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2024-08-31-accounts

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PACE
Programme for Applied Christian Education
Trustees’ Report and Accounts
Year ending 31 [st] August 2024
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Registered Charity PACE CIO 1195419 Email: office@pacetrust.org.uk www.pace.org.uk

Contents

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS ……………………………………...……..3 TRUSTEES’ REPORT AIIMS AND OBJECTIVES………………..….…….…….……………………….4 GOALS FOR 2023-24……………………………………………………………6 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE………………………..………..……7 FINANCIAL REVIEW…………………………………………………………….20 GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT……..…………………………………22 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT.. ……..……………………………………23

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Legal and Administrative Details

Registered Charity No 1195419
Trustees Katie Davis BSc (Hons), Chairperson
Sue Wintle FMAAT, Treasurer
Rev Andrew Corke (LLB)
Andy Saunders BA (Hons)
Staff
Director Sharon Prior
Schools Work Lead Dave Pegg
Schools Workers Keith Jewell
Lisa Stuart
Elizabeth Wesley-Barker (Started 1stSept
2023)
Pastoral Support Manager Roy Whyte (Started 1stJanuary 2024)
Pastoral Support Team Pauline Horder (Manager until 1stMarch 2024)
Lynley Wilkes
Sandy Carter (PCW Administrator)
PACE Administrator Laura Wood
Bookkeeper Anita Brown
Principal Address St Paul’s Church
Landford Way
Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 0NY
Phone 07375 672098
Email office@pacetrust.org.uk
Website www.pace.org.uk
Bank Accounts The charity has a current account with
Barclays and a deposit account with
Methodist Chapel Aid Ltd

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Aims and Objectives

Partnering with churches, Serving the schools

WHAT WE DO

PACE employs schools workers who partner with local churches to provide excellent learning opportunities in schools so that every student can ask their biggest questions, explore the Christian faith and investigate the life and claims of Jesus. We serve primary and secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with assemblies, lessons, lunch clubs and other activities.

PACE also employs pastoral supervisors to deliver individual professional supervision for pastoral care workers in schools who offer essential practical support for students, their families and the staff. In addition, supervision is provided for members of senior leadership teams in some schools, including head teachers and designated safeguarding leads.

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Pastoral Support Workers on the PACE Inset Training Day
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OUR VISION FOR SCHOOLS

These are the things we would love to be able to do for EVERY SCHOOL:

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Assemblies
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Churches
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ASSEMBLIES/LESSONS... Help every student hear something about Jesus from people who know him 6 times a year in their assemblies and/or through regular lessons.

CHURCH LINKS... Identify at least one local church community that is regularly and positively connecting with the school in various ways.

In addition to this, in EVERY SECONDARY SCHOOL we would also love to:

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Lessons
Clubs
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LESSONS... Provide regular lessons where students have the chance to learn about Christianity from Christians.

CLUB... Run a weekly lunch club where students can have fun, ask big questions and say what they think.

On the supervision side, our vision is to see pastoral care workers and senior leadership teams receive the professional support and encouragement they need, as well as the space to reflect in depth on the content and process of their work and on good practice.

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PACE Staff Team
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Goals for 2023-24

The Trustees and Staff of PACE set goals for the academic year 2023-2024:

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The Moving Up workshop for Year 6
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Achievements and Performance

The goals that we set out to achieve in 2023-2024 were all achieved apart from one and it is great to see PACE growing and developing in lots of different ways.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

We were delighted to see significant growth in the work in primary schools during the year. A major factor in this was the appointment of a second primary schools worker (part-time) in September 2023 who is focusing mainly on schools in the Poole area. As well as building links with schools there, she has also been actively seeking to involve volunteers from Poole churches in the work. This appointment also enabled the existing full-time worker to begin to approach and build links with more schools in Bournemouth and Christchurch. This included first time visits to three new schools for PACE in Bournemouth, and these have now become regular bookings.

