Peel Centre
Annual Report
2008
Peel Centre
Annual Report
2008
The Peel Institute is a charity founded
in the 19th century, serving the diverse
communities of the Islington, City of
London and Camden areas of London.
In our second century of service we
now operate from the Peel Centre,
a fully accessible community centre
on the borders of King‘s Cross.
The Peel Institute aims to work with
local communities to promote and
provide opportunities and facilities
for education, recreation, and the
advancement of the social, economic,
physical and mental well-being
of those most in need with the aim
of enabling long term sustainable
improvements on significant issues
affecting their quality of life.
Strategic Aims
To tackle the barriers which isolate
older people and support them
to live independently through the
provision of appropriate facilities
and opportunities for recreation,
participation, health improvement,
advice and information on local
and national services, and targeted
care and support.
To promote good health, positive
citizenship, good judgement and
community participation among
children and young people by
providing a wide variety of stimulating,
enjoyable activities and opportunities
in a safe environment.
To promote access to opportunities
and to tackle inequalities affecting
some of the most excluded and
deprived sections of the community
including ethnic minorities.
To enhance the employment
prospects, education and skills
of local disadvantaged young
people and adults through targeted
advice, guidance and training.
To work creatively and appropriately
with other organisations in partnership
to achieve innovative, economical,
evidence based projects and
sustainable benefits for local
communities.
To continually review and evaluate
policy, objectives and outcomes
against changing needs and agreed
service quality standards to ensure
that work is both effective and
relevant.
To maintain a management, staff and
volunteer resource with the necessary
skills, experience and commitment
to deliver these aims.
To strive for equality of opportunity
in all working practices and in service
delivery and to tackle institutional
discrimination.
Chairman’s Report
After what has been a difficult time
financially for the Peel I reflect back
on the challenges the Peel has faced
in its history. The current economic
downturn brings back memories of
past periods of economic difficulties.
The hardships faced by communities
during both world wars and the
great depression of 1929, whose
effects lasted throughout the next
decade, had a huge impact on the
need for Peel to provide support
to the local community.
In the early half of the twentieth
century the level of deprivation and
poverty in the local community was
significantly worse than today and
it was only with the advent of the
welfare state in the second half of
the century that we saw improvements
to people’s standards of living.
Nevertheless, the last fifty years has
still seen a need for Peel to provide
services to tackle the effects
of deprivation and poor quality
of life in the local community.
J.A.G. Gillett
Chair of the Board
of Trustees
The economic crisis of the late eighties
saw further hardships for families
and the local community with high
rates of unemployment and financial
hardship.
Consistently throughout these times
Peel trustees, staff and volunteers at
the time have worked hard to ensure
the services we provide are meeting
the changing needs of the local
community.
As fears grow of hard times ahead
for communities and the likelihood
of a worsening economic climate for
some time, creating challenges and
opportunities for the sustainability
of our services, the Trustees and staff
will seek to ensure that we continue
to tackle the effects of hardships
within the community.
Working closely with users of our
services, our partners and other
providers we will seek support
to enable us to provide the much
needed services, targeted at the
most disadvantaged, that are
detailed throughout this report.
What we provide
Adult Education Classes
After School Child Care
Child Care Training
Community Development
Crèche Facilities
Day Centre for Older People
Day Trips
Escorted Transport
Health and Fitness Classes
Holiday Playschemes
Iranian & Iraqi Social Groups
Mixed Youth Groups
Muslim Youth Group
Office and Meeting Space
Sports Hall Hire
Sports Coaching
Staffed Holidays and Outings
Youth Activity Residentials
Chief Executive
Report
Whilst the last year has been
challenging in terms of the financial
sustainability of our service provision
it has also been a time of exciting
opportunities. Funding from Adult
and Community Learning has enabled
us to extend our adult education
classes for older people, including
access and training in using
computers and the internet.
