Jude Warrender

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Jude Warrender

• CRED Programme Business Support Officer
  (north of England) full time post
• (Hon.) Chairperson, Cot-age Child Safety

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Growing and Diversifying

• Cot-age Child Safety
• Central Depot
• Worthing Road
• Sheffield
• S9 3JA
• (0114 279 7971
• email ray_at_cot-age.org.uk
• www.cot-age.org.uk

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• Registered Charity (1993)
• Company Limited by Guarantee (2005)
• Unique in the country
• Based with Re-claim(recycle plastics from the
  region)

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• Serving families in need in Sheffield
  surrounding districts within South Yorkshire for
  20 years

From this
We use everything from a pushchair except the
squeak.
To this
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Allocated equipment ready for collection
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Small beginnings 1987

• One person seconded from local CVS to test need
  and viability
• Plus one volunteer
• One (upstairs!) room in back building of CVS
  premises

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1993
Registered as a charity no. 1111889
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1996
Project Manager
Safety Equipment Fitter
Workshop Manager
Refurbishment Worker
Volunteers
Fitting service for nursery safety equipment in
family homes established (safety gates,
fireguards) Developing safe play fencing
service for families unable to fund fencing
repairs Adaptations and equipment for children
with disabilities
4 staff 4 volunteers Turnover 50,000 p.a.
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2000
Growing and Diversifying
Project Manager
Safety Equipment Fitter x 2 (SRB funded)
Administrator
ILM Post
Workshop Manager
Refurbishment Worker
Volunteers and work experience placements
Wood save Project Worker and Driver (EAF
funded)
8 staff 8 volunteers Turnover approx. 140,000
p.a.
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2004
General Manager
Safety Equipment Fitters x 3
Administrator
ILM Posts (2)
Workshop Manager
Project Worker (Timber processing)
Volunteers, work experience placements and OCN
trainees
Refurbishment Worker
10 staff 10 volunteers and trainees at any one
time Turnover 245,000 p.a.