Kirkcaldy Area Reachout Trust
Annual Report
2014-2015
Psalm 78:4
‘we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about his power
and his mighty wonders.’
The aims of KART
The aim of KART is to advance the Christian religion among school children in the Kirkcaldy Area. To do this we
will
 Support teachers in teaching the religious and moral curriculum
 Establish Scripture Union Groups in Schools
 Support School Chaplains
 Support and develop Christian Youth work
In August 2012 KART set out a series of aims for each of these goals for the following 3 years. In this report we
give an update on progress in each of these areas along with feedback from each of the KART teams.
Who are the KART Trustees?
Rev Jim Reid BD
WF Stuart Lynch WS
Rachel Walker
David Stewart
Chairperson of KART
Minister of Kinghorn Parish Church
Church of Scotland Crossreach Council
Head Teacher of Fair Isle Primary School
Scripture Union Representative
Scripture
Union
Scotland
KART Trustees
Management
Committee
Finance Team
Prayer Team
Publicity Team
Reachout Team
KART Youth
Worker
Church
Youth
Leaders
SU Group
Volunteer
Leaders
School
Chaplains
School
Staff
Chris Beattie is the KART Youth Worker and the only
employee of KART; everyone else associated with KART
is a volunteer.
The Management Committee meets with Chris and the Trustees every couple of months. Separately, the
organising teams meet to take forward the business work of KART.
In addition to delivering youth work, Chris is our primary liaison with schools, chaplains and churches.
KART is part of the Scripture Union Associate Worker scheme and receives valuable advice and support from
Scripture Union Regional Worker Bruce Lockhart.
Note: this report covers the year April 2014 to March 2015.
Trustees’ Report – David Stewart.
The work of KART continues in Kirkcaldy with Chris Beattie, our KART worker, at the helm. Chris has been involved
with:
 Assemblies in both primary and secondary schools
 Transition days (primary to secondary)
 Football coaching
 Running Scripture Union (SU) groups both in primary and secondary schools
 In-service Activity Days
 Holiday Clubs
Most of these activities are not a one man band. Chris works with volunteers from different Churches, backgrounds
and ages. He gets alongside young people and encourages them to lead groups, to reach their potential. He
encourages the adult volunteers and he brings new ideas for SU groups, Sunday Schools and Youth Groups. He
networks with Church ministers, chaplains and children and youth leaders. Through his football coaching and being
available to the Schools he has heartened the pupils and teachers.
One of the big pluses of KART’s position is that it is an inter-denominational organisation and as such brings together
people and churches who might otherwise not meet or work together. By being part of the wider Scripture Union
Scotland family, Chris is plugged into the training and networking of SU and is able to bring the ideas and training
back to the Kirkcaldy area.
KART continues to fulfil its aims and is a bridge between Church and School, and it is our hope and prayer that more
people will be motivated and encouraged to be involved with this exciting work of giving children and young people
the opportunity to explore the Christian faith and find out about God’s love.
The work would not be able to take place without the volunteers who support the work - there are many who help
with the different groups and activities, give financial backing and pray for the work.
Progress with KART aims – Chris’ report.
 Support teachers in teaching the religious and moral curriculum
Chris ran RME Classes – mainly in Viewforth High School with S1 and S2.
Also helped lead an ‘Easter Code’ 2 hour class for Primary 7’s from
Strathallan Primary. The team was made up of helpers from Abbotshall
Parish Church and KART volunteers.
Chris will be leading at least two ‘Journey through the Bible’ sessions at
local Primary schools – Kirkcaldy North and Fair Isle in May.
Chris has also participated during Pathhead Primary’s book week and will
be involved again in Kirkcaldy North’s ‘Friendship Day’.
Feedback comments about Easter
Code from Strathallan Primary
chaplain.
Event was well planned and well
organised.
Four members of my church and a
member of the Costa 3:16 group were
involved along with Chris and myself.
It engaged the pupils and the
response from pupils, staff and head
teacher was overwhelmingly positive.
We have been invited back next year.
