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AGM Reports 2023 Sunday 26th March

Reports Enclosed:

  1. Minister (Revd. Sydney Samuel)

  2. Leadership Team (Ross Richardson) 3. Pastoral Care (Ruth Evans)

  3. Finance (Duncan Curtis)

    1. Property (Chris Mills)

  4. Safeguarding (Catherine Heffernan) 7. WMC Online (Christopher Heffernan) 8. Youth Group (Christopher Heffernan) 9. Sunday School (Catherine Heffernan) 10. Créche (Eileen Boye)

  5. Messy Church (Jeannette Curtis)

  6. Friendship Club (Jeannette Curtis)

  7. WITS (Rosanne Jackson)

Minister’s Report Revd. Sydney Samuel Lake

Dear Members of our Church Family,

We thank God that our church is now moving on from the challenging effects of the period of COVID and we are making strides towards a post COVID era with hopes of serving our members, adherents and community well. We therefore work to provide greater pastoral and practical care as well as providing for the spiritual development of all the people in contact with our Church Family. After weeks of preparations, delivery of resources and training to our young people. With the assistance of our Senior Steward, Brother Ross Richardson, we achieved the Confirmation of 5 young people into the Methodist Church. There was the Baptism of two Children and we also have had funeral and thanksgiving services for the passing of four members of our church whose links with us as our biological and church family goes back to decades and the influence of the departed will be felt over the years to come. We received legacies from the estates of some of our departed members and these will be detailed in the financial reports. | express our gratitude for the contributions made by living members, and descendants or executors for departed members to the wellbeing of Walton Methodist Church. At the beginning of February 2023 two very long serving member of our Church Council came forward and stated that they do not wish to continue to serve as trustees of Walton Methodist Church. From my conversations with them, | understood that they wished to make way for younger and newer members of the church family to have an opportunity to serve. Moreover, they believed that the current and anticipated issues that the Church Council is making decisions on are quite legalistic and this demands more concentration and consideration from them than they wished to apply voluntarily. Firstly, | extend my appreciation to them for decades of impeccable service and dedication to the interest of Walton Methodist Church over the years. Secondly, | thank them for the noble phase that they are taking to step aside gracefully. Which means that, at this year’s General Church Meeting we shall be looking for new people as representatives to join the Church Council. | take this opportunity to thank each and every member of our church who have been serving as volunteers in one or more roles over the years. It is very important that volunteers know, and are reminded, that they are appreciated for the valuable

services they provide to the running of the Church of God. Without which the administration of Walton Methodist Church would be impossible. Therefore, | express a sincere thank you and well done to all our volunteers and officers who have served our church all these years. Several reports have been submitted to make up the level of accountability and stewardship of our mission, funds and building that is reported at various meetings of the church. These have been prepared by respective church members holding and serving in respective roles. May God, who is the master of alll servants, reward them accordingly.

At least four members of our congregations lost their parents over the past year. As these parents pass on to life after life as we know it now, may they be received safe into the arms of Jesus Christ and may their souls be received into the place that Jesus Christ has prepared. The church continues to walk alongside those who are bereaved and we pray that they may be comforted by knowing that we believe in eternal life because we are reconciled to the God our eternal sovereign through the blood of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. He gave his life so that believers may gain peace and eternal life. This gift of salvation and justification to become children of God, we celebrate each time we remember the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ as we partake of the Holy Communion.

May God continue to bless our Church Family, day by day. Loving regards

Sydney Samuel

The Leadership Team Report Ross Richardson

Circuit Consultation Report from Walton on Thames Methodist Church (WMC) Prepared by Ross Richardson

January 2023

Overview:

| contacted around 25 Church members, shared the Circuit document with them and asked them the following questions:

General Comments and status quo...

We believe that WMC is a well-run, well supported active church where its members feel happy & valued.

We are fortunate at WMC to have:

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We have recently had a marriage, admitted 4 new adult members, run confirmation classes for 4 children as well — these were received into membership in addition to the 4 adults, and will hold a baptism for a new family in February.

We are well placed to run Local Arrangement services if we need to. These have provided us with opportunities to take risks and run different services on varied themes which have worked well and been very well received.

We have a tradition of hosting small group studies, as well as running a weekly prayer group for the past 22 years. We have developed our own unique successful café style worship session called Pudding and Praise. We have a fortnightly online service by Zoom as well.

In summary from the above we are well placed to enable WMC to run smoothly across the next 1 to 3 years.

However, our future beyond 3 years is uncertain for the following reasons.

on it over the past 25 years.

Opportunities:

e Advertise our premises more widely.

What would we want from the Circuit?

We are fortunate to be financially and administratively independent from the Circuit, so we do not have to ask for assistance with these aspects of Church life.

It would be good to try and foster greater circuit cohesion.

It would depend on whether there is an appetite for this or not and it may take careful planning - perhaps we could look at one or two opportunities to do things together across the year. Perhaps one social and one spiritual — perhaps a summer circuit tea party, barbeque; a coach trip to a Cathedral.... Perhaps a Circuit Lent or Advent Group....

Pastoral Care Report

Ruth Evans

It is very encouraging that our church family continues to grow. We hold onto our mission that ALL ARE WELCOME and we hope that all who attend our services do feel welcomed, as we worship and share together in the name of Jesus Christ. The church membership stands at 61. Sadly, one of our elderly members, Mrs Grace Baselgia who was 94 years old died at the end of December. The funeral took place on February 16" at Woking Crematorium and was conducted by Rev. Sydney Samuel. We remember her son and daughter in our prayers.

