Parish of St Agnes Birch in Rusholme w St John w St Cyprian Longsight
ANNUAL REPORT 2005
ANNUAL REPORT 2005
Diocese of Manchester
Deanery of Ardwick
Parish Church St Agnes’, Slade Lane, Longsight
Contact Address St Agnes’ Rectory, Slade Lane, Manchester M13 0GN
Telephone 0161 224 2596
Website www.stagneslongsight.org
Priest-in-Charge The Rev Stephen Edwards MA BSc
Wardens (2005) Colin Best, Leah Lutley
Deanery Synod Karen Flowers, Doreen Healey, Leah Lutley, Lewis Njoku
Hon Secretary Jennifer Newton
Hon Treasurer Joyce Royle, Vivien Morris
Electoral Roll Vivien Morris
Bankers CAF Cash Ltd
Insurers The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Gloucester
Annual Report 2005
1. From the parish priest
Stephen Edwards
This time last year in my annual report I wrote:
The Church is YOU. And I want to ask you all to consider becoming more involved in the working of the church. We can no longer rely on
the hard work of just a few. In the next year as part of the review of what we do as a parish I want to encourage EVERY SINGLE MEMBER
of St Agnes to be involved in at least ONE committee or project. Some things are committee based, some are practical, some involve
constant prayer. But all of them need you.
Well one year on and I think this aim has been partly fulfilled. When I look around the congregation I see people who are involved in the
parish in many different ways. Last year I talked about a review of what we do as a parish and the PCC began in a small way by
spending time in groups listing and analysing the life of our parish. This year we have done more on this and the new PCC will be
asked to look carefully at the future: what are we doing that we need to increase and improve on? what are we doing which is no longer
useful or necessary? what could we do better? what are our strengths and what are our weaknesses?
All these questions are being asked of every church in the diocese by the Archdeacons, but in many ways these questions are being
asked in every congregation in the Church of England. We cannot avoid these searching and difficult questions about our future, our
building, our finances and our commitment.
But I am thankful that the parish of St Agnes’ is much more than its church
building and its Sunday services. Just think about what we have done over the past 12 months and the preparations we have made for
the future. We have developed our worship and begun to seek new ways of including the Junior Church in what we do, we have started
a Mission & Action group to help us learn about world issues and campaign for justice, peace and harmony. We have begun to rethink
our pastoral care in the parish, and we have developed the facilities in our Community Hall. And the usual round of worship, fellowship,
care and faith goes on. We have much to be proud of in our parish!
So, THANK YOU. Thank you to everyone who prays for and supports all that goes on. Thank you to all of you who help is so many ways. I
dare not start a long list of names of people to thank! but I will mention especially the Churchwardens and PCC members for their
service and hard work. And may I thank all of you for your continued personal friendship and support.
With gratitude for all that our Parish was, is, and will be, let us commend our work to the care of the God who loves us and sustains us.
2
From the Churchwardens
Colin Best & Leah Lutley
Church Building
The annual maintenance and servicing of the heating system has been carried out, and four new heaters have been installed, we are
now waiting for a Faculty, to install a radiator system to replace the convector heaters on the left hand side of the church. Fire
extinguishers have been serviced, gutters have been cleared and thanks to Rudolphus Ricketts, the sound system has been kept in
good working order.
Church Grounds
The church grounds have been kept in good order and the Hand Rails have been repainted, thanks to all those who have helped with
the gardening, maintenance and keeping the church grounds tidy and free from litter. We thank everyone who participated in the church
cleaning and gardening days, their efforts and hard work have been much appreciated.
Conclusion
This year we celebrated 120Yrs of our Church, and we feel sure that the fellowship and dedication that went into building it, is just a
strong to day as it was then. We would like to thank the sides persons and everyone who has served on any of the rotas during the year.
We couldn’t manage without you and our work is made so much easier by your continued commitment, support, reliability and
fellowship. We thank Dorothy and Vicki for all their help and support with the choir and for enhancing our worship with music. We also
thank Fr Stephen for his ministry, spiritual guidance and friendship and for helping us move forward together in our worship. A special
thanks to the quiet band of volunteers who clean, wash and polish, week in and week out, to make The Lord’s House a Home.
3.
From the PCC Secretary
Jennifer Newton
During the past year there have been 9 meetings of St Agnes’ PCC. Attendance has fluctuated from a low of 59% to a high of 94% with
an average of 75%.
Major items covered during the year have included:
Parish Plan – discussions began during the year to form a Parish Plan.
