166 COfvJF@fvJf Legal and Administrative Objectives 2022-23 Trustees Report Finance Report 13 Accounts 14 Kingsbridge Youth Forchrist Is a Christian charity that exists to see young people's lives changed by Jesus We ropresenl God's heart byshowing Jesus in a relevant way to young people in Kingsbridge and the surrounding areas. We do not force our beliefs onlo young people We openly sharethe real difference a relationship with Jesus has made In our lives, and challenge them to think about what they believe. and why Registered Charity No. 1137166 @kingsbridgeyouthforchri STATUS The organisalion was registered as a Charity on May Isth 2010 Thecharity under￿ent a rebrand and name change in Septem ber 201S (formorly known as SPIRlfULIZED). Charity Numberl137166 TRUSTEES Nr David Fox(Chair) Nrs Christine Roberts (Troasurerl r Peter Hammett r David Wibberley Nrs Suzy Andrews LE(SA CONTACT AOtdofriosft2AfOV Kingsbridge Youth Forchrist Kingsbridge Family Church 8aplist Lane Fore Street Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 IQD Info@kingsbridge yfc co uk BANKERS CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Nalling Kent ME19 4JQ TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH lor the benefit ol you ng people In accordance with the Slalemenl of Faith appearing In appendixl throughout the world and In particular in Kingsbridgeand Ils énvirons, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH KINGSBRIDGE YOUTH FOR mainly. but not exclusively by means of proclaiming Christian messagés ol an evangelistic and teaching nature throughout the world and In parlicular(bul without préjudice lo the generality ol the loregoingl in Kingsbridge and Ils environs, CHRIST MISSION TO DEMONSTRATE. PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN VALUES Including dignity, empowermont and partnership lo all young people throughout Kingsbridgeand ils environs, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE through support and mentoring In schools. colleges and other educational eslablishmenls, through lunchtime and aller school clubs, street based youth workand other youth provision lo develop their physical, men lal and spiritual capacities. that they may g row lo full maturity as Ind ividuals. and that their condition of life may be Improved. "We're about seelng young people's Ilves changed by Jesus" TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS thereby demonstrating the Christian faith by promoting overseas service. education. practical action and working with those allecled, either directly or th ro ug h relevant relief agencies OOJECTOVES EMPLOYEES 2022-2023 VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL CHURCHES To evelop primary schools work (grow conversations around Children and families with local church) TRUSTEES 4,067 ENGAGEMENTS PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT TO LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN APRIL 2022 AND MARCH 2023 TO Create more decision opportunities for young people TO evelop youth work in Salcombe in Partnership with Holy iiiiiiiy Salcombe Church OF THOSE 4,067.. UNDER Il's 11-18's TO Continue to pursue young people in Kingsbridge Community College in every opportunity TO irow the team- open the discussion to seek another worker in partnership with one or more local churches _This year has been a very exciting time for Kingsbridge Youth For Christ. We have seen more young people make decisions to follow Jesus than in any other year this decade. It has also been a significant time of change for the charity as Centre Director Jonny Richmond stepped down at the end of March 2023 after nearly six years in post._ ’ PROJECTS Limitless Festival 2022 4* Limitless Festival Is a five-day Elim run Christian youth camp In Slallord lealuring daily gatherings lorworship. word and ministry. a huge variétyof activilios and lun games and other events throughout the day This year Becky headed up a team ol youth leadervoluntéers lo laketen young people (all non-chrislian) two hundred miles upcountry, camping lorthe week with three thousand other eleven lo eig hteen year olds T his was the fi rst lime we had taken a group of young people so lar away. lor so long A week before they sel off. we held a prayer breakfast for the trip al Kingsbridge