Recently we have received 6 members of our congregation into church membership and we have had two baptisms. So numbers are creeping up.

As well as our Sunday morning services there is a Saturday morning prayer group, which meets from 8 -9am by WhatsApp. Ross Richardson would be pleased to give you more details of this group.

There is now a fortnightly Tuesday afternoon Fellowship group, which meets in the church at 2.30 pm under the leadership of Colin and Sandra Wright. There is an average of 10 people, who attend regularly. More people are always welcome.

We look forward now to our Easter celebrations and into the months ahead. We continue to give thanks to God for Revd. Sydney Samuel, our leadership team and all who work to keep the Methodist Church alive in Walton-on-Thames

Finance Report Duncan Curtis

Another satisfactory year is behind us and thankfully we are still on a sound financial footing. Can | thank you once again for your generosity, whilst so many other costs are increasing for us all.

These notes are meant to be read in conjunction with our annual accounts and are a way of explaining them more clearly than just in figures. Our Income and Expenditure statement for the year end highlights reasons why the predicted deficit ended up as a surplus. One of nine reasons listed was the very generous legacy from Eve Craske, which came very much out of the blue.

If you don’t have a copy of the accounts and wish for one, please ask.

Because we did not start the redecoration of the hall as planned, the budget figure of £30k for Repairs and replacements was well over what we actually spent. As you may know, this work now starts we hope in Summer 23.

Thanks to Chris who works with me so well on all matters, property related. Also to Rosanne who has been instrumental, with help, in firing up our lettings again so that | am sure the rents next year will be up on this last one.

| also want to thank all those who took on board my point, in the notices, that the assessment, which has been effectively static since the Wey Valley Circuit started, is now going to increase, commencing in November 22. | was very pleased that some of our members increased their standing orders, or started paying by standing order. | worked out that the increases and a new standing order would cover the increase in full.

As you may know, our Electric and gas contracts run until 2024 so we must hope that some stability and reductions have been reached by then.

It is good to see that we have spent over £2,000 on our young people, a lot of which relates to 3Generate, the conference in Birmingham they are attending on the first weekend of October 22. It has been a shame that the money has been sitting so long unused and at last, Christopher has things moving again.

Our Charitable giving increased this year to a total of just over £6,500.

A final point. We still have £2,300 from the Gift day in 2019, allocated to

community projects and mental health, which has gone unspent. People were very fired up about this at the time but the fire seems to have gone out? Any suggestions? | don’t think | need to draw your attention to anything else but please contact me if you want more information.

Other items

Bank interest on our funds is increasing but of course inflation is reducing the capital value and the cost of building work, (which most of the funds are for) is going up by leaps and bounds.

To keep it short, | decided unilaterally to close the Barclays account, having a year or so back taken a lot of effort to get them to operate it for no charge again. The reasons | am happy to share but suffice to say it involves inefficiency and red tape. Many thanks again to Alan Weight, for all his help with both accounts and the Gift Aid claim. He is of great assistance.

As your treasurer | am at your service and in the event of any query please contact me.

Duncan E Curtis

Updated and amended Feb 23

Banks now used are the Charities Aid Bank and the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church.

Property Report

Chris Mills

Damp in the Emmaus Room

We have an issue with damp in the Emmaus Room, on the outside wall. We have tried to work out the cause ourselves, resulting in some repairs to the downpipe and drains on the outside wall. But, even after the very dry summer, the dampis still there (rising damp) and we have some remedial work to carry out this year.

Rotten Floorboards

We had to pull up a patch of floor covering in the back hallway because there was a definite sagging in the floor. There was a patch of rotten floorboards (dry rot), which has been treated and repaired. | think this may be the result of damp in the disabled toilet which is behind the area where the floorboards are. So we will be getting the damp in the toilet addressed this year too (2023).

Electrical stuff

In December, the electricians carried out the 5-yearly inspection of our electrics — always a stressful time with such an old building. | am pleased to say that our electrics passed the inspection, with some recommendations to update the consumer boards, to bring them up to current standards.

Outside space

In December, a team of gardeners came in to tidy up our outside area. Despite the far side of the church getting very little sunlight, it gets very weedy. So the area has been cleared and overhanging tree branches have been cut back. In addition, they managed to fill a skip with some rubble and various items which had been fly-tipped over the last few years (including an old TV and some car engine parts!).

Decorating the hall

It had been my aim to have the hall decorated last year, but, for various reasons, it wasn’t possible. But | am very hopetul that this will be done this summer.

Safeguarding Report Catherine Heifernan

Safeguarding is one of those jobs that never seems to end! There is always some paperwork which requires completing or checks that need to be made.

It is important to remember that although the legal responsibility for sateguarding rests with the church council members, safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone in the church. Together, by taking an interest and always being vigilant, we can ensure that our church can offer a safe space for everyone.

It is therefore vital that all leaders of groups make sure that their helpers have completed the necessary Safeguarding Paperwork, and then the Safeguarding Officer’s job is to regularly audit the systems to make sure that we remain compliant and offer assistance where needed.

Circuit Safeguarding Audit

The Circuit ask us to complete a Safeguarding Audit every December and this is a great way to go through all our paperwork and make sure it is all up to date. | completed our audit on time, but did find some discrepancies in our paperwork. The audit comprises of 24 areas we are asked to check and provide data on. These include:

Safeguarding Form A — Parts 1 and 2

The Circuit have reiterated how important it is to make sure we follow The Methodist Church Policies and Procedures on Safer Recruitment.

