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Bramley Elderly Action 230a Stanningley Road, Bramley, Leeds LS13 3BA t :0113 236 1644
e: info@bramleyea.org.uk @BramleyElderly www.bramleyea.org.uk
Bramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644 www.bramleyea.org.uk
Staff
Lee Ingham - Manager
Dot Haigh – Shop Manager
Rebecca – Project and Transport Worker
Haydn Thorpe – Driver
Kathy Tasker – Information Co-ordinator
Maureen Rushworth - Activities Co-ordinator
Mini Farrell – Driver
Rob Cook – Communications Co-ordinator
Susan O’Malley – Project and Admin Worker
Vicki Thompson – Receptionist / Administrator
Zoe Ricketts – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Board members
Norah Gibson – Chair, Stuart Quin – Vice Chair
Jeanne Major – Company Secretary (retired)
Christine Butterfield – Treasurer
Barbara Dixon, Caroline Gruen, Dominic Charkin,
Edna Rose, Giulia Artuso, Martyn Smith (resigned),
Sally McHale, Sue Dean
Funders
BEA: Benfield Charitable Trust, Charles Brotherton Trust,
Constance Green Foundation, East Morton Village Hall,
Harrison Potter Trust, MICE Money Bramley Councillors,
Oddfellows (Manchester Unity Friendly), Wades Charity,
Zurich Community Trust.
OWLS: Butler Trust, Co-operative Community Fund,
Inner North West Well Being Fund,
Lloyds TSBFoundation, Wades Charity, Westward Care
BEA & OWLS:
Leeds City Council and donations from individuals
who wish to remain anonymous
Thank you.... To all our volunteers, April 2013—March 2014
Joyce Aggett, Hannah Anderson, Brenda Archer, Giulia
Artuso, Brenda Atack, Iris Barker, Margaret Baxendale,
Margaret Bell, Tom Bell, Felicity Bester, Dorothy Bligh, Mavis
Bond, Audrey Botwood, Catherine Bouskill, Beverley
Bradshaw, Ian Brown, Margaret Brown, Edna Buckle,
Una Bunney, Angela Carter, Marlene Chandler, (John) Chi
Chang, Dominic Charkin, Eileen Child, Gemma Collett,
Carl Cooper, Helen Copley, Eve Corry, Patricia Craig, Dor-
othy Craven, Margaret Crew, Harry Crossley, Colin
Darby, Barbara Dargan, Sue Dean, Christine Dent, Barbara
Dixon, Malcolm Dixon, Connie Earl, Jonathan Edmondson,
Jennifer Evers, Stanley Farrar, Terry Farrell, Norah Gibson,
Ellen Glover, Nina Goldthorpe, Sandra Gorman,
Dora Grant, Maureen Greaves, Stuart Green, Peter
Griffin, Dorothy Haigh, Joan Haigh, Karen Hallas, Ted Han-
ley, Terence Hayward, Joan Hewitt, Steve Hodgson, Henriet-
ta Howard, Susie Ineson, Pat Ioannou, Dorothy Jay,
Isabella Jenkinson, Nancy Johnson, Christine Kearsley, Tricia
Kyte, Sydney Lawton, Lai Ting Lee, Kenneth Linley, Kath Lis-
ter, Joan Lockett, John Lockett, Anne Lonsdale, Jeanne
Major, Frances Maloney, Florence Marsden, David
Marsh, Gloria Marsh, Rebecca Matthews,
Maureen May, Joan McCann, Lee McDonnell, Sally
McHale, Ian McPhail, Patrick Mensah, May Millar, Kirsten
Miller, Barbara Mooney, Irene Moran, (Margaret) Anne
Murgatroyd, Brian Myland, Bryan John North, Lucy Old, Keith
Padbury, Marian Padbury, Aaron Pool, Elaine Powell, Jim
Quimby, Stuart Quin, Christine Radcliffe, Krystyna Richards,
David Richardson, Jayne Richardson, Carol Ridsdale, Karen
Rogers, Edna Rose, Karen Rosindale, Ryan Serle, (Eileen) June
Sharp, Martyn Smith, Mavis Smith, Sharon Snowden,
Jean Stacey, Pauline Starkey, Betty Steele, Ester Teixeira Bar-
ros, Margaret Tiernan, John Turner, Audrey Waddington,
Karen Wanless, Pauline Ward, Christine Warr, Kathleen
Warr, Carol Watson, Leslie Webster, Margaret Welford,
Kathleen Westwood, Lucy Whitehead, Pat Whitley, Kathy
Wordsworth, Mavis Wright, Margaret Young.
Team of KPMG staff working on the opening of Bramley Lawn
Winners of Bramley Challenge receive certificates from BEA’s Patron—Rachel Reeves MP
BEA at Lord Mayor’s thank you celebration for volunteers
Bramley Elderly Action Annual Report 2013-14
Bramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644 www.bramleyea.org.uk Reg Charity No. 1043975 Ltd Company No. 3008194
Chair’s Report
Our 20th Anniversary year promises to be a memorable one with
the opening of Bramley Lawn and Bramley Community Shop in
Bramley Shopping Centre. The opening of these facilities will
enable ourselves to offer more activities, services and
information.