Family Church Several volu nteers from the ch u rch put on a great spread ol food and around thirty five people from local chu rches attended Wo sharod about the vision lorthe trip and the opportunity that these len young people had Prayer slalions were set up around the room lo help guide prayérs and we also had a timeol worship We created a daily prayerguide lor the week so that the churches would beableto support the trip and we set up a prayer space on social media for regu lar prayer updates d uring the week. 11 was an exhausting week lor the team but thé team saw 5 Young people givetheir lives lo Je- sus and one ol the leaders also and her back was héaled from a fiftéen year long Injury Several young people were visibly changed through their encounters with Jesus This has given us cou ntless opportu nities to encou rage the local ch urches and we ourselves feel incred Ibly blesséd to have been a parl In bringing these young people lo Jesus. cu The KYFC Van We have continued to run ourcu Ih1s yearand seen Il grow dramatically from two you ng peo- ple In J uly 2022. to between nine ar)d sixteen young people in Narch 2023 As well as supporting local churches in their out- reach. our team has continued lo keep a pres- ence on IheQuay In Kingsbridge every week We are on the Quay once ortwice a week. rain or shine. after school to engage with the young people- ollering a warm, sale spacé for them to congregate We serve hol chocolate. play Playstation and most Importantly have cou ntless conversations from lailh lo football that build relationships Following LinTrilless Festival we fell led to put more lime and resources Into discipling young Christians and so in Seplemberwe began a Youth Alpha courséwilh the CU We bégan with a core group ol around sixyoung people who veryquickly began inviting Iheirfrionds and slowly ou r n umbers began to rise Wé also committed to providing more food forthe you ng people éach week beyond a snack. with the idéa that we can nurturé and grow relationships through eating togetheras well Each year we have an approximate loolfall bolween 60(>IOOO engagements th roug h ou r van outreach. We also pul more lime into developing relation- ships within the group by Including moregroup trips and socials outsideof our regular meeting In November. we look the group lo Plymouth to go bouldering In February. we went on a group trip lo Limitless One In Exeter- a silent disco and youth event, preceded by an obligatory trip lo McDonalds Wealso brought along many young peoplo from the otheryoulh clubs who had never been to a Christian event belo re They all loved it! In Narch we held a pizza and film night In our youth club for Ihechrislian Union young people Mentoring Overthe year our méntoring team has continuéd lo support young péople each weok in Kingsbridge Community Collége In a rural area where local health setvices are stretched. we are keen lo continue delivering and developing our mentoring programme Currently we spend thirty minutes with each sludenl and support approximately twelve to fifteen students a week between the team mem bers We work with the Senior Leadersh Ip Team to determ Ine needs. goals and outcomes ol our sessions Some young people are with us lor half a term. others might be with us lor the entire year Going fopward we rocognise that CU is not a replacement for being a part of a local church family and so we would like to support the local churches in their discipleship of young people and help tho young people join those church f&milies. Kingsbridge Youth Forchrisl are not a replacement lor NHS and other professional health services . howevor we have seen some major improvements in the mental health of the studénts that wé see through being a loving. stable, non-iudg mental and consislenl fig ure in their lives each week UNITE In September we launched ourfirsl Sundayevening youth event, UNITE- an evening of games. lun worship, word and ministry Again this Idea came out ol the sensethat God was leading us to locus more on discipleship ol young people, nd having a numberof young people become Christians over the summer. wefell the time was right now lo launch this event We developed UNITE lo tackle two main challenges facing our young people Firstly. that there Is currently little