Fund Raising/Social Events – ways forward in appointing a Fundraising Team. Events planned Sponsored Hymn Sing, 120th
Anniversary with Ice Cream Sunday, Parish Barbecue, Parish trip to Trefnant, Coffee Afternoon/Tombola, Gift Day, Harvest/Curry
Evening, Concert by the Dorothy Vernon Singers, Parish Festival, Junior Church Disco and visit to the Pantomime, Retiring Collections.
Gift Aid Report – with the view to encouraging more people to Gift Aid.
Street Pastors – Tony Winter, the Street Pastor Co-ordinator in Moss Side came to address the PCC and as a result two
members of the congregation showed interest in becoming Street Pastors in Longsight. We agreed to fund their training as part of our
Mission.
Care & Prayer Group – this was set up during the year and one meeting was devoted to discussing what we mean by care and
prayer.
Junior PCC – this group met for the first time in October.
Mission-shaped Church – discussions were begun and this topic is to be addressed at a later date. As part of this the PCC met
in March to accrue information for the Archdeacons instead of compiling the Articles of Inquiry for 2006.
Quinquennial Report – we are due for a new Quinquennial Inspection during the coming year.
Mission Giving
Junior Church – it was agreed that in future there should be a budget for work with children.
Worship – the Worship Committee continued to meet most months.
The lively debate has continued during the past year being ably chaired by Fr Stephen.
I would like to thank those people who have regularly attended the PCC meetings during the year and to also thank them for their
valuable contributions.
4.
From the PCC Treasurers
Vivien Morris & Joyce Royle
During the year, income exceeded expenditure by £5,283 (2004: expenditure over income of £1,757). However these include the
following items:
1) Payments due at the year end for renovation of heating £2,800
(the total payable for the whole scheme will be circa £4,500)
2) Payments due for items purchased for Community Hall £1,000
3) Late submitted expenses £400
Therefore the underlying result for the year reflects an income over expenditure of circa £1,000.
Giving
Regular giving has increased slightly over the past year.
In the past year we have been fortunate to receive two legacies totalling £2,500.
However, these extra sources of income cannot be relied upon in the future and so we really need to try and raise more money.
Expenses
Renovations have been made to the heating system as indicated above. The costs will be borne in next year’s financial statements.
General Notes
Heating costs have risen sharply and are expected to increase further.
Comments
This year there has been no great strain on the finances of the Church but we cannot afford to be complacent as there are minimal
reserves to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.
5.
From the Deanery Synod Representatives
Karen flowers, Doreen Healey, Leah Lutley & Lewis Njoku
The deanery have offered both information and insight into others churches within the Deanery St Agnes has a full compliment of
Parishioners who attend the meeting.
The new Area Dean has now settled into his new role and put all attend at ease although most vacancies have been filled there still
seems to be position members are not willing to fill. Father Stephen is Clerical Secretary, Doreen Healey is Lay member. So we are
taking our role in the Deanery seriously.
As the Deanery meets only 3 times a year we still find it difficult to remember what is happening after long length of time. But here goes:
We discussed at great length the importance of faculty and what the implications would be if work was carried out without these papers
this can be a long winded process in order to do sometimes minor changes to the church but has been put into place in order to
maintain the true character of our churches.
An evaluation report of the Ardwick Deanery working party was revised by Chris Baker and was presented at the Deanery meeting the
plan will look at numbers of Clergy and the viability of church buildings for the next ten years a questionnaire has been produced and
we are currently processing it through the PCC.
Although we discussed very serious subjects like closing of neighbouring churches we also had Parish spot and learned about the
history and the current life of the church we were visiting.
6.
From the Electoral Roll Officer
Vivien Morris
People included on the Electoral Roll have the right to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
Since the last APC meeting three names have been removed from the Roll and there has been one addition, leaving a total of 106
names on the Electoral Roll for the Parish.
7.
From the Worship Committee
Joyce Green (on behalf of worship committee members)
The committee have met 6 times during the year and have reported back regularly to the P.C.C. There has been lively debate and a
wide variety of topics relevant to our worship have been discussed. Services and events for the Liturgical Year have been planned and it
was agreed that the traditions important to worship at St Agnes should be incorporated. From 2006, it was agreed to celebrate the
Saints Days for St Agnes and St Cyprian on the Sunday following and to utilise the alternate date of 6th May for the celebration of St John
to move this away from Christmas.
