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2021-12-31-accounts

Parish of Sawley

Annual Report & Accounts

2021

Plus Minutes of Annual Parish Meeting May 2021

Annual Meeting 2022 is on Wednesday 18[th] May All Saint’s Church, Sawley 7pm Please bring this report with you.

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Parish of Sawley PCC 2021-2022

Rector: Tony Street Retired Priest: Ross Clayton Curate: Elaine Jones Reader: Paul Cavill Churchwardens: Joan Suiter Kathryn Moran General Synod: Sue Cavill (elected 2021) Deanery Synod: Pat Hassall (elected 2020) Kate Bassford(elected 2020) Joan Suiter (elected 2020) PCC: Member 1 Sandra Mellors (elected 2021) Member 2 Mary Phipps (elected 2021) Member 3 Steve Gayle (elected 2020) Member 4 Val Glover (elected 2020) Member 5 Jenny Russell (elected 2020) Member 6 Ian Johns (elected 2020) Member 7 Hannah Winn (elected 2020) Member 8 Abi Parker (elected 2020) Member 9 Angela Clayton (elected 2020) Member 10 Mary Holland (elected 2019) Member 11 June Oliver (elected 2019) Member 12 Roz Walker (elected 2019)

Lay Chair: Paul Cavill
Treasurer: Mary Holland (on PCC)
PCC Secretary: Abigail Parker (on PCC)

Minister, Associate Minister, Lay Readers are not elected by the parish, but go on PCC each year whilst in post. Co-opted members are accepted also each year at the Annual Meeting. PCC members are elected for three years but can resign before. Churchwardens are elected each year but can serve for six years.

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Parish of Sawley PCC 2022-2023

Rector: Tony Street Retired Priest: Ross Clayton Curate: Elaine Jones Curate: Samantha Dennis Reader: Paul Cavill Churchwardens: …………………………………….. …………………………………….. Deanery Synod: Pat Hassall (elected 2020) Kate Bassford(elected 2020) Joan Suiter (elected 2020) General Synod: Sue Cavill (elected 2021) PCC: Member 1 Vacancy ………………………… (4 vacancies) Member 2 Vacancy ………………………… Member 3 Vacancy ……………………….. Member 4 Vacancy ……………………….. Member 5 Sandra Mellors (elected 2021) Member 6 Mary Phipps (elected 2021) Member 7 Val Glover (elected 2020) Member 8 Ian Johns (elected 2020) Member 9 Hannah Winn (elected 2020) Member 10 Abi Parker (elected 2020) Member 11 Angela Clayton (elected 2020) Member 12 Steve Gayle (elected 2020)

Lay Chair: …………………………………… Treasurer …………………………………… PCC Secretary: ……………………………………

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The Parish of Sawley

All Saints’ with St Mary’s

Minutes of the Meeting held to elect the Churchwardens

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Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Held on Wednesday 19[th] May 2021 at 7pm

Present: There were 22 Church members present, plus Tony Street our Rector, Elaine Jones our Curate and Janet Micklewright, PCC secretary, taking minutes. Elaine Jones chaired and opened the meeting with a prayer at 7pm Apologies: Sam Dennis, Pat Hassall, Paul Cavill, Sue Cavill, Megan Suiter, Hilda Heap, Roy Smith, Norah Grammar

THE MEETING HELD TO ELECT THE CHURCHWARDENS

The nominations for this year are:

As these were the only 2 nominations both were unanimously appointed for the next year

THE ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING

1 Minutes of APCM held on 14[th] October 2020

The minutes of the previous annual meeting were presented, 25 voted in favour of acceptance, with 0 abstentions. They were then signed by the Rector

2 Matters Arising

There were no Matters Arising

3 Electoral role

The Electoral Roll was prepared by Ian Johns. Ian reported that the total people on electoral roll number 120. Of these 1 had joined, 2 Deceased. 38 are non-residents of the Parish.

4 Reports

Elaine directed members of the meeting to the reports contained in the Annual Reports Booklet. There were no questions from the floor.

5 Presentation of the accounts

These had been printed and included in the Annual report. They were received by the members present. Elaine reported that our accountant Andy has retired. A new accountant called Lucy Lane will be appointed, when new officers are elected, at the next PCC meeting on the 22nd June.

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7 Annual Fabric Report

8 Election to the PCC

This year there are no Deanery Synod vacancies. There are two PCC vacancies.

i) i) Sandra Mellor was proposed by Kate Bassford and seconded by Angela Clayton ii) iii) ii) Mary Phipps was proposed by Sue Street and seconded by Sue Cavill iv)

There being no other nominations the two people were elected unanimously and will serve for 3 years

9 Chairman’s remarks

Tony said that 2020 had been a difficult year for everyone, but he was thankful for the way we as a church, a body, had risen to the challenge. Tony said everyone had a role, whether this was an official role or one of quiet service in our own neighbourhoods, within our own families or among friends. Many people from outside our church have accessed our online worship, making us part of a much wider body that stretches all over the world. Many people have kept a special eye on the vulnerable. Tony said he hoped that we all had a sense of our church growing in maturity. Tony said that at the moment the Church of England needed to ask for forgiveness, but he felt that in Sawley we should be celebrating and he encouraged us to carry on.