In our 20th anniversary year it is important that we recognise all
the hard work undertaken by ‘previous’ as well as current
volunteers, staff, Board members. For instance, in 2014 I met
Kathleen Harrison, BEA’s first Company Secretary, at BEA fundraising gala dinner. At the
dinner I was informed by Sheila Mahon (my predecessor and BEA’s first employee) that
Kathleen was BEA’s first member and probably the first volunteer. It tells a story about
BEA, that 20 years after its foundation, the organisations first member, volunteer and
employee are still supporting the work of BEA. We continue to be indebted to people like
Kathleen and Sheila.
Throughout the year we will be hosting a series of anniversary events and I hope that you
can join us. Celebrations will include a joint 20th anniversary event with BARCA where we
will also be recognising the contribution of faith organisations to the local community. The
anniversary will finish with a party in March. People ‘previously’ involved with BEA will be
invited along and thanked at these events.
Speaking of thanking people, I would like to thank the Board for their continued hard work
in what has been another very demanding year. I would like to especially thank Norah
Gibson who is standing down as Chair having made a significant contribution to the
developments of the last three years. We are all glad that Norah will be continuing to support
the work of BEA.
A theme throughout our anniversary year is ‘looking back and looking forward’:
Looking back: in the early nineties Leeds City Council (LCC) had the foresight to use the
NHS & Community Care Act to replicate the work of Belle Isle Winter Aid across the city.
They did this by funding the set up of Neighbourhood Network Schemes including BEA.
LCC remains our main funder and the work of the Neighbourhood Network Schemes is a
good example of how the voluntary sector can work in partnership with the council. There is
increasing recognition that the work of the Neighbourhood Schemes (including BEA and
OWLS) is living proof that the community and the council cares. There is also a growing
national interest in the partnership work of Neighbourhood Schemes and LCC.
Looking forward: in May 2014 The Care Act was introduced. This significant piece of
legislation has a number of implications for older people including greater responsibility for
local councils to provide ‘preventative health services.’ Examples of ‘preventative health
services’ are the activities that BEA and OWLS provides with support from Leeds City
Council. This could be good news for older people and BEA. It is good to see that the rest of
the country is catching up with Leeds!
Lee Ingham, Manager, Bramley Elderly Action
Manager’s Report
Incoming resources £338,046
62%6%
15%
12% 5%
Contracts Grants
Donations Activities
Earned income
Bramley Elderly Action Annual Report | 2013-14
This is a very special time for Bramley Elderly Action as we celebrate our 20th
anniversary. It was at a meeting on the 21st April 1994, at the Social Service
Office on Hough Lane, that the first Steering Committee was appointed and the
name of Bramley Elderly Action was agreed. The first public meeting was held
in June 1994. Fifty people attended. Over these past twenty years, we have seen
many changes. Membership has grown, the area we cover has expanded, the
services we offer have increased—and of course we have more staff and
volunteers to keep everything going. Another significant change has been in
how we are funded. We are now in the fortunate position of receiving core
funding from Leeds City Council. Whilst we still need to fundraise to cover the costs of all that we do, the
funding from LCC eases the burden of fundraising, especially on our manager. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the funding of BEA.
One of the highlights of this year has been the transfer to BEA of the Bramley Lawn centre under the
Community Asset Transfer scheme of the LCC. The official opening will be taking place on 10th October.
We intend that Bramley Lawn will be an innovative, exciting and welcoming place – a valuable addition to
BEA’s resources and we welcome your comments on what activities you would like to see happening there.
Most of BEA’s work goes on quietly without hitting the headlines and I am proud of the reputation that BEA
has in this city for the quality of its work. We have many – unsolicited – testimonials from members and
members’ relatives regarding the value of our work. I know the high regard in which BEA staff are held and
I am proud to be part of the organisation. We could not, however, accomplish what we do without the
selfless contribution, the dedication of our volunteers. They do remarkable work. In economic terms, the
volunteers time is worth well over £100,000 and this helps make BEA a cost-effective organisation, a value
for money organisation and I give a very sincere ‘thank you’ to our volunteer force.
I have now been Chair of BEA for three years – three very interesting and rewarding years, but years not
without challenges. Times are changing and organisations have to change with them. It is vital that from
time to time an organisation takes a critical look at itself, at what it is doing, how it is doing it and how well-
equipped it is to move on. Over the past two years, we have been working on our strategic plan, setting out
our goals for the future. We have also undertaken a staffing structure review to make sure we are able to
give the highest quality of care, concern, innovation and leadership in the sector. I want to express my
thanks to all the Board members - especially to Vice-Chair Stuart who took on so much of the work related
to the review. Being a member of the Board carries a great responsibility – for the soundness of the
organisation in the quality of its services, for ensuring all the necessary policies and procedures are in place
and implemented, and for ensuring the financial soundness and accountability of BEA. In recognition of this
special responsibility, the Board has decided that two former Board members have given exceptional service
and it is my pleasure to announce that Special Service awards go to Joan Lockett, who served for twelve
years as Chair, and to Jeanne Major, who served for almost thirteen years as a Board member, including
acting as Company Secretary.
At the next Board meeting in October, I will be standing down as Chair of the Board of Trustees. It has
been a privilege to hold this position and I will continue to serve BEA in any way I can.
Norah Gibson, Chair, Bramley Elderly Action BEA members at unveiling of Bramley War Memorial
Expenditure £333,911
61%17%
6%
4%
12%
Salaries and on costs Services
Governance Management fee
Office and overheads
Finances 2013 /14
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