Other topics considered include, the importance of liaising with Junior Church Leaders regarding ways of involving the children in
worship and in the Mothering Sunday Service and also the possibility of incorporating worship songs from the different provinces of the
Anglican Communion, especially those areas represented in our congregation.
Lent and Advent groups especially the Wednesday morning group have been well attended. Ways of attracting more people to
participate in the evening group has also been discussed. A successful quiet afternoon was held during Advent led by Fr Steve and
Jeremy a Lay Preacher from Trefnant, North Wales. The afternoon was well presented, well received and there has been some
excellent feedback. The opportunity to take time out for a period of quiet reflection during the busy time of preparations for Christmas
was much appreciated.
8.
From Junior Church
Gwen Sherratt
Numbers over the past year have been steady. The junior Church has been run on a monthly basis, and seems to have been quite
productive judging by the things children made and learnt.
Over the next year Junior Church will be following the themes from the Church calendar and we now have a ‘Junior PCC’ which,
although not very well attended, came up with quite a few ideas for the future.
9
From the
Child Protection Officer
Doreen Healey
During the year the process of CRB checks (Criminal Records Bureau) was completed for all those working with young people in our
Parish.
10.
From the School Governors
Helen Pearce, Margaret Taylor, Stephen Edwards
The school continues to have very good results in the SATs (Standard Attainment Tests) across all the year groups. The school is in the
top 5% in the country as regards the progress the children make from when they first take SATs in Year 2 to when they leave at the end
of Year 6.
The school had a denominational inspection last term by the Manchester Diocesan Board of Education. The draft report states that it “is
an effective church school with a distinct and inclusive ethos in which children feel very secure and valued”. The inspector praised the
high quality of relationships and behaviour, the outstanding collective worship and the support of the church.
There are 3 members of our church on the Governing Body of the school: Margaret Taylor and Helen Pearce (as Foundation Governors)
and Father Stephen. We meet at least once every half term.
11.
From the Health & Safety Officers
Karen Flowers & Linda Mellis
The glass panels in the main church doors were protected with plastic sheet to avoid shattering when broken and the outside steps to
the Community Hall doors have had warning paint added to help visibility.
12.
From the Disability Officer
Margaret Taylor
As part of the new amplification system the hearing loop system was tested and repaired. Large print books are now available for the
majority of the services. The corridor outside the disabled toilets had been cleared however at the time of writing it is now cluttered
again with tables and chairs. It is important that everybody realises the importance of keeping this area free for safety reasons and also
for the ease of wheelchair users.
13.
From Churches Together in Longsight
Joan Anthony
The Good Friday service was well attended. The trip to Liverpool was enjoyed by all. We had a meeting at St Luke’s in November to
discuss what we should do next, as some of us felt we were not going forward. So it was decided to finish Churches Together in
Longsight for the time being.
The minister from Renshaw House came to the meeting and she said they would put on a barbecue in the church grounds and invite
all the churches and perhaps it could be a new beginning.
14.
From the Community Centre Management Committee
Lewis Njoku, Joyce Royle, Rick Tydesey, Stephen Edwards
It has been a good year for the Community Centre with the first back payments between the PCC and the Centre being settled. Since
the mid 1990’s payments had virtually stopped. An agreement was reached to sort out this back-pay using the year 2000 as a
convenient starting point. At last the new system is beginning to work and monies are being sorted.
The hall is now used every day with a good mix of long term user groups including two Christian church groups, the St Agnes’ mental
health drop-in, karate. Longsight Jamaican Community Centre and an after-school homework club for kids are both due to start in
Spring 2006.
Thanks to help from the Scarman Trust, the drop-in has been able to secure grants for the provision of new kitchen equipment
including a cooker and microwave. We are extremely grateful for their contribution. A new fridge was given by the late Mrs Gladys
Chalenor and the Community Centre itself has bought 7 new light weight tables.
Thank you to everyone who serves on the committee both from the church and the local community.
15.
From the Gift Aid Co-ordinator
Vivien Morris
St Agnes benefited by more than £3,000 during the last year thanks to money claimed through the Gift Aid scheme. The church is
grateful to all those who have completed Gift Aid Declarations, enabling tax paid by contributors to be claimed back from the Inland
Revenue.
Anyone who pays tax can help the church by completing a simple Gift Aid Declaration. This allows the church to claim back the tax on
their contributions at no cost to the giver and can be cancelled at any time.
