regional Centre of Excellence for the East of England.

RECOGNISING YOUNG PEOPLE’S ACHIEVEMENTS

Each year East Potential recognises the achievements and contributions of the young people living in its foyers through an awards evening. In March 2009 more than 100 people attended the event to cheer on the award winners, including residents, funders and staff.

Certificates were awarded for completion of different projects, such as Asdan, Connecting Communities, culture and arts projects, Construct Your Career and Routes to Work. Qualifications gained by residents were also presented.

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33% 29%Of the 231 residents who moved on from our foyers last year:

gained a qualification

moved on to employment

Helping young people fulfil their potential continued

RESPONDING TO SPECIFIC NEEDS

In 2008-09 we launched a project to provide mentoring and support to help young black men into meaningful employment. The project originated from ideas put forward by a group of foyer residents on issues they thought East Potential should address.

After commissioning a research report into the barriers to employment faced by young black men, we implemented one of the report’s recommendations: to sign up successful black

men to act as role models and mentors for young black men who are finding it hard to enter employment.

The project was launched at the House of Lords by David Lammy MP, Lord Ouseley, ex-Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, and David Weaver, co-founder of Operation Black Vote. Run as part of our Routes to Work programme (see page 19), the project facilitated 12 successful mentoring partnerships in its first six months. We hope to achieve another 15 in 2009-10,

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and will continue to monitor the long-term impact of the project on its participants.

The film clip above was produced by a group of young people for the launch of the young black men’s mentoring project.

14 young black men benefitted from our mentoring programme in 2008-09.

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Bringing families together

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OUR CHILDREN’S CENTRES

Our seven Children’s Centres provide a service for parents and carers and their children in Epping Forest — ranging from ‘stay and play’ sessions, where children and parents or carers play and learn together, to information on local services for families. The centres offer training and support services for parents and carers while promoting their role as educators.

Services are tailored to meet the needs of families in the area. So, when some of the mums at our centre in Hazelwood told us there weren’t enough opportunities for dads to spend time with their children, we organised a day for dads and their children to make gifts for Mother’s Day.

FAMILIES TOGETHER

Earlier this year London Councils awarded us £800,000 to benefit families in some of the most deprived boroughs in the UK. This will fund Families Together, a four-year project for families living on Cranberry Lane Estate in Newham and Aberfeldy Estate in Tower Hamlets.

Families Together aims to break down barriers to employment for parents through confidence building and motivation, work placements, interview skills training, and mentoring.

The project also includes work in local schools to improve young people’s achievements, and social and language skills. We are coordinating the project in partnership with Poplar Harca Housing Association, Community Links, Bromley By Bow Centre, and Limehouse Project. It will be evaluated by the IPPR and we hope the findings will be of national significance.

Empowering families to create a brighter future for themselves is an increasingly important part of our work. To cement our commitment to engaging families, we opened our first children’s centres in partnership with Sure Start and Essex County Council.14


Previous page: Morris dancers entertain as part of a fun day at Hazelwood Children’s Centre.

parents and carers were registered with our children’s centres by the end of 2008-09.1,853

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COMMUNITY CENTRES AND PROJECTS FOR CHILDREN

The impact that our work with children can have on the whole community was demonstrated when we ran a summer play-scheme at Britannia Village community centre in West Silvertown. Residents got to know their neighbours in a fun and informal setting and, as a result, their neighbourhood became a happier place.

After a summer of activities and workshops attended by more than 100 local children, local police said anti-social behaviour on the estate had ‘significantly reduced.’

Another one of our community

centres at Winsor Park in Beckton has been transformed after young people on the estate worked with us to improve it. The young residents took responsibility for applying to Newham Council for funding to revamp the building. With the help of our community involvement and development teams, they decided on everything from equipment for the computer suite to the carpet colour for the entrance hall. Their hard work paid off and they received £150,000 to make the centre more appealing.

This new centre adds to other facilities for young people that have been introduced on the estate. In 2008 a new ‘adiZone’

with an outdoor gym and an open area for dance and aerobics was opened by the Mayor of Newham and players from the British Paralympic basketball team. It came about after we worked with Newham Council and adidas to put forward suggestions from residents for more outdoor facilities on the estate.

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CATERING TO DIVERSE NEEDS

We run a wide range of education, employment and training programmes, catering to diverse needs and interests within the local community.

In 2008-9 these programmes enabled hundreds of people to develop skills, boost their confidence, gain a qualification, find work experience, and explore career options. 89% of these participants were satisfied with the service.