Chris will also be leading some Transition classes in Fair Isle Primary
school along with the School Chaplain.
 Establish Scripture Union groups in schools
The groups at Kinghorn Primary and
Viewforth High have been running
successfully. The Ignite group at Viewforth
have been spending time working their way
through the Bible and exploring God’s overall
plan. Unfortunately due to numbers and lack
of volunteers the X-Site group at Balwearie
High has come to an end this term, however
we are hoping to start something new in the
new school year.
Feedback from primary SU group volunteer leader:
Chris is a huge practical and spiritual support to running
our school SU group. I have learned a lot from
observing and working closely with Chris.
 Support school chaplains
In the last year, Chris has enjoyed a very positive
relationship with local chaplains. As part of the
chaplaincy team at Balwearie High and Viewforth High
Schools, Chris has had the opportunity to work closely
with local ministers, not only at School ‘Religious
Observance’ but in school events such as the ‘Easter
Code’ class.
Feedback from Valley Primary school
assemblies:
Tailored presentations to fit in with school
developments.
Fun and playful attitude keeping children
engaged and attentive. Good mixture of
fun activities and Scripture: able to bring
Bible study to the children without
overloading them.
We welcome Chris into our school at every
opportunity.
In May 2015 KART will deliver a lunch and training
opportunity for the local chaplains, focusing mainly on
‘Time for Reflection’ templates and discussion of our
work as chaplains.
 Support and develop Christian youth work
Costa 3:16 – This group has continued to meet
and grow. The young people attending are
developing into mature adults. It is a pleasure
to be part of their lives. The group also worked
together as part of a holiday club based at
Bennochy Church and a number of them have
volunteered at Football Camp, Activity days, SU
events and SU groups.
Our vision for Costa 3:16 is to: Encounter God,
Engage the community and Encourage each
other.
Comments from 2014 Football Camp:
I enjoyed:Meeting Everyone
Making new friends and meeting new staff (PS coming
next year maybe)
The superman song
Food and meeting everyone
Football
Pool, Table Tennis & Extreme Table Tennis
Improving my football skills
The excellent food
Playing matches and making new friends
Meeting two new friends
The best food ever wish they could cook like that more
often!
The amazing food can I take the cooks home with me?
Football (I scored a rocket)
Being Chris’s best friend
The amazing hot chocolate
Mountain biking
Everything especially the high rope but it should be
higher!
Everything on camp
The amazing food and amazing coaches
Football – has expanded again this year. Chris now
leads football training at Fair Isle Primary School,
Kirkcaldy North Primary School and Pathhead
Primary School. Chris will also be helping at Dysart
between now and the end of the school year.
Chris will be leading Football Camps again this July.
There will be two camps (both over 3 days) again
this year. Eighteen children from Fair Isle, Kirkcaldy
North and Pathhead will be making up the numbers.
Football camp at Lendrick Muir
Activity days – Several local churches have held an Activity Day in
the past session. Already 50 young people have been involved in
some great Bible stories and games this school year (St. Bryce
Parish and Whytescauseway Baptist). Torbain and Templehall will
be having their fifth Activity Day together in June. An 'Activity Day'
is a full 4 hour programme for primary school children on a school
in-service day. The day is themed and includes activities such as
games, crafts, challenges, Bible stories, songs etc. This has proved
to be a great success and we have been having fun in a number of
the local churches.
KART led a Holiday club in Bennochy Church during the October
holidays. Fifteen children attended and enjoyed the Showstopper
theme, where we looked at the five most popular stories from the
Bible. The team was made up of KART volunteers and a number of
the older young people that we are working with. Bennochy
Church are happy for this club to be repeated in October 2015.
KART led some training for Church volunteers in January 2015. The
’60 ideas in 60 minutes’ event took place in St. Bryce Church and
we had representatives from 5 local churches.
Prayer Team – Maureen Latto.
A faithful group of 5 meet at my house every month. We meet at 7.30pm, have a cup of tea and chat over prayer
items. Then we delight in praying for the work of KART and find ourselves thanking God for the wonderful work
being accomplished in His service. Please feel free to join us when you can.