During 2005 the Parish completed the Diocesan Gift Aid ‘Self Audit’, the results of which were considered by the PCC and a plan
prepared to implement the necessary action.
Deanery of Ardwick
Parish Church St Agnes’, Slade Lane, Longsight
Contact Address St Agnes’ Rectory, Slade Lane, Manchester M13 0GN
Telephone 0161 224 2596
Website www.stagneslongsight.org
Priest-in-Charge The Rev Stephen Edwards MA BSc
Wardens (2005) Colin Best, Leah Lutley
Deanery Synod Karen Flowers, Doreen Healey, Leah Lutley, Lewis Njoku
Hon Secretary Jennifer Newton
Hon Treasurer Joyce Royle, Vivien Morris
Electoral Roll Vivien Morris
Bankers CAF Cash Ltd
Insurers The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Gloucester
Annual Report 2005
1. From the parish priest
Stephen Edwards
This time last year in my annual report I wrote:
The Church is YOU. And I want to ask you all to consider becoming more involved in the working of the church. We can no longer rely on
the hard work of just a few. In the next year as part of the review of what we do as a parish I want to encourage EVERY SINGLE MEMBER
of St Agnes to be involved in at least ONE committee or project. Some things are committee based, some are practical, some involve
constant prayer. But all of them need you.
Well one year on and I think this aim has been partly fulfilled. When I look around the congregation I see people who are involved in the
parish in many different ways. Last year I talked about a review of what we do as a parish and the PCC began in a small way by
spending time in groups listing and analysing the life of our parish. This year we have done more on this and the new PCC will be
asked to look carefully at the future: what are we doing that we need to increase and improve on? what are we doing which is no longer
useful or necessary? what could we do better? what are our strengths and what are our weaknesses?
All these questions are being asked of every church in the diocese by the Archdeacons, but in many ways these questions are being
asked in every congregation in the Church of England. We cannot avoid these searching and difficult questions about our future, our
building, our finances and our commitment.
But I am thankful that the parish of St Agnes’ is much more than its church
building and its Sunday services. Just think about what we have done over the past 12 months and the preparations we have made for
the future. We have developed our worship and begun to seek new ways of including the Junior Church in what we do, we have started
a Mission & Action group to help us learn about world issues and campaign for justice, peace and harmony. We have begun to rethink
our pastoral care in the parish, and we have developed the facilities in our Community Hall. And the usual round of worship, fellowship,
care and faith goes on. We have much to be proud of in our parish!
So, THANK YOU. Thank you to everyone who prays for and supports all that goes on. Thank you to all of you who help is so many ways. I
dare not start a long list of names of people to thank! but I will mention especially the Churchwardens and PCC members for their
service and hard work. And may I thank all of you for your continued personal friendship and support.
With gratitude for all that our Parish was, is, and will be, let us commend our work to the care of the God who loves us and sustains us.
2
From the Churchwardens
Colin Best & Leah Lutley
Church Building
The annual maintenance and servicing of the heating system has been carried out, and four new heaters have been installed, we are
now waiting for a Faculty, to install a radiator system to replace the convector heaters on the left hand side of the church. Fire
extinguishers have been serviced, gutters have been cleared and thanks to Rudolphus Ricketts, the sound system has been kept in
good working order.
Church Grounds
The church grounds have been kept in good order and the Hand Rails have been repainted, thanks to all those who have helped with
the gardening, maintenance and keeping the church grounds tidy and free from litter. We thank everyone who participated in the church
cleaning and gardening days, their efforts and hard work have been much appreciated.
Conclusion
This year we celebrated 120Yrs of our Church, and we feel sure that the fellowship and dedication that went into building it, is just a
strong to day as it was then. We would like to thank the sides persons and everyone who has served on any of the rotas during the year.
We couldn’t manage without you and our work is made so much easier by your continued commitment, support, reliability and
fellowship. We thank Dorothy and Vicki for all their help and support with the choir and for enhancing our worship with music. We also
thank Fr Stephen for his ministry, spiritual guidance and friendship and for helping us move forward together in our worship. A special
thanks to the quiet band of volunteers who clean, wash and polish, week in and week out, to make The Lord’s House a Home.
3.
From the PCC Secretary
Jennifer Newton
During the past year there have been 9 meetings of St Agnes’ PCC. Attendance has fluctuated from a low of 59% to a high of 94% with
an average of 75%.
Major items covered during the year have included:
Parish Plan – discussions began during the year to form a Parish Plan.
