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Legal and Administrative Objectives 2023-24 Trustees, Report Objectives 2024-25 14 Finance Report 15 Kingsbridge Youth For Christ Is a Christian charity that éxists to seé young people's lives changed by Jesus We represent God's heart by showing Jesus in a relevant way to young people In Kingsbridge and the surrounding areas. Accounts 17 We do not force our beliefs onto young people. We openly share the 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 @kingsbridgeyouthforchr
STATU The organisation was registerèd as a Charity on Nay Isth 2010. The Charity underwent a rebrand and name change in Septem 2018 (formerly kno wn as SPIRIIULIZED) Charity Number 113n66 TRUSTEES Mr. David Fox (Chair) Mrs Christine Roberts (Treasurer) Mr Peter Hammett Mr David Wibberley Mrs Suzy Andrews Mrs Helen Leather NTAC ADMONOSfE2AfOVE Kingsbridge Youth For Christ Kingsbridge Family Church Baptist 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 for thé bénefit of young Péoplé in accordance with the statement of Faith appearing In appendix I throughout the world and in particular In Kingsbridge and Its environs, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH KINGSBRIDGE YOUTH FOR CHRIST mainly. but not exclusively by means ol proclaiming Christian méssages of an evangelistic and teaching nature throughout the world and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) In Kingsbridge and Its environs. MISSION TO DEMONSTRATE. PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN VALVES including dignity, empowerment and oartnership to all young people throughout Kingsbridge and Its environs,. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE through support and mentoring In schools. colleges and other educational establishments, through lunchtime and after school clubs, street based youth work and other youth provision to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities. that they may grow to full maturity as Individuals, and that their condition of life may be Improved. "We're about seelng young people's Ilves changed by Jesus J) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS thereby demonstrating the Christian faith by promoting overseas service, education practical action and working with those affected. either directly or through relevant relief agencies.
ooJÉcfllvÉs EMPLOYEES 2023-202 16 VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL CHURCHES To Recrult a new'Rural Mlnlstrles Coordlnator and Youth Worke TRUSTEES 5,OZ7 ENGAGEMENTS PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT TO LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN APRIL 2023 AND MARCH 2024 TO Develop youth work and relatlonshlps wlth churches In Aveton Glfford and Salcombe TO Contlnue to dlsclple our Chrlstlan young people through U, trlps and Integratlng them Into the wlder church famlly OFTHOSE" 033: UNDER II'S 11-18's TO Seek to Increase Income through fundralslng. grant applicatlons and more supporters In order for us to meet our commltted expendlture TO Develop Unlte and see how we can engage more young people TO Expand the mentorlng at KCC and recrult more male -Drs TO Bulld on the success of Llmltless 2022 and take a larger group away In 2023
TRUSTEESkREPORT This year has been fant8Stic The clubs and en- gagéments with young people have Increased in numbér. relationships with the primary schools aré growing and we hired our new Rural Ministries Coordinator and Youth Worker. Jasper Van Es .7 young people made decisions to follow Jesus. Thank You We firstly want to say thank you. we are extreme- ly grateful to all our supporters both financial and prayér who enable us to réach the young people in k<ingsbridge through our various projects and clubs. Over this past year we have had 7 young people make some sort of first time decision to follow Jesus or say yes to wanting him to be a part of their lives We have seen many more make steps towards Jesus Minds are opening and hearts are being prepared, The Prlmary Focus for 2023-24 Kingsbridge Youth For Christ has achieved all of its goals set out for this year. This year wè had 5033 engagements with young people 2655 of those were with 11-18 year olds and 2378 or them were with under Il's. You can see that this numbèr of underll's has grown by almost 1000 since the previous year This is due to us now being In more primary schools regularly and Increasing our work In quite a few schools to Include clubs and les- sons. These 5033 engagements are across all of our projects and they vary In terms of sharing Jesus. Some of them will be regular one to one work in the secondary school where we do not overtly share our faith and some will be direct discipling of young people in our Christian Union and Bible studies. However. everything we do is to ultimately see young péoples lives transformèd by Jesus. Just because they might not say a big YES to Jesus now, I believe that God will keep pursuing them and sométhing of what we have said to them or shown them will stay with them We pray that God will bring others along In their journey to water the seeds that we have planted at this time. "We're about seelng young people's Ilves changed by Jesus J)
TRUSTEESkREPORT PROJECTS Limitless Festival 2023 Limitless Festival is a five-day Elim run Christian youth camp In Staffordshire Showground featuring daily gatherings for worship. word and ministry. a huge variéty of activities and fun games and other events throughout the day This was our second year of taking a group and we took 18 young people Some of whom had come the year before We once again held a prayer breakfast a few weeks before the trip at Kingsbridge Family Church We had a great morning, sharing about the success of the prévious yéar, worshipping and intentionally and expéctantly praying for each of the young péoplé who were going That they would meet with Jesus and havé théir lives complétély changed and transformed. 7411 Oné of the prayer activities that we did we took with us to Limitless and hung It up In our groups tent area so that thé young peoplè could sèè what had been prayed for them They could also add their own prayers to It If they wanted to We again created a daily prayer guide for the week so that the churches would be able to support the trip and we set up a prayer space on social media for regular prayer updates during the week. It was again, an amazing week14 young people made a decision to follow Jesus and all of them have followed up with us throughout the year getting Involved in Christian Union and all those 4 are coming back this year One of those young people got baptised at Easter. He had a real experience of Jesus. he realised how loved he was and we have seen him grow so much.