to no youth largeled discipleship from any local church Secondly. statistics from a British Youth For Christ Survey revealed that although l in 3 young people would like to know more about faith Il asked, onlylox (100011-18s samplodl would go lo church lor this We wanted to create a space to bridge tho gap into church lor yo ung people who haven't had any experience of it, but also loryoung Christians lo worship. hear Iheword and havesomething they could invite their friends to who were in- lerosted In Ihéirfailh We ran UNITE once every half term this year- September. December January and Narch Each lime UNITE was held In a different local church. and alongside a core team. most ol the volunteers came from the host church We intentionally set it up like this lo create opporlunilies forthe churchos to serveand gel to know Iheyoung people in our town and vice versa Each UNITE has seen around twenty young péople attend Aall ol them have come from our CU and the other hall from our youth clubs and outreach For around half the room. they have neverslepped fool In a church setvice before They have no undorstanding ol church culture 11 church Is family, then building relationships are absolulelyvilal and we hope that the young péople become more and more comfortable in this new space through the connéctions Ihoy make with local church members The response has been extremely positive. In some cases, we are bring ing young people into churches that haven't seen this many young people In them for overa decade We really hope that UNITE will also encouragechurches and catalyse their own outreach lo young people 10 We have been working with the church lo help identi- ly ways in which they can serve and support thé young people and families in their local community We are working towards beginning a church-léd club In the primary school Primary Schools This yearwe have maintained our presencewilhin local primary schools- although due lo focus changes we are delivering hall lermly assemblies as opposed to monthly. across four schools We also support thesé schools through being a parl ol ETHOS and SIANS meetings lo shape the schoolwide delivery of Christian content and have enjoyed being Invited lo various school events (such as jubilee. Harvest and Christmas Celebrations) throughout the year In July 2022. we delivered a series of school transition lessons lo year6 classes to help them process their feelings and emo- lions around making the move to secondary school. In June. we were Invited to the primary school lo join them lor their Ju bilee celebrations It was a fantastic day- we brought ourvan and football cagé along and Il created such a buzz amongst the Children Thé headteacher. Andy Pugsley was extremely grateful for all of oursupporl and led back high praise for Kings- bridge Youth Forchrisl al our AGH that was held later on In June Although Kingsbridge Youth For Christ remit Is predominantlyll-18 yearolds. we have seen such value In Investing In particularly Iheyear 5s and 6s. and the carry over that brings for them as Ihoyslep into Year7 Outreach in Salcombe and Aveton Gifford Salcombe We have continued lo use our van to support local churches In their outreach this year In Salcombe, we have used our existing relationships with the Salcombe C of E Primary School to open doors for Aoly Trinity Salcombe Church lo make con- nections with families in Ihearea For the last fouryears. we have been running a month- ly assembly In the school. ollen alongside the Vicar. Curate and Organist from Holy Trinity Salcombe church We have also been delivering RE lessons to years 5 and 6, and support the schools with their ETHOS meetings. We have also taken the youth van over to Salcombe Primary School After trialling a féw locations, we sta- lioned the van next to thé school gales We spend around an hourallerschool serving hol chocolates to the children and their parents Several members ol thé church join us and chal with the parents whilst the chil- dren come aboard the van lo hang out and play on the Playslalion They have contributed so much to our monthly Church Ser- vices. In School Services. Collectiye Worship. Bible lessons and year 6 Iransition lessons This year however we said a very sad gooclbye to Jonny and the children made him a