Tony expressed thanks to those stepping down from the PCC, particularly Richard Binding, church warden. Tony said that a lot goes on behind the scenes, but one of the primary roles of a warden is to look after the rector, Tony thanked Richard for looking after him.

Other people who have relinquished their roles are the lunch club volunteers who have faithfully served Cornergate, providing fellowship and friendship to the elderly over many years. Tony said that there had been a growing realisation during lockdown that Cornergate lunch club had served its time. This had been partly driven by Health and Safety, but also a lack of people who could offer to transport members. Tony gave a really big thank you for their many years of service. Tony said he is looking forward to a new venture starting in the next few weeks, but that would be mentioned in next year’s report.

Tony said he wanted to give a big thankyou to the cleaners. He said that we had all realised how dirty the church can get when we had to clean it after lockdown. It is time now for a new rota and new volunteers. It is time now for some people to hang up their duster and mops. Tony said he wanted it put on record his thanks for their faithful service without recognition or thanks.

Tony said we are now looking forwards to the next year and to 2022. The new diocesan plans are being put into place. Tony said he and Sue are moving on in 2022. This year will be very much a time to prepare and gets things ready. A time to pray for God’s

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guidance and help. On the 12[th] of June there will be a meeting, open to anyone to discuss the diocesan plans. The Archdeacon will be invited to answer questions, particularly in light of the coming vacancy.

11 Blessing

The meeting ended in prayer at 7.25pm

Signed…………………………………………………

Date..........................................................................

Church Wardens Annual Report for January to December 2021

2021 was again to be a year in which we, as a church, would face difficult challenges. The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic continued to disrupt our way of life and our worship. There was hope for the future as a nationwide vaccination for Covid-19 began to roll out.

Due to rising Covid-19 rates nationally the decision was made to close our doors once again in January. With the closure of the church buildings the services again moved to on line. These services were well received by many and we are grateful to Angela for distributing services on CD and the printed service sheets to those who do not have any internet access.

Thankfully we reopened All Saints on Easter Day, the first service was held at sunrise in the churchyard with an open fire for some warmth. There was a later service, at a more civilised time, in All Saints. It was life affirming to be able to celebrate Easter in church after the buildings were closed for Easter 2020.

At the start of the year, we only offered communion of one kind. This was felt to be the safest option for us and the wider community. As the take up of the vaccinations progressed and the risks to the community of serious disease had reduced the decision was taken in late October to reinstate the ‘common cup’. There was one change to what had previously been usual practice. The recipient of communion would have to decide if they wanted to share in the common cup or have communion of one kind. This is to be a personal decision for each congregant.

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We were very pleased for Rev’d Sam Dennis to be appointed to serve our parish as a Curate.

Your Churchwardens recognise that while the church buildings were empty many of you were supporting the community in different ways, Pat and others at the Foodbank and everyone generally looking after neighbours and family. The introduction of the Manna Food Boxes is providing a valuable service for the community particularly as peoples budgets are tightening. We welcome the addition of the Wellbeing Café in the Church Hall and Youth Café at St Mary’s offering service to those who are younger and those who are older. It has again been a challenging time for everyone but we all have engaged with our frontline in any way we can. You truly have done your part working to further the Kingdom of God in Sawley.

It was good that we were able to lead the Sawley Act of Remembrance for the community in November.

During this year Rosemary Broadbent and Phil Ormerod stood down as Readers. We would like to thank them for their leadership and teaching to the Church during their service.

Your Churchwardens would like to thank everyone who contributes time, effort and expertise to the many and varied aspects of church life. All Saints’ and St Mary’s require many willing volunteers and a team effort to keep them going, even when they are closed. We also recognise, appreciate and support all church members who apply Christian teaching within their places of employment, leisure and roles within local community life.

The following are some issues in no order of importance.

We are assured that this church takes its responsibilities towards the Diocese and local community seriously. Our buildings are well maintained, our Safeguarding and Health and Safety procedures secure and we have been adhering to Covid-19 protocols.

Tony kindly gave the PCC permission to start preparations for his retirement during 2021. Initially the Acting Archdeacon visited us to explain the process. This is currently undergoing a major change in the Diocese and we will be one of the first parishes to experience it. A small team has been set up to prepare the Parish Profile in preparation for the Vacancy.

The Local Authority has responsibility for Churchyard maintenance. Some new Churchyard regulations are now in place which should hopefully make it more ecofriendly. Notices have been put up explain the changes. Some areas have been left to grow to encourage wildlife it is however an emotive issue for the church family and the wider community. Any enquires regarding churchyard maintenance should be directed to the local authority. Our prayer is always for openness and honesty in our interactions with others.