TRUSTEESkREPORT cu We have continued to run our CU this year It has been a privilege to journey through. for many of the young people. the foundations of faith as a lot had not grown up in church and are not familiar with the well known Bible sto ries •1 Each week we were getting questions like What is sin again?, And'why did Jesus have to die? We noticed that there was a bit of a divide in the spiritual maturity levels within the CU There were many who knew lots and needed some- thing more In depth and there were also many who didn't understand the basics of the Bible and following Jesus We made the decision to split the CU Into 2 different sessions for differ- ent ages/spiritual maturity levels. 4 i We have continued to do a CU social each half term, we have been trampolining, bowling, had a picnic orT Dartmoor and we attended the 24/7 prayer with Limitless mid year event In rediscov- er Exeter In February The place was absolutely packed full of young people all gathering to pray for their friends. families and this nation. UNITE We have continued to run a Unite Youth service pretty much every month during this year Each Unite Is held In a different church and consists of games, worship. a talk and some response time. While CU is great, we ultimately we want to get these young people integrated Into a local church family If they are not already a part of one. We would like to support the local church- es In their discipleship of young people and help the young people join those church fami- Each service we see between 10-20 young peo- ple attend. Half of them have come from our CU and the other half from our youth clubs and out- reach For around half the room. they have never stepped foot In a church service before They have no understanding of church culture so this is a great first step into getting them involved In church. We have already started to do this at Kings- bridge Family Church and are wanting to ex- pand this wider over the next year
TRUSTEESkREPORT Office Move In October 23 we moved offices from'Horizons' at the top of Fore Street in Kingsbridge to the Kingsbridge Family Church office and we are so grateful to the family church for having us in their office It's great to be part of the commu- nity in there with Jonny Richmond (the pastor In training) and Pennie Sutton (the church coordinator) It's also very handy as we run a lot of our clubs in the basement area of the church. The Lounge The Lounge is our weekly youth club held in Kingsbridge Family Church from 7-8 30pm for school years 7-11 This year we have seen real growth in our youth club attendance and have consistently had over twenty young people attend each week. all year round The Lounge team is made up of 11 volunteers from local churches as well as Jasper and Becky Therè is table tennis. a pool table. an air hockey table. a gaming PC (which this year we got a grant from Kings- bridge Town Council to upgrade which was amazing). Nintendo switch. a tuck shop and an area to play games and chill. We also run some football with a soft ball upstairs in the main hall doing 4 a side to get some of the energy out and the young people really enjoy that Almost all of the young people that attend the club have no church background Each week one of the team will lead a God slot- a team game. a fun challenge or something similar. and an evangelistic talk sharing something of their testimony, the difference Jesus has made In their lives and God's heart for the young people that attend Several young people have responded throughout the year and now join us for our CU. This year we have had 62 individuals come through the door. And we see18-25 young people each week Ip li