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Primary school assembly
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By the end of the academic year, we had delivered 301 primary assemblies and 61 RE lessons. In total, 52 different schools were visited, mostly half-termly. (This compares to last year’s figures of 218 assemblies, 43 lessons, 37 schools). A regular Big Questions lunchtime club was held at a school in Poole for the first time.

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We have had some encouraging opportunities to partner with local churches. These have included 120 Year Four pupils visiting a large church in Bournemouth to explore the significance of ‘Church’. There were also opportunities to co-host Harvest, Christmas and Easter Experience events in Poole churches.

We were able to launch a new Transition initiative which impacted 330 Year Six pupils in five schools from across the conurbation. These 90-minute workshops were held in June and were designed to help the children prepare for the move to secondary school in September. The workshop involved a mixture of quizzes, group discussions, movement, reflection, games and video. Each child received a copy of Scripture Union’s ‘It’s Your Move’ booklet to take home and to continue to help them prepare for this significant change in their education. The video we used, called Moving Up, was written and produced in-house and related the story of Daniel in the Bible to the challenges associated with change. Members of the PACE primary, secondary and pastoral team all served together effectively on these workshops and were ably assisted by six volunteers from local churches. We are hoping to offer these workshops to twice as many schools next year.

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Discussion time in the Moving Up workshop for year 6
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We received some encouraging feedback about these workshops from the staff in the schools involved, including:

“Thank you for the wonderful transition session you and your colleagues delivered to children at St James. It was very interactive and engaging. Most children have commented on how relevant and practical it was. This was evident when they got back to class, as most of them continued with the activities in the booklet. We have also noticed that children are engaging with the booklet during their free time in class without a prompt from their teacher which is nice to see.”

Teacher at St James’ School

Going forward, we anticipate being able to offer an increased number of RE lessons to tie in with the new BCP RE curriculum.

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Screenshots from the Daniel videos in the Moving Up workshop for year 6
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SECONDARY SCHOOLS

This year, PACE has delivered a total of 260 lessons across 13 schools, including lessons on an Introduction to Christianity, The Bible, Life After Death, Who is Jesus?, Christianity and Humanism, The Value of Life, Does God Exist?, Christmas, Drug Awareness, Creation and Stewardship, Where are you at?, Evil and Suffering, Love and Families, Church and Community, and Who Killed Jesus? This year, we have also introduced several new lessons including Worship, Two Lost Sons, Violence and War, and Right and Wrong.

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Secondary school lesson
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Our special lessons in partnership with others continue to have a unique impact and these include:

“The quality of lessons and the style of delivery is always great. Dave fully understands our school and our students. Dave is always available to offer clarity and advice when staff need it.” Claire Jones – Head of RS, St Aldhelm’s Academy

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We delivered 36 assemblies in 5 schools on topics such as New Beginnings, Christmas, Happiness, Resilience, Tolerance, and Is Seeing Believing? In addition to this, we provided video assemblies for another school throughout the year. Our assemblies are an opportunity to engage the whole school in a week and to invite the students to our Big Questions clubs at lunchtime and after school. These run in 5 schools, and we do detached work in a further two schools, engaging the young people informally through games and conversations during their break or lunchtimes each week. We worked with around 15 different volunteers, including several church youth leaders, whom we actively encourage to get involved but also to take a lead in the lunch clubs wherever possible.

“The PACE team provide a fantastic opportunity for our students to contextualise seemingly unfathomable beliefs and difficult ethical issues in the lives of practising Christians, who explain so well what it means for them to believe.”

Craig Stewart - Head of RS, Bournemouth Collegiate School

We made several videos this year for schools which include titles such as: World Refugee Week, Isaac’s Story, Sharon’s Story, Work-Rest Balance, World Religions Day, and What is a Christian? Our videos received over 20,000 views on Youtube during the year, which means we have had contact with new schools both inside and outside the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area.