A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS

Funding is vital for us to continue providing the best employment and training

programmes. In 2008-09 we secured £2.7million worth of funding from our partners.

This included £20,000 awarded by Barclays to our Routes to Work programme, helping us to continue offering people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to try new career opportunities through work placements. Volunteers from Barclays’ HR department have also been on hand to provide training in CV and interview techniques to participants.

Our education, employment and training programmes are:

• Community Champions

• Construct Your Career

• Open Doors

• Routes to Work

• Workwise

For more information on each of these programmes, scroll over the case study photos on the right.

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LOOKING AHEAD

In 2008-09 we received funding from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Councils European Social Fund to run Shaping Your Future. This incorporates Open Doors, Construct your Career, Routes to Work and Workwise being offered intensively in the local area, along with benefits advice and literacy and numeracy support. It will be delivered in partnership with DABD and the London Action Trust, and will be available to unemployed people living in the borough.

We work in some of the most deprived areas of London, where many people struggle to find long-term, meaningful employment. In 2008-09 unemployment rose rapidly throughout the UK, making our commitment to helping people develop their skills, confidence and employability even more important.

Helping people get the job for them

of those who completed our programmes in 2008-09 went on to employment or further education.56%

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Empowering people to achieve

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In January 2009 we officially launched Starting Point, our unique, purpose-built business facility helping community groups and organisations to flourish and deliver benefits to the local area. The facility is located in an area of major regeneration in Barking town centre, close to Tanner Street, an East Thames Group housing development.

Starting Point supports community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations by providing office, meeting and storage space, business training and a wide range of support services. Organisations applying to use Starting Point are set business targets. Meeting these allows them access to the facilities at a subsidised rate, or even for free.

One of those to benefit from Starting Point is Afua Mpensah

from Havering, (pictured, left), who runs a dance and drama organisation called Fantazia. Fantazia works with young people in schools and with local job centres to offer confidence boosting workshops for people seeking employment. Afua has been running her organisation from Starting Point since August 2008 and in that time has benefitted from training in business planning and marketing.

We believe that one of the best ways to benefit communities is to empower passionate individuals to make a difference to those around them, providing the foundations for them to turn their ambitions into reality.20


Previous page: Youthbuilder of the Year awards: Manish Parmar and Paul Courtney completed our Construct Your Career programme and graduated with a City & Guilds 6217 Level 1 Basic Multi-skills.

community groups and organisations have already benefitted from Starting Point’s services.....

Peter Rogers, chief executive of the London Development Agency, which funds Starting Point, commented:

“Small and voluntary groups make a valuable contribution – and the

support at Starting Point can help set them on the right track. Starting Point

is an example of what can be achieved when

organisations work together for the benefit

of the community.”

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STARTING POINT

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BUSINESS PLACE

Business Place is a facility in Stratford that we manage in partnership with East London Small Business Centres. It aims to give fledgling businesses a boost by providing low-cost office space and business support. It is particularly targeted at start-up businesses run by young people, including those hoping to benefit from the Olympics.

YOUTH4YOUTH

Part of the UK-wide ‘YouthBank’ initiative, Youth4Youth is an innovative project led by young people from our foyers and the local community. Launched in February 2009, the project involves 20 young people who make up the YouthBank panel. Working with mentors from local Barclays branches, the panel awards small grants to local community projects that aim to benefit other young people, including inviting bids from the community, deciding how to allocate funding, and running fundraising initiatives to keep the ‘bank’ topped up. We coordinate Youth4Youth in partnership with Barclays.

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Promoting arts and culture

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EXHIBITING LOCAL TALENT

Creating a dedicated gallery space in the reception area of our new head office has provided a focal point for our arts and culture activities, enabling us to showcase art work to the local community and visitors.

In its first year, East Gallery had four different art exhibitions, open for free to the public six days a week.

Foyer residents past and present put together Shift, our first exhibition. As a former resident at our Redbridge Foyer, photographer Simon Montgomery was well placed

to create portraits representing the daily lives of foyer residents. These were exhibited alongside photos by current foyer residents, taken as part of a project exploring the local area.

Other exhibitions in East Gallery have centred around the linguistic and cultural diversity of east London, as well as artistic interpretations of the changing local environment.

Family fun days are an important part of our exhibitions. Parents are invited to bring their children to workshops with professional artists, from African drumming to decorating carnival masks.

