ROAD VICTIMS TRUST VALUES

The Road Victims Trust was founded in 2003 and is registered with the Charity Commission registration number 1105399. The principles and whole ethos of the RVT reflect a primary and compelling aspiration to provide personal support to all those affected by the trauma caused by serious road collisions. We value:

Supporting our clients through their grieving process, identifying and responding to their needs.

Meeting our obligations and delivering our promises. Caring for the emotional and physical

well-being of staff and volunteers. Equality of opportunity, diversity, honesty, openness and integrity in all that we do. Making the best use of our resources.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2009 / 2010

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SPONSORS & EVENT FUNDRAISERS

No.5 Chambers Luton & District Electrical Society

Kings Langley Parish Council Rotary Club of Kempston

Modplan SDC Builders Ltd

Twinwood Events Ltd Arriva

The Revere Charitable Trust COAL IT

Autoglass Bedfordia Group (Elms BMW— Bedford)

The Robert Kiln Charitable Trust The Panacea Society

Skanska UK (Balfour Beatty) HBW Partnership

Lousada Plc Stanstead Abbotts Parish Council

Acorn House Vets McKeowns Solicitors

Manor Farm & Storage Ltd Veolia Water Central Ltd

Edith Winifred Hall Charity F & R Cawley Ltd

Tooley & Foster Partnership Bewick Homes Ltd

A.T. Oliver & Sons Ltd Sainsbury’s Kempston

Inner Wheel of Flitwick Vale Herts Constabulary Golfing Society

Bedford Young Farmers Bedford School

All Saints Church Kempston Bedford Floral Art Society

Ampthill & District Rotary Club Bedford Rotaract

Charlotte Bettle Yvonne Borneo

McKeegan family Alan Hall & Ashley Lewis

Wendy Cope Greycourt Florist

Bedford MG Owners Club Bedford & Luton Community Foundation

The Lamp Co The Kilroy family

Rotaract Bedford Cottage Garden Florists

BECOME A FRIEND

FRIENDS OF THE ROAD VICTIMS TRUST

The Friends of the Road Victims Trust are a team of volunteers that support the important work of the Trust. The Road Victims Trust does not receive any statutory funding. All costs are raised by grants, donations and fundraising events. Through the generosity of others we are able to provide all our support services free of charge.

But we do need your help

Will you consider becoming a Friend? Friends of the Road Victims Trust can help in both promoting our work and fundraising to support victims. Your regular help as a Friend of the Trust will help us to continue to provide our support to victims of fatal road collisions. As a Friend of the RVT we will regularly update you on the work of the Trust and we can provide you with the opportunity to participate in various activities. By joining the Friends of the RVT, you will be making a valuable contribution to supporting victims.

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BECOME A TRUSTEE OR VOLUNTEER

BECOMING A TRUSTEE I have never been involved in a fatal road traffic collision, or known anyone that was, and until I started working with the RVT I hadn’t given much thought to the traumatic and far-reaching effect this has on the lives of the people involved. From working with the team on the development of a database system I came to understand the importance of their role in helping people through the kind of dreadful experience that could happen to anyone. I observed the caring and professional approach they take to helping people and I wanted to help too. Before I became a trustee Tony Parker (Chief Executive) gave me a copy of ‘The Good Trustee Guide’ to read. It says trustees are people who are entrusted to look after money, or other resources, to ensure they are used effectively to achieve the purpose for which they are given. I see being a trustee as being much more than that though – it is doing everything I can to support the fantastic work the team do to ease the suffering of the people they work with. Why not contact the Road Victims Trust to find out more about the trust and getting involved? Pat Whittome Trustee

COUNSELLING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Qualified or in training

For a valuable and challenging role, supporting those affected by fatal road collisions.

Our free training and supervision will support you in developing your skills.

Our training course is 50 hours and held over two months on Wednesday evenings and 4 Saturdays.

For further information call Rose or Frances 01234 843345

We are an Equal Opportunities organisation and welcome members of minority groups.

I am delighted to have become Chair of the Trustees in December 2009 and can only hope that I do as good a job as my predecessor Clifton, I will certainly try my best. It is good news for me and the work of the Trust in general that Clifton has agreed to remain as a Trustee. In addition we have been able to secure the services of two new Trustees, Martyn Bradish and Pat Whittome, both of whom bring new skills and fresh ideas to the Trust. I take up the reins at a really exciting time as our expansion of services in Hertford-shire gathers speed with the new office in Hitchin established and the first training for additional volunteers to cover Hertfordshire planned.

