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Trustees’ Annual Report
Registered Charity Number: 1159920
Year Ended 31st August 2016
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 1 3. AIMS, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Primary Schools Work ...................................................................................................................... 3 3.1.1 Assemblies ................................................................................................................................ 4 3.1.2 Advent Adventure, Easter Experience and Moving On ................................................................... 4 3.1.3 Lunchtime Clubs ........................................................................................................................ 4 3.1.4 R.E. Support .............................................................................................................................. 4 3.1.5 The Accompanying Project .......................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Secondary Schools Work .................................................................................................................. 4 4 PUBLIC BENEFIT .................................................................................................................................................... 5 5 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................................................... 5 6 FUTURE PLANS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 7 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 APPENDIX: INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON ACCOUNTS ............................................................................... 7
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1. INTRODUCTION The trustees of Regenerate have pleasure in presenting their report and the audited financial statements of the charity for the financial year ending 31st of August 2016. Regenerate is a charity supported by local churches and working in the schools of Yate, Chipping Sodbury and surrounding areas. Our mission is to be an agent of change, living out and proclaiming the good news, unconditional love and hope of Jesus Christ in order to bring wholeness to the children, young people and families in Yate, Chipping Sodbury and surrounding areas.
2. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Regenerate became a registered charity on the 5th of February 2007, number 1117820. On 13 January 2015, Regenerate’s application to reconstitute as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was approved by the Charity Commission. As a result a new registered charity was formed (number 1159920) and the previous unincorporated charity dissolved with its assets transferred to the new charity. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees who are proposed and elected by the members of the charity on an annual basis. The membership consists of representatives of local churches in the area. Nine trustees were appointed at the AGM in September 2015, with a further one co-‐opted onto the Board at a Trustees meeting in March 2016, making ten in total serving as of 1st of September 2016. Regenerate Board of Trustees as at 1st September 2016:
Dr George Bailey (Chair) Mrs Elaine Reeves (Treasurer) Mrs Sarah Herrick (Secretary) Mrs Nicola Bright Mr Mark Lawrence Mrs Sue Pearce Mr Mike Phillpotts Miss Sarah Plant Mrs Ruth Wallace Mr Chris Andrew (Co-‐Opted)
As required by Regenerate’s Constitution, one third of the Board will retire at the forthcoming AGM and these Trustees are:
Dr George Bailey Mrs Elaine Reeves Mrs Ruth Wallace
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These three Trustees have been nominated for re-‐election and have agreed that they are willing to stand again and are therefore, along with Chris Andrew, seeking election by the Charity’s members at the AGM. When new trustees are appointed, they are provided with copies of the constitution, recent accounts and minutes and are inducted by existing trustees into the affairs of the charity. The Trustees meet on a regular basis to administer the affairs of the charity and there are no sub-‐groups acting for them. None of the trustees benefit financially from the operations of the charity. The charity employs one part-‐time worker: a Primary Schools Team Leader. The trustees appraise the work of the employees on an annual basis and seek to provide support and training to both paid employees and volunteers as necessary. The charity has a Child Protection Policy and all paid employees, volunteers and trustees are DBS checked and approved.
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3. AIMS, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS The aims of Regenerate are:
• To enable children and young people to explore their spiritual, moral and emotional well-‐being from a Christian world view;
• To empower children and young people to overcome obstacles in their lives. 3.1 Primary Schools Work During 2015/6 we were able to maintain and increase our provision in all of the primary schools. The work is summarised in the table below.
SCHOOL Assemblies RE Accompanying Project
CRASH/ CRAFTY
Advent Adventure
Easter Experience
Moving On
Abbotswood KS1 KS2
6 6
5 pupils
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*
*
Broadway 6 Culverhill 6 * * * Hawkesbury 6 * * Horton 6 * * * * Iron Acton 5 * * * North Road 6 * * * * Old Sodbury 6 * * * Rangeworthy 6 * * * Raysfield Infants 6 * * Raysfield Juniors 6 2 pupils * * * * The Ridge 6 * * * St Andrews 6 * * * St John’s Mead
KS1 KS2
6 6
* *
*
*
*
St Mary’s 6 * * * St Paul’s 6 * * * Tyndale
KS1 KS2
6 6
5 pupils
*
*
*
*
Wellesley 6 * * * Woodlands
KS1 KS2
6 5
*
*
*
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3.1.1 Assemblies Our Assemblies have all been Bible based, enabling leaders to express our own belief in Jesus as the Son of God. A particularly successful thread was the development of the story of Peter -‐ betraying Jesus (term 4), forgiven by the Resurrected Jesus (term 5) and witnessing of Jesus through the Holy Spirit in healing the lame man (term 6).
