1. Charity Registration No. 1002741 Overview of January – December 2016
THE GATEHOUSE PROJECT
Overview of January – December 2016

2. Working with the homeless and vulnerably housed for nearly 30 years

3. The Gatehouse 2016
Was a busy year in relation to working with Guests, volunteers and fundraising.
The local cuts to homelessness services did have an indirect impact on the project.
The work at the Gatehouse in 2016 has been broken down into categories.

4. Guests 2016

5. Number of visits 2016 (on average)
April 2016 (one week)=383
July 2016 (one week)=310
Sept 2016 (one week)=326
Dec 2016 (one week)=323

6. Gatehouse Housing Comparisons 2016

7. Additional food donations
A range of Tesco stores continued to prepare and serve additional hot food on Tuesday evenings
The Head Chef at Le Manoir started preparing and serving additional hot food on Friday evenings
The Friday night Literacy Group developed a reading group and went of five local theatre trips

8. Partnership working
We had no neighbour complaints in 2016 which is a great achievement by all
Crisis Skylight started working with Guests who English is a second language once a week
The Friday night Literacy Group developed a reading group and went of five local theatre trips

9. The Gatehouse Weekly Timetable 2016
Monday
Clothes Donation Store
Computers
Tuesday
Tesco
Hairdresser (approx. once a month)
Wednesday
Art Group
Thursday
Friday
Literacy Group 5-7pm
Reading Group 6-7pm
Sunday
Podiatrist (twice a month)
Smoothie Sunday (once a month)

10. Volunteers 2016

11. The Gatehouse Annual Training Plan 2016

13. Strengthening the Volunteer Led Model
New food bags for external volunteers
Shared meetings with coordinators and staff (if requested) and quarterly meetings with coordinators
Additional coordinators sitting on the monthly Management Committee meetings
Adapting operational tasks to support delivery
Recruitment of additional sandwich groups

14. Development 2016

15. Writing and implementing new policies
Boundaries & Confidentiality Guidelines
Data Protection (initial work)
Managing Risk
Coordinator & Staff Handbook
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
All policies incorporated into the new website
A new volunteer database and guidelines

16. Re-design of the food storage area

17. Re-design of the clothes store

18. The first Gatehouse calendar

19. A One to One Project Worker (Guest request)

20. Fundraising 2016

21. A large amount of 2016 was spent fundraising
The local cuts to services meant that other services were applying for our usual pots of money
It was soon apparent that the organisation needed a designated fundraiser
It was decided that there would be a staff restructure and the role of Assistant Project Director would cease
We needed to address the years deficit and plan for future years in the current economy
Instead the front line staff team would expand so to secure front line services
An additional Senior Project Worker post would also be created
A 10 our a week Administrator
And a 12 hour a week Fundraising Coordinator posts would also be created

22. Thank you to our supporters- we couldn’t operate without you!
Our sandwich makers
Our soup makers
Our front-line volunteers
Clothes donators
Food donators-that help us to reduce our annual food bill
Our cooked food volunteers
Our clothes store volunteers
Our food hygiene volunteers
Grant Awarding Bodies
Charity of the year supporters
Sponsored event supporters
Regular standing order donators
JustGiving supporters
One off donators