In October it was noted that there was some damage to the Chancel Roof at All Saints. Investigations identified that the Church Commissioners are responsible for the repair and maintenance of some aspects of the Chancel, the remaining

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costs are the responsibility of the PCC. This information had not been passed down through previous Incumbents, Wardens or PCC’s to the current post holders. We have in the process of collating any information that needs to passed to future Incumbents, Wardens or PCC’s to ensure that this is not ‘lost’ again. We are hopeful that with the Church Commissioners liability we may be able to reduce our insurance cost for the forthcoming year.

We are very grateful to Angela who undertakes the Parish Administration, much of the preparation of weekly news sheets, the Spire magazine and printing anything that we have needed for the services as well as her ongoing work looking after the Church Hall

There are a number of people who maintain the three buildings and some of the grounds of both churches. The work undertaken by these volunteers frees up time and money for the furthering of God’s kingdom and they are a blessing.

Your Churchwardens continue to be grateful for all the help that is given by the Assistant Wardens and for the Services at both churches. Thank you to everyone who had a part to play in welcoming our community and visitors to All Saints and St Mary' with the warmth and friendliness that we know are so important. We also thank those who planned, played a part, decorated the church, opened, welcomed. It is the case that ‘Many hands made light work’. We cannot do it without you and we would like to thank everyone who plays a part, you are all working to further the Kingdom of God in Sawley.

We remain a church with ability to provide a varied menu of worship for all the church family and the wider community. It is inevitable that the pandemic has instigated changes but we feel that we have served the community to the best of our ability.

We wish to remind you that there is a dedicated email for the Sawley Parish Churchwardens. We share this email and it will remain constant even when the people leave their post, the password to access the email is changed as required to keep the email secure.

The email is wardens.at.sawleyparish@gmail.com. This will be used to circulate the Rotas by email, if requested. Please use this email for anything that we as churchwardens need to be aware of.

Kathryn Moran and Joan Suiter, April 2022

Rev Sam Dennis - Assistant Curate

After 3 years of part time training which (until the pandemic confined us all to zoom) involved weeknight and weekend study sessions in Derby and Crewe, I was ordained Deacon in Derby Cathedral on Sunday 27[th] June 2021. COVID restrictions meant numbers were limited at the cathedral, so I am looking forward my priesting this summer with an open invitation to all.

Having always worshipped at All Saints’ and St Mary’s, this year has been about adjusting to being a member of the clergy. I have had great role models in and a wealth of support from Tony, Elaine and Ross. Regular meetings with Elaine and Tony have meant we are able to work together to plan and deliver services and share occasional offices.

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The warm acceptance and support I have felt from the PCC and congregations has helped me immensely and I feel I am beginning to settle into the role and have an understanding of how I need to live out my calling in Sawley. One of my biggest challenges is managing working full time alongside my ministry. I get pulled between wanting to see everything that happens in the parish during the week and my day job, and of course I still need to make sure I have some time off! My curacy is for 4 years so during that time I will visit every group, hopefully on a few occasions.

Over this year I have enjoyed leading the ‘messy church’ event some first Sundays, with help from the ‘Reverend Breakfast Chefs’. I have been humbled that my part in funeral ministry has been valued by the bereaved families and I have been able to provide some comfort at a difficult time. I am looking forward

to being able to preside at the eucharist and officiate at weddings and expect, yet again, I will gain so much from every new experience.

Thank you so much to everyone for all the love and support you have shared with me. Sam Dennis

Building Team Report 2021

During this year we were somewhat restricted in what we could do regarding any outstanding works and any plans we had for both Churches and the hall. It became increasingly difficult once the restrictions were lifted in finding tradesman to respond to our calls etc. Fortunately, we were able to address some of the issues ourselves with the help of very kind volunteers.

All the heaters were cleaned within the Church and this will be done every six months to ensure they remain in good working order.

Both boilers in the Church and the Hall were due to be serviced; this was postponed until 2022, again due to the lack of tradesmen being able to respond. Fencing around the boiler room has been repaired and new locks fitted to the gate. Some of the Lime trees have had their first ‘haircut’ the rest – on-going. Unfortunately, the Lightning Strike test failed due to some of the slates becoming loose on the Chancel roof. Test Strike was unable to carry out the repair as the roof repairs needed to be completed first.

Again, we faced the same situation of obtaining quotes for the works, also the cost implications. Further information regarding the costs is in the Church Wardens report. It is hoped that this situation will be rectified as soon as possible so that all works can be completed.

Unfortunately, the front wall in the Car Park on Tamworth Road was knocked down. By whom we are unsure, however it was rebuilt quite quickly by a kind volunteer, free of charge. Thank you, Mr Daws!.

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St Mary’s outside light has been replaced and new bulbs fitted in the internal Fire Exit signs.

All members of the building team have completed and signed their Job descriptions and have been forwarded to the Safeguarding Team.

We also received a directive from the Chancellor of the Diocese about the new regulations regarding the Church Yard and the memorials that have placed on and around individual graves.

Sections from the directive

1. Any memorial needs permission before it can be placed in a Church yard. These Regulations are made by the Chancellor of the diocese of Derby to explain how to get permission, and what is likely to be permitted. If a memorial or other item is placed in a churchyard without permission, then the Chancellor can order its removal.