goodbye card Over the past few y*rs we have become very much reliant on Becky (Not iusi for her musical ialentsl but all she con- tributes to our school. she has run the after school youth cluL). comes In on a weekly basis 10 sing Wllh the ch Ildren and comes in to tske part in Colleciive Worship She sup- ports the transition for our new year 6 children In Septemker who have been presented their Bibles. she suworis the year 6 chilLlren's transition to year 7 ai KCC. (Th Is suppori Is so Important to our ch Ildren. esFecially coming from a small village school to a large seconclary school) Aveton Gifford In January this year. Modbury Mission Community reached out lo us lo explore ways to reach you ng peo- ple in some of the village parishes surrounding Kings- bridge Ono of thé key areas was Avelon Gillord. a small village about three miles oulsideol Kingsbridge, In which the church already had a presence ID the vil- lage primary school In March, one rainy. dark Friday evening. Jonny look the van lo Avelon Gillord and met up with Rev Malt Rowland and a low members of his team We engaged with around eight young people who attend Kings- bridge Community College. and several parents For a first outing. this was a real success given the Iimeof yearand wéather and so going forward we will contin- ue to éxplore this growing partnership with Modbury Nission Community to support them In reaching thé young people that are parl ol their parishes She attends all of our School Ethos Meetings and contributes so much to make sure our school is giving the children all the love and encouragement they need 10 support them In their iourTrey from Foundation to KSI. KS2 and beyond to K53. all Wilhin the love of God The Christian Faith is very much the principle of our school. but with the support from Youth for Christ alongside. Father Daniel French. Trevor Becker and Ihe Parishioners of MalL)or- ough Church. we woulLI ceriainly not be able to achieve th Is and we would Trot be the'school family we are today. Of- sted November 2022. On another note Nalborough Is part of the South Hams Fed- eration. I know Loddiswell Primary School have very much valued YFC coming Into treir school for lots of different eyents. the children very much value the iTrput that the or- ganisation gives to Ihe school. even If 11 Is not a Church School. I know Becky is coming in next week to do the tran- sition lesson For the year 6 ch ildren L)efore they Fock their bags and venture off to KCC Both Jonny and Becky did th Is last year. which I was lucky enough to be a part of I cannot express how much this group supports Ihe young people In the South Hams. which Is very much needed In Ihese very challenging and Jifficuli limes for families anol comniunities Thank you so much. l am sorry I can't be with you th Is even- Ing I have a school commitment Ihat I can't miss. but this comes from all the stsff at Malborough and Locldiswell Youth For Christ have been Involved with Malborough Wilh Souih Huish C of E Primary School for several years They have become Very much part of our School family and everyone. from the children. siaff . parents anLI the communi- iy value all that they do 10 suppori Ihe school Jane Greaves Chair of The South Hams Federation 12 2025-24 OOJECYllVÉS Recruit a new 'R n19tries Coordinator a Worker, Develop Salcom ou work and relationships with churches in ve n Gifford and ue to disciple our Christian young people through the C ng them into the wider church family rips and in- tegr See supp increase income through fundraising, grant applications and more ers in order for us to meet our committed expenditure Develo nite and see how we can engage more young pe Expand the oring at KCC and recrult more male m ors Build on the success of e a larger group away in 2023 KYFC would like to thank all our supporters over the last financial year; those who support through volunteering and also those who give money towards the work of the charity, either individually or through the 12 churches who contribute. We are so grateful for the ongoing support in these very challenging times. In 2022-3, activities ran normally and without restriction after 2 years of Covid, when much was put on hold. It was also easier to organise fundraising activities. Both factors are reflected