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Our arts and culture programmes give local people the chance to express themselves creatively while learning new skills and improving their employability.


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DEVELOPING SKILLS IN THE ARTS

This year, for the first time, young people living in our six foyers have had the opportunity to gain qualifications through our arts programmes.

Funding from partners also allowed us to use the media suite at our Focus E15 Foyer to deliver a range of courses, including film production, music production and digital animation. Alongside our lifeskills courses these programmes build young people’s confidence and develop creative skills that can benefit them and the wider community.

In 2009-10, £100,000 of funding from the LDA, London Councils, Barclays and Merchant Taylors will allow us to deliver media courses to young people across six east London Boroughs culminating in a film festival.

USING ARTS TO CREATE BETTER NEIGHBOURHOODS

As well as projects for young people, we run arts, culture and media initiatives to bring together residents of all ages living in East Thames Group’s neighbourhoods. The Group’s community centres provide a

space for residents to express themselves creatively while getting to know their neighbours and growing as a community.

In 2008-09, partnerships with Free Form Arts Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum have enabled us to run summer holiday arts courses. One of these courses at Winsor Park in 2008 gave young residents the chance to learn music production skills.

Following this, some of the residents were inspired to apply for funding to buy recording equipment and other resources for their community centre. With help from us, they identified facilities that would be most valued by local young people and wrote an application. Their hard work paid off and £150,000 was awarded to revamp the centre (see page 17).

people were involved in our arts programmes in 2008-09, of whom 70% were East Thames residents.

foyer residents submitted portfolios for our Arts Awards, accredited by Trinity College London and the Arts Council, which are being awarded later in 2009.55

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2626Our new head office has been awarded a

5* BREEAM rating, the international standard

for best practice in sustainable design.

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OUR NEW HOME

Our new head office is highly energy efficient, uses recycled rainwater to flush the toilets and has a ‘brown roof’ to host local flora and fauna. We encourage our staff to walk or cycle to work – providing showers, a secure bicycle shed and free cycle training as part of National Bike Week.

In May we also organised an exotic fruit bonanza in our head office as part of Fruity Friday – a nationwide initiative to raise awareness of the benefits of a good diet and exercise. Staff enjoyed fruit kebabs and smoothies. Fruit was provided by the Newham Food Access Partnership (NFAP), which we coordinate in partnership with local organisations, to promote healthy eating and offer people the chance to study accredited healthy eating programmes.

HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

We deliver healthy eating programmes in our foyers through our lifeskills training (see page 19).

After taking part in one of the sessions, ex-Harlow foyer resident James reflected on his lifestyle and made positive changes. He is now studying at university and plans to go into a career as a teacher in physical education.

James says: “If you keep your head down and work hard and use the opportunities, you can achieve whatever you want to achieve.”

WELL LONDON

Well London is a Greater London Authority project that works with local people to transform their health.

As part of Well London in 2008-09 we ran a Community Champions course enabling 80 people to become health promoters in their neighbourhoods.

In addition 19 residents took part in a six week cook and eat course, which enabled them to develop skills to eat healthily on a budget. Everyone who attended the course felt more confident in eating healthily and many had already started to improve their lifestyle.

Stacy Jestico, 29, from Plaistow took part in the Community Champions course. She said:

“I chose Community Champions because of the variety of skills it offers and I’m so glad I did it. My favourite part of the course was learning about healthy eating and I hope to share what I learnt with other people in my community.”

When it comes to encouraging green and healthy living, we’re making sure we lead by example, as well as engaging residents of all ages in fun, healthy and eco-friendly activities.

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Promoting green and healthy living

HEALTHY EATING CHAMPIONS

We run training and support for local Healthy Eating Champions. To date more than 120 people have been trained, including East Thames staff and residents. They have been given the skills and confidence to promote healthy eating in their jobs, communities and at various events across Newham including the Mayor’s Town Show.

Last year the Healthy Eating champions were at 29 events, promoting healthy eating to more than 1,200 local people.

STAY WELL HEALTHY LIVING NETWORK

This is a network of organisations within Newham that runs activities to help people over 50 lead healthy lifestyles. We coordinate the network with funding from London Borough of Newham and it includes activities such as cooking, yoga, salsa dancing, opera singing and flower arranging. All the activities are taught by trained professionals and many of them are free.

This year, in partnership with the NFAP, Stay Well also launched a network of lunch clubs to encourage local organisations to provide a nutritious meal for over 50s living in Newham.

