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What is TRIO?

TRIO is a stewardship campaign and it is our responsibility to be stewards

• f……..our time, our talents, our testimony and our treasure.

TRIO is focused very much on financial stewardship and stands for ‘The Responsibility Is Ours’. Our financial giving significantly determines what we are able to do at Sunnyside and impacts on our mission to love, grow and serve.

Sunnyside annual expenditure

This year it is expected to cost almost £200,000 to run Sunnyside. This is made up of:

Parish share

The Parish Share represents 50% of our expenditure. In short, this is the contribution to the diocese and covers: Ministry support (40%): diocesan clergy, lay staff and practical support from the diocese: ‘Head Office costs’ Sunnyside vicar costs (38%): this includes salary, pension, national insurance, vicarage costs (including maintenance) and council tax. Training (15%): training ordinands and future clergy will become an increasingly important area as more vicars retire. Over the years, several Sunnysiders have gone forward for training, including Paul Boddam-Whetham, James Faragher and Jos Perris. National and specific parish support (7%): national church support and support for parishes with particular needs.

Staff costs

Staff salaries make up almost 25% of our annual expenditure. Sunnyside has one full time member of staff and four part-time staff members. The specialist work performed in each of these roles has greatly supported our mission and will be just as important in the future. Youth Worker: Tom Hodkinson: Full time Children & Family Worker: Sharon Fowler: 25 hours per week Worship Leader: Giles Fowler: 12 hours per week Bookkeeper: Ray Weedon: 12 hours per week Office Manager: Vacant: * 14 hours per week * (previously Sally Bright)

Running costs

The other 25% of our annual expenditure includes; heating, lighting, cleaning, maintenance,

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supplies, equipment, insurance, professional fees and other expenses. In recent years it has not included any significant maintenance spend.

Looking ahead…..

Maintenance of our church, our hall and the grounds:

There are a number of significant maintenance items that have to be dealt with very shortly. These include: Hall roof – estimated major repair cost £50,000 Redecoration of the church – estimated cost £30,000 Church path – estimated replacement cost £5,000 Heating repairs – estimated cost £2,500 23 Kestrel Close maintenance – estimated cost £2,500 (each year) (house for the youth worker, owned by Sunnyside) Hall balcony stairs – estimated fitting cost up to £1,000 Breukelman Room chairs – estimated replacement cost £500 Office & youth equipment – estimated replacement cost £5,000

This demonstrates how important it is that we have a maintenance fund so we can deal with costs such as these when they arise. There is currently no maintenance fund for these items

Furthering our mission

This is probably the most inspiring type of potential expenditure and includes resources that could really help us to fulfil our mission. Just some

• f the questions our mission groups have asked include:

Are there more resources for our growing number of families and young children? Could there be a dedicated space for prayer ministry, counselling and mentoring? Could we subsidise our young people to go to Soul Survivor or similar events? Could we reorganise the vestry to create more useable space?

What does this all mean?

The chart below shows our income (green) and our expenses (red) from 2012 to 2015 and our budget for 2016. Forecast expenditure for 2016 outweighs income by almost £12,000. This is a very serious issue and is before the upcoming maintenance expenditure or potential spend to further our mission as detailed above.

Proportionate giving

The TRIO campaign will not tell you what to give to the church and it certainly isn’t correct that everyone should give the same share. Proportionate giving is simply giving a percentage of your income. The pack includes a separate leaflet explaining more about proportionate giving.

What are the current giving trends?

An exercise last year showed that households on the Electoral Roll gave in the following manner: The block on the left shows that 11% of households did not give regularly to the church in a recordable manner. If you are one of these people, it would be helpful if you consider changing the method by which you give to direct bank transfer. The next block shows that 36% of households (excluding the unknowns), gave less than £43 a month (including gift aid). This is less than £10 per week….

We are hopeful that everyone prayerfully considers whether what they give is a realistic proportion of their income and whether it can be increased? The Church of England asks us to aspire to 5% of net income.

What about Gift Day?

Regular giving is separate to Gift Day and everyone should consider what they give to both. There is no expectation that Gift Day donations should be affected by TRIO.

The best ways to give?

The best ways to give are through the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) or with a standing order. PGS is a great new way of giving by direct debit. This will improve efficiency and allow for secure and anonymous giving. It also has the added advantage of being linked to inflation for those that would like it to be. We would really like everyone to consider this new scheme and there is more information separately in the pack on this. PGS and standing orders are the best way to give because they: allow for better planning; enable us to give even when we are not able to attend church - the church costs are the same whether we are here or not; and mean that we don't have to search for cash on a Sunday morning before coming to church! One area of giving that perhaps people may have thought less about is through a legacy - giving a percentage of our estate upon death. A gift such as this can be directed to an area of the church we have particular interest in and could make a real difference to our future ministry and

• mission. The PCC recently approved a new legacy policy and this pack

includes a leaflet on legacies, which explains very clearly how to go about approaching this and we would encourage everybody to read it and give it prayerful consideration.

What can we do?

The first thing we can do is pray. It sounds so obvious, but given the issues we face, we'd really like everyone to prayerfully consider their giving to the church. Other things that can be done include: Become a regular and planned giver if not already. Consider whether the percentage of your income given now could be increased. Consider how you give. The method of giving is vitally important and can make all the difference. Ensure as a UK taxpayer, you have completed and signed a Gift Aid form - allowing 25% to be recovered from the government on top

• f what you give.

Next steps

We would encourage everyone to prayerfully consider TRIO and read all the information in this pack. The most important step is to return the ‘Response Form’, included in the pack, by 19th February. It is important to stress that the Response Form is treated in total confidence. We would encourage all UK tax payers to complete a Gift Aid form if not already.

Any questions…

Everyone has been allocated a dedicated TRIO contact who can answer any further questions. The name and contact details are on the pack envelopes. Thank you!