Tom Fenton

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Deaf Clubs Conference

• 29 October 2005
• Tom Fenton
• Chief Executive

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What RAD Achieved in 2005

• worked with over 20 Deaf Clubs and other self
  help groups of Deaf people, contributing to the
  lives of 1500 Deaf people
• answered more than 3000 general enquiries and
  gave 4000 hours of specialist advice
• did 13500 hours of sign language interpretation
• ran 6 youth clubs, and out of school activities
  for 67 Deaf youngsters

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What RAD Achieved in 2005

• supported 267 deaf people with learning
  disabilities living independent lives of which
  32 are now living independently in the community
• worked with 120 Deaf people from ethnic
  minorities
• started a new service aimed at improving the
  employment of Deaf people
• welcomed the staff of Brent Deaf Peoples Group
• achieved a Board of Trustees that is Deaf led.

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Improving Centres in 2004/5

• RAD spent 70,000 on Centres
• West Ham Deaf Club and Romford Deaf Club each
  spent about 8,000 on improvements to their
  kitchens
• Southend Fundraising Committee raised over
  25,000 for a new extension which is now built

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RAD finances in 2004/05

• Legacies (Wills) over 529K
• Sale of Chaplains house 338K
• Work Income 2,196K
• Total Income 3,063K
• Work (total) Expenditure 2,585K
• Surplus 478K
• Work Deficit 389K

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RAD Balance Sheet
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2005/06

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Plans for 2005/06

• Make our Learning Disability service the best in
  London and the Southeast
• Become a leading service in Mental Health
• Grow the Interpreting Service, and develop a
  partnership to train new interpreters

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Plans for 2005/06

• Develop local Advocacy Services
• Create a specialist Deaf Advice Service
• Grow our new Employment Service
• Build the Youth service, with more Youth workers
• Increase our Ethnic Minority group work
• Create new Services

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Plans for 2005/06

• Move of Management Support Services from
  Gillingham to Colchester (around end of 2005)

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Plans for 2005/06

• Rebuild the Green Lanes Centre (875,000)
• Buy the freehold of Clapham Centre (440,000 plus
  legal costs)
• Find a new Centre in Medway (but keep the Medway
  Centre until we find a better one)

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Plans for 2005/6

• Raise 45,000 to upgrade the toilets in St
  Saviours to provide wheelchair access
• Study the use of all centres to make sure we are
  not wasting money keeping unwanted or unused
  centres

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Double or quits
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Any big changes ahead?

• GROWTH lots of new work, new challenges, new
  opportunities, strains and stresses
• Possibly more mergers with other organisations
• Possibly extend our work into other places

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Thank you for your friendship, help and support