Funding Our Work
Giroscope receives no statutory funding for its work. We budget so that the organisation pays for its basic running costs out of our rental income. To enable us to bring forward new projects we do fund raise from time to time. We have received funds from a small number of trusts who have supported us over many years. We also approach other bodies for funding as and when appropriate. Giroscope prides itself on spending money prudently and making sure that donated money is used directly where it is targeted. We are a registered charity with a board of trustees.
25 Years Young!
2010 will be Giroscope's 25th Anniversary. To celebrate this we will be hosting a series of events over the year. Some of these events will incorporate a fundraising element. These will include benefit gigs featuring local and national acts and a sponsored endurance event. In 2002 workers and tenants of Giroscope completed the 3 Peaks challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdon in less than 24 hours) and we hope to repeat this feat in 2010! We are also planning a black tie charity dinner and an open day at our Arthur Street Enterprise Park. We will have guest speakers at both of these events.
Our 25th year will also see Giroscope complete some special projects for which it will look to raise money from outside the organisation. We are planning to further improve the energy efficiency of our Arthur Street Enterprise Park. This will involve installing solar thermal panels on the roof (to go along side the existing electricity producing panels) and incorporating rainwater harvesting into the water supply. We intend to build an access to a platform on the roof so that the solar panels can be viewed by visitors to the building. This will enable the building to open up as an educational resource for the local community.
Investing in Giroscope
There are many ways in which people have contributed to our work over the years. People have given their labour for free as volunteers or have given free professional and technical advice. Musicians and other performers have played benefit gigs on our behalf. Local people and companies have donated everything from sofas to motor vehicles to pots of paint. Small local and large national trusts have considered our appeals and provided vital funding at various times in our development.
If you or you organisation is interested in investing in Giroscope and its work then please get in touch with us. This could involve a contribution to our 25th Anniversary appeal or maybe a larger investment or donation towards expanding our housing stock. People have been kind enough in the past to consider us in their wills, again for more information please get in touch.
Giroscope
Arthur Street Enterprise Park
23 Arthur Street
Hull
HU3 6BH
Email: info@giroscope.co.uk
Tel: 01482 576 374
Mob: 07751 350 385
Our Trustees
Since 2007 Giroscope has been a registered charity. We have a Board of Trustees which meets quarterly to oversee the running of the organisation and help develop our strategy. They are also on hand to help with any issues that arise from day to day. Our current Board Members are:
Alan Brocklehurst
Alan is a chartered accountant and a senior partner in Hull's largest independent firm of accountants, Sadofskys. He was one of the original group of people who developed the idea of Giroscope in 1984.
Jonathan Clarke
Jon runs the Humberside Co-operative Development Agency which provides business support for new and existing social enterprises. The Humberside CDA helped Giroscope set up as a Workers Co-operative in 1986.
Robert Amesbury
Robert was a Worker/Director of Giroscope for over fourteen years. He is now a special needs educational support worker in Norfolk. During Robert's time with Giroscope he took care of our accounts and did most of our joinery.
If you are interested in becoming a Trustee of Giroscope then send a CV and brief summary of why you want to be a Trustee to the above address. Trustees are of course unpaid.