INTRODUCTION
Dear All,
It's been a while since this blog has been updated. We are very sorry for the tardiness of our update but we have been really busy with getting things sorted. Things have really progressed since our full year report in July and we would like to share this news with you.
MAIN NEWS
Dear All,
It's been a while since this blog has been updated. We are very sorry for the tardiness of our update but we have been really busy with getting things sorted. Things have really progressed since our full year report in July and we would like to share this news with you.
MAIN NEWS
1. OUR FIRST AGM IN EARLY AUGUST 2014.
The following are the points from the meeting
1. The organisation representatives were very happy with our project, especially since there are less and less available public funding for emergency food parcel.
2. We asked the organisation representatives to get more anecdotal feedback from their clients for our future donation appeal and also for current donors' knowledge.
3. Over half of the vouchers issued have not been redeemed - two of the organisations have records of their clients matched to the vouchers' serial numbers and they were happy to check about the missing vouchers. In future, all three organisations will keep such records to enable better tracking of such vouchers. Further ideas of ensuring better tracking of vouchers in all various stages of the 'life' of the vouchers - from the issuance to the redemption - were also discussed.
4. Ideas on fundraising were also discussed. The co-ordinator of the single fathers' group from One Parent Family Scotland assured us that his 'fathers' were willing to bake for our next fundraising event.
We are happy to say that it was a very positive session and helped boost further understanding amongst the various "players" in this project.
We would also like to report that we had to use £18 of the money donated for event - £15 on the drinks and snacks for 7 people and £3 for printing costs.
If anyone would like to read the Annual Report, please send us a message.
1. The organisation representatives were very happy with our project, especially since there are less and less available public funding for emergency food parcel.
2. We asked the organisation representatives to get more anecdotal feedback from their clients for our future donation appeal and also for current donors' knowledge.
3. Over half of the vouchers issued have not been redeemed - two of the organisations have records of their clients matched to the vouchers' serial numbers and they were happy to check about the missing vouchers. In future, all three organisations will keep such records to enable better tracking of such vouchers. Further ideas of ensuring better tracking of vouchers in all various stages of the 'life' of the vouchers - from the issuance to the redemption - were also discussed.
4. Ideas on fundraising were also discussed. The co-ordinator of the single fathers' group from One Parent Family Scotland assured us that his 'fathers' were willing to bake for our next fundraising event.
We are happy to say that it was a very positive session and helped boost further understanding amongst the various "players" in this project.
We would also like to report that we had to use £18 of the money donated for event - £15 on the drinks and snacks for 7 people and £3 for printing costs.
If anyone would like to read the Annual Report, please send us a message.
2. APPLICATION FOR CHARITY STATUS
We finally managed to put together the documents and have submitted our SCIO application in early October. We are hopefully waiting for their reply as to any further questions they may have.
3. VISIT TO ROCK TRUST
In late September, Rock Trust held an open evening and we attended. It was an eye-opener as we finally met a few of the youths who benefitted from our project. The event allowed us to understand better the services offered by Rock Trust to these youths.
We also managed to network and gained some ideas for future activities.
4. EID FUNDRAISING PARTY
We just finished our first major fundraising event on Sunday. Lookout for further update on this event by end of this week.
ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHER USAGE
These are the accounts for the quarter. We would like to thank all our donors for their kind donation. We have issued out only 50 vouchers in the past quarter, mostly because we would like to get to the bottom of the nearly 50% of unredeemed vouchers. We have made some progress towards that.
The other reason is because we are looking to expand our cafe choices and so the vouchers will need replacing and so too the method of tracking them. We are therefore taking time to take stock and rethink of new ways to improve our ability to account for the vouchers and their usage.
Thus far, since inception, we have issued out 613 vouchers. We collected 212 vouchers in 2013/2014. For this quarter, we have collected back a further 131. One Parent Families are our main user followed by Saheliya and Rock Trust for this quarter.
| Bank Statement | Pound | ||
| Date | Description | Dr | Cr |
| 6/28/2014 | Balance C/F | £356.17 | |
| 7/3/2014 | MS | £10.00 | |
| 7/4/2014 | SS | £5.00 | |
| 7/24/2014 | SA | £50.00 | |
| 7/24/2014 | Hafiz Ahmed | £50.00 | |
| 7/24/2014 | Paypal charge Hafiz Ahmed | -£1.13 | |
| 7/28/2014 | Transferred from cash | £50.00 | |
| 7/31/2014 | Total July | £521.17 | -£1.13 |
| 7/31/2014 | Balance C/F | £520.04 | |
| 8/3/2014 | MS | £20.00 | |
| 8/4/2014 | SS | £5.00 | |
| 8/20/2014 | Transfer to Aroma Café | -£5.00 | |
| 8/20/2014 | Anonymous | £5.00 | |
| 8/24/2014 | SA | £50.00 | |
| 8/28/2014 | Transfer to Aroma Café | -£250.00 | |
| 8/28/2014 | Transferred from cash | £75.00 | |
| 8/28/2014 | Total August | £675.04 | -£255.00 |
| 8/28/2014 | Balance C/F | £420.04 | |
| 9/24/2014 | Anonymous | £10.00 | |
| 9/3/2014 | Payment for AGM refreshment | -£18.30 | |
| 9/1/2014 | Keith Walker | £25.00 | |
| 9/1/2014 | Paypal chargeKeith Walker | -£1.05 | |
| 9/4/2014 | SS | £5.00 | |
| 9/24/2014 | MS | £20.00 | |
| 9/25/2014 | SA | £50.00 | |
| 9/28/2014 | Transferred from cash | £50.00 | |
| 9/28/2014 | Total September | £580.04 | -£19.35 |
| 9/28/2014 | Balance C/F | £560.69 | |
and
| Cash | Pound | ||
| Date | Description | Dr | Cr |
| 7/4/2014 | NM | £50.00 | |
| 7/28/2014 | Tranferred to Bank | -£50.00 | |
| 7/28/2014 | Total July | £50.00 | -£50.00 |
| 8/2/2014 | Chen Jia | £20.00 | |
| 8/4/2014 | NM | £50.00 | |
| 8/9/2014 | Anonymous | £5.00 | |
| 8/28/2014 | Tranferred to Bank | -£75.00 | |
| 8/28/2014 | Total August | £75.00 | -£75.00 |
| 9/4/2014 | NM | £50.00 | |
| 9/28/2014 | Tranferred to Bank | -£50.00 | |
| 9/28/2014 | Total September | £50.00 | -£50.00 |
Thank you again for your support.