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Screenshot from
World Refugee Week
assembly video
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The new Live it! Tell it! training resource to help youth leaders equip their young people to grow in confidence in sharing their faith, has been used effectively. The course was run at two events and youth leaders from four churches were involved along with their young people. Following feedback, we also produced three ‘Youth Leader Walkthrough’ videos to help youth leaders know how to get ready to run the course.

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Screenshot from the LIVE IT! TELL IT! session one video
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Screenshot from the Youth Leader Walkthrough Videos
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“Excellent, user-friendly, deeply spiritual course! Brilliant for connecting young people with their faith and peers!” Hazel – Youth leader

“It was very good to help me and my friends in our journey.”

Malachi – Young person

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PASTORAL SUPERVISION

The need for Pastoral Support Workers (PSWs) and Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs) to access professional pastoral supervision – being separate from and additional to line management - has never been greater. In December 2021 Ofsted rated BCP Council Children’s Services as ‘inadequate’ and, looking at an update in March 2024, although some improvements have been made the overall rating is still ‘inadequate’ where children and young people are still at risk of harm. Therefore, due to the current climate, school safeguarding staff are under incredible pressure to fill in the gaps left by the difficulties within Children’s Services; for example, schools setting up their own “Early Help” provision and running parenting courses. SLT staff need supervision to offload, particularly when circumstances are impacting negatively on their lives outside school.

A new manager of the PACE Pastoral Supervision Team (PST) started in January 2024. He has brought lots of experience to the role having worked in residential care in the voluntary sector, social care with older people, as a primary school teacher, a counsellor/psychotherapist, a supervisor and trainer. He has responsibility for managing the PST as well as his own case load of supervision with members of SLTs and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in schools.

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The PACE Pastoral Supervision Team
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As a result of a new manager being appointed, the supervision being offered to SLTs was restructured and the responsibility of supervising the PST was handed over from the previous manager. This team work mainly within the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) area for six Multi-Academy Trusts as well as a small collection of schools not linked to a trust. PACE currently supervises 22 PSWs and 32 SLT members in their roles as DSLs within schools. There has been a slight increase in the number of school staff being supervised from 51 in 2023 to 54 in 2024. Authentic Education Trust (formerly Ambitions) are responsible for 15 schools in BCP, and they have approached PACE to supervise their Behavioural Leads in 2024-2025, which will further increase the numbers of staff that PACE is supervising. All supervision is provided by PACE at a subsidised rate to schools as part of our public benefit.

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Photos from the PSW Inset training day 2024
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The Pastoral Supervision Team with the Pastoral Support Workers
Inset Training Day 2024
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In a recent questionnaire given to the PSWs that PACE supervises, 88% found supervision ‘very valuable’ and 12% as ‘valuable’. As well as one-to-one supervision for PSWs and SLT staff, PACE also delivers a training morning five times a year called Network, and a one-day event once a year for the PSWs. The topics for the Network mornings were chosen by the PSWs and delivered by PACE staff. The training day serves two purposes: firstly, the provision of training and secondly, a celebration of an academic year’s work. It is a “Thank You” for all the hard work undertaken by the PSWs in their roles in schools. The Inset Training Day is appreciated by all those PSWs who can attend:

“I feel rejuvenated and full of fresh ideas.”

“It’s a gift. I feel privileged to be a PSW and work with our children and families in school under your guidance and care.”

“Everyone makes you realise we aren’t alone.”

“I felt cared for and celebrated by PACE and my fellow professionals.”

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PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES

This has grown over the past year, and we have been able to take services at several new churches and speak at mid-week groups about the work of PACE. The team continue to run ‘Set the PACE’ breakfasts for church leaders and those in churches who want to know more about PACE twice a year in October and May.

There is a prayer meeting for Trustees, Staff and Supporters on Zoom six times a year and a newsletter called ‘PACE News’, which goes out six times a year to all those on the mailing list. PACE provides regular update videos to local churches and individuals and this year a new video was made called ‘7 Ways Churches Connect with Schools’. It is hoped that this video will inspire more churches to ‘go to school’ and connect regularly and positively with their local schools in various ways if they are not already doing so.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

In September 2023 we organised another fundraiser in the form of a sponsored walk from Sandbanks to Hengistbury Head and this raised over £1,800 for the work of PACE. It was a very hot day, but all those who attended were able to pray for the work of PACE in schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It was great to have a mix of PACE Staff, Trustees and Supporters attend this event.