The next twelve months promise to be a challenge (in the face of a difficult financial environment) as we build our services into Hertfordshire and continue the long established service already offered across Bed-fordshire.

I know the Trustees, staff and volunteers will all pull together for the sake of the road victims in our coun-ties, please support those efforts in whatever way you can.

Steve Ottaway

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

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CLIENT SUPPORT

The Coordinators and Counselling Volunteers provide free emotional and practical support to those people affected by fatal road collisions who are resident in Bedfordshire. Each victim is supported for as long as it is useful and can include support during the police investigation which can last 4 - 6 months; the Inquest which can occur between 6 - 12 months after the collision; and criminal proceedings which can occur up to 24 months following the collision. The Counselling Volunteers are integral to the whole work of the Trust and quite simply without their commitment we could not provide such comprehensive support to victims.

Rose Slade Frances Bourne

Coordinator Bedfordshire Coordinator Hertfordshire

Support provided 2009/10

INCOME & EXPENDITURE

For the year ended 31st March 2010

Year to Year to

31/03/2010 31/03/2009

£ £

Incoming Resources

Donations 109226 39574

Fund raising 13757 24026

Bank interest 91 2592

Hertfordshire funds transfer 0 35017

Gift aid tax refund 24566 6171

Merchandise 177 190

Gala concert surplus 17109 16901

164926 124471

Resources Expended

Salaries 107399 50564

Employers National Insurance 10255 4908

Support services 3287 2003

Management 24840 38152

Temporary staff 3009 0

Room hire 3364 102

Conferences and courses 4305 2477

Travel 10580 9547

Advertising and promotion 4078 1723

Household and catering 586 913

Professional 8167 1847

Legal 1163 0

Accountancy 580 740

Rent and rates 1853 449

Water 92 127

Electricity 1254 1702

Cleaning 1011 699

Hire of equipment 3618 0

Repairs and renewals 548 979

Furniture and equipment 584 1059

Postage 1608 938

Telephone 1457 1862

Computer and internet services 5479 4355

Printing and stationery 6452 4938

Merchandise 1498 779

Insurance 1160 1172

208227 132035

Net Outgoing/Incoming Resources -43301 -7564

TREASURERS REPORT 2009 / 2010

The year commenced with a financial plan that expected that we would use part of the reserves we had created in earlier years to invest in personnel and systems in Hertfordshire. The aim is as far as possible, to replicate the support service levels currently being offered in Bedfordshire to road victims in Hertfordshire. We have largely achieved that, although our reserves have been depleted further than we originally planned. Fundraising in the current financial situation of the country has been difficult and lower than expected and we have not yet been able to at-tract long term support such as that provided by the Lottery funds. However, although we cannot yet see a clear path to achieve our 5 year targets, we remain confident that our current financial situation coupled with our future plans will get us into a position where we can plan for a future expansion of our service. I would like to thank all of our volunteers and staff for their efforts, they are all incredibly committed and passionate in their support for individuals and organisations large and small. Our supporters, are also to be thanked, without them and their belief in road victims there would be no Road Victims Trust.

Robert Panton The following is a brief summary of the Trust accounts, but may not be sufficiently detailed to allow a full understanding of our financial af-fairs. For further information, the full accounts and the auditor’s report thereon should be consulted.

CLIENT SUPPORT

Support provided 2009/10

Inquest Support

Inquest days

Road coll. Inquests

No. supported

Coordinator days

Volunteer days

Bedford 11 3 191 17 6

Luton 15 6 518 15 24

Totals 26 9 709 32 30

Number Support Type

ST

0-3mths MT

4-6mths LT

7+ mths

Clients from 2008/09 25 2 3 20

Clients Police referral 2009/10 24 10 5 9

Clients other referrals 2009/10 14 3 4 7

Totals 63 15 12 36

FUNDRAISING & EVENTS 2009 / 2010

Clanger Run (car rally) supported by Luton Hoo Hotel, organised by Bedfordshire MG Owners Club

Gala Concert Dinner 2010 Concert performed by the

Philharmonia

Carole Whittingham from SCARD, (Support and Care After Road Death) winner of the Glyn Spalding Award 2009 at the Road Victims Trust AGM.

Sainsbury’s Kempston, money raised for the Road Victims Trust from collection boxes, as their charity of the year for 09/10.

FUNDRAISING & EVENTS 2009 / 2010

Laptop presentation from Rotary Club of Kempston

Ashley Lewis & Alan Hall cycled from Paris to Geneva

RVT Team for Rotary Swimathon

Frank Watson & Tim McKeegan cycled from Lands End

to John O’Groats

LADIES NIGHT (in Bromham)