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← The Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers) In Britain - Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting

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THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN
BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING
REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1134540
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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~~Structure, Governance and Management~~

Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting, ( BCAM), is a charity established for the advancement of religious understanding and practice such as derive from or bear witness to the principles and practices of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The principal activity is the holding of Meetings for Worship in the constituent local Meetings of Bournemouth and Fordingbridge Local Meeting (LM), Lymington LM, New Milton LM, Poole LM, Swanage LM and Wimborne LM. The affairs of the Area Meeting are governed by Quaker Faith and Practice, the Book of Discipline of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting has overall responsibility for the spiritual, pastoral and financial affairs of the constituent local meetings. The separate accounts of the constituent meetings are consolidated into the examined accounts of the Area Meeting that are attached to this Trustees’ annual report. The members of the Area Meeting are all those persons whose names are for the time being recordedin its official register. The Governing Document was adopted by Area Meeting in session on 20/7/2008 (minute 7). It was amended by Area Meeting in session on 23/5/2021, again on 22/5/22 and again on 1/4/2024 (see below) Trustees are appointed by the Area Meeting in accordance with this governing document. All trustees have signed a Declaration of Eligibility to serve as a trustee. Training of trustees, when required, is provided through online courses offered by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, by ACAT (the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers) and the Charity Commission. The aim of the trustees is to support the principal activities of the Area Meeting.

Public Benefit Statement The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities. We use our resources to deep share our spiritual experience and to support acts of witness which arise from our faith. Our local meetings for worship are open to all. We have no tests of belief: membership of our Society is open to anyone who is sincerely seeking truth. Our Meeting Houses are used by a variety of community groups.

Objectives and Activities The object of the Area Meeting is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting and beyond. The principal activity is the holding of meetings for worship in the constituent local Meetings. The Area Meeting, which meets six times a year, is the primary meeting for church affairs in the urnemouth Coastal Area. Its role is to develop and maintain a community of Friends, a family of al meetings who gather for worship and spiritu ment. It strives to provide a balance tween worship, mutual support, administration, learning, deliberation, social life and building up spiritual life of its members. e Area Meeting acts as a facilitator and co-ordinator, ensuring that the constituent local etings have access to opportunities for fellowship, spiritual development, and spiritual and storal care, including the care of children, young people and adults at risk.. It also provides pport through the shared testing of concerns.