The lunch clubs have proven very popular, with 49 organisations across Newham joining the Stay Well Lunch Club Network in the programme’s first two months.

PROMOTING ECO-AWARENESS

Leading a greener lifestyle often helps families to be healthy and save money too – and this is a message we have been promoting to residents through a number of initiatives in our local neighbourhoods.

Last year we held successful events on two of East Thames’ biggest estates:

• at Winsor Park in Beckton we held an eco-awareness day, where residents got advice on recycling and waste disposal, and were given environmentally friendly kettles to use in their homes

• 150 residents at Cranberry Lane estate in West Ham attended a Go Carbon Neutral day, which we set up with local partners. Carbon neutral diaries were handed out so people could keep track of how they were reducing their carbon emissions and their energy bills, and young residents took part in the Cranberry Climate Change Challenge.

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Promoting green and healthy living continued

1,400older people were

involved in the first year of the Stay

Well programme, which held over 25 activities each week.

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TIME FOR YOUTH

Time for Youth is our support service for 11-24 year olds who offend or are at risk of offending. It offers one-to-one support and group activities to help develop independence and positive social skills, and address specific issues such as self-esteem and anger management.

It also works in partnership with our foyer teams to ensure they can support young people with a range of needs.

A NEW APPROACH FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS

Based on our experience working with young people over the past decade, in 2008-09 we led on a major project examining new ways to work with young offenders to break the cycle of re-offending. We launched a scoping study carried out by a panel of experts, Young offenders in east London: a new

approach, in June 2008 at the Houses of Parliament. The study assessed the feasibility of a Young Offenders Academy and proposed that a pilot Academy was set up.

The Academy would provide an integrated approach to meeting the needs of young offenders – while awaiting trial, remanded in custody, serving sentences, when released on licence and when discharged. This would ensure consistency and continuity in support and education, while working to restore and maintain young people’s links with family and the wider community.

The need for an innovative new approach to working with young offenders is clear: in 2008, 64% of young offenders who had served custodial sentences reoffended.

Since the study’s publication, a steering group (now led by the Foyer Federation) has created a development plan for how an Academy would work, such as the design and physical environment. This will be presented to key decision-makers.

We work with children and young people who have committed crime, or who are at risk of doing so, to help them turn things around. We support them to

rebuild their self-esteem, raise their aspirations, access training and employment, and re-connect with society.

Enabling young people to turn things around

young people were supported by Time for Youth in 2008-09.284

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Report of a Scoping Study to ascertain the social, legal, financial and political viability of a model Young Offenders Academy for East London

Young offenders in east London:A New Approach

Right: Forward Thinking film, with foyer residents discussing ways of tackling street crime.

Below: Our scoping study for a Young Offenders Academy. (click to read the update)

http://www.east-potential.org.uk/Modules/Resources/PDFS/YOA%20update%20flyer.pdf

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Our finances

INCOMESupporting peopleRent and service chargesGrants / donations (including funding from East Homes)Other activitiesOther TOTAL

£’000 3,060 2,597 5,142

1,409 225 12,433

EXPENDITUREAccommodation servicesCommunity involvement and regenerationCommunity trainingEducation and employmentTime for YouthNetwork services and programmesProperty managementTOTAL

£’000 7,822 2,046 674 1,277 285 1266 63 12,433

Expenditure

Income

Supporting peopleRent and service chargesGrants / donationsOther activitiesOther

Accommodation servicesCommunity Involvement and RegenerationCommunity trainingEducation and employmentTime for YouthNetwork services and programmesProperty management

24.6%

20.9% 41.4%

11.3%

1.8%

62.9%

16.5%

5.4%

10.3%

2.3%

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Expenditure

Income



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11.3%

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GRANTS 2008-09

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BarclaysBarking LSCBromley by BowBuilding Craft CollegeCentre for Innovation in Voluntary ActionCity LimitCity Parochial FoundationCluster GroupConnecting CommunitiesConstruction Industry Training BoardESF Tribal ConsultingFoyer Federation

