1. 2011/12 … what a brilliant year!

2. Won £8million of contracts to deliver public services, bringing total value of contracts won since 2009 to over £20million

3. Supported over 600 Stockton residents into jobs giving a total of 1239 over the last three years with nearly 60% being sustained for more than six months

4. Secured DWP Prime contract to deliver the New Enterprise Allowance Loan Service throughout the North East and Yorkshire

5. Awarded biggest Children In Need grant in the Tees Valley to increase our VIBE club for young people with special needs to two nights

6. Delivered our Capacity Builders financial education and support programme to over 1500 people from Berwick to Scarborough and to pre-release clients in HMP Kirklevington

7. Featured at No.45 in the RBS SE100 Index for Growth (32 in previous year)

8. Secured sub-contracts to deliver DWP Work Programme and ESF Family Support FamilyWise with our partners Avanta and The Wise Group respectively

9. 341 New Businesses started with Five Lamps support, 499 received start-up loan finance through our NEA loans and a total of 700 businesses were supported

10. Won Partner of the Year in the 2012 Avanta Awards

11. Working with the 12 North East Local Authorities we made nearly 250 Helping Hand loans totalling £2million

12. The Government recognised our work in key documents Social Justice : Transforming Lives and its Social Investment Strategy

13. Our Financial Inclusion service made nearly 12000 loans to financially excluded people throughout the region

14. We have secured a further £1million of capital for on-lending in the biggest ever single bank funding deal for a personal- lending UK Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) from Unity Trust Bank

15. Jodie Hind won Outstanding Volunteer at the NE VCS Awards and Graeme Oram won Outstanding Leadership on a great night where Stockton won the majority of the awards

16. Featured at No.65 in the 2012 Sunday Times 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For, scoring 3rd for staff feeling they can contribute to our success and 6th for staff being excited about where we are going

17. Showcased in the NESTA publication 20 Catalytic Investments to Grow the Social Investment Market an exemplar portfolio of investments

18. Won the Most Enterprising Award at the 2011 Catalyst Awards

19. Purchased a MyBnK franchise, only the second outside London, to expand the financial inclusion work that we do in schools and with young people from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups

20. Published our first set of Social Accounts and shortlisted for Impact Champion at the 2011 RBS SE100 Awards

21. Shortlisted for Company of the Year in the Tees Valley section of the 2012 NE Business Awards

22. Supported nearly 450 people to achieve qualifications and a further 400 through CSCS tests

23. Completed a major redesign of our Foundation Learning service to support local young people not in education, employment or training

24. Stakeholders in two national Regional Growth Fund bids bringing up to £750k of new loan capital for new and early life businesses and more than £120k to support business plan development in Stockton and Hartlepool

25. Working to issue a prospectus for a Social Investment Bond, to be listed on the Luxemburg MTF Bond Exchange, in late summer 2012 to grow our Helping Hand, Financial Inclusion and Empty Homes activities

26. Shortlisted for Community Development Finance Association (CDFA) and Centre for Social Justice Awards

27. Coming up for 10 years of The Youthy with more young people than ever accessing our services, including a new youth club for young people from our local Muslim community

28. Increased community access at our excellent premises at South Thornaby Community Centre

29. Over 20000 people each year receive Five Lamps support

30. Thats All!