Therefore, all those who wish to work with Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults, need to complete Safeguarding Form A Parts 1 and 2, before taking ona role within the church. This includes giving two people who can be approached for references. Safeguarding Form A Part 2 includes a role outline/job description so that the person knows what their role is and this form is ideally reviewed every year by the group leader, to make sure that the role is the same and there hasn’t been any ‘role drift’. It is also a requirement for the person to undertake the relevant level ot DBS check and complete Safeguarding Foundation Module training within 6 months of taking up their appointment and then every 4 years after that.

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Having audited these forms, | have discovered that we do need to update quite a

few Safeguarding Form A Part 2s and this is in progress now.

Safeguarding Form SD/4 (Formerly Safeguarding Form C)

These self-declaration forms are needed for all roles within the church, where the role does not require the higher-level Safeguarding Form A or a DBS check. This form needs to be signed when someone agrees to take on a role and they should also be given a job description at the same time, so they know exactly what they are being asked to do.

The audit has highlighted various roles where this form has not been signed and a job description has not been issued. These forms are now in the process of being completed and job descriptions issued.

Safeguarding Form D

Whenever someone is issued a key for the church premises, they must sign Safeguarding Form D.

All these forms are up to date, together with a spreadsheet detailing which keys are held and by whom, for our church premises.

DBS checks

We have 32 DBS checked adults in our congregation. All DBS checks must be renewed after 5 years, or if someone is on the update service, then the DBS status must be checked after 5 years.

We currently have one person whose DBS check is over 5 years old, who could not renew it as they were in hospital. This person has been intormed and now that they are recovering well, | hope to be able to do the check very soon.

Everyone else working with Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults in the church, has an up-to-date DBS check.

Safeguarding Training

Safeguarding Foundation training needs to be completed within 6 months of someone taking up a new role and thereafter every 4 years. We have just two church members whose safeguarding training is overdue and both of these are booked on the Foundation Module training here at the church on Friday 17" March, which will be delivered by Carol Morgan. 10 other church members will also be on the course, as their training comes up to being 4 years old this year.

We will then have everyone up to date with their Safeguarding Foundation training,

which is brilliant.

We have one new volunteer, who has also been offered this training date.

Church Sateguarding Policy

The Church Safeguarding Policy must be reviewed every year and this was carried out at the Church Council meeting on 4" October 2022. A copy of this is on the notice board in The Narthex and the updated copy is also available on our church website under Safeguarding. We also need to display the ‘Safeguarding Policy statement’ which reiterates that Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and provides the phone numbers of the Church, Circuit and District Safeguarding Officers, along with local phone numbers for other safeguarding organisations. This is also displayed on the notice board in The Narthex and was reviewed in December 2022.

Lettings

It is important that the Church Safeguarding Officer works closely with the Lettings office to make sure that those hiring our premises also follow good safeguarding practice. | can confirm that Rosanne and | work very closely and between us make sure all the organisations are aware of our Safeguarding Policy and if they have their own, we have been given a copy, or in the case of the Uniformed Groups, the link to the website where it can be viewed. Risk Assessments All groups meeting in the name of the church must produce a risk assessment. We have a general risk assessment for Sunday services, but it should be remembered, that if we do anything differently within a service, which could create a new risk, that a specific risk assessment is undertaken, for example at the Carol Service, where there are many more candles being lit and the church is dark.

All Risk Assessments should be reviewed annually and | believe that there are several Risk Assessments that are over a year old, and so these will need reviewing urgently. | have informed the Leadership Team of the Risk Assessments which require renewal.

WMC Online: Digital Services & Website Report Christopher Hefternan

Website

Our website has become more static than in recent years. With more generic content rather than dynamic content. This is a reflection on WMC's reduction in online worship and the time dedicated to keeping the site changing.

Nonetheless, the website remains a hub for worship times, premises hire, and a general insight into life at WMC.

Over the last year (1.02.22 — 1.02.23), there have been 1,649 visits to our website, 1,167 of which were unique visitors. People spend an average of 3 minutes exploring the site.

The 5 Most Popular Pages:

‘Home’ — 1,230 (down 9%)

‘Our Premises’ — 407 (up 66%)

‘Calendar’ — 290 (up 132%)

‘Contact Us’ — 161 (up 6%)

‘Meet the Team’ — 148 (up 15%)

As you can see, there has been a renewed interest in our premises hire, as life has opened up again after the pandemic.

Tea & Fellowship

Dave Paterson continues to lead the running of our twice monthly Tea & Fellowship with preachers assigned on the plan. This is held via Zoom at 4pm and enables people to join us for a time of worship from wherever they are. We continue to get a good attendance (around 8-10 people) and are pleased to be offering this additional time of worship.

YouTube Channel

We have utilised our YouTube Channel much less across 2022/23.

We did however livestream Revd. Sydney Samuel Lake’s Testimony Service in June, which has been viewed over 200 times.

Live Streaming

We haven't offered regular streamed services this year. The equipment has been used though to broadcast our Carol Service on Zoom (watched by around 10 households live); record funeral services; and stream Revd. Sydney Samuel Lake’s Testimony Service.