2. The Judgement as to what is generally acceptable is based on many years practical experience. It is informed by wide consultation and takes account of a variety of factors. In particular, memorials in a consecrated churchyard must not be contrary to, or indicative of any departure from, the doctrine of the Church of England in any essential matter, although in a secular and multicultural age they do not have to be positively Christian in character. The appearance of a memorial is also important. It should be of modest and sober appearance, which will not cause it either to stand out or to detract or distract from the atmosphere of the churchyard as a place of quiet prayer, reflection and commemoration. Since a churchyard frequently forms the immediate surroundings to a church, it is necessary to consider whether the proposed memorial will add to or detract from these surroundings. This is particularly important where the church is a listed building is given a special status by the secular law. Finally, it is important to consider the impact of a proposed memorial on practical aspects of the life of a church, such as churchyard maintenance and health and safety.

From this directive it was decided that we would inform the public via notices within the church yard and on our news sheets informing the public that work would commence early next year. Any items that were removed would be placed in a box with the details clearly labelled on the front and stored for up to three months. After this period, if the box had not been claimed the contents would then be disposed of.

We believe that this work will commence after February 2022.

We also met with a company Illuma, to look at new lighting in All Saints. We received a quote and have put this action on hold until further discussion with the PCC.

We would like to thank everyone that has supported our team over the last year for all their hard work and dedication to our Church buildings.

Kate Bassford.

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St Mary’s Report 2021

Sunday Services resumed in late May, followed by Wednesday morning services in August.

Thanks to everyone on the rotas - sides people, reading, opening up and cleaning, who have ensured the smooth running of the church during 2021. Your help and support is very much appreciated.

Also to the clergy who have ensured services have continued during these pandemic times, be it online or in person.

It has been lovely to see people return who have been absent for some time due to the pandemic. Everybody is very welcome at all our services.

It is with sadness that we lost some long standing members of our church, Aileen & Iris during this year.

The coffee after the Wednesday service has resumed and is enjoyed by those present.

Flowers – are lovely to have in church throughout the year and if anybody would like to contribute to them, Joy Binding is the lady to contact who will then arrange with her team to have them purchased and placed in church as requested, maybe to mark a special anniversary or occasion in your family. If anybody would like to make any contributions towards flowers, please contact Judith Slater.

Outside of services- The church has been used, when allowed by restrictions this last year, by the following groups: Local Elections in May Quartet Liam Dexter Gem History group Chair Exercise group Knit & Natter Cursillo Youth Café Abi Parker – church family children’s choir

St Mary’s contribution to the Common Fund has been fully paid, thanks to the continuing regular giving of our congregation and use by the above groups who have contributed financially to the church.

Judith Slater

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Children and Young people’s team

Little Saints

After a long break, we were finally able to restart our Little Saints Stay and Play Group in September 2021. Due to the availability of our volunteers, we decided to change to a new time of 9:30 - 11 am, instead of the previous time of 1:15 - 2:45. After a faltering start, when only 2 families from the previous group attended, new families began to join us and it has quickly transformed into a lively, caring and very busy group! Mums and Grandmas can see the value of meeting together, especially after a time when their little ones were unable to socialise.

Jenny Johns ably leads the group, presenting a simple Bible Story and preparing a craft each week. We also have a musical time at the end of the session. There is a small team of ladies who help with refreshments and with setting up and clearing away afterwards. It would be lovely to have the support of a few more volunteers, if anyone enjoys encouraging little children (or their parents!) and would like to help some weeks. Please speak to Jenny or I if you are interested! Thank you.

Sue Street

Sunday Club

Due to the lock downs in 2021 Sunday club was mainly a virtual presence, with sessions pre-recorded by Jenny Johns and Janet Micklewright and then uploaded to the church website. Once we were able to meet in person we put a Covid risk assessment in place to reduce the risk of spreading the virus between the children attending.

During 2021 we studied Ruth, Jesus' early years, journeys, Jesus' miracles, Jonah, stories related to water, advent and Christmas. In September Joy Binding was able to join us again as an extra teacher, so we delivered the sessions between us on a rota basis

Jenny, Janet & Joy

Youth Café

We opened on November 2[nd] 2021 in St Mary’s church, hoping to provide a safe and friendly space for local youth from the Dales estate and New Sawley area. Admission is free, drinks, toast and biscuits are free. We provide refreshments during the session and craft / art opportunities, as well as several table top games for people to help themselves and table tennis. Within only a few weeks we were approached by Councillor Chris Corbett of 'Wilsthorpe Ward' (from Wilsthorpe

Island to the train station) and encouraged to apply for a grant for community projects within this 'ward'. We did so and were awarded £250. This was paid into the PCC church account because youth cafe is funded by All Saints. We were able to buy a proper table tennis table and other supplies with this money, ready for the new year.

Over the course of the first 8 weeks to the Christmas holidays we were visited by at least 20 young people, some regulars, some different each time and we averaged around 10 children each session.