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In order to provide the required support to local meetings, the Area Meeting arranges:-
e Meetings for Elders, Pastoral Friends, Clerks and Treasurers.
e A weekend residential gathering approximately every two years — most recently in
September 2023.
e Representatives to attend Meeting for Sufferings and the Representative Councils of BYM
e Attendance at the General Meetings of some Quaker Schools in Southern England
e Training courses for those undertaking responsibilities in their Meetings
e Assistance with the maintenance of property owned by the Area Meeting.
The Area Meeting is also jointly responsible with Hampshire and the Islands Area Quaker Meeting
for the Hampshire, South East Dorset and Islands Regional Quaker Gathering which meets twice a
t also enable as many as
, March and November) were
re held on site, but with blended
m. The experience of the Covid-
changed to enable as many
orship have continued, as has the
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ton and Wimborne Meetings meet in person twice a month and Fordingbridge Friends meet
monthly in a Friend’s home.
Swanage Friends have continued to worship online twice monthly and New Milton Friends have
held an online Meeting for Worship at the same time as their in person one.
Bournemouth Meeting welcomes children to Meeting for Worship.
Other local Meetings provide activities for children but there were no visiting children in 2024.
Meetings across the Area have held study groups, including an online ‘Quiet reflections’ group with
a wide variety of topics, for example ‘Living dangerously!’,’Spontaneity with regard to Quaker Faith
and Practice’ and the sharing of thoughts stimulated by art works.
New Milton and Poole Meetings hold regular ‘Finding out about Quakers’ sessions.
New Milton had learning meetings, watching Quaker DVDs with discussion.
Bournemouth Meeting ran a ‘Hearts and Minds’ course and in the summer held ‘Quiet Afternoons’
garden.
eting has continued to hold online study groups and an online Area Meeting Group for
ent with Light’ is held weekly.
Across the Area there have been social events — shared lunches, a strawberry tea party, walks to
Kingston Lacy and to Upton Country Park, picnics, a theatre visit and poetry afternoons.
The craft group who worked on the ‘Loving Earth’ panels have continued to meet and are now
crafting sensory books for the blind.
is an Area Book Group.
Poole Meeting now has a monthly ‘Writers’ Group’.
There was an Area ‘Fun Day’ at Bournemouth Meeting House, with planning of a ‘Beach of
Dreams’ outreach event, shared with the Hampshire and Islands Area Meeting.
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New Milton has had articles about Quaker concerns published in local newspapers.
Poole Meeting held a vigil in the front garden to highlight concerns about Climate Change.
Swanage Meeting have continued to speak for equality of access to health care by supporting
Swanage Hospital and the Ambulance Car.
All our Meetings are involved with interdenominational and interfaith groups, including
representatives to Churches Together in Poole and Bournemouth Free Church Council.
A local Friend is a member of the Bournemouth University Chaplaincy team.
We met with other faith groups to walk the newly devised Poole Old Town Faith Trail, visiting sites
of historical religious significance in the town.
Undertaking Service for the Relief of Suffering at home and abroad.
A number of meetings are making financial donations and/or regular collections for their local Food
Bank and individual Friends across the area are acting as Food Bank volunteers.
ea Meeting Sanctuary group has met regularly and is involved in the Bournemouth and
Poole ‘City of Sanctuary’ group.
There has been involvement across the area with individuals and their families and items needed
have been collected and delivered.
Some Bournemouth Friends have continued to visit a local hotel housing asylum seekers to help
actice in English conversation.
Poole and Wimborne both met with their new constituency Members of Parliament to discuss local
and national provision for asylum seekers and refugees.
A Wimborne Friend maintains an internet ‘blog’ site with important information from the news
about events and legislation affecting asylum seekers and refugees.
Poole Meeting and several Wimborne Friends are part of a consortium that bought a house to
house a Syrian family. The original agreement was for five years. It has now been agreed to
extend it to ten years.
Another consortium, based on a local church, has arranged to cover the rent of 2 houses in the
area, one housing a Ukrainian family and one an Afghan family. Members of Local Meetings
across the Area are involved in this.
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Other service given by Meetings or members individually includes:
Participation in 'Circles of Support and Accountability’ for Sex Offenders and acting as a trustee for
this charity;
Another Friend is a trustee with ‘Routes to Roots’, a local charity working with those without
homes. Other Friends volunteer for this charity.
on of Christmas parcels and presents for families known to Poole Social Services
continued.
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record checks on all those working with children and adults at risk.Local Meetings appoint Friends
to ensure these are kept up to date.
Our Safeguarding policies were reviewed and revised this year. A face to face Safeguarding
Refresher Training for Friends across the Area Meeting was devised but would be scheduled for
ring 2025 as appropriate for an on site Area Meeting.
e safeguarding trustee attended a Thirty One:Eight online training seminar about safeguarding
ults.
ancial support is available for adults to take part in courses provided by Woodbrooke or other
aker organisations, either in person or online.
o Friends were supported to attend Britain Yearly Meeting Annual Gathering this year.
Friend attended a conference, ‘The future of British Quakerism’.
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Sustainability.
During colder weather Bournemouth LM holds Meetings for Worship in a smaller room which is
cheaper and easier to heat.
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tings with the time and ability to
manage finances. We continue to employ a book-keeper to deal with Bournemouth Meeting’s
finances. We are working towards extending this system to further Local Meetings.
Swanage Meeting, a small meeting with solely online Meetings for Worship now has a
correspondent instead of a clerk. Its simple finances which were managed by Poole Meeting have
been taken over by the BCAM treasurers. A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed with
BCAM.
BCAM finances are secure. Grants have been made by the Drewry Trust to cover the costs of
quinquennial surveys, book keeping and accountancy.
During 2024 trustees discussed the funds held in three historic trusts, the White, White and
Nicholson and Constance Waller Trusts which hold in total around £8000. It was hoped that value
accrued beyond the original gifted capital might be deemed interest and could be released for
bout £6,250.) A letter was sent to the Charity
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