Journey Enterprises has to raise funds to deliver its services.
Our charity costs £1.3331 million to run each year. This is equivalent to £676/hour.
100% of our expenditure is spent on delivering charitable services.
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Each adult who attends Journey is funded by a Local Authority. This funding starts at £6.90/hour, less than half of the National Living Wage. This means that we have to raise funds to be able to deliver the services, Staffing and resourcing our Clients experience.
The Local Authorities referring in to Journey are:
- Birmingham City Council
- Durham County Council
- Gateshead Borough Council
- Newcastle City Council
- North Tyneside Council
- Northumberland County Council
We receive charitable grants from a range of charitable trusts to enable us to deliver Client Projects. We are very grateful for their support and generosity. It is these grants which enable us to develop our sites and resources for Clients, and to develop our Staffing. Without this funding our Clients would not be able to enjoy the amazing opportunities we have been able to offer.
This year's grant aid funders are:
- Forbes Charitable Foundation
- Henry Smith Foundation
- Peter Harrington Foundation
- TNL Community Fund
The Charity runs enterprises as part of its employability work.
These enable Clients to practise work skills whilst also providing a service to the community.
These include:
- community cafes including Cafe JJ in Kenton Sports Centre
- HAF - holiday meals for children who receive free school meals - at Cafe JJ
- gardening and woodwork service
- mobile meals from Journey's Jiffy Van
- a pay what you can afford shop
- sales of art and print work
Every year amazing members of the public, community groups and parents/Carers raise funds for the Charity.
They do this by:
- gifting items
- giving directly
- running special events
- stalls and sales
- sponsored runs, hikes and jumps
A huge thank you to you all.