Abi Parker

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Children’s choir

for the first time in several years Abi gathered together the church family children to learn a song for Christmas. This proved popular and 7 families were involved with children ranging in age from 3 to 12. The children sang a jazzy new song in the Carols by Candlelight service and will hopefully meet again for future events.

Open the Book

Unfortunately we were unable to enter our schools in Summer term 2021 as they were still not meeting together for large or even small scale assemblies. However, in 2020, we had been able to record some Open the Book stories for our schools that they could show in classroom bubbles. In the Autumn of 2021, we were invited to return to Dovedale for small assemblies with a few classes at a time. In order for more children to hear the Bible stories, we were asked to do two presentations, one after the other! It was good to make a start after the 'Covid' years, which gave us hope for better times ahead.

We were also able to welcome children from Dovedale school years 1 and 2, into St Mary’s in December, for re-telling of the Christmas story with puppets, plays and craft which was great.

Sue Street and Abi Parker

Frontline Groups 2021

There are 3 different groups who meet to pray and study the Bible together. New members are always welcome to any of these.

They have been led by Tony, Sue and Paul Cavill, Rosie Broadbent and Michael Bates. Rosie writes:

“When lockdown restrictions still applied, we kept in touch by telephone or email. Our group was not happy using Zoom, although we did share with another group one evening.

We resumed meeting at June's house last October and the group of 7 really felt the benefit of meeting together once more. We meet every 2 weeks and use Rector Tony's notes as a guide for discussion.”

Other groups found ‘zoom’ (video chat) more successful, but the Rectory group did begin to meet in person again from the summer time. The Cavills’ group decided to remain on zoom.

Abi Parker

Wellbeing Café Annual Report 2021

The Wellbeing Cafe was a project that I felt God had prepared me for and was calling me to set up following the loss of the Cornergate lunch club. With support from Rev Tony Street and our curate Elaine Jones my plans started in March 2021 with a proposal to the PCC who approved the project. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lock down, guests weren’t able to attend until August 2021.

The main aim of the café is to improve the wellbeing of the guests and provide activities based on the 5 ways to wellbeing; connect, be active, take notice, learn new skills, give to others.

Initially my thought was that the café would be a free drop in facility providing, drinks and cakes, craft activities, table games, a prayer space and separate reminiscence sessions each week for the people attending who have memory loss.

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The first four months have seen the reminiscence sessions expand and enjoyed by all café users, while the craft sessions and prayer space, are still available, but not as well used by all.

I have put information out on tables each week about useful organisations and we have had visits from the fire service and police to talk to guests about fire safety checks and personal safety.

We estimated that it would be possible to comfortably seat 40 people in the hall, and as the requests to attend came flooding in I decided to keep a register of attendees so that we didn’t get too overcrowded. This is also a way of collecting birthday information, any health problems and emergency contacts.

Over 60 guests have registered to attend the Café over the last few months. As of December 2021 we have 40 names on the register, but not everyone attends every week so numbers are usually around 25 attendees.

All facilities at the café are free to use and this is made possible by donations given each week by guests and volunteers. Also cakes are donated most weeks by the volunteers and some of the guests.

We have a chosen charity with collecting tins on each table so that guests can make donations to charity, with a proportion being used for the running of the café. This is made clear on the tins. The 2021 charity is The British Heart Foundation. Towards the end of the year we voted for the charity for 2022 which is to be The Canaan Trust

Our café policy and purposes have been submitted to and approved by the PCC. The item about charitable giving states: Surplus monies each year will be donated to a charity voted for by the volunteers and attendees. At the end of each year the amount for charity will be calculated by taking the total annual amount received from the donation tins and deducting the average monthly expenditure x 12. This will then leave a budget for the following year. The remainder will be given to charity. The charity will be chosen by the volunteers drawing up a list of charities which are then voted on by the café users. The charity chosen the previous year will not be included in the list of charities the following year

As this is a part year (August to December) the calculation is pro rata. We were pleased to be able to donate £639.82 to the British Heart Foundation. A thank you letter was sent to Mary Holland who made the donation for us.

As well as monies from donations Elaine Jones and myself, applied for Grants totalling £3,000 from the Sawley Community Network and the Erewash Small Grant Scheme. The conditions of the grants were that they should be spent on tables, chairs, games, tablecloths and sundries. The bulk of the money has been used to buy 10 round tables, a table trolley and 40 wipeable padded chairs. There are sufficient monies left over to buy round table cloths, but we are still searching for suitable cloths.

We have been blessed, not only by money, but by volunteers willing to give their time freely to helping at the café each week. I would like to acknowledge how grateful I am for their enthusiasm, time and energy; the project wouldn’t be possible without them.

Currently we have 20 volunteers who help at the café on a rota basis. Four of these, including myself attend most weeks. We have seven who attend fortnightly, three who attend once a month and six who attend on an ad hoc basis. Elaine Jones has acted as my deputy when I have been on holiday or off sick. However Elaine will be moving on in 2022, so I would welcome your prayerful support that a new deputy can be found for next year and that we can keep supporting the people in our area with their wellbeing. Janet Micklewright

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Report on the proceedings of the Deanery Synod

For Annual Parochial Church Meetings: Church Representation rules: M5(1)(e)

The South East Derbyshire Deanery Synod met formally on three occasions in 2021.