While we haven't chosen to move forward with a fully-installed system that could be used regularly. The equipment is there and can be set-up meaning we can adapt to circumstances as they arise.

Youth Group Report Christopher Heffernan

Our monthly Youth Group has been running for a year now. The group meets once a month in the Church Hall with around 8 young people in attendance most months. Sessions normally consist of games (e.g. badminton, hockey, table tennis) with a time of reflection/Bible Study (we have just started a study series called ‘Uncover John’ which explores John’s Gospel). Special sessions have also included a drama workshop, baking, games at Hurst Park, and our Christmas Party.

In March, the group attended ‘This Event is Anti-Racist’ at Wesley’s Chapel in London, where we met a group from the Teddington Circuit. Our connection with this Sunbury-based Youth Group, ‘Hangout’, has strengthen over the year, as we have enjoyed several sessions together. We went to 3Generate with this group.

In October, 7 of our young people with 3 leaders joined hundreds of young Methodists from across the country, at 3Generate (the Annual Methodist Children & Youth Assembly). This was a residential trip (Fri 30" Sep — Sun 2" Oct) with the group staying in tents at the venue (the NEC Birmingham). The weekend was filled with opportunities to spend time with other young Christians while attending workshops & discussions, getting crafty, playing sports, and worshipping.

Our monthly sessions have been run by Naomi Deacon and myself with support from Val Barker, Jeannette Curtis, Ruth Evans, David Lean, Joy Lord, Jean Maddock, Dave Paterson and Ross Richardson.

Sunday School Catherine Heffernan

We have a lovely group of Sunday School children and on average have 6 young people every session. As they have grown older, the Sunday School teachers have needed to adept their sessions, so they are relevant and interesting for the young people. We have had many very interesting discussions during our time together.

On the 1“ Sunday in the month, when we have Holy Communion, we do not have Sunday School but the children are encouraged to still attend, but to stay in the service.

The 24, 3'¢ and 4" Sundays were covered by our three regular Sunday School teachers: Catherine Heffernan, Lynda Shaw and Pauline Wakefield, who each take one session a month.

However, since we realized that we urgently needed to reinstate the creche, Pauline Wakefield has very kindly said that she will help with the creche, instead of Sunday School. We offer Pauline our heartfelt thanks for being part of the Sunday School team since January 2013, so that’s 10 years! She has brought a lot of fun to the Sunday School, including painting and cooking sessions. Thank you, Pauline!

With Pauline’s departure, we now have a gap in the Sunday School rota, which Christopher has agreed to temporarily cover, with Alan and Eileen covering his slot on the Projection rota, to make this possible.

This highlights the problem that we currently have, where the same people are filling the rotas, and when spaces appear, all we can manage is a swap around!

It would be really great if someone could come forward and offer to take one Sunday School lesson a month, especially as Christopher hopes to move to Bristol in September and so this will then leave the Sunday School rota having one Sunday unfilled. We follow the material provided by ‘Roots’ which is available in a magazine and online. ‘Roots’ provide all the material and the Sunday School teacher just has to choose which items they think will work best for our groups, so they do not have to think up a lesson themselves!

So, if you are reading this and think you can spare one Sunday morning a month, please let us know!

When we have a 5 Sunday month, Jeannette Curtis very kindly covers that session,

so no teacher has to commit to more than one a month.

We are also very blessed that several members of the congregation have agreed to be a 2" DBS checked adult, to sit in on our sessions.

All the Sunday School teachers and helpers have up- to-date DBS checks and have attended the relevant Safeguarding Training.

Creche Eileen Boye

Upon retuning to church following COVID -19 lockdowns last year, we did not have any babies/ toddlers coming to church and so an active créche was not immediately reinstated.

However over the last few months we have welcomed 5 regularly-attending toddlers, plus a few occasional attendees.

We have had to revamp the creche and find volunteers to man it. The latter has been quite difficult as many previous volunteers have had to retire from such active pursuits as running around with toddlers!

After much discussion at the church council and leadership levels, we appealed to some of these older members, of our church family to come into creche when necessary (about once a quarter) purely as a second DBS-checked adult, to simply sit in and oversee proceedings while the other volunteer gets stuck in to playing with the children.

This arrangement has worked to some extent, but can present some challenges, especially when all the children are present. The ages of the children means that they really need to be watched constantly. They so easily get up to mischief that may be dangerous to themselves and the other children or sometimes they just need more engagement or encouragement and the one person can’t manage that one child exclusively and keep an eye out efficiently look out for the others all at the same time!

Therefore, we do need several more able-bodied volunteers to help give these . children a great and fun first church experience that they will remember. It is truly a reciprocal blessing to work with these bright, engaging children. Please do catch up with me in church or contact me afterwards if you are able to help with this, even if it is just to be on the rota on one Sunday a quarter. Your help will really be appreciated.

Messy Church Report

Jeannette Curtis

Last year we had 5 messy church meetings treading carefully after lockdown. We still had to keep to some of the lockdown rules. Such as not being too long in one room and using bigger, rather than smaller rooms. Also ensuring that hands were clean, when moving to different craft tables. Messy Mothers and Messy Easter went well and we had new families. Sadly | was not on the ball and let this information sit in a cupboard. So when we started up again in October | did not include the new families on the contact lists. October 2022 was a 10 year celebration of Messy Church. We did not have many families but the messy church family met up and shared some memories. Jess brought her two young children and Phil, Christopher and Naomi had chance to catch up with her. The four of them were the original young people to help as leaders with Messy church. In November we had advent calendars and made holly rings and advent cards and there were few families again. So in December we invited all the church family to Christingle. During tea after the Christingle it was lovely to look across the hall and see the families grand parents, parents and children.