With so many services being provided
on the internet this has opened up
a wide number of opportunities for
older people to access new services,
advice and information. We now have
open access internet for all our users
in the Day Centre to use whenever
they attend the centre.
Rob Hamilton
Chief Executive
This theme has also continued
with our child care project being able
to expand our I.T. based curriculum
support for any child attending child
care at the Centre, so that every child
can access a computer to support
with homework and learning.
In addition to our on-site programme
for young people we now provide
two nights a week of detached
youth work on the Barnsbury Estate,
extending the opportunities for young
people to access and engage with
the project.
Our work with young people has
also benefited from exciting new
opportunities this year through
partnership work with the Barnsbury
Estate Community Association.
In addition to measuring the social
impact of our work, during 2007
the Board undertook a review of
our environmental impact as a result
of our service provision and operation
of the Peel Centre.As a result of this
review the organisation has joined the
Islington Climate Change Partnership
and has pledged to aim to reduce
our carbon dioxide emissions
by at least 15% by 2010.
In pursuit of this objective and with the
support of the Low Carbon Buildings
Programme and Climate Change Fund,
we will be installing a Solar Electric
(PV) System during 2009 to reduce
our overall energy consumption, and
thereby producing on-going savings
to our operational costs.
As with all charities in times of an
economic downturn, with pressure
on income and increasing costs
of maintaining our activities and
the Peel Centre, we need to continue
to work closely with others to ensure
we are making the best possible
use of our limited resources.
All of these developments have taken
place against a backdrop of increasing
financial constraints, with reduced
levels of overall voluntary income and
falls in the value of our endowment
reducing earned income.
We are therefore grateful to all
our partners with whom we provide
activities and to those that have
supported our work over the last
twelve months.
I love the Peel because
the staff are all fun
and caring.
Ashley Cheal
Youth Club Member
The following pages provide
an overview of our achievements
over the last year and reflect our
commitment to continue to provide
innovative, cost effective, high quality
services and activities to support
the local community.
Work with the elderly
Changes in the local population and
a lack of opportunities for older people
to stay healthy, active and independent
as average life expectancy increases
has led to a continuing growth in the
need for our work with older people.
As people live longer it doesn’t mean
that they live a healthier life. Many
people find that their health worsens
as they get older and they may suffer
from chronic illness and mobility
problems.
This can often mean that they lose
their independence and must rely
on support services for their everyday
living.
Our membership has grown to in
excess of 308 members and with
12,184 attendances per annum.
Just over 71% are aged over 75 years
and 25% represent a range of BME
communities. As these members get
older and frailer their need for access
to preventative services will continue
to increase.
Services offered have developed to
meet this changing need, with a focus
on providing a holistic preventative
service to encourage members to
enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle,
to remain independent, combat
isolation and maintain their long
term physical and mental health
and well being.
In line with our ethos of independence
rather than dependence the services
are user led and rely heavily on the
involvement of older people themselves
in both delivery and management.
Our activities programme aims to
deliver a wide range of opportunities.
In addition to a daily hot meal to
encourage healthy eating, we now
have over 40 weekly health and
social activities to meet the needs
of all abilities, and provided more
than 20 trips.
It’s a home from home
and something I really
look forward to.
Hannah Conwell
Day Centre Member
Work with the elderly
continued
These include line dancing, swimming,
singing, yoga, indoor bowls, massage,
art, tai chi, chair based exercise
classes and reminiscence work.
Day trips have included a range
of outing to South End, Brighton,
Leeds Castle, Wickstead Park, British
Museum, O2 Centre Tutankhamen
Exhibition and a variety of shopping,
theatre and restaurant trips during
the year, encouraging and supporting
members to enjoy the benefits of living
in London.
Working with CLOD Ensemble we
have also hosted monthly concerts
throughout the year by professional
artists and performers. With the
support of Adult and Community
Learning we have provided a number
of adult education classes, including
Information Technology.