io TRUSTEESkREPORT The KYFC Van This year we have continued to keep a presence on the Quay in Kingsbridge evéry week We are on the Quay Tuesday and a Friday afterschool. rain or shine. to en- gagé with the young peoplé- offering a warm. safe spacé for them to congregate Wé serve hot choco lates. play Playstation a r)d most importantly have countless conversations that build relationship and very often get questions Iike'why are you out here? why do you do this7 This gives us op- portunities to share our faith and Jesus heart for them. From February this year we started going out on a Fri- day night Instead of a Friday afterschool We are out on the Quay from 8 30-10pm Pre Covid- there was the 'Friday Night Project. which was running each Friday evening In the Age Concern building by the Quay Young péople would come In that weré out and about and théy had a safe loving non iudgeméntal space to hang out and chat to the leaders there. This stopped when Covid hit and we were then unablé to set It back up In the Age Concern building due to the space being used for other things. It's been great to be back In this space. we a lot of thé older young people who are often drinking and just hanging around But they are polite and respectful of the bus and enjoy coming and chatting with us. Mentorlng Over the year our mentoring team has continued to support young people each week In King5bridge Community College. We have a team of 5 mentors who go In and mentor around 12 young people each week. This Is a supportive listening service that we offer to students who the school have flagged up as needing some extra support due to home, school or other things they are struggling with We are not a replacement for NHS or other professional hearth ser- vices but we are there to be a stable. loving, non judgemental. consistent figure in their lives each week. We have had 3 more mentors join the team this year including our newest worker Jasper This next year we would love to build on this and grow the Friday night work. To have a bigger team with 2 people stationed at the bus and 2 walking around Kingsbridge letting the young people know where we are, If they need anything. handing out water and offer- ing to pray even. We have also now set up a prayer team that will pray in Word Wise (a Christian bookshop on Fore Street in Kingsbridge) during the time we are out and we are looking forward to seeing what God does as we continue to develop the Friday nights.
TRUSTEESkREPORT The most importan t thing is that the children enjoy their time with us. as they are giving up their play- time. We want them to know Jesus really loves thém, and that in following Him they can feel safe. have fun and know they are precious in His sigh t.. Salcombe Church of England Prima We also support these schools through being a part of ETHOS and SIAMS meet- ings to shape the schoolwide delivery of Christian content and have enjoyed being invited to various school events (such as, Harvest. Christmas Celebrations and leav- ers services) throughout the year. In July 2023. we again delivered a series of school transition lessons to year 6 clas- ses to help them process their feelings and emotions around making the move to secondary school We delivered these lessons In 6 local primary schools, We have really seen this work grow and the need for this Increase We have seen real berTefits In getting to know these chil- dren before they move u p to secondary school and building relationships so that when they are In KCC they already know us, they trust us and It also Is some con- sistency for them. Prlmary Schools This year the work In primary schools has Increased greatly The primary schools are really keen to have us in more, running Bible lessons, clubs and extra support sessions for children who are struggling a bit more than others. We have also Increased the number of schools we regularly work with We are in Thurlestone Primary school regularly now and also Loddiswell pri- mary which is amazing as we have been praying to be a regular presence In that school for around 5 years. Also, it Is a privilegè to be able to share Bible stories and messages with the children during primary school because It hopefully saves us some work when they are Christian Union age This year we are wanting to ex- plore the possibility of getting a new worker join the team who will primarily be a primary schools worker but would also be Involved in the youth work side of things too. It is in the very early stages, but we would like to look into it. Salcombe Ethos Club-suzy Andrews 'This new lunchtime club grew out ofconversations and prayer over a number ofyears between Holy Trinity Salcombe (part of the Seaside Parish) and KYFQ The club lasts about 45minutes every Wednesday in Salcombe Primary School and includes games. songs. a Sible Story. a video and various creative acts'vities.