So into the new year and | have made new contact lists have joined three facebook pages in Walton and will put information about Messy church on those pages. | have contacted the beavers and some of the people who have had children’s parties at our church. So am looking at alternative ways of advertising. Please pray for this work that God’s hand will be over us as we plan for the next year. Maybe it is time to stop or maybe there is still a need for Messy Church at Walton.

Friendship Club Report Jeannette Curtis

The friendship group met for many years, starting as a young wives club and changing its name over the years as the group of friends got to know each other better and got older. .

The meetings started with interesting speakers or quizzes and puzzles. Sometimes there was a craft activity. It ended with a hot drink and a chat. It was not possible to organise the speakers so the formal meeting stopped last year. It is still a friendship group and members meet together in their homes and sometimes go for a walk. The friendships continue in a different way.

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We are very grateful to Eileen who has organised our weekly prayer sessions on WhatsApp.

We enjoyed a lovely meal at the Queens Head in Weybridge in January and hope to meet up again in the summer.

Jeannette kindly hosted a "Book Club Session" in February to talk about our favourite books. The books were all so varied; they made a very interesting evening.

Model Church Safeguarding Policy updated July 2023

APPENDIX 6a: MODEL CHURCH SAFEGUARDING POLICY

Statement of Safeguarding Principles

It is the Methodist Church’s intention to value every human being as part of God’s creation and the whole people of God. At the heart of the Methodist community is a deep sense of the place of welcome, hospitality and openness, which demonstrates the nature of God’s grace and love for all. Our church communities are called to be places where the transformational love of God is embodied and life in all its fullness is a gift, which is offered to all people.

Principles

Safeguarding is about the action the Church takes to promote a safer culture. This means we will:

We are committed to:

We will carefully select and train all those with any responsibility within the church, in line with safer recruitment principles, including the use of criminal records checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and The Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme in Scotland.

We will respond without delay to every safeguarding concern, which suggests that a child, young person or adult may have been harmed, working in partnership with the police and social services in any

investigation.

We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.

We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust.

Working with the Church Safeguarding Officer, we will support risk assessment of those who present a safeguarding risk within a church environment. We will ensure appropriate pastoral care is offered and measures are taken to address identified risks including referral to statutory agencies, suspension and the use of safeguarding contracts.

In all these principles, we will follow legislation, guidance and recognised good practice.

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Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church Safeguarding Policy

Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy for Walton-onThames Methodist Church

Purpose

The purpose of the church safeguarding policy is to check that procedures are in place and provide clarity about the roles and responsibilities of those trusted with promoting the church as a safe space for all its users.

This policy was agreed at a Church Council held on 3rd October 2023

The Methodist Church, along with the whole Christian community, believes each person has a value and dignity which comes directly from God’s creation in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. Among other things, this implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.

Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church is committed to the safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults and affirms that the needs of vulnerable individuals at risk are paramount.

Walton-on-Thames Methodist recognises that it has a particular care for all who are vulnerable

whether as a result of disabilities or reduction in capacities or by their situation. It is recognised that this increased vulnerability may be temporary or permanent and may be visible or invisible, but that it does not diminish our humanity and our wish to affirm the gifts and graces of all God’s people.

This policy addresses the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is intended to support the church in being a safe supportive and caring community for children, young people, vulnerable adults, for survivors of abuse, for communities and for those affected by abuse.

Walton-on-Thames Methodist recognises the serious issue of the abuse of children, young people

and vulnerable adults and recognises that this may take the form of physical, emotional, sexual, financial, spiritual, discriminatory, domestic or institutional abuse or neglect, abuse using social media, child sexual exploitation or human trafficking (slavery). It acknowledges the effects these may have on people and their development, including spiritual and religious development. It accepts its responsibility for ensuring that all people are safe in its care and that their dignity and right to be heard is maintained. It accepts its responsibility to support, listen to and work for healing with survivors, offenders, communities and those who care about them. It takes seriously the promotion of welfare so that each of us can reach our full potential in God’s grace.

Walton-on-Thames Methodist commits itself to:

  1. RESPOND without delay to any allegation or cause for concern that a child or vulnerable adult may have been harmed or may suffer harm, whether in the church or in another context. It commits itself to challenge the abuse of power of anyone in a position of trust.

  2. IMPLEMENT the Methodist Church Safeguarding Policy, government legislation and guidance and

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safe practice in the circuit and in the churches.

  1. PROVIDE support, advice and training for lay and ordained people to ensure that people are clear and confident about their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults who may be vulnerable.

  2. AFFIRM and give thanks for those who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults and also acknowledge the shared responsibility of all of us for safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults who are on our premises.

Church Council

Legal responsibility for safeguarding rests with the members of the Church Council. The safeguarding officer should be a member of the Church Council or have the right to attend at least annually to report on implementation of the safeguarding policy. Where an individual covers the role in more than one location, they must be able to cover the activities identified in the relevant role outline and be facilitated to attend meetings to report on safeguarding in each location."

Walton-on-Thames Methodist appoints

Mrs Catherine Heffernan Church Safeguarding Officer (Adults)

and

Mrs Catherine Heffernan Church Safeguarding Officer (Children)

and supports them in their role, which is to:

1 it is not appropriate for the minister in pastoral charge to hold the Church Safeguarding Officer role because of the potential conflict with their own responsibilities.