To meet the growing demand for
such classes we have extended this
provision in 2008 with the support
of the Percy Bilton Charity to purchase
additional equipment.
All of these activities are complemented
by visits from other specialist services
with presentations and talks on
such issues as healthy eating,
crime prevention and benefits advice
and a full range of advice, advocacy,
support and preparation of care plans
for those with higher care needs.
Each member is assigned a key worker
who monitors their attendance and
participation in activities, to carefully
evaluate individual benefit from the
service, to target the service effectively
and ensure members are provided
with the necessary support when
required and provided encouragement
to engage in activities.
We are aware that difficulty using
public transport continues to be
a significant problem for the elderly
and is a major cause of isolation
and a barrier to accessing services.
To help alleviate this, with the
support of the Trusthouse Charitable
Foundation, we have continued
to provide an accessible transport
service for users, allowing house
bound members to access facilities,
providing out-reach supporting the
most isolated and vulnerable older
people, as well as developing our
off-site activities programme. Over
50 people a week benefit from this
service, with an average 400 journeys
made each month.
This is often a vital link for users to
access the centre, helping them to
retain their friendships and generally
improve their quality of life and health,
but also provides staff with an ability
to provide additional support where
necessary.
Whilst the majority of Peel members
are able to remain active and
independent through services
provided at the Centre, as users
grow older their needs increase
and they often become frailer and
more dependent on staff for support
and assistance.
Our outreach ensures that we
encourage participation by frail
and isolated older people and we
work closely with Islington and City
of London social services, primary
care providers, hospitals and other
local providers to enable us to continue
to support these members to remain
independent and living in their own
homes.
To this end staff have worked closely
with other providers and statutory
bodies in identifying and meeting
the needs of older people, in particular
working with primary care trusts and
local authorities in developing health
strategies, ensuring the recognition
of older peoples needs in local area
agreements and that the services
offered are effectively targeted.
The service is co-ordinated with
other provision to provide a full ‘care
package’ for older people with higher
care needs. This co-ordinated working
enables us to provide suitable activities
and prepare ‘care plans’ for users
to meet their individual physical
and psychological needs.
Encouraging additional financial
support to ensure we can continue
to meet this increasing demand and
continuing to provide a diverse range
of activities for all abilities will be
a priority over the coming year.
Our work with the elderly has continued
to be our greatest area of expenditure.
It is clear however from the demand
for the service that this provision is
a cost effective way of providing
services that support older people
to remain healthy and independent,
saving on costly intervention services
in the longer term.
The tai-chi is very good for
improving my balance and
helps my breathing.
It is a friendly class with
an excellent tutor.
Flora Shepherd
Day Centre Member
Attendance Age
Breakdown
0 – 18 year olds
38%
19 – 64 year olds
33%
65 – 74 year olds
14%
75+ year olds
15%
Monitoring Graphs
1 Older People’s membership 308
2 Children’s membership 102
3 Young People’s membership 260
4 Attendance at the activities for older
people 12,184
5 Attendance at activities for children 2,373
6 Attendance at activities for young
people 6,827
7 Attendance at activities for ethnic
minorities 7,538
8 Places on Day Centre transport
provided 4,719
9 Places on Child Care transport
provided 1,559
10 No. of Day Centre activities provided 2,034
11 No. of Child Care activities provided 747
12 No. of Youth activities provided 888
13 No. of Community development activities
provided 301
14 Centre opening hours 3,503
15 Hours of management advice given 161
16 Hours of training supported 129
17 No. of Day Centre meals provided 8,031
18 No. of community groups supported 14
19 No. of volunteer hours worked 6,930
Financial Summary
2007/08
2007
£
2008
£
Voluntary Income
Activities for Generating Funds
Investment Income
Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities
106,835
6,908
75,886
199,032
Total Incoming Resources
388,661
Income
Expenditure
Costs of voluntary income
Costs of fundraising
Governance costs
Charitable Activities
Day Care for Older People
Youth Services
Services for Children
Minority Communities Support
22,259
2,269
16,116
295,575
146,165
84,515
71,356
597,620
Total Resources Expended
638,255
Net losses on investments
Net movement in funds
(116,040)
(365,634)
The above figures do not constitute statutory accounts and are only a summary of activity.