We have attended church prayer groups and look forward to an invite to your prayer meetings so you too can
support in prayer the work of KART.
We also organise the National Pray for Schools day for our catchment area, and encourage churches to join us for an
hour of prayer. Every school in our area is now being prayed for which is another prayer fulfilled.
To further develop the work of the prayer team we need a prayer coordinator to bring people together to pray for
KART and encourage churches and individuals to pray for schools. If you are interested in this role or being a
member of the prayer team please get in touch with any of the committee members.
Publicity Team – Alison Doyle.
The KART Publicity Team supports Chris and KART in publicising events, providing churches and individuals with
updates and in producing literature to promote the work of KART.
We send out a quarterly update called KART Corner for churches to include in their church magazines or notice
boards. This year we also sent out a Christmas card with a newsletter from Chris to all our KART supporters.
We aim to maintain a current database of individuals in churches who will be our KART/SU key contact. Please can
you contact the publicity team and provide us with an email address for the key contact in your church who will
receive all publicity and information about KART for your church? This will enable us to ensure we send the latest
information to the right person who represents your church.
If you would be interested in joining the KART Publicity Team or would like to find out more please contact us by
email at:
enquiries @kart.me.uk
KART annual sponsored event – Alison Doyle.
In November 2014 KART held its first “Tour-2-France” sponsored event. 27 supporters, divided into 10 teams, kept a
daily tally of how far they walked, jogged, hill-walked, dog-walked, cycled, exercise-biked, swam and tread-milled
every day for 14 days.
Tour 2 France Challenge
Our aim was to take a virtual tour from
Kirkcaldy to France and then hopefully
back again. On Day 1 we were in Gretna
Green, Day 3 in London, Day 5 we were in
Calais and by Day 8 we had completed
2203km between us and were in Cannes in
the south of France. By Day 14 we had
completed a grand total of 4138km and
were just 322km short of making it back to
Kirkcaldy!!
After the 14 days were completed we met together, at Whytescauseway Baptist Church, to find out the final
distances reached and to celebrate with some French cakes and pastries.
The total raised in sponsorship, by those who took part, was a fantastic £1863 and this, as in previous years, was
partly matched by Santander by an additional £1400 giving a grand total of £3263! C’est magnifique!!
We would like to thank everyone who took part or who sponsored someone to take part. We are absolutely
delighted with the amount of money which was raised for the work of KART.
We hope to run a similar event in September 2015 so please do get in touch nearer the time if you would like to take
part by emailing: [email protected].
Health & Safety report – Andrew Herbert.
KART activities are run in accordance with Scripture Union Health & Safety policies and procedures. When working
in schools or supporting church-led activities the organisation’s own policies and procedures will also be adhered to.
During the year no incidents or near misses occurred. Volunteers are vetted following the Scripture Union child
protection policy and procedures. Vetting is updated annually for current volunteers.
Finance report – Maureen Latto.
KIRKCALDY AREA REACHOUT TRUST
Treasurer’s Report Year Ended 31st March 2015
Our Financial year ended with a bank balance of £37052.74. In our budget for this year we expected a small deficit,
but KART was successful in a couple of applications for funding and our fundraisers did well this year too. Our total
income for this year is £41,255.07 and expenditure £36969.65. Our income over expenditure therefore gives a
surplus of £4285.42.
Our income is derived as follows:DONATIONS/GRANTS/TRUSTS:Go For It (Church of Scotland- last of 3 years funding)
Kirkcaldy Presbytery (via Bennochy Parish Church)
Souter Trust – to cover office costs
Fife Council local area committees
– for football goals for Pathhead and Kirkcaldy North primary schools
PLEDGES FROM LOCAL CHURCHES:Kinghorn PC
St Bryce Kirk (for this year and 2015/2016)
Abbotshall PC
DONATIONS FROM LOCAL CHURCHES:Pathhead Parish Church (£1,200 will show in 2015/2016)
Newcraigs
Kingdom Life Church
Bennochy Parish Church