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a) Good practice

These things are to safeguard those working with children, young people and those adults who may be vulnerable.

b) Appointment and training of workers in the church

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c) Pastoral visitors

Pastoral visitors will be supported in their role with the provision of safeguarding training upon appointment. If they are undertaking tasks for which a criminal records check would be required, this will be undertaken prior to appointment.

d) Guidelines for working with children, young people and vulnerable adults

e) Ecumenical evenis

Where ecumenical events happen on church premises, safeguarding is the responsibility of this Church Council.

g) Other groups on church premises

Where the building is hired for outside use, the Church Safeguarding Officer should be informed. The Church Safeguarding Officer will keep the records and take advice as appropriate from the Circuit Safeguarding Officer.

h) Complaini’s procedure

There is a formal complaints procedure within the Methodist Church, which allows concerns to be raised about actions or behaviour by a member or officer of the Church. In addition, employed staff will be subject to relevant contractual procedures. All complaints will be responded to with care, diligence and impartiality.

A complaint should be addressed to the superintendent minister, the Revd Paul Glass. If a complaint is made to another person, it should be referred to the superintendent. Meetings will be arranged with the person making the complaint and, usually, the person against whom the complaint has been made, in an attempt to resolve it. If the complaint is against the superintendent, it should be sent to the District Chair, the Revd. Dr David Hinchliffe at The Methodist Church South East District Office, Unit 4B,

Basepoint Business Centre, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7XX.

Safeguarding officers must be informed of any complaint or issue relating to the potential abuse of children, young people or adults who may be vulnerable. They will support prompt action to respond to the circumstances of any safeguarding concern, whether or not any party involved wishes to make a formal complaint through the Methodist Church.

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Model Church Safeguarding Policy updated July 2023

Review

This policy will be reviewed annually by the Church Council.

Next review date: 3rd October 2024

i) Definition of Key Terms

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WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Income & Expenditure Account for the period 01/09/2022- 31/08/2023

UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

INCOME

EXPENDITURE

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WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Income & Expenditure Account for the period 01/09/2022- 31/08/2023

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RESTRICTED FUNDS
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INCOME EXPENDITURE
2021/22 ITEM 2022/23 BupGET § 2021/22 ITEM 2022/23 =BUDGET
Benevolent Fund
Collections 50 |Payments 12
Transfer from General Fund
50 |Deficit 12 Surplus
Charitable Funds
2,883 |Collections 3,738 2,739 |Paid to charities 3,852
Deficit 114 144 |Surplus
2,883 3,852 2,883 3,852
Connexional Funds
85 |Collections 75 85 |Paid to Connexion 75
Deficit Surplus
Messy Church Fund
25 |Donations 213 |Expenses 376
Tax Rebate
188 |Deficit 376 Surplus
Youth Group
(162)|/Subs etc. Expenses
162 |Deficit Surplus
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Youth Work Fund
Transfer from General Fund 5,000
1,331 |Donations 925 Salary
115 |Interest 1,009 2,214 |Expenses 245
Tax Rebate
768 |Deficit Surplus 6,689
2,214 6,934 2,214 6,934
SURPLUS re Restricted 6,187
Grand Totall 10,746] Grand Totall 10,746] —_|
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WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH

Balance Sheet as at 31/08/2023

31-Aug-22 31-Aug-23
CurrentAssets
£ £ £ £ £ £
Bank & Cash Balances
603 Barclays Bank, Current A/c
9,529 CAF Bank 3,929
14,418 Central Finance Board - Deposit A/c 26,950
21,000 Eve Craske Legacy 23,222
General Reserve 2023 21,171
86,153 Property Reserve (from previous Gift Days) 59,297
Mental Health Reserve 2019 2,338
26,661 Special Projects Youth Work 33,350
25 Petty Cash 25
158,390 170,281
Representedby:
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
120,683 General Fund (balce b/f 01/09/22) 130,415
9,731 130,415 Surplus / Deficit ( ) 5,704 136,119
130,415 TOTAL OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 136,119
RESTRICTED FUNDS
191 Benevolent Fund (balce b/f 01/09/22) 141
(50) 141 Surplus / Deficit ( ) (12) 129
38 Charity Collections (balce b/f 01/09/22) 182
144 182 Surplus / Deficit ( ) (114) 68
Connexional Funds (balce b/f 01/09/22)
Surplus / Deficit ()
1,179 Messy Church Fund (balce b/f 01/09/22) 991
(188) 991 Surplus / Deficit ( ) (376) 616
162 Youth Group (balce b/f 01/09/22)
(162) Surplus / Deficit ( )
27,429 Youth Work Fund (balce b/f 01/09/22) 26,661
(768) 26,661 Surplus / Deficit ( ) 6,689 33,350
27,975 TOTAL OF RESTRICTED FUNDS 34,162
158,390 170,281

Walton on Thames Methodist Church

Notes to the Annual accounts for the period ending 31% August 2023

Another satisfactory year is behind us and thankfully we are still on a relatively sound financial footing. Can I thank you once again for your generosity, whilst so many other costs are increasing for us all.

These notes are meant to be read in conjunction with our annual accounts and are a way of explaining them more clearly than just in figures. Our Income and Expenditure statement for the year end highlights reasons why the predicted deficit ended up as a surplus.

