SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT
TRUSTEES REPORT 2022-2023
The beginning of 2023 was an extremely busy year for Sanctuary with 40 referrals being received within
the first 2 months. This was a mixture of substance misusers and family members as well; The fact that we deal with the families of substance misusers as well as substance misusers themselves works really well at Sanctuary. Sometimes we have mainly mum, bringing in their daughter’s or son’s for help and support. They would both be dealt with by two different Family Support Worker’s if the family member wanted support as well.
We have a new project which started last year, Sanctuary Multi-Care, for families from disadvantaged wards in the communities and a Suicide Prevention project which started in July this year.
During the second week of June we had another flooding from upstairs. This time we had to close downstairs and one of our consulting rooms. Exercise had to be cancelled for 2 weeks until the carpet and walls dried. The staff were limited to clients coming into the office so some clients were dealt with over the phone.
Over the past year we have been busy with referrals from the Social Prescribers; these are people employed by G.P. surgeries to work with patients referred to them by the doctor who they then refer onto other organisations for the health & wellbeing of the patient.
Staffing
Our long term Counsellor Nicky had to leave us in June due to health reasons.
It has been difficult recruiting a new counsellor for one reason or another.
We have now employed a new counsellor Jose who started with us in September.
Alex is a trainee counsellor on placement with us and hopefully we will be having another placement in November.
Projects
The veterans project at Launchpad Speke House, came to an end this year with funding finally spent. The Counsellor I sent them last year now has a full time post with them, as I had recommended.
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Carers
Our Carers had a Turkey & Tinsel weekend away in Llandudno.
Sanctuary provided a Christmas celebration for the carers
Funding received from the Liverpool City Council paid for A Christmas Meal
& Pantomime for our families.
Activities
Sanctuary continues to provide holistic therapies every week to help with the stress that our service users experience. Exercise is also on the agenda weekly and helps to maintain a healthy wellbeing.
We provided a trip for 35 people to the Welsh Mountain Zoo, this was an excellent day enjoyed by everybody that attended.
Children’s Counselling Service
The counselling service in schools is still taking place, we do hope to fundraise to continue this service; which we feel is desperately needed.
Sanctuary’s Open Day/Launch MultiCare Project
We held an Open Day at Sanctuary to showcase our Multi-Care project. Transforming Choices, CAB, Beacon Counselling, Families Anonymous were some of the organisations that took part in the day. The day was very well attended by many carers.
Sanctuary Multi-Care
Sanctuary was successful with funding from the Integrated Care Board (Formally CCG) to deliver a project including Counselling, Auricular Acupuncture, Massage Exercise, & Health & Wellbeing workshops to family members affected by substance misuse & living in disadvantaged wards.
Suicide Prevention
Sanctuary were successful with funding to provide suicide prevention. The project started in July and there has been 32 clients that have received support from our Family Support Worker. The Crisis Team have made a few referrals to ourselves.
Training
All staff attended Safeguarding update & Suicide Awareness training
Health Awareness Days
Sanctuary has taken part in two mental health awareness days organised by Talk Liverpool at the Liverpool Central Library
We also attended 2 healthy days at Kensington Children’s centre & A Women’s healthy roadshow at Lister Drive Library which was organised by the Picton PCN.(Primary Care Network)
We attended 3 days at Dingle Health Centre promoting our service with other organisations.
2 days promoting our service at the Pure Gym organised by Talk Liverpool
Partnership work
Sanctuary is now a member of the Combatting Drugs’ Partnership.
In response to the recommendations from the two-part independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black the government published a 10 Year Drug Plan (From Harm to Hope) : a ten year plan in December 2021 to cut crime and save lives and to deliver on its recommendations.
The plan (strategy) requires a partnership approach to delivering on the three national strategic priorities:
- Break drug supply chains
- Deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system
- Achieve a shift in demand for drugs
Our chair attends the meeting with the Combatting Drugs Partnership.
Sanctuary is working with Cheshire & Merseyside CCG’S and funding received from them has enabled us to provide the Multi-Care project. There is about 18 other organisations who were funded by the CCG’S & we attend monthly meetings with them all.
We are also working with Mersey Care who have funded our Suicide Prevention project.
Advocacy
I have advocated on behalf of our organisation to several organisations including: –
Kinship Carers
Social Prescribers
Hosted 7 Zimbabwe Social Workers
Visit from a Manager from Telford Drugs Team.
Courses
We had a creative writing course running for 3 months. This was delivered by one of our attendees on our introduction to counselling course which ran 18 months ago & it was free for participants.
Our Health & Wellbeing course runs for 5 weeks. We have just had one course completed and another one starting on Friday the 27th October 2023. We are now starting a Mutual Aid Group for our Family service users.
Reach Team
The Reach Team have once again been to Sanctuary to do their good deeds. They painted one of our consulting rooms, they cleared the back garden and planted new plants. They brought a
Skip to clear out any old furniture that we needed to get rid of. We are truly appreciative to this team for all their good work.
Trustees
Sanctuary will be recruiting new Trustees in the coming months.