Full copies of the statutory accounts relating to the year ended 31 March 2008, on which the auditors have given an unqualified report may be obtained
from the Administrator at the Peel Centre or from Companies House.
Treasurer’s Report
The results for the year show a
decrease in incoming resources
of 13% and a decrease in resources
expended of 8% on the previous
year, leaving a funding shortfall
of £249,594. This funding deficit,
as in previous years, was funded
through reserves.
It is the Trustees policy to hold
investments as a means of earning
revenue on designated funds to
cover core costs and as a reserve
against any shortfall in income to
ensure we can continue to deliver
our charitable objectives.
39% of total expenditure was
therefore funded through capital
reserves, a total of 15% of the current
value of investments, up from 13%
of the value in 2007.
With net unrealised investment losses
of £116,040, the total value of funds
held decreased by 21% overall due
to external investment pressures,
representing a significant decrease
in the value of reserves held.
B McAuliffe
Honorary Treasurer
This highlights that, like all investors,
the Peel is exposed to the external
environment and in particular
fluctuations in investment returns.
The Board therefore believes that in
order to secure the sustainability of
the charity in the long term such levels
of deficit funding are unsustainable
and an over reliance on investment
income is having a negative effect
on the long term sustainability of
the charity.
They are implementing an income
and fundraising strategy for the
next five years that will ensure that
expenditure is maintained at levels
that remain prudent in light of the
income generated and that we
attract income from a wide variety
of sources.
With regard to resources expended,
all cost centres performed close to
forecast levels of expenditure, with
94% of resources expended on direct
charitable expenditure.
An awareness of the changing
nature of the funding environment
and an increase in the direct costs
of maintaining the Peel Centre has
led to an increasing need to focus
resources on fundraising and
networking.
At current levels of investment returns
the Board needs to maintain existing
levels of reserves in order to fund core
direct costs and to attract other sources
of funding to support direct charitable
expenditure or reduce the overall costs
of charitable activities.
With the credit and confidence
crisis in the global economy having
a significant effect on investment
values in 2008 the Board expects
the financial environment will remain
quite challenging throughout 2009.
To this end our fundraising strategy
aims to investigate all possible
sources of funding and the Board
has agreed that failure to attract
sufficient additional funds will require
cuts in service provision to reduce
operating costs.
Incoming resources
Resources expended
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Voluntary income 17%
Activities for generating funds 1%
Investment income 12%
Incoming resources from
charity activities 32%
5 Reserves 38%
Cost of generating funds 4%
Governance 2%
Day Care for older people 46%
Youth Clubs 23%
5 After School Clubs 14%
6 Minority Communities Support 11%
Ethnicity Graph
White UK 51%
Other White 4%
Black 20%
Indian 1%
Pakistani 1%
Bangladeshi 9%
Iranian 6%
Iraqi 4%
Kurdistan 2%
Other Asian 2%
Work with children
The local wards served by the Peel
are densely populated and have
high levels of local need, with a lack of
green space for children to play safely
or affordable, structured activities for
children and young people, and with
a clearly identified need to tackle
issues of child poverty.
To meet this need for out of school
hour’s support we have delivered
a wide ranging programme of
activities and affordable child care
for children aged six to eleven years
old, with the support of the Early
Years Child Care Development
Partnership.
In addition many of our members
come from low income families
or from BME communities, creating
additional barriers to children
accessing provision and a greater
need for support at affordable cost.
We aim to provide safe and
stimulating play activities after school
5 days a week during school term
time, with a child pick up service from
school and all day during school
holiday periods.