If you don’t have a copy of the accounts and wish for one, please ask.

The Hall redecoration started this year rather than before and took our property related expenditure over budget, but this comes out of Gift Day monies which are in a Savings account. The cost was around around £13000. Around £9500 was spent on Electrical work over the year.

Thanks to Chris who works with me so well on all matters, property related. Also to Rosanne who has been instrumental, with help, in keeping up our lettings again so that the rents, as predicted last year, increased and were substantially over budget. However, for the benefit of the Charity commission and in relation to VAT rules, we are in no way profitable. Catherine and Tony save us money to and Catherine helps wherever she can on property matters.

As you may know, our Electric and gas contracts run until 2024 so we must hope that some stability and reductions have been reached by then. It looks more promising than last year and I have already found an electric contract which I have signed up to which commences on 1* April 2024; April Fools day which I very much hope is not a clue as to whether we have done the right thing. The new contract was referred to the Leadership Team. Gas we are leaving for the time being.

Our Charitable giving increased this year to a total of just over £7300.

Bank interest on our funds is increasing but of course inflation is reducing the capital value and the cost of building work, (which most of the funds are for) is going up by leaps and bounds. However it came in at £4500 as compared with the budget of £750.

Cash collections were around 14% of our total collections, the rest coming by standing order, cheque and internet banking.

Many thanks again to Alan Weight, for all his help with both accounts and the Gift Aid claim. He is of great assistance.

As your treasurer I am at your service and in the event of any query please contact me.

Duncan E Curtis

Jan 24

Banks now used are the Charities Aid Foundation Bank and the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church.

WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH

Charitable Giving

2021/22 2021/22 2022/23 2022/23
Connexional Funds
Easter Offering 85.00 75.00
World Mission 500.00 585.00 500.00 575.00
Other Donations
Action Aid 71.50
Action For Children 464.73 1,336.12
All We Can 112.24 125.00
Alzheimers 136.55
Bible Society 133.49 193.04
CherryTrees 55.00
Crisis 119.20
Foodbank 69.90 86.40
League Of Light 15.80
Love Russia 10.00 70.00
McMillan Cancer care 588.28 293.87
MHA 591.23 297.00
Ministers & Deacons Fund 188.90
Princes Trust 279.75
Red Cross 250.00
Shelter 79.13
Target Ovarian Cancer 453.71
Tear Fund 47.95
Unicef 307.50
York Road 2,882.70 244.10 3,737.69
Gift Day Charities
All We Can 500.00
Anna Chaplaincy 500.00
Christian Aid 1,020.00
Eco Hub 500.00
Elmbridge Can 1,020.00 500.00
Foodbank 500.00
MHA 500.00
Mind 1,020.00 3,060.00 3,000.00
6,527.70 7,312.69

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COPY FOR CHURCH COUNCIL FEB 2023

Walton Methodist Church. Charitable Giving 2023

Coffee collections (with one Minute for) to encourage support at Services for the charities

Feb. March Target Ovarian Cancer Gift Day Beneficiaries April May Bible Society £500 each June July Alzheimer’s Society MHA Aug Sept Tear Fund Local Foodbank Oct Nov Crisis All We Can Dec Jan Action For Children Elmbridge Can NB Anna Chaplaincy Copy to Rita for the notices for Elmbridge Ecohub Coffee money these should include a reference to paying Also Reserve Fund and other than by cash Youth work

The feeling was that with less cash being carried the congregation should be encouraged to look at other ways of paying. Cheque, Interbank, Website. All these involve advising the treasurer what the money is for

Mar 5™

Gift Day

See above for Charities and beneficiaries this year

May

Circle the City not going ahead this year. May be an alternative?

July World Mission Fund £500 from Church funds as agreed by Church council. (Connexional Methodist Fund) Also Pauline Wakefield collects individual donations to this fund September Surrey Churches Preservation Trust Sponsored cycle ride in the local area / Ride and Stride/ Jeannette

29" October MacMillan coffee morning . Jeannette and Rosanne plus WI from Hersham Harvest Festival? October Animal charity collection organised by Pauline Wakefield with an address November Children’s choir concert organised by Rebecca and Jeannette for Action December Love Russia. From Christmas cards . Ruth to do a” Minute for” at the the December It has been a a tradition since Margaret's time that we that we we collect for Action for Action Action for

Animal charity collection organised by Pauline Wakefield with an address to congregation Children’s choir concert organised by Rebecca and Jeannette for Action For Children. Love Russia. From Christmas cards . Ruth to do a” Minute for” at the the beginning of Advent It has been a a tradition since Margaret's time that we that we we collect for Action for Action Action for Children at each service where we sing carols. Say Sunday morning and Candlelit service plus Christmas Day? Duncan and Jeannette to organise home Carol singing in lieu of Carol singing at Shops and station

Legacies. A short paragraph to be included in the Gift Day letter to be drawn up by the treasurer requesting consideration to the making of a legacy in favour of WMC. Our Charitable giving is an important part of our work as a Charity and is also important to show we justify our Gift Aid claim. It also assists the presentation of our charitable status on the Charity Commission Website

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WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH PHASED BUDGET 2022-23