In February we had to meet through ‘Zoom’ in order to keep everyone

safe during the pandemic. Matt Barnes, Director of Mission and Ministry for the Diocese of Derby, gave a presentation on the diocesan vision and its ongoing development and roll out. The presentation led to a robust discussion and included questions about what distinguished this vision from earlier ones, the risk of stipendiary clergy becoming solely administrators, is the vision a challenge to the number of buildings we maintain.

We had hoped to meet in person for our June meeting, albeit in the open air. We had to revert to a ‘Zoom’ meeting in light of the ongoing pandemic. Our speaker was Bishop Malcolm who told us a bit about himself and his background and answered questions from members about his thoughts on topical issues and his thoughts on life in the deanery and diocese. There followed a wide-ranging discussion on a number of topics including: positive lessons learned from the pandemic; the national church vision; the environmental issues; the Living in Love and Faith initiative; the geographical challenges of the deanery.

In October, we were at last able to meet in person at St Andrew’s, Langley Mill and our speaker was Jo Henderson-Merrygold, who had recently been appointed at Lay Ministries Development Officer and Warden of Readers. She spoke of the effectiveness of shared ministry-lay and ordained- to represent the church and how we can encourage each other. She said there was no restriction on who can call for information and advice or on what they can ask. She was encouraged that 2021 has the largest group of trainee readers. Jo liaises with the National Lay Ministries Network to see how our ideas and practices compare and to look at other strategies. The ensuing debate covered the role of clergy in developing various forms of lay ministry and the challenges of the licensing requirements for lay members who had a gift of preaching and leading services.

Members of the Deanery Synod were the electoral body for the representatives of our deanery at the Derby Diocesan Synod. The following were elected: Clergy: Rev Andrew Baguley, Rev Christine French, Rev Peter Hallsworth, Father David Lawrence-March, Rev James Lee, Rev Karen Padley, Rev Phil Selby, Rev Tim Sumpter Laity: Susan Cavill, Angela Clayton, Stella Collishaw, Ralph Homer, Rosemary Hoole, Meryl Lacey, Brian Parker, John Puxty, Jan Walker

Members of the Deanery Synod were also the electoral body for the representatives from the Derby Diocese to the General Synod. One worshipper from our deanery, Sue Cavill, was elected.

In addition to the formal work of the Deanery Synod, a number of other meetings and support had been offered across the deanery.

Chapter meetings for clergy and readers were held regularly and had speakers including Jason Kennedy, diocesan missioner, Dwayne Engh, ordained ministries

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development officer and Hannah Hogg, safeguarding lead for the diocese as well as offering opportunities for discussion on how ministry was being offered around the deanery during the pandemic and sharing of ideas and advice.

Regular meetings were held for representatives of parishes without incumbents, to support and update them with worship resources and advice.

The deanery has continued to produce a newsletter approximately every eight weeks with news and individual articles and information for parishes.

As part of the development of youth work across the deanery we had planned to host a meeting with Bishop Malcom and some secondary school age young people. That had to be cancelled in light of the pandemic but a ‘Zoom’ meeting was held with a number of youth leaders and Bishop Libby met with some young people on her visit to the deanery.

Bishop Libby’s visit also included a meeting at Marlpool open to everyone at which Libby was able to develop on the ideas of the diocesan vision.

On 1 December Bishop Malcolm preached at the Deanery Advent service at St Mary the Virgin, Ilkeston.

Considerable support has been provided by Angela Clayton our Deanery Administrator for the past five years. Angela retired at the end of 2021 and we were able to show our appreciation at the Advent service. Amanda Sandland was appointed as our administrator at the beginning of 2022.

Karen Padley- area dean; Brian Parker- lay chair

Bell Ringers' Report 2021

We started the year just doing our Tuesday evening practice night on the ‘Ringing Room’ website and this has continued due to Covid restrictions, but we are hoping to re-start our practice nights soon.

Stuart was able to toll No. 7 bell half muffled on the day of Prince Philip’s funeral. This was done in the afternoon for approximately 30 minutes before the time of his Funeral Service.

We were able to ring for some weddings during the summer period and then resumed Sunday morning service ringing in September with the help of David, Susan and Ann from Long Eaton.

A number of us visited Loughborough Bell Foundry in September on their open day, where we were able to ring on their bells and watch them casting a bell in their foundry. Also a guided tour around their premises was very interesting. In November Stuart tolled the bell, half muffled, for the procession from Church to the Sawley War Memorial for the Remembrance Day Service.

In December we could again ring for The Christmas Carol Service and Christingle Service.

Sadly this year has seen Roger retire from the team. We will miss you ringing with us Roger.

Now covid restrictions are relaxed we would welcome anyone to contact us with a view to learning bell ringing to help us increase our numbers for the future.

Kirsty Shaw and Maureen Holbrook

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Events Team 2021

Sadly due to the pandemic the Event’s team were unable to meet until the latter part of the year where we began to plan future events.