In addition we seek to provide advice
and support to families to enable
them to claim child care tax credits
where applicable.
Activities aim to be fully inclusive,
supportive, challenging and
encourage social learning through
arts and crafts, games, play, sports
and physical activities.
Working in partnership with
3 local primary schools we have
a membership of approximately
100 children, with 2,373 attendances
over the year.
Peel encourages positive thinking for
even the youngest of members with
the extra academic support they provide,
made fun and exciting.
Victoria Bannerman-Thompson
Child Club parent
Work with children
continued
All activities are based around and
responsive to the needs and demands
of children, enabling us to tackle issues
of isolation and anti social behaviour,
raising levels of self esteem, confidence,
responsibility, communication and
inter personal skills through a diverse
programme.
This includes a range of offsite trips and
activities designed to give opportunities
for learning and engaging children in
activities that they would otherwise be
precluded from participating in due to
cost, such as horse riding, ice skating,
theme parks and trips to the seaside.
Our onsite activities promote physical
fitness and positive self image through
sports based activities and promote
participation in group activities,
as well as providing quiet play and
social education options for children
to engage in through games, arts,
crafts and I.T. provision.
Funding from EYDCP and Friends
of the Peel has enabled us to expand
our I.T. based tutored homework
support, working with schools
to encourage out of hours learning
and providing support to families
who do not have access to a computer
out of school.
Our OFSTED registration has
consistently evaluated our work
with children as of a good standard,
meeting the needs of children
through a high quality diverse
programme.
Children and parents are fully
consulted and involved in the planning
and delivery of the activities on offer
and the service has proved highly
successful in supporting children
in the transition from primary
to secondary school enhancing
other Centre based services
for families, including our youth
services and our programme
of 5 a side football.
To be able to continue to provide
our services for children at an
affordable cost for working families
we need to seek alternative funding
to maintain current provision and
throughout the next twelve months
we will be working with other local
schools to extend the provision
of child care to more families
in the area.
Work with young people
Working in partnership with the London
Borough of Islington Young People’s
Service, who provide seconded staff
hours, we run youth clubs for 11 to 19
year olds, six days a week. Our current
membership is approximately 260,
with over 6,800 attendances per year.
Particular emphasis is placed on
developing partnership work with
other providers to ensure a consistent
and coordinated approach to tackling
practical problems of youth disaffection
and risk of offending behaviour
or social exclusion.
Helping young people through
the transition from adolescence to
adulthood, all activities are geared
towards personal, social and
educational development and ensuring
that young people are equipped with
the necessary knowledge and skills
to stay safe from harm and to develop
as independent young adults.
The Centre has a purpose built youth
café, including space for quiet play and
homework support, and large indoor
sports hall, providing access to a wide
range of activities including a diverse
social education programme providing
advice on education and employment
as well as provision of information and
guidance concerning matters of health,
racism, drugs and alcohol, a sports
and physical activity programme, and
regular off site activities and trips.
Activities have included a ‘Baby
Think it Over’ project looking at the
consequences of teenage pregnancy,
a ‘Young Leaders Against Crime’
project to discuss the impact of
crime on the local community and
a ‘Graffiti Arts’ project that culminated
in participation in the opening of the
new Eurostar Terminal at St Pancras
International.
In addition the Peel provides an
on and off site programme of five
a side football for all age ranges
7 to 16, with participation in a number
of local and regional leagues at
weekends, continuing our successful
record in sports development.
More than 100 young people, 40%
non-white UK, take part in weekend
competitions and have won a number
of cups and awards, with many players
progressing on to further leagues
and competitions.
Our policy of encouraging user
involvement in our projects has
also enabled us to train and employ
young people, to gain a number
of regular volunteers and to work
with BCTV to gain accreditation
for volunteers.
This has assisted in diverting young
people away from anti social behaviour
or risk related activity, improving
self confidence and developing team
skills, as well as providing employment
experience, vocational training and
accreditation for coaching award
schemes, emergency first aid and
volunteering opportunities.
