Marlow Lighthouse 2021
The Trustees took the decision in January 2021 to plan for a safe, live event in August 2021. A questionnaire found only half the usual volunteers were likely to participate so planning continued for a smaller event.
The site plan for Holy Trinity school was dramatically changed. Instead of an expensive ‘Mainstage’ marquee, age group tents, where activities took place in ‘bubbles’, were grouped amphitheatre-style so everyone could watch from their tent. Sports activities were held in an outdoor area and, to reduce mixing between groups, lunch times were staggered. Children arrived and were collected at designated times at one of the two entrances.
A safeguarding Covid-19 policy was adopted: lateral flow tests for all volunteers, regular handwashing and hand sanitising and a well-ventilated helper refreshment area. Volunteer training sessions were online except for the under 18s who attended a live, socially distanced session.
The high level of detailed planning paid off as the week ran smoothly. Under the theme of Hope, each day Bible stories of the teaching sessions were reinforced in Mainstage, craft, and drama activities. 66% of the 214 children age 5-11 who came had no church connection. Over 100 adults and 72 under 18s volunteered.
The success of Lighthouse was measured by comments received during the week, feedback from parents and online volunteer surveys. Comments were overwhelmingly positive with many parents applauding us for going ahead and providing a safe environment for their children. Inevitably some aspects of Lighthouse were missed but some new aspects will be retained.
In the end we only made a small loss of £77. We would like to thank all the parents that donated, together with Churches Together Marlow, The Baptist Church, The Methodist Church, Marlow Bottom Methodist Church, Marlow Town Council, Coop, Tower Garage, Chives and Marlow FM for their generous donations. We would also like to thank all our volunteer team leaders who helped keep our costs down with their tight budgetary control.
Planning and preparing for Lighthouse is a major task which relied this year on a significant time and resource commitment from a small number of individuals. The Trustees would like to thank all who contributed, the volunteers for their time and enthusiasm, those who made large financial donations and the smaller donations of consumables (biscuits, hand gel, toilet rolls). The Trustees hope and pray that for Lighthouse to be sustainable more people will come forward prepared to take responsibility for specific areas.
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MARLOW LIGHTHOUSE ACCOUNTS
LHM
Income & Expenditure Account 2021
TO DATE
Gift Aid donations 6,485.34
Gift Aid tax rebate 1,640.47
donations from churches 1,400.00
corporate donations 2,696.73
other donations from individuals 1,412.00
T shirt sales 731.00
other fundraising 108.62
tea tent plus cafe 0.00
total income 14,474.16
marquee hire 8,431.30
insurance 300.32
Lighthouse Central and DBS 1,390.50
Contribution to HT 500.00
stationery & printing for teaching/TH 716.59
T Shirts 477.40
mainstage expenses 16.60
site expenses 2,283.72
craft 181.85
misc expenses 0.00
tea tent 3.42
teen event 250.00
Creche/Little LH/4s 0.00
Expenses from prior years not claimed
total expenditure 14,551.70
SURPLUS FOR YEAR (77.54)
Balance Sheet 2021
£
Statement of reserves
reserves b/fwd 24,085.64
Capital transfer
surplus for year (77.54)
reserves c/fwd 24,008.10
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Represented by
balance per bank statement 25,710.53
add uncleared bankings 461.40
less unpresented cheques -2,163.83
less prior year unpresented cheques
less accrual
cash book balance 24,008.10
SHOULD BE 0 0.00
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| Donations from churches | ACTUAL |
|---|---|
| CTM | 500.00 |
| Christchurch URC | |
| St Marys Marlow Bottom | |
| St Peters | |
| All Saints | |
| Baptist | 100.00 |
| All Saints Bells | |
| MB Methodist | 300.00 |
| Methodist | 500.00 |
| River church | |
| DCC All Saints | |
| Cooinda | |
| Christchurch URC | |
| 1,400.00 | |
| Donations from corporates | |
| Bucks CC | |
| MTC | 500.00 |
| Masons | |
| Brand Events | |
| Got this Entertainment | |
| S&G legal services Rachels charity | |
| Marlow Thames Rotary Club | |
| Waitrose | |
| Co-op | 1,722.73 |
| David | |
| Tower Garage | 100.00 |
| Marlow FM | 150.00 |
| Chives | 224.00 |
| 2,696.73 | |
| Other fundraising | |
| Phoenix cards | |
| Pancake day | |
| PITP | |
| PITP | |
| Santa fun run | 91.82 |
Sale of tote bags to GMS Barn dance 16.80 108.62