The first event was the Christmas fair held on 27[th] November. The event went exceptionally well, even with the reduced refreshments. We made approx. £900. We had our usual stalls, our lovely ladies sang carols and we had lots of visitors through the door, some old faces and some new. We all felt that it lovey to see so many people back at one of our events.

We have also begun planning next year’s events and look forward to seeing you all there.

Thank you to all who supported the event and of course to our lovely hardworking events team.

Kate Bassford

Church News sheet

The news sheet was made available throughout 2021 either in church ( when it was open), via email, on our website and in person via doorstep delivery . By the end of the year approximately 12 people still had a regular delivery of a paper copy along with a CD of any services that were recorded. Many people now receive an online copy of the weekly news sheet which has been extended where possible to include any news, photos and information included on our websites. The news sheet is sent by email weekly to over 50 people and published on the Facebook page and website.’ The Spire’ is no longer published in its previous form.

Angela Clayton

Church Hall and Administrator Report

I continued over 2021 to do many of the day-to-day administrative tasks- such as producing the weekly news sheet, service orders, easyworship projector presentations (when church was open), answering emails and telephone enquiries, producing notices and keeping the websites and Facebook pages up to date with details about church closures and re-openings during stages of the pandemic along with details of online services and events

I also continued in the role of volunteer church hall manager throughout 2021. Up to March 2020, I took care of bookings, invoicing for hall use and passing on any payments to the treasurer. Regular bookings had to be paused for most of the year and though some returned for a short time, many had to stop again. By the end of the year some activities and bookings were able to run. All of these were carefully risk assessed both for COVID safety and safeguarding.

Unfortunately, a few of our regular groups decided to disband or alter focus due to changing circumstances during COVID. However, the wellbeing café started during the year on a Tuesday afternoon and new martial arts group and exercise classes began which meant that by the time groups restarted fully at the beginning of 2022,there were more bookings than previously.

Unfortunately, as we were closed for most of the year, hall funds were very low and an estimated £20,000 of income has been lost- though there were no cleaning costs and heating costs were down.

We look forward to being back to full operational use for church and community by spring 2022.

Angela Clayton

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Safeguarding Report

There are no serious Safeguarding issues to report. All volunteers are aware of the new Training timelines, and most have completed the relevant courses. 10 volunteers have completed relevant new or updated training. 9 volunteers have renewed or had new DBS checks. All risk assessments for the churches and various groups using the facilities are being reviewed by the Safeguarding Team, and amended as necessary. There are currently 17 groups using the facilities at All Saint’s and St Mary’s. All are aware of the Safeguarding policies and have risk assessments in place.

PCC fees 2021

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The Parish of All Salnts 5awley- General Fund Payments and Recelpts Account Payment5 2021 2020 Charftabk DOna￿on$ Donations out ol Collect￿￿￿$ Jnatlons out of Special Efforts Ichristlngle 20211 Donations out of Legacy of £2Sk nauons from Well-Beln8 Café 6,052 395 1,250 640 4,179 216 8,337 4,395 Artl¥hJes RelatSn8 to the Work olThe Chwch Diocesan Quota Gas a￿1 Electrioty Repalrs and Renewals Churchyard Maintenance Upkeep ol Sèrvlces Organ and Organist Church Irsurance Rector and Curate Expenses Chlld and S¢hool Worker Expenses Glft Aid Envelope5 42.oc 3,970 672 21.480 6,774 47,715 32 925 3,390 1,361 328 120 75 3,549 1,501 40 124 52.027 82.125 Church Admlnlstratknn Printing, Stationery & Magazlne Miscellaneous Payments linc Fire & ￿ghtnIng 5erv.I Prolesslonal Fees I subscrIp￿0ns Equipment & Capiial Items Holiday Club Equlpment & Expenses Wellbeing Calé Expenses Bank charges Repayment of Loan to St Mary5 Other Iwaste collectlon & rectory water rates 20211 15 157 310 2,839 3,157 636 415 22 3.082 S,OLKI 1,023 1,070 13.305 4.324 Income Tax Recovered on behaff of St Marf5 2,719 2,182 2,719 2.182 Totsl Payments 76.387 93.026 Transferred to Business Reserve account 33.461 33,461 19

Recelpts 1021 2020 Incoming Resources from Dono Planned Givin8 or Gift Day Collections Income Tax Recoveryd 24.554 9.569 10.092 31,644 3￿59 11.422 44,214 46.925 of Churyh Premi5 Fee5 to P.CC 7.057 3561 7.057 3,561 Volwt•ry Incomiry R•wurc DonatIc￿5 received Donati￿ for Common Fund frorn Hall account Special Effcrts re Donations Shro¥e Supper 2020 Ichristingle 2021 Other Fund Rai￿n8 20201 Clwistmas Fair 2021 2,084 35¢J) 1,967 147 7.235 395 835 7.314 11.033 other Recelpts Legacies Grant5 Transfer frorn St Marf5 Transfer frorn Lunch Club'20 IWell-8eing Café 2021 Other linc. Sa￿ of candles £621 Refund5 from Chubb & SWALEC 32.841 3.750 732 1.491 431 1.374 1.069 40,618 12,675 12.675 Incryn• from In¥￿trnents Bank Interest l Busines5 Re5ewve 20 20 Total Re(elpts 99.Z06 74214 Trnnsfefred fr(m Business ReseThe account 2136 2136 Summary 2021 2020 Total Receipts Total Payments 99.21 76.387 74.214 93.026 Excess of Receipts over Payment5 1 Ishortfalll 22.819 {18.8121 Bank Current and Reser￿ Account 1st January 25,221 34,533 Bank Current and Reser¥Es Account 3tst December 48,039 25.221 20