Recognising young people’s
achievements is an important element
of our work and has included an
awards ceremony at Islington Town
Hall, nominations to Young Volunteer
of the Year and through a trip to
Downing Street to represent other
young people.
With the aid of a grant from EC1 New
Deal we have been able to run an
extensive activities programme during
school holidays.
Work with young people
continued
Providing both on and off-site activities,
young people have participated
in a number of health related and
confidence building activities, including
weekend residentials, where the young
people enjoyed a variety of specialist
activities including climbing, narrow
boating, paintball, sailing, potholing,
canoeing, raft building, night walks
and a variety of day trips. More
than 180 young people benefited
from this funding in 2008.
Our young members have also
been actively involved in representing
young people’s views on EC1 New
Deal forums to influence regeneration
initiatives.
In order to ensure that we can target
hard to reach groups of vulnerable
young people excluded from traditional
services, through our Al-Shaabab
Youth Group we have continued
to develop new work with vulnerable
young people from ethnic minority
communities excluded from traditional
services, providing access to activities
and promoting participation and
encouraging and enabling achievement,
as well as positive and confident
behaviour and the development
of self esteem.
Building on our extensive experience
of delivering services for young
people we are working with BELMO
and Barnsbury Estate Community
Association to deliver estate based
youth work on the Barnsbury estate
in south Islington. With funding from
BELMO and Cripplegate, two nights
a week we provide youth activities
on the estate.
With an average attendance of
25 young people we seek to deliver
a challenging, creative and responsive
programme developed and led by
the young people themselves. This
user led approach has helped secure
funding from Listen Up to enable us
to improve the programme of activities
on offer.
Peel keeps kids off the streets
and more importantly it gets
them engaged… even at the
weekend…
Sonia Watson
Youth Club parent
Throughout 2009 we will be working
with the residents to secure additional
funds and to develop the programme
of activities further to meet the specific
needs of the young people on the
estate.
Uncertainty over the continuation of
our current arrangement for seconded
staff has hampered development
of new initiatives and fundraising
throughout 2008, which has made
current provision unsustainable.
With the local authority completing
a strategic review of youth work
throughout the borough we expect
significant changes in the future
delivery of services for young people
over the next year.
The Board is therefore reviewing our
work in this area with a view to seeking
partnerships with other organisations
to enable us to deliver and target
services at those at most disadvantage
and who lack access to other
provision.
In doing so, we will be working
to ensure that the Peel continues to
play a significant role in both delivery
and strategic planning of youth work
locally, with a view to taking advantage
of future commissioning opportunities
by the local authority and potential
for joint delivery of services so that
that the needs of local young people
are met with a challenging, creative
and responsive programme developed
and led by the young people
themselves.
It has really helped with his behavior and
anger problems, Peel staff have helped him
work through issues and are very patient
with him.
Youth Club parent
Minority communities
support
Our Development through Diversity
Project has continued to provide support
and encouragement to a number of
small and emerging groups working
with the refugee, black and minority
ethnic communities. Offering help
with project development, fundraising,
training, organisational, financial
and management issues, as well as
subsidised or free access to facilities,
the projects have complemented
other services at the Centre.
Activities have ranged from such
services as regular sports, advice
and information, immigration
and benefits information services,
information sessions on health and
access to services, social education,
women’s rights, training and social
events to one off meetings and
workshops on specific topics. In
support of this work the Centre has
provided subsidised office space to
Arts World, Asian Women Lone Parents
Association, Federation of Iranian
Refugee Council, Federation of Iraqi
Refugees and the King’s Cross Asian
Women’s Project.