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INCOME
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INCOME
BUDGET Phased Cumulative Budget other qtrs
ITEM 2022/23 Q1 Q2 Q3
Unrestricted
Collections 30,000 7,500 15,000 22,500
Tax Rebate 25,000 11,500 11,500 11,500
Interest 750 185 370 555
Lettings 12,500 3,125 6,250 9,375
Gift Day 18,000 18,000
Sundry 500 125 250 375
Grants
Legacies
Fundraising
Donations
Other Church Groups
Restricted
DEFICIT 6,675
93,425		 8,877
31,312]53,520
EXPENDITURE
BUDGET Phased Cumulative Budget other qtrs
ITEM 2022/23 Q1 Q2 Q3
Unrestricted
CircuitAssessment 38,275 9,570 19,140 28,710
Secretarial Services 5,250 1,315 2,530 3,845
Office Expenses 1,250 315 625 940
Worship Expenses 2,500 625 1,250 1,875
Mission Expenses 1,000 250 500 750
Utilities 5,000 1,250 2,500 3,750
Property - Gen Exp 7,200 1,800 3,600 5,400
Property - R&R 25,000 15,000 18,300 21,600
Cleaning 4,500 1,125 2,250 3,375
Junior Church 250 62 125 187
Insurance 2,700 2,700 2,700
Connexional Funds 500
Restricted
SURPLUS
93,425] 31,312] 53,520]

Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church

Governance — decision making

These notes will be filed in the front of the CC folders stored at the Church.

Current role holders —

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Walton-on-Thames

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 August 2023

Wey Valley Circuit

36/6

Registered Charity - Charity Registration number

1174524

If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Rev Sydney Samuel Lake

Church Stewards:

Sally Hoy

Ross Richardson

Dave Paterson

Jeannette Curtis (resigned 26/06/23)

Valerie Barker

Treasurer:

WMC Standard Form of Accounts 2023.xls

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

| Walton-on-Thames Church

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last| |SECTION|A|Funds|Funds|year|year| |ee| |a| |RECEIPTS|ee e|e|s||| |Offerings and Tax recovered|PF|86,065|86,990|61,150| |Bank|and|CFB|interest|and| |a3 |Investment|income|4,518|1,009|5,527|550| |aaa5|||uetings|tga} ||,983}|8,596| |[@7)][92.296]| |a6 [TOTAL|Other receipts RECEIPTS|F____[__08,605]ee|esee1,934] ||[710,538]]|ee|22,000| |SECTION|B| |PAYMENTS| |Circuit Assessment|or Share|P||38,275 fF|38,275|35,600| |b3|DonationsT8500] tal,|3,610| |Repairs and|Maintenance|PF|43,950|||||43,950)|28,522| |Utilities|(Insurances,|water| |b5||charges,|heating|&|lighting|5,565|6,046| |b7|otherpayments||Tt|7,231|9,954| |SECTION|C| |NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS| |C1||FOR|THE|YEAR|(a6-b8)|10,704|1,301|8,564| |Total|funds|brought|forward|from| |gp|peat rent|130,415]| 27,793]||158,208]|(c6)|}|149,644| |Sub|total|(c1+c2)|141,119|29,094|170,213|158,208| |1c4|Transfers|and adjustments|(5,000)|5,000|||leery|[|| |TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)||136,119]|—|34,094]]|170,213] (c8)|||158,208]|(c6)|

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SECTION D

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

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|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |(these|amounts|are|not|to|be|included|in|total|receipts/payments|figures|£|£| |Balance|brought|forward|from|last|year| |Offerings/Gifts|-|received|for|external|organisations|3,813|2,968| |Offerings/Gifts|-|passed|to|external|organisations|3,927|2,824| |BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID|d1+d2-d3|ag|sag|

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WMC Standard Form of Accounts 2023.xls

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Walton-on-Thames Church

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Oraanisations.

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INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
efEE EE
FSefEE9 Or EE
Fd9Sub total of Internal Ore fr
Organisations funds 478 ‘478 478
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
2 - totals column) 110,538} (a7 (b9) (c7) 158,208 170,213
e10| BY CHURCH 11,527 158,686 170,213
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS
totals forward
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SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023 BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account 9,950 3,861
Central Finance Board 148,233 166,327
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes PY f
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 158,208 170,213
Totalbalance fundstotal heldfrom byabove) Internal(e12) Organisations (the closing | gral478} etn(e11 S| e12
a | TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 158,686 170,213 wy
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SECTION G At At
1 September 2022 31 August 2023
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
Investments (include Endowments
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value
Other Assets
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end
Other Liabilities
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Name of Church

Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church

No 1174524

Declarations and Scrutiny

| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records sh Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. e SIQhature Of HEASUIEF sisi .ancis cosasesas es wa aos servomamermawe tones DBecocs nae caw bes J ee

Name and address of treasurer Duncan Curtis

1 Wadham Close, Shepperton

Post Code TW17 9HT

Presentation to the Church trustees

| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on .................

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church

Charity Number 1174524

Responsibilities and basis of report

| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the watts rer Shee Melba Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages .\ to.3.. As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

| report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Church Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church

No 1174524

Independent Examiner’s Statement

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other-than-that-diselesed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. | have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.

f— ’ ’ Signature of independent examiner i. ek: Nameof independent examiner Qube Ge SEO eee Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ............c-ccecrcetrteresces Nameoffirm (where appropriate) “ce EF FN, cecseeaecatevenereenmcertntecneneist NTH Address AG SOUT RE AS I ecneneenseenmarenetnntnnennt UN eS Arkh oor etree rt thee Seer Post Code Kri3 ABN 1 : Date A Log.

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