12 TRUSTEESkREPORT The inspector obsèrved lesgons, looked at books. met with parents and different groups of children He héld meetings with staff members. Governors including Becky and leaders from across the Federation to reach his conclusions Becky played an Important part In this outstanding judgement Malborough Is part of the South Hams Federation, I know Becky visits Loddiswéll Primary School and they very much value her coming into the school for lots of d Ifferent events I cannot express how much this group supports the young people In the South Hams. which Is very much needed in these very challenging and difficult times for families and communities Thank you so much to Becky from everyone at Nal- borough and Loddiswell Primary School. Report from Jane Greaves Youth For Christ havé béén involvéd with Malborough with South Huish C of E Primary School for many years. écky has become véry much part of our'school fami- ly, and everyone. from the children. staff. parents and thé community value all that she does to support the school Becky contributes to our monthly Church Services. Collective Worship. Bible lessons. weekly singing with the children. Mindful lessons and year 6 transition les- sons, She attends all of our Ethos Meetings and contributes so much to make sure our school Is giving the children all the love and encouragement they need to support thém in their journey from Foundation to KSI, KS2 and beyond to KS3,'all within the love of God.. Jane Greaves Chair of The South Hams Federation The support from Youth for Christ alongside, Father Daniél French, Trevor Becker and the Parishioners of Nalborough Church, we would certainly not be able to achieve all that we do and we would not be the'school family, we are today We are also delighted to wel- come Jasper Into our Schools and I know the children will very much enjoy getting to know him, especially as he Is an ex- pupil from Loddiswell Primary School We are so grateful for Becky's enthusiasm and her modern attitude to supporting our children to think about the Christian Faith in a realistic down to earth way OTHER EVENTS In year 2023-24 SW Focus Tour- June 2023- Joining Youth For Christ centres from around the South West in Taunton for a day of prayer Church visits- Year round Continuing to share the mission of KYFC and encourage local churches through speaking engagements Safeguard team training- Narch 2024- The Kingsbridge Youth For Christ team gather for a safeguard training evening led by trustee, Da- vid Wibberley National YFC Conferenc+ January 24- 8ecky and Jasper travelled to Halesowen for the an- nual British Youth For Christ Conference. join- ing with the wider Youth For Christ family for four days. Salcombe regatta with the bus in August 23 On the 2 May the Malborough School had their Church (SIAMS)Inspection, In which we received a'Judgement One,. The new framework provides two judgments, and we are extremely pleased to have received this one identifying that as a school we are living up to our Christian foundations and supporting our children. The Inspector noted the'warm inclusive community and the positive impact of school improvement. ensuring our'pupils flourish and fly,
13 TRUSTEESkREPORT Rural Mlnlstrles Coordlnator and Youth Worker- Jasper Van Es I started in this role in January so have been in role for 3 months at the time of writing this. l am employed for 20 hours per week and my time is split between Kingsbridge Youth For Christ and Loddiswell Con- gregational Church What I do within my role with Loddiswell Congregational Church Is to primarily run a youth club in the village which provides a Jesus centred safe space for people within the ages of 11-16 to come and spend time with friends and èngage In activities The aim of which Is to give additional support to young people In Loddiswell and the surrounding area who may have difficult home lives or difficult situations in mainstream school and need a place where th ey can go to feel listened to a nd to socialise in a place separate from t he rest of their lives Within my work for KYFC I help run outreach each week on the KYFC bus to offer a space for young people to come and relax and have hot chocolates. which happens on Tuesday afternoons and Friday evenings l also help to run the Lounge youth club in Kingsbridge I help run the Bible study and Christian Union on Wednesdays where we dive a little deeper Into the more advanced theology In Christianity for those who have made the decision to follow Jesus and need some more guidance in how they can have an active relationship with Jesus In the rest of their lives On Fridays, I help to mentor two young chaps at Kingsbridge Community College, one in year seven and one in year élévén. And so far they have made a lot of progress and I will be taking on more people soon when they have been sup- ported enough. Following that I help to run the bus outreach from 8.'30-10.00. At oné of the Attic Youth clubs in Loddiswell we did a building challenge based on building your life on thè rock and not thé sand, and following that we did a five minute talk on God and the purpose of the evéning Following the talk we had oné young person who wanted to ask loads of questions and we ended up overrunning as thè group were so engaged in asking about how to live your life with faith In Jesus. She was orten one of the louder ones so to have her so éngaged in a philosophical conversation was so Inspiring and I could really see that she was taking the message on board as to how to live her life, and it was amazing to see that this little youth club was helping a young person to create their life philosophy which was inspired by Jesu¥s teachings.
