Trustees’ Annual Report
Registered Charity Number: 1159920
Year Ended 31[st] August 2021
Contents
| 1. | INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 |
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| 2. | STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 1 |
| 3. | AIMS, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS................................................................................................................ 3 |
| 3.1 Collective Worship....................................................................................................................... 4 |
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| 3.2 Advent Adventure, Easter Experience and It’s Your Move............................................................... 4 |
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| 3.3 Chaplaincy................................................................................................................................... 4 |
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| 4 | PUBLIC BENEFIT .................................................................................................................................................... 5 |
| 5 | FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................................................... 5 |
| 6 | FUTURE PLANS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 |
| 7 | CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 |
| APPENDIX: INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON ACCOUNTS................................................................................ 7 |
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 2021.
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 (no. 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. There were eight trustees in post as of 1st September 2020 with all eight remaining in post at the end of the financial year.
Regenerate Board of Trustees as at 1st September 2021:
Ruth Wallace (Chair) Ian Hodgson (Treasurer) Sarah Herrick (Secretary) Anthony Bradley Nicola Bright Catherine Coster Mark Lawrence Michael Phillpotts
As required by Regenerate ’s Constitution, one third of the Board will retire at the forthcoming Annual General M eeting (“AGM”) and these Trustees are:
Sarah Herrick Michael Phillpotts Ruth Wallace
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Michael Phillpotts is retiring from the Board at the forthcoming AGM and thanks are extended to him for all his hard work on behalf of Regenerate over many years. Sarah Herrick and Ruth Wallace have been nominated for re-election and have agreed that they are willing to stand again; they are therefore 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 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 Safeguarding 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:
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To enable children and young people to explore their spiritual, moral and emotional well-being from a Christian world view.
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To empower children and young people to overcome obstacles in their lives.
During 2020/21 whilst schools were closed to visitors due to COVID-19, we were able to maintain our work remotely with the primary schools. The work is summarised in the table below.
| SCHOOL Collective Worship online |
CRASH/ CRAFTY |
Advent Adventure |
Easter Experience |
Year 6 Transition video and books |
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| Abbotswood KS1 KS2 6 6 |
n/a Yes |
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| Broadway 6 |
n/a | |||
| Culverhill - |
n/a | |||
| Hawkesbury - |
Yes | |||
| Horton 6 |
Yes | |||
| Iron Acton - |
Yes | |||
| North Road 6 |
Yes | |||
| Old Sodbury 6 |
Yes | |||
| Rangeworthy - |
Yes | |||
| Raysfield Infants 6 |
n/a | |||
| Raysfield Juniors 6 |
Yes | |||
| The Ridge 6 |
Yes | |||
| St Andrews - |
Yes | |||
| St John’s Mead KS1 KS2 6 6 |
n/a Yes |
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| St Mary’s 6 |
Yes | |||
| St Paul’s 6 |
Yes | |||
| Tyndale 6 |
Yes | |||
| Wellesley 6 |
Yes | |||
| Woodlands KS1 KS2 6 6 |
n/a Yes |
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3.1 Collective Worship
During the 2020/21 school year, whole school assemblies were replaced by class assemblies, with children remaining in their class ‘bubbles’ and not mixing with the rest of the school. Restrictions prevented us from visiting in-person, so we went in via YouTube! Team members recorded themselves leading prayers, reflections and telling stories. We edited this into videos and uploaded them to our YouTube channel.
Our ‘ Laughter ’ assembly was inspired by Proverbs 17:22: ‘a happy heart is like good medicine’. We also produced assemblies on the themes of kindness and the power of words. We explored Christmas, Easter and Pentecost with online assemblies.
Our short collective worship videos were easy for teachers to access and share with their class whenever suited them. We received feedback from teachers that children had enjoyed the videos and responded well to them and found that, given the restrictions, this was an effective way to maintain our relationships with children and staff.
3.2 Advent Adventure, Easter Experience and It’s Your Move
As we were unable to host our usual Christmas and Easter trails, we produced videos with storytelling, reflections and prayers. Thanks to our generous supporters we were able to purchase 430 ‘It’s Your Move’ booklets from Scripture Union, which we hand delivered to all our schools. We also sent a video to each school, with encouragement, reflections, guidance on how the books can be used and farewell messages from the team.
We were privileged to be able to set up and run a ‘ Transition Reflection Space ’ in Abbotswood Primary. This had five interactive stations with different themes laid out in the school hall. For one afternoon Year 6 were able to reflect on their gratitude for the people who have helped them at primary school, their own uniqueness and their hopes and dreams for the future. There was also a ‘ Calm ’ station with bubbles which was very popular! This reflection space was recreated in individual bags for Year 6 at The Ridge School. Each child had objects such as a pebble and a pot of bubbles, with instruction for using these to reflect on their transition to Year 7.
3.3 Chaplaincy
We maintained our relationships with school staff by e-mail, assuring them of our prayers and also sent cards and gifts for the staffroom. Whilst we have been unable to meet physically with children we had previously been mentoring, they could at least ‘see’ the team virtually through our videos. We believe the need for mentoring has increased and we look forward to re-starting this during the 2021-22 school year.
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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 the trustees, employees 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 2020-2021 predicted that the Charity would end the financial year with a final balance of £16,426.
We have received a couple of unexpected and generous grants towards our work during the year, alongside our regular individual and church giving. The support of the Government Job Retention Scheme allowed us to compensate for the restrictions on our activities when schools were closed and when access for non-essential visitors was restricted. As a consequence, we have been able to maintain our balance at a healthy level.
Our balance at 31st August 2021 is now £21,433, down only 4% from 1st September 2020. The intention is to maintain sufficient funds going forward to support our vision to establish our work into the area of chaplaincy provision, now that the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions allow, while adhering to our internal Finance and Reserves Policies.
6 FUTURE PLANS
We continue to see chaplaincy as the way forward for Regenerate’s work and will be praying for wisdom and imagination for what we will offer to the schools. Our Schools Team Leader, Rachel, has been inspired by her training this past year and looks forward to implementing the resources she has gathered. We also intend to provide assemblies, hopefully in person, to schools in the coming year.
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7 CONCLUSION
This year has continued to be challenging for Regenerate’s outreach to the schools in our communities. Rachel, our employed Schools Team Leader, has been furloughed either full time or part time during the year as access to schools to provide the support to children has been near impossible. In spite of the difficulties, Rachel, together with a small team of volunteers, produced online assemblies which were received well by schools, with encouraging comments from staff. Rachel has taken time to undertake relevant training online including a Schools Chaplaincy training course run by the Diocese of Sheffield. It remains Regenerate’s vision to bring hope to the children in our local area and our prayer is that schools will open up again fully in the autumn so that we can once again reach out more directly to children and staff with God’s love.
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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