Sawle All Saints. Parochial Church Council Financial statements fof the year ended 31 December 2021 General Fund Receipts and Payments AC￿u￿t- DesigMted Fund R￿eipts 2021 2020 Use ol Hall Church Groups Non-church Groups Coffee Refund Water Rates Magaiines Donation incorrect code 400 2,538 156 4.305 267 220 197 3¢J) 5,092 3.291 Payments Eloctricrty Repairs and Cleanlng Materials Water Rates Tea & Coffee supplies Refund of letting due to Covid stationery & Sundries 457 2,276 394 315 60 63 16 73 Excèss of Receipts ovèr Payments 2,927 558 Transferto Gerberal Fund Bank Current Account and Cash in Hand at l January Bank Current Account and Cash in Hand at 31 December 21

t Marfs Chapel of Ease Financial Statements for the year ended 311)ecember 2021 Ge￿ra1 FWHI Rece•pts and po￿nts ￿￿O￿￿t- De51Bnated Fund Receipts 2011 2020 rfftcoming Resour￿$frnM DoTrDrs Planned G￿1n% Colleaion5 Intcffiiè Tax Rec¢JverÈd Gift Day 10,400 1544 2.720 8.605 1.247 2.182 14.664_ 12.034 OlhET vO￿ntsry IKominB Resources Donations Other Fundraising Artivrries Loan Repayment from All Saints Special Effort5 re Donalicn5 Miscellaneous 764 1.202 112 814 6,678 ome from Investments Bank Interesi 21.342 13.835 Church Activities Gas and Electricrty R•pairs and RMwais 1.035 220 159 Insu￿n¢+ Churchyard Maintenance Sundry Expenses 5ub5criptions Caprtal Expenditure Donaiion5 Out of Collections Donation5-Speoal Efforts 401 541 143 79 379 657 19) EX￿55 of R￿eIptS *￿r Payments 18.296 10,885 D￿resan Quota 10,622 10,311 Tran51er to General Fund BaTrk Current and Deposit Account Cash in HaThd ai l January Bank Ctsrrent and Deposit Account and Cash in Hand at 31 DecefnbEr 22

Financial Statements All Saints Sawley 2021

Monetary Assets
Bank Treasury Reserve Account
Bank Current Account
Monetary Assets
Bank Treasury Reserve Accounts
Bank Current Accounts		 General Church Hall
Fund
Fund
St Mary’s
33,468.21
5,228.42
14,570.72
1,553.24
15,488.40
48,038.93
1,553.24
20,716.82
Totals
2021
38,696.63
31,612.36
70,308.99

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts SL'Ctlon A Indtpendrnt EMamlncr'5 Rrport Rewtto thetrustetsl men4Jets ol All Saints Sawley Church Accounts On Kcountsforih• ￿•r 31 DeceM￿r 2021 Ch•rfry no Ilf •nyl 1169836 l iepxt to the twstees on my examlnatkjn of Ihe accoufits ol the abth chèrlty I-l￿ Trust'l for the yar ended 31 December 2021. Re5pm￿l11t￿5andb45IS0I As the ehanty trusreesof the Trwi. yov are responsible forthe preparallon of the repwl awounts ina¢cordarKe with the requiremÈnts of theCharltse5 Act 20111.lhe I In re5pert ol my examination oltheTrusVsaccounts Carried￿j1 under settion 145 of ihe 2011 Aci and in orryingour my examifjatlon. I have lolk)wed the appllcatsle Direuions 8i¥en by the Charity cc￿mIssion under settlon 14515llbl olthe Att. Independentexambmrfs I have iofflpleted my ex3minatKy). I confirm that no material matter5 have to my atteniion otherthan that di5dosed bel¢￿ in tonnettlon wlth ihe examinati￿ which &ves mecau5e to btlle¥ thai in, any maierlll reyct.. accourtln8 rettrfés wtfe not kept in4ccordarre with sKbon 13001 theAct or thè accthjnts do I￿ordwith the accoun11￿ re￿d5 I have rh)ccffjternsaThJ havecthme across ￿ Ot￿rmatterS inconnedtorbwith the examinariThi to whlth attenilon should be drawn in orderto enable • propel Understandi￿ of the a(a￿lIts to ￿ ￿a¢he￿. n•d'. 16 March 2022 N•rne: efion Parker qualifi¢atlohlsl orW111 •nyl'. 103 Willlam Street Long Éaion NGIQ 4GB 24