One of our Trustees has recently had to resign due to health reasons
Future Plans
We have an Income & Fundraising Strategic Plan for 2023-2024 and contributions to this plan have been made by Trustees & staff. We are currently working through this plan.
Here is our Monitoring for 2022 2023
Family Support Workers 1-1 Inc. Phone 1220
Counsellor 1-1 Inc. Phone 266
Holistic Therapies 1-1 278
Peer to Peer Sessions 48
Exercise 48
| OUTCOME 1 | |
| Individuals suffering from substance misuse will be able to access competent and tailored support and advice, counselling and intervention and be better supported to manage their problems and addictions, resulting in them being able to move on positively with their lives. The will reduce alcohol/drug consumption and/or becoming abstinent and less likely to re-engage in this harmful and or criminal behaviour | |
| Within the Year 2022 2023 | |
| INDICATOR 1: Following Care Plan | 98% |
| INDICATOR 2: Managing Their Responsibilities | 93% |
| INDICATOR 3: Reporting A Better Quality of Life | 86% |
| INDICATOR 4: Awareness of Health To Substance Misusers | 83% |
| INDICATOR 5: Improved Cognitive Behaviour | 99% |
| INDICATOR 6: Reporting Reduced Stress | 76% |
| INDICATOR 7: Increased Self Confidence | 95% |
| INDICATOR 8: Better Decision Making | 79% |
| OUTCOME 2 | |
| Family members suffering as a result of somebody else’s Drug and Alcohol will feel better supported, and have a greater understanding of substance misuse and misuser, have an increased resilience as well as being better able to support the substance misuser; develop and employ new coping and management strategies and reduce negative impact on the family | |
| Within the year 2022 – 2023 | |
| INDICATOR 1: Improved Cognitive Behaviour | 87% |
| INDICATOR 2: Reporting A Better Quality of Life | 91% |
| INDICATOR 3: Reporting Reduced Stress | 97% |
| INDICATOR 4: Increased Self Confidence | 96% |
| INDICATOR 5: Managing their Responsibilities | 90% |
| INDICATOR 6: Better Decision Making | 99% |
| OUTCOME 3 | |
| Both substance misusers and their families will learn of alternate ways to manage stress, have improved cognitions, better able to deal with anxiety through CBT and other methods referral to our in-house therapist or to a Counsellor, and for the misusers, to help avoid or minimise relapse leading to improved health, improved mental health and wellbeing. | |
| Within the Year 2022 2023 | |
| INDICATOR 1: Improved Cognitive Behaviour | 99% |
| INDICATOR 2: Reporting A Better Quality Of Life | 87% |
| INDICATOR 3: Reporting Reduced Stress | 85% |
| INDICATOR 4: Increased Self Confidence | 98% |
| OUTCOME 4: | |
| Both substance misusers and their families taking responsibility of their lives, their actions, their decisions, making better, safer life choices. | |
| Within the year 2022 – 2023 | |
| INDICATOR 1: Managing Their Responsibilities | 94% |
| INDICATOR 2: Better Decision Making | 83% |
| Combined Actual and percentage | ||||
| Male | 461 | Male | 48% | |
| Female | 500 | Female | 52% | |
| Total | 961 | |||
| Ages | Ages | |||
| 0 – 24 | 149 | 0 – 24 | 16% | |
| 25 – 64 | 705 | 25 – 64 | 73% | |
| 65+ | 107 | 65+ | 11% | |
| 961 | 100% | |||
| Ethnicity, Religion and Sexual | Ethnicity, Religion and Sexual | Percentage | ||
| Orientation Information | Orientation Information | |||
| White/Mixed White | 620 | White/Mixed White | 66% | |
| Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups | 73 | Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups | 7% | |
| Asian/Asian UK | 40 | Asian/Asian UK | 4% | |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black UK | 187 | Black/African/Caribbean/Black UK | 19% | |
| Other ethnic Groups | 41 | Other ethnic Groups | 4% | |
| TOTAL | 961 | TOTAL | 100% | |
| Religion or Belief | Religion or Belief | |||
| No Religion | 501 | No Religion | 52% | |
| Christian | 352 | Christian | 36% | |
| Buddhist | 8 | Buddhist | 1% | |
| Hindu | 0 | Hindu | 0% | |
| Jewish Muslim | 7 | Jewish Muslim | 1% | |
| Sikh Muslim | 23 | Sikh Muslim | 2% | |
| Other Religion | 70 | Other Religion | 8% | |
| TOTAL | 961 | TOTAL | 100% | |
| Sexual Orientation | Sexual Orientation | |||
| Heterosexual | 847 | Heterosexual | 88% | |
| Lesbians, gay men or bisexual | 114 | Lesbians, gay men or bisexual | 12% | |
| TOTAL | 961 | TOTAL | 100% | |
| Health Issues | Health Issues | |||
| Health Issues | 783 | Health Issues | 81% | |
| No Health Issues | 178 | No Health Issues | 19% | |
| TOTAL | 961 | TOTAL | 100% | |
| Disabled | 297 | Disabled | 31% | |
| Non Disabled | 664 | Non Disabled | 69% | |
| TOTAL | 961 | TOTAL | 100% | |