in the year’s accounts. **Income** : There was a significant rise in income this year (c. 25%). In addition to our regular giving, a sponsored walk of 25 km along the coast path by KYFC Trustees raised c £1,000, there were many donations towards the cost of taking young people to the _Limitless_ camp, as well as a £9,000 donation for 1 year from a local charitable trust and there were a significant number of other oneoff donations from individuals and local organisations. It was also the 4[th] year of funding by Loddiswell Congregational Church & Malborough Baptist Church for Becky Evans’s post as Rural Ministries Worker. **Expenditure:** This also rose significantly in 2022-23. This was partly due to the lifting of Covid restrictions. For example, training for staff and volunteers was now possible & the YFC national annual conference took place for the 1[st] time since 2020. This can be seen by an increase in training costs from £0 in 2021-2 to almost £1,000 in 202223. It was also now possible to take the KYFC bus out on to the Quay in Kingsbridge to engage with young people after school and serve hot chocolate etc. Hence, a big rise in coffee bar supplies from the previous financial year. New activities included 2 evangelistic events: _Limitless_ summer camp and regular Sunday evening _Unite_ youth services. Hence, an increase in evangelism: special events from c £1,000 in 2021-22 to over £4,500 in 2022-23. The national cost of living crisis also impacted on KYFC as we increased staff salaries to keep pace with inflation & our office rent also increased by over £100 per month. However, we were able to save on some of our insurance costs by shopping around. One one-off expense was in paying for job adverts & running a day of interviews for a new Centre Director following Jonny Richmond’s resignation after over 5 years in post. This added £450 to Miscellaneous Costs and around £100 to Catering. **Balance:** Total expenditure rose by almost one sixth to £63,776 in 2022-23 (this figure does include £2,983 of depreciation for our bus), but with a total income of £58,137, it does mean that we made a net loss of £5,639 in 2022-23. We had aimed to break even this year, but were somewhat encouraged that we had almost halved our net loss of £10,825 in 2021-22. **Going Forward:** It is not sustainable to keep running at a loss, therefore the Trustees of KYFC have resolved to adopt the goal of breaking even in 2023-24 and to introduce the following measures to work towards it. We will aim to increase our income, to economise with our expenditure and to fund capital costs by applying for external grants. Some measures to achieve this are already in place and we are confident that this is achievable for the year ahead without compromising our work with the young people of Kingsbridge and the surrounding area. 14 ENTS *IOSaRIDGEYoiifH FOR CtrHIMT Roce1￿5 &Pwiw15 ts*EYe￿e￿31M&¢ch 21YL3 AECWPTS Intgr051 Income LP oth¢r In¢om• DonJiiN¥ Ywwty*er 32.*3 20.724 Arj 42,519 PAYMENTS Ini511&￿￿ FotCthtCpuyp5 3.7 k I I SItr&ChlldproMc* 1,1 73 864 Y<*Ahth Insc maintinw Ti 944 e.24 2.766 ÈxPÈrtsÈs DÉpigclthn GilÈiino 47 27 •SL6 Sp*d EvÈnL% 1.0 I,fjTJ y￿￿clUb WukC1￿b RwrnJcO￿% 42.Z26 39.344 63.176 54.3 (D•fic￿l l Exc•1•￿￿￿t1p11QV￿Pa5Vffit .10, 15 STATEMEN KINGS8RKIGE YOUTH FOR CHIOST aipmeN ol Asset5A l N•Nrtts AsAf31*A•rth2023 2022 16.397 19,289 3.449 5.1 F¥mii￿r• & Ewrneni 5,10) 24.916 27.83 C4F Qwrent Att￿nI s8,￿7 63.243 58.3aS 63,243 93 .443 1.277 fj0.109 93.829 Fund MowmertAdj￿ DBli¢l thL￿￿ 104,174 20.348 -194 -25 793 34.316 -s 631 8BJ9D -10,846 Wv 4]plY￿e11￿Thr ￿￿uM5 3t whkhc(¥tpiyÈ4 ReC￿ph& PJyn*thA¢Lw (Il A55rt%aixl [tr1•￿￿ ourity￿SIbl1JIY qKliwl¥ir¢lkwJlr4ihtpro05th Dlall ESsaTr Ihr S*nEd 16 INER RvpurtITrth•lMttt￿. ￿N￿$BRIt￿EyOuTHFoF GHRIST 31 Trknth2023 n• IlJ?IM R•wCilv•mpDM*AI￿M The at•r•spor￿￿lOrtr*prQP￿￿ olb)eaCCOuThts TM Ills 1O51Sllbldth&e￿l￿sp£t. and •x•mwe• •¢•tsM•rt Ch•WCamM￿lTh récrrti Képibyim chantygnd aComww￿TroI r•cudi 11sknwJud8sconsiQ8i*on Dfatyunusual lt1n￿(rf dIst￿re￿ In u18acc￿l 4ré ueeking eXL4natW5fromLPetnNtee5concen￿9aTry5Uc* malbv5 Tr¢ II 15 9p#￿ xwuntspre¥enT Ilit•m•nt l %*th9ive5 mpleas￿bleca￿5PtO tr• 13DrAts .a r•cofo••n0¢wWy 2 mywirw. 1noTowtye￿¥ yr• O•ts'. 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