Fund Raising/Social Events – ways forward in appointing a Fundraising Team. Events planned Sponsored Hymn Sing, 120th
Anniversary with Ice Cream Sunday, Parish Barbecue, Parish trip to Trefnant, Coffee Afternoon/Tombola, Gift Day, Harvest/Curry
Evening, Concert by the Dorothy Vernon Singers, Parish Festival, Junior Church Disco and visit to the Pantomime, Retiring Collections.
Gift Aid Report – with the view to encouraging more people to Gift Aid.
Street Pastors – Tony Winter, the Street Pastor Co-ordinator in Moss Side came to address the PCC and as a result two
members of the congregation showed interest in becoming Street Pastors in Longsight. We agreed to fund their training as part of our
Mission.
Care & Prayer Group – this was set up during the year and one meeting was devoted to discussing what we mean by care and
prayer.
Junior PCC – this group met for the first time in October.
Mission-shaped Church – discussions were begun and this topic is to be addressed at a later date. As part of this the PCC met
in March to accrue information for the Archdeacons instead of compiling the Articles of Inquiry for 2006.
Quinquennial Report – we are due for a new Quinquennial Inspection during the coming year.
Mission Giving
Junior Church – it was agreed that in future there should be a budget for work with children.
Worship – the Worship Committee continued to meet most months.
The lively debate has continued during the past year being ably chaired by Fr Stephen.
I would like to thank those people who have regularly attended the PCC meetings during the year and to also thank them for their
valuable contributions.
4.
From the PCC Treasurers
Vivien Morris & Joyce Royle
During the year, income exceeded expenditure by £5,283 (2004: expenditure over income of £1,757). However these include the
following items:
1) Payments due at the year end for renovation of heating £2,800
(the total payable for the whole scheme will be circa £4,500)
2) Payments due for items purchased for Community Hall £1,000
3) Late submitted expenses £400
Therefore the underlying result for the year reflects an income over expenditure of circa £1,000.
Giving
Regular giving has increased slightly over the past year.
In the past year we have been fortunate to receive two legacies totalling £2,500.
However, these extra sources of income cannot be relied upon in the future and so we really need to try and raise more money.
Expenses
Renovations have been made to the heating system as indicated above. The costs will be borne in next year’s financial statements.
General Notes
Heating costs have risen sharply and are expected to increase further.
Comments
This year there has been no great strain on the finances of the Church but we cannot afford to be complacent as there are minimal
reserves to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.
5.
From the Deanery Synod Representatives
Karen flowers, Doreen Healey, Leah Lutley & Lewis Njoku
The deanery have offered both information and insight into others churches within the Deanery St Agnes has a full compliment of
Parishioners who attend the meeting.
The new Area Dean has now settled into his new role and put all attend at ease although most vacancies have been filled there still
seems to be position members are not willing to fill. Father Stephen is Clerical Secretary, Doreen Healey is Lay member. So we are
taking our role in the Deanery seriously.
As the Deanery meets only 3 times a year we still find it difficult to remember what is happening after long length of time. But here goes:
We discussed at great length the importance of faculty and what the implications would be if work was carried out without these papers
this can be a long winded process in order to do sometimes minor changes to the church but has been put into place in order to
maintain the true character of our churches.
An evaluation report of the Ardwick Deanery working party was revised by Chris Baker and was presented at the Deanery meeting the
plan will look at numbers of Clergy and the viability of church buildings for the next ten years a questionnaire has been produced and
we are currently processing it through the PCC.
Although we discussed very serious subjects like closing of neighbouring churches we also had Parish spot and learned about the
history and the current life of the church we were visiting.
6.
From the Electoral Roll Officer
Vivien Morris
People included on the Electoral Roll have the right to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
Since the last APC meeting three names have been removed from the Roll and there has been one addition, leaving a total of 106
names on the Electoral Roll for the Parish.
7.
From the Worship Committee
Joyce Green (on behalf of worship committee members)
The committee have met 6 times during the year and have reported back regularly to the P.C.C. There has been lively debate and a
wide variety of topics relevant to our worship have been discussed. Services and events for the Liturgical Year have been planned and it
was agreed that the traditions important to worship at St Agnes should be incorporated. From 2006, it was agreed to celebrate the
Saints Days for St Agnes and St Cyprian on the Sunday following and to utilise the alternate date of 6th May for the celebration of St John
to move this away from Christmas.