3.1.2 Advent Adventure, Easter Experience and Moving On
Advent Adventure for Y4 and Easter Experience for Y5 continue to be popular with all of the schools, and the extension of the Moving On programme (Y6) to enable smaller schools to meet together was very positively received. 3.1.3 Lunchtime Clubs CRAFTY Club and CRASH Club are opportunities for vulnerable children to enjoy individual and small group time, working on Art, Craft, Games or reflective activities one lunchtime each week. The addition of drumming workshops into the lunchtime club programme has enabled additional expressive opportunities to be offered, as well as growing the link between CRASH and CRAFTY and our assemblies. 3.1.4 R.E. Support
R.E. provision is by school request and so has varied from prayer times in the school grounds, through Christianity and Islam in Africa and Christian baptism to forgiveness in the New Testament. 3.1.5 The Accompanying Project The Accompanying Project provides one-‐to-‐one and group support for specific pupils in transition from Year 6 in primary to Year 7 in secondary schools. Our Year 6 support is maturing in its content and integrity but remains insecure in Year 7 where it is uncertain as to the level of access the schools will allow us over the coming academic year. 3.2 Secondary Schools Work Over the past two years we have seen a steady decline in the numbers attending our lunchtime groups in our secondary schools, to the point where in September 2015 we only had a couple of children arrive at one of the clubs, out of the three secondary schools. The climate and management attitudes in secondary education have also changed in relation to fears of radicalisation and it has also become a struggle to promote the groups to the pupils and to get children to attend. Our Secondary Schools Team Leader resigned from Regenerate at the end of October 2015 and at this point the Trustees took the decision to temporarily withdraw from the three secondary schools in which we were operating and to take the opportunity to prayerfully consider how our work may develop in the future with them.
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4 PUBLIC BENEFIT The Trustees consider that the work that is done amongst children and young people is of direct benefit to the public. This is through Christian values and lifestyle taught formally and informally at meetings and through one-‐to-‐one personal relationship as well as through the encouragement and inspiration of events. The fact that the project is inter-‐denominational means that workers and volunteers involved are from a variety of church backgrounds and the ethos of these churches, which each seek themselves to benefit the public, is a vital component in the success of the project. 5 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE The Regenerate budget for 2015-‐2016 predicted that the Charity would end the financial year with £1886 less in the bank than the previous year. Following the departure of our Director and Schools Team Leader in September and October respectively, and the associated reduction in Regenerate’s expenses, a revised budget was produced in December 2015, which predicted a final balance of £10,177. We have received a number of grants and one-‐off donations during the course of the year. This, together with the regular donations from churches and individuals, and the reduction in salary costs, has meant that we have been able to build up our balance to a more healthy level. Our balance as at 31st August 2016 is now £10,171, up from £5461 at 1st September 2015. The intention is to maintain sufficient funds going forward to enable us to participate again in secondary schools work. 6 FUTURE PLANS Current provision is heavily dependent on a small but consistent group of volunteers to whom we are extremely grateful. Requests from the schools indicate that more opportunities are available for both lunchtime clubs and for the Accompanying Project, and support and training are available for both programmes for anybody who feels called to the work. The on-‐going availability of premises at St Nicholas, Chipping Sodbury Baptist and Yate Methodist churches is crucial in offering a wider vision of the Gospel message in places of worship. Termly prayer meetings in 2016/7 will offer volunteers, supporters and Trustees regular opportunities to meet and to share and commit our hopes, needs and successes to God. As we look ahead into the remainder of 2016 and beyond, the key priority for the Trustees continues to be the establishment of a firm financial future for Regenerate, whilst also working on publicity and volunteer recruitment and considering how best to support our local secondary Schools.
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7 CONCLUSION Since our last report, Regenerate has had another successful year of ministry and continues to be in great demand. This is due in no small part to our dedicated Primary Schools Team Leader, Les Fry, who has worked tirelessly to nurture and develop the work in our primary schools, as well as taking on some aspects of work done previously by the Director and Secondary Schools Team Leader. Our small band of volunteers has continued to give selflessly of their time and we are also grateful for all our supporting churches and individuals who underpin our work with both financial support and prayer. During this year we have welcomed a new trustee to our board who brings considerable skills and knowledge, particularly related to Sports Ministry. Our focus for future fundraising activities will relate to developing our secondary schools ministry. Indeed, the year ahead presents Regenerate with exciting opportunities to forge new collaborative working with member churches and secondary schools as we spread the Gospel message of hope and compassion to our young people in a relevant and understandable way, supported by the prayers of our member churches. Approved by the Trustees on
Signed by Order of the Trustees
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APPENDIX: INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON ACCOUNTS
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