In addition during the year we hosted
adult education childcare courses, with
a crèche facility for students managed
by Westminster Kingsway College, as
well as a range of training, education,
sports and social activities with Ivy Leaf,
Tawfiq Somali Community Association,
Arts World, Asian Women Lone Parents
Association, Federation of Iranian
Refugee Council, Federation of Iraqi
Refugees, Corey’s Helpers Making
a Difference, The Gnostic Movement,
Partners Improvement Islington Ltd.,
Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights
and the King’s Cross Asian Women’s
Association. In addition our weekday
programme continued to offer daytime
Keep fit and football training.
Over the period April 2007 to March
2008 there were more than 7,500
attendances at supported activities;
the project delivered 161 hours
of management advice sessions
to community groups to increase
capacity to deliver and evaluate
projects; co-ordinated and managed
a consortium of 9 minority ethnic
user groups to improve co-operative
working and delivery of joint activities;
organised and supported the delivery
of 129 hours of management training
to meet the identified training
needs of the consortium members
and provided subsidised access
to community facilities and/or office
space at the Peel Centre to 14 minority
ethnic community groups.
Although the number of activities
developed and the level of support
offered to groups has been successful
there has been a failure of groups
to secure longer term funding to
sustain these projects, reflected in
the sporadic nature of some activities
over the year.
The nature of short term funding
schemes, particularly within
regeneration schemes, has led to
a hand to mouth existence for many
groups with little to no opportunity for
groups to secure longer term funding.
The constant pressure on groups to
deliver ‘new outputs’ to secure funding
has had an impact on the sustainability
of the project work and shown a clear
need to continue to support groups to
acquire the skills to develop a longer
term strategic plan for the development
and sustaining of projects.
The success of this kind of grass roots
support in engaging refugee, black
and minority ethnic communities
encourages the Board to continue
to support this work to help these
groups to secure longer term funding
to develop and sustain community
projects. However, with increasing
pressures on income and staff time
the long term ability of the organisation
to provide this level of support has
been curtailed.
We aim to continue to provide
support where possible to ensure
that the Peel is utilised by all sections
of the community and access to
facilities that the Peel Centre can
provide is targeted at hard to reach
groups.
Assistance in training and fundraising
were simply excellent. You took a huge
amount of trouble in bringing what
was often a very fraught process
to a successful conclusion.
Daud Mohamed Tawfiq
Somali Community Association
Without your support we would have
closed down 3 years ago. It’s great
to have someone that is willing to
help a small charity like us.
Dulchat Abbas
Federation of Iraqi Refugees
Friends of the
Peel
Volunteers
The Friends of the Peel have continued
to work tirelessly over the last year
to promote the Centre and to widen
support for our work.
Without the support of volunteers the
Peel Centre would be unable to provide
the services or achieve the objectives
it does. From the Trustees to student
placements and regular project
volunteers our work is sustained
by their assistance. Over the last
year 6930 hours of support has been
provided in both operational activities
and the governance of the charity.
Holding such regular events as a
Christmas Carol Concert and quarterly
prize draws they have been an
invaluable help in raising the profile
of the Centre and in helping to fund
our work.
Our thanks to all of the Committee
and members.
This volunteer involvement in
the governance of the charity is an
important part of the Peel structure.
Not only promoting direct accountability
for our service provision, it also gives
a valuable insight into a service-user
perspective and improves our planning
process. We are therefore grateful
to all of those who volunteer their
valuable time and support for their
continued involvement.
Adam Finch
Alison Forbes
Andrew Hamlett
Andrew Holmes
Clare Bond
David Harris
Daniel Risson
Elsie Daniel
Elsie Hole
Father Paul Bagott
Georgie Parker
Giles Colchester
Harry Sparks
Harry Toohey
Hayley Wigul
Honarah Cheney
Hugh Jenkins
Iona Williams
Irene Crowther
Irmgard Smith
Jack Doolan
Jack Driscoll
Jazzie B
Joan Harris
John Miller
Jonathan Gillett
Judith Hodgkinson
Justin Burmeister
Karen Henstock
Lettie Drew
Lillian Brooks
Lillian Stanford
Lydia Peters
Marie Wilson
Martin Hudson
Maureen Gibney
Maureen Prince
Mohiul Islam
Naima Choudhury
Natasha Hallinan
Norman Penney
Pat Emerson
Pat Try
Patrick Minns
Robert Andrews
Robert Cheddesingh
Roger Gillett
Sadia Mohamud
Sarah Faraji
Sharona Atkinson
Sheila Karl
Simon Rosum
Siobhain Rooney
Sophie Mavrogiorgis
Stella Tamakloe
Sulliman Mohamed
Taki Moaso
I take part in the Peel Volunteer
Scheme and it is making people
see us in a different light.