Other topics considered include, the importance of liaising with Junior Church Leaders regarding ways of involving the children in
worship and in the Mothering Sunday Service and also the possibility of incorporating worship songs from the different provinces of the
Anglican Communion, especially those areas represented in our congregation.
Lent and Advent groups especially the Wednesday morning group have been well attended. Ways of attracting more people to
participate in the evening group has also been discussed. A successful quiet afternoon was held during Advent led by Fr Steve and
Jeremy a Lay Preacher from Trefnant, North Wales. The afternoon was well presented, well received and there has been some
excellent feedback. The opportunity to take time out for a period of quiet reflection during the busy time of preparations for Christmas
was much appreciated.
8.
From Junior Church
Gwen Sherratt
Numbers over the past year have been steady. The junior Church has been run on a monthly basis, and seems to have been quite
productive judging by the things children made and learnt.
Over the next year Junior Church will be following the themes from the Church calendar and we now have a ‘Junior PCC’ which,
although not very well attended, came up with quite a few ideas for the future.
9
From the
Child Protection Officer
Doreen Healey
During the year the process of CRB checks (Criminal Records Bureau) was completed for all those working with young people in our
Parish.
10.
From the School Governors
Helen Pearce, Margaret Taylor, Stephen Edwards
The school continues to have very good results in the SATs (Standard Attainment Tests) across all the year groups. The school is in the
top 5% in the country as regards the progress the children make from when they first take SATs in Year 2 to when they leave at the end
of Year 6.
The school had a denominational inspection last term by the Manchester Diocesan Board of Education. The draft report states that it “is
an effective church school with a distinct and inclusive ethos in which children feel very secure and valued”. The inspector praised the
high quality of relationships and behaviour, the outstanding collective worship and the support of the church.
There are 3 members of our church on the Governing Body of the school: Margaret Taylor and Helen Pearce (as Foundation Governors)
and Father Stephen. We meet at least once every half term.
11.
From the Health & Safety Officers
Karen Flowers & Linda Mellis
The glass panels in the main church doors were protected with plastic sheet to avoid shattering when broken and the outside steps to
the Community Hall doors have had warning paint added to help visibility.
12.
From the Disability Officer
Margaret Taylor
As part of the new amplification system the hearing loop system was tested and repaired. Large print books are now available for the
majority of the services. The corridor outside the disabled toilets had been cleared however at the time of writing it is now cluttered
again with tables and chairs. It is important that everybody realises the importance of keeping this area free for safety reasons and also
for the ease of wheelchair users.
13.
From Churches Together in Longsight
Joan Anthony
The Good Friday service was well attended. The trip to Liverpool was enjoyed by all. We had a meeting at St Luke’s in November to
discuss what we should do next, as some of us felt we were not going forward. So it was decided to finish Churches Together in
Longsight for the time being.
The minister from Renshaw House came to the meeting and she said they would put on a barbecue in the church grounds and invite
all the churches and perhaps it could be a new beginning.
14.
From the Community Centre Management Committee
Lewis Njoku, Joyce Royle, Rick Tydesey, Stephen Edwards
It has been a good year for the Community Centre with the first back payments between the PCC and the Centre being settled. Since
the mid 1990’s payments had virtually stopped. An agreement was reached to sort out this back-pay using the year 2000 as a
convenient starting point. At last the new system is beginning to work and monies are being sorted.
The hall is now used every day with a good mix of long term user groups including two Christian church groups, the St Agnes’ mental
health drop-in, karate. Longsight Jamaican Community Centre and an after-school homework club for kids are both due to start in
Spring 2006.
Thanks to help from the Scarman Trust, the drop-in has been able to secure grants for the provision of new kitchen equipment
including a cooker and microwave. We are extremely grateful for their contribution. A new fridge was given by the late Mrs Gladys
Chalenor and the Community Centre itself has bought 7 new light weight tables.
Thank you to everyone who serves on the committee both from the church and the local community.
15.
From the Gift Aid Co-ordinator
Vivien Morris
St Agnes benefited by more than £3,000 during the last year thanks to money claimed through the Gift Aid scheme. The church is
grateful to all those who have completed Gift Aid Declarations, enabling tax paid by contributors to be claimed back from the Inland
Revenue.
Anyone who pays tax can help the church by completing a simple Gift Aid Declaration. This allows the church to claim back the tax on
their contributions at no cost to the giver and can be cancelled at any time.
During 2005 the Parish completed the Diocesan Gift Aid ‘Self Audit’, the results of which were considered by the PCC and a plan
prepared to implement the necessary action.
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