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0.8% 0.13%

1.17%

1.39%

2.45%

1.79%

0.01%

0.32%0.8%

0.24%0.36%

2.44%

8.38%

1%4.3%1.6%

14.8%

33%

GRANTS


KOPSX

M

0.12%0.20%

0.24%0.02%0.35%0.03%

12.52%

0.11%

1.85%

1.94%1.46%

0.61%1.09%

0.51%

0.8%0.81%

1.34%0.97%

0.8% 0.13%

1.17%

1.39%

2.45%

1.79%

0.01%

0.32%0.8%

0.24%0.36%

2.44%

8.38%

1%4.3%1.6%

14.8%

33%

GRANTS


KOPSX

M

0.12%0.20%

0.24%0.02%0.35%0.03%

12.52%

0.11%

1.85%

1.94%1.46%

0.61%1.09%

0.51%

0.8%0.81%

1.34%0.97%

0.8% 0.13%

1.17%

1.39%

2.45%

1.79%

0.01%

0.32%0.8%

0.24%0.36%

2.44%

8.38%

1%4.3%1.6%

14.8%

33%

GRANTS


KOPSX

M

0.12%0.20%

0.24%0.02%0.35%0.03%

12.52%

0.11%

1.85%

1.94%1.46%

0.61%1.09%

0.51%

0.8%0.81%

1.34%0.97%

0.8% 0.13%

1.17%

1.39%

2.45%

1.79%

0.01%

0.32%0.8%

0.24%0.36%

2.44%

8.38%

1%4.3%1.6%

14.8%

33%

GRANTS


KOPSX

M

0.12%0.20%

0.24%0.02%0.35%0.03%

12.52%

0.11%

1.85%

1.94%1.46%

0.61%1.09%

0.51%

0.8%0.81%

1.34%0.97%

0.8% 0.13%

1.17%

1.39%

2.45%

1.79%

0.01%

0.32%0.8%

0.24%0.36%

2.44%

8.38%

1%4.3%1.6%

14.8%

33%

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East Potential is a subsidiary of East Thames Group.

GOVERNANCE

East Thames Group has adopted and complies with the 2009 NHF Excellence in Governance Code for Members. Copies of East Thames’ Board and shareholder recruitment and selection procedures, along with the obligations, skills and experience required by members, can be obtained from the Group Company Secretary at our registered office.

AUDITORS

Grant Thornton UK LLP, Byron House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WZ.

ANNUAL REVIEWS AND ACCOUNTS

Detailed annual reviews and accounts for East Thames Group are available as separate documents from the Group Company Secretary at our registered office, or by visiting our website, www.east-potential.org.uk.

INDEPENDENT HOUSING OMBUDSMAN SCHEME (IHOS)

An Ombudsman service is available to all housing association residents. No complaints were submitted to the IHOS during 2008-09.

BOARD MEMBERS

Sandra Fryer – Chair, appointed 2008

Consultant with a background in planning, regeneration and sustainable development and was Interim Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services at Newham in 2007/8. Member of the Policy Council of the Town and Country Planning Association and adviser on eco-towns and sustainable communities. She has also held various other local and central government positions.

Sarah Ajayi – appointed 2008

Former resident of East Potential with a background in human resources. Currently a Facilitator for the Gateway to Work programme (as part of the New Deal programme) with Work Directions UK.

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Alec Dick – appointed 2009

Experienced regeneration and renewal professional with over 30 years experience in public, private and voluntary sector. Now freelance but was previously responsible for Tribal Consulting Regeneration and Partnership Team.

Richard Penny – appointed 2009

Chartered accountant with over 20 years experience in a diverse range of organisations.

Stephane Koumba – local resident, appointed 2008

Former East Potential resident, currently with solicitors Trowers & Hamlins.

Alan Wells OBE – local resident, appointed 2007

Chief Executive, Education Action. Former Director of The Basic Skills Agency, a specialist national advice and development body for literacy and numeracy across the age ranges, and Director of The Adult Literacy Unit.

Joe Tuke – local resident, appointed 2008

Director, Neighbourhood Crime and Justice, Home Office. Formerly Director, Crime and Communities Review, Cabinet Office; Youth Task Force, Dept for Children, Schools and Families; Respect Task Force and Anti-social Behaviour Unit, Home Office; Assistant Director, Homelessness Directorate, Office of Deputy Prime Minister; Assistant Director of Housing, London Borough of Camden.

Henry Potter – Group Company Secretary

Appointed 1989

Retired during the year

Sue Killen, Sonia Klein MBA and Derek Fenny

Thank you to our funders and partners

36A huge thank you to all our supporters.

If you would like to help us make a difference by empowering people and changing lives, please call our fundraising team on 020 8536 8820 or email [email protected]

Federation

The

INVESTING inCOMMUNITIES

T R I B A L

mailto:[email protected]

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