Now we are real people that
are helping and giving back,
not just kids that stand on the
street in a gang.
Simon Rosum
Youth Club Member
Our supporters
We are extremely grateful for the
support of the following individuals
and organisations
Adult and Community Learning
Aquaterra Leisure
BASSAC
Barnsbury Estate Community
Association
BELMO
Charities Aid Foundation
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
City Bridge Trust
Climate Change Fund
Clod Ensemble
Community Fund
Corporation of London
Cripplegate Foundation
Day Centre House Committee
Delmar Charitable Trust
Early Years Child Care Development
Partnership
EC1 New Deal
Esme Fairbairn Foundation
Finsbury Business Centre
Fox Murphy
Friends of the Peel
Goldsmiths Company
Han Young Tours
Help the Aged
Islington Community Network
Listen Up
Local Network Fund
London Borough of Islington
Low Carbon Buildings Programme
Marks and Spencer
Mediterraneo Restaurant
Monsoon
Morris Charitable Trust
Nandos Restaurants
Oddbins
Pizza Express
Royal Bank of Scotland
Train to Gain
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Vue Cinemas
Wagamama Ltd.
Who’s who
at the Peel Centre
Patron
HRH The Duke of Gloucester KCVO
Board Members
Jonathan Gillett (Chair)
Robert Andrews (Company Secretary)
Roger Gillett
David Harris
Judith Hodgkinson
Andrew Holmes
Hugh Jenkins (until June 2008)
Patrick Minns
Stella Tamakloe
Impact Committee
Robert Andrews
Sharona Atkinson
Father Paul Bagott
Giles Colchester
Alison Forbes (until June 2008)
Roger Gillett
Andrew Hamlett (until June 2008)
Mohammed Hammoudan
Joan Harris
Patrick Minns
Stella Tamakloe
Chief Executive
Rob Hamilton
Treasurer
Bosco McAuliffe
Finance Administrator
Milad Miah
Receptionist
Jesmin Begun
Sophie O’Leary
Premises Supervisor
Bill Dawson
Centre Manager
Chodhury Reza Shanhoor Mahmud
Older People Services
Manager
John Hayes
Day Centre Staff
Marivka Beregovoi-King
Cathy Craig
Joan Edwards
Kim Forde
Linda O’Leary
Marian Graves
Annette Mbabazi
Senior Youth Worker
Kazz Bailey
Youth Club Staff
Richard Gayle
Jeana Kidd
David Kiobell
Dean Miller
Dexter Thompson
Adam Mohamed
Dean Pooley
Child Care Co-ordinator
Jeana Kidd
Child Care Staff
Mikki Bartell
Michael Brown
Peel Friends Committee
Father Paul Bagott
Irmgard Smith
Pat Try
Bankers
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Fund Managers
UBS Wealth Management Ltd.
Solicitors
Russell Cooke
Auditors
hays mcintyre
Peel Centre
Map
Peel Centre
Annual Report
2008
The Peel Institute
The Peel Centre
Email
[email protected]
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London WC1X 9EY
Website
www.peelinstitute.org.uk
Telephone
020 7837 6082
020 7837 7535
Facsimile
020 7278 3855
Registered Charity No. 1068155
The Peel Institute Company is
registered in England and Wales
No. 3389572
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