The PACE Carol Service continues to be popular and in December 2023 we organised another service, which is a good opportunity to update our supporters and to inform potential new supporters of the schools work in the area. There were people from several local churches attending and we had a group from one of these churches leading the carols.

By popular demand we ran another quiz evening in March 2024 and numbers at the event were good, with around 80 attendees this year, which was great. This enabled us to raise more funds and to update people on the work in schools over the previous two terms.

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PACE Quiz Night 2024
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This year is the 30[th] Anniversary of PACE’s work in schools and so the Cream Tea in June 2024 was a great event, with a Thanksgiving Service followed by afternoon tea in the church grounds. The service was a real celebration of all the work that has taken place over 30 years, and we were able to inform our supporters of our goals for the coming year.

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30th Anniversary Cream Tea
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30th Anniversary Celebration Service
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MOVING FORWARD

Our goals for 2024-2025 are to see the following happen:

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Primary school assembly
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Financial Review

Income for the year has decreased by £2,783 (1.8%) and expenses have increased by £17,899 (13.5%). There was a revenue surplus of £2,394 (2023: surplus of £21,368).

We were very grateful that donations from individuals (£64,696) were higher this year (2023: £58,058) and donations from local churches (£21,329) also increased (2023: £15,002). Grants from Charitable Trusts (£34,000) were lower (2023: £36,240) and no legacies were received in 2023/24. We continue to be very thankful to everyone who prays regularly for our work, all those who support us financially and everyone who volunteers to work with us in various ways.

The surplus from 2022/23 enabled us to appoint a part-time Primary Schools Worker, initially for the Poole area, who started on 1st September 2023.

Donations from Charitable Trusts for our schools work (£25,000 of the £34,000) were used to trial Transition Workshops in five schools, expand our work in secondary schools and produce a variety of new lesson materials.

Efforts have continued to be made to raise the profile of PACE in local churches through regular Newsletters, speaking opportunities, and update videos which have been very well received.

Some of the income from schools each year, for professional supervision of their pastoral care workers and members of their senior leadership teams, overlaps the financial year end. Grant funds and fees paid in advance in 2023 (£15,780) were brought forward from 2023 and the additional income from schools for supervision carried out in 2023/24 was £5,882. The balance of £17,352 was received from schools for 2024/25.

This year grants from two Charitable Trusts for our supervision work and a gift from a local church (totalling £9,550) enabled us to expand our provision in schools, appoint a fifth part-time Supervisor/new Pastoral Support Manager, and provide our support package to 54 staff in 32 schools at a reduced rate as part of our public benefit activities.

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This year 68% (£102,331) of the total expenses of £150,222 was used to employ two full-time and two part-time Schools Workers. We used 14.2% (£21,227) to employ five part-time Pastoral Care Supervisors, and 15.3% (£23,009) for our part-time Director, Administrator and Bookkeeper, and general office expenses including insurance and printing. The remaining 2.4% (£3,655) for Sundries includes the cost of capital & software, fundraising events, publicity, and courses & training.

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Governance and Management

The Trustees have taken note of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and are aware of the need for tight financial controls and the responsible management of all resources. The policies and procedures of the Charity are agreed at quarterly meetings of the Trustees, and the activities and general running of the Trust are agreed at regular meetings which are attended by Trustees and the Director.

The Trustees have been recruited from local churches and they are actively seeking at least two new trustees to make the number up to six. All the Trustees have given of their time freely, receiving no remuneration or expenses in the year. In January 2024 the Trustees commissioned a review of the work of PACE and this was conducted by an external consultant. The results will be published in September 2024.

Trustees examine the Risk Register at each Board meeting to make sure that risks are identified and mitigated against.