14 TRUSTEESkREPORT 2024-25 OOJPCTllVPS Explore the p y of a Prlmary Schools and ou orker Spllt th tlvely rrent Chrlstlan Unlon Into 2 more dlrected grou clple the young people In the area more effec- Help Into o facllltate youth work In local churches to Integrate the church famlly ng people Cont runa nue to grow the relatlonshlp wlth KCC wlth the hopes of mblles and lessons regularly g able to Develop Ilsm nlte servlces to be more effectlve for dlscl ip and evange- Grow the work on day nlght wlth the Bus In gsbrldge
15 FINANCE REPORT computer equipment plus sundries for our youth club. as well as a néw mobile phoné This is refléct- ed In the addition of computer equipment to our tangible assets & met one of thé financial goals for the year. Goals_ The financial goals at thè end of 2022-23 wére to fund future capital expenditure with exter- n81 grants. to Increase income through fund-raising & attracting new supportérs. and to look carefully at our expenditure and to make cut-backs where pos- siblé in order achieve a surplus rather than a loss at the year end Balance_ KYFC ran at a modest surplus (É1.700) in 2023-4. compared to being over É5.500 deficit in 2022-3. which fulfils one of the other goals set out at the end of 2022-23 This has been made possible by reducing expenditure staffing. At the ond of 2023-24. we have met all but one of the above aims as will be discussed below Firstly though. it is important to put the accounts into context. This year was one of transition as far as staffi n g was concerned After several yea rs with a full-time Centre Director (CO) & a part-time youth worker whose salary was covered by 2 supporting churches. the CD left & one of the 2 supporting churches ended their support by mutual agreement The youth worker. Becky. was happy to step In & continue the work of KYFC & at her other support- Ing church In September, she took on the role of CD. albéit part-time whilst a new part-time youth worker was recruited Jasper started In this role In January 2024, fundéd partly by Loddiswell Congre- gational Church (LCC) & partly by KYFC This has a significant effect on the accounts as salary costs were consequently almost £20,000 less than In 2022-3 & youth worker donations were also much reduced (by over £7,000) with Becky (& then Jas- per) only receiving support from one church, LCC. Expenditure. We made considerable savings by moving to a cheaper office In a local church In Oc- tober. for example WeAK&a*ratefUl to Kings- bridge Family Chur h for accommod Ing KYFC This has saved than £1.300 thi r& total rent will be In t region of £600 In the ming year. thus meatlng another of the goals set out above In 2023-4. the sts of Evangelism. Speclal Events rose significan Most of this was the c of taking young people to Itless (C h ristian Su mercamp) for the second yea runnin and bu Ing advancè tickets for Lim It less 2 - red uced p rice. Funds are already Ir)coming In response to Bècky's appeal to supporters to cover this outlay, as the costs are heavily subsidised so that anyone can arrord to go. KYFC has also increased the work done in primary schools In particular this year An Increase In annual expenditure under Youthwork in Schools reflects this activity Income. KYFC could not operate without the gener- osity of our many supporters, not only Individuals but also a large number of churches. mostly local to us. We are Incredibly grateful for this support & thank everyone who has contributed to KYFC funds in 202>4. Income was some £11,500 down this year. £7,000 of this was due changes in support for our youth worker (as discussed above) Other factors could be due to the loss of a few regular donors and the fact that we didn't have the resources to organ- Ise a fund-raising event when we were running with reduced staff There are plans to remedy this In 2024-25 We were also successful In being awarded a grant of El.000 by Kingsbridge Town Council. which enabled us to replace worn out gaming & Klngsbrldge Youth For Chrlst recelves regular flnanclal support from (mainly local)
16 FINANCE REPORT CONT.. Assets & Liabilities. One of the charitls greatest assets for youthwork is the KYFC bus Its value Is d épréciated by 150A evéry year (see tang Ible assets at cost bus) & this year. £5.000 has also been allo- catéd to a bus replacemént fund In order to prepare for the fLJture An increase In tangible assets In the furniture and equipment category is because 2 desks & a secure cupboard were bought for the new office. as exist- ing furniture would not fit in the space The increase in computer equipment was covered by the Él.000 grant as discussed earlier In summary.. This year's KYFC accounts reflect a transition In staffing. which is now complete A small surplus has been achieved at the end of the year. helped not only by reduced employment costs. but also by securing a grant to replace worn-out equio- ment & by making savings In outgoings. the most significant being for officé rent This meets 3 of the 4 goals set out at the end of 2022-23 Going for- ward, It Is important to increase Income through fundraising & by encouraging new supporters
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