Suite 1 Paddington House Festival Place Basingstoke, RG21 7LJ
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Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy Annual Report 2020
The Chaplaincy service had to make many adjustments during 2020 as everyone suffered the disruptions caused by Covid-19. Visiting was stopped in March but restarted as soon as restrictions were lifted in June. During the summer we mainly visited outside. During the summer Chaplains were joined by Street Pastors. We opted not to visit shops so as not to disturb trading and to maintain a reasonable degree of distancing to prevent spreading the virus. We continued to visit the staff at the Magistrates' Court and extended our visits to the bus station, railway concourse and the taxi rank. Being in the streets enabled us to engage more with the community police and rangers and we were able to engage in many useful conversations with a broader range of people. Only those who were fit and able volunteered during this period and those who were in any way vulnerable were discouraged from participating. Chaplains were able to make brief visits to shops and other places of work before Christmas.
Early in the lockdown we sent cards to people working in the town and to shops to indicate our continued support of them. Christmas cards were distributed to the shops that had been visited regularly.
We supported the activities of churches in central Basingstoke. One ran a lunch service and provided food for those in need and together they organised a Living Nativity presentation where we had the opportunity to talk to passers-by.
Chaplains
During the year one Chaplain was trained and started patrolling in the summer and one Chaplain retired. Half the number of Chaplains were available to go out from June, spending around 2 hours at a time. Every weekday morning and one or two afternoons a week were covered. We noticed people we met had high levels of fear for themselves or family members and loneliness and frustration were expressed. In some cases Chaplains were able to indicate places were help could be obtained. People often welcomed prayers, praying with them or the promise to pray for them. Despite the periods of lockdown and workplaces closed to us about 1,600 hours of chaplain time was given during the year (2019: 1,860 hours).
In response to being unable to go out or to meet we arranged frequent prayer times by Zoom each week on different days to enable more Chaplains to be involved. Informal training and regular discussions took place on different aspects of chaplaincy work. In December, we presented several showings of a guided course on suicide awareness via Zoom to which Street Pastors and members of churches also participated. We plan to continue to make the training opportunities we give to chaplains available to other Christians in the town.
Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy Trust is a Registered Charity, Number: 1160005, Registered Office: Suite 1, Paddington House, Festival Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7LJ
Publicity
Festival Place displayed an electronic advert of our presence on two sites. We launched a Facebook page during the year and have a website. We have kept in regular contact with individual supporters and churches. Support has been maintained but financial support has changed as some churches are not able to support us financially due to their loss of lettings income during lockdowns. Additional publicity is given by One Church Basingstoke.
Future
We have renewed contact with the railway staff and seek to progress the proposal for Platform Pastors. We will collaborate with Street Pastors in this. We are researching how to keep in better contact with people who are open to engagement with the Chaplaincy, especially while there are restrictions on movement and many premises are closed.
The Trust continues to employ an Administrator part-time. All Trustees and Chaplains are volunteers. Their dedication and willingness to provide additional services are much appreciated.
We are grateful to Festival Place management for providing affordable office space, which has been renewed for a further 3 years.
John Hayward
Chair of Trustees
Chair
Member of the Alliance of Town & City Chaplaincies
Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy Trust is a Registered Charity, Number: 1160005 Registered Office: Suite 1, Paddington House, Festival Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7LJ
Bèsingstoke Town ChaplainLy Suite 1, Paddington House, Festival Pla, Basingstoke, RG217LJ 01256 842232 admin@basingstoketownchaplaincy org.uk www.basingstoketownchaplaincy.org.uk •ng od[ CO 2020 A¢¢ounts - Notes (registered charity number 1160005) 1. Compensation of £250 was received from Nat West Bank following the raising of a complaint via the Financial Ombudsman about the extreme delay and complications in changing signatories on the account. 2. A new 3 year18ase for our offices came into effect from 26 November 2019 at a rate of £4350 + VAT per annum. This lease was nol signed off until April 2020 so the payments in 2020 included the rent for the remainder of 2019 as well as for the first quarter of 2021. 3. The Utilities total of £548 includes £278 for Electricity (including charges for August to December of 2019 but excluding charges for October to December of 2020) and £270 for Telephone and Broadband. Website charges were not paid until 2021. 4. Other expenditure of £130 was incurred on subscriptions and fees. No payments were made from the restricted fund for Plafform Pastors as this project is currently on hold. 5. As we do not have a credit or debil card for the charity, rtain items for the Chaplaincy were purchased by individuals from their own funds and reimbursed accordingly. Overall. the following expenses were refunded lo the persons below.. J, Hayward {trustee)- £729 E. Ham {administralor) - £541 Total £1270 J E Saunders Treasurer 5 March 2021 Type to enter text Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy Trust IS 8 Registered Charity, Number.. 116CWS Re8lStered Office. Suite l. Paddington House. Festival Plèce. B39in8gtoke, RG217U
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B1 Cash funds Gen8ral fund 1,968 273 Total cash funds 1,968 273 layree balanceswith receipts and paymen15 accounii511. Unrestrictgd funds to rwargsl £ Restricted funds to n¢ores¢ £ Endowment funds Details to nearest £ 82 Other monetary assets Fund to whlch asset belon Curren¢ value '. Details Cost loptionall Fund to whlch asset belon Details Cost loptlonall Current value ional B4 Assets retained for the .,charity's own use omput¢rs General AV ¢quipmont General Office furniture General Telephones General Unifomi$ General Fund to which Amount due When due Details Loase of offices (note 21 BS Liabilities G8neral Èlectrfcity chary8s Inote 21 G8noral TelephoTr8 and broadband contract General Website contract G8n8ral .Signed by one or two trustees on eh?If of all Ihe trustees aleo ignalure Print Name J HAYWARD 80/03121 30/03121 J E SAUNDERS CCXX R2 awounts ISSI 0910212021