RESERVES POLICY

It is PACE policy to retain between 2-4 months’ running costs. £34,800 (2023: £28,300) has been designated for this purpose. The Trustees are satisfied that this is sufficient.

There have been no related party transactions during the year.

23 PROGRAM￿ FOR APPUED CHRISTIAN EDLICATION {PACE CIO} Charlty No. 1195419 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Unr••trlct•d RMtrfct•d Fun Fund# Totsl Tolal 2023 RECEIPTS Voluntary IneA)Tf FUndraI￿ng Incom• Incom• from charflabl• actib411•1 Other Ineamo Tot•1 r•c•lpts 89.514 1812 56,736 126.250 2,812 23.234 320 152 616 132.288 2,153 11,635 4,323 155,399 23,234 320 72.848 PAYMENT3 Cosls of charftablo •dl Tot•1 p•ym•nt• 89.748 89.748 60.474 180,222 160.222 132,323 132,323 17.102 19,496 23.076 Tr•n$f•rn b•h¥••n fvnds 17.3081 N•t mo¥om•nt In ¢a•h fund• 9,790 12.190 rA•h fvftd• brought for¥¥•rd Ca8h fund• carTl•d 47,859 35.299 82,968 69,882 47. .3S2 82,9S8 Orn•kdown of fvndl: General fvnd 12.463 2S.41VJ 12,463 21,759 26,400 20,￿0 14,030 Gn•r•l fund r•wr Kelth Jeweif• fvnd 14.030 12.119 Ke￿h Jew8if6 resery•• 9.4rKI Partoral Caf• Work fund 24,059 47.4 24,OB9 18.780 82,958 37.863 05,352

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25 Notes to the accounts 2024 Totsl 70,921 21,329 2023 Totsl 67,346 13,702 15.th)0 36.240 132.288 l. Voluntary Ineome Donations from indi¥idua18 t)onations from thurth•s Legacies Grants from dw'tat4e INsts 23,935 20,579 46.986 750 25.IX)O 69,614 9.WO 86.n6 000 128250 2. Fundral•lng In¢¢m• Spclnsored walk Quiz night Cream t•• don•lb Books 8reakfa•l don4ti¢ns 2.327 2,327 366 1.638 415 186 70 &812 2,163 3. Incorn• Irom ch•rllabl• acllvllbD• Foe¥ rerAlved from p••loT•I c4r• work•r. th8lw•tsd 8afe-guardlng l••d and had t•ach•r sup8r¥igKJn t6,636 Oth•r In¢om• Tr4nsfer3 from old PACE TfU•t- S41• of Iwo old laptop• 4.323 320 320 4,323 & Co•t• of ¢h•rll•bl• Acd¥ld•• SchoolwKJrk•rs' Salari PCW supervisc￿, salane8 Dlre&or. 8dmlnistr8tor, trhgok.keeper Tr4v•l & mlle•9 ReBourc8 Talephone Computef8. wtag• & 8Wor In￿￿r￿ Admin r•S￿rc•1 & p•yrn# woc••th Fundraising to8t• Pu￿tdty. eiRnts & webJM• Tralnln9 Sundri 61,523 37,089 20.528 98.612 20,628 20.732 3,273 86.249 17.407 20,021 1012 1,877 60 1.353 826 198 168 794 200 681 132,323 20732 1385 178 1888 2841 924 424 2,841 924 424 287 497 497 169 738 8. Fund mov•rn•nl¥ Op#nlng CloBlng B•l•n¢• 12,463 26,400 14,029 9,400 24.059 P•ym•nts 89,748 Trnn•f•r4 General fund General fvjnd res•Mg K•rth Jewell's fvnd K¢ith Jewtsjl's r•8•The• Pcwftmd Uve it Tell it Irs Your Move 26,759 4.500 18,8931 2,1)00 13,27ei 41 624 12.119 7,41XI 15,780 38,323 32,784 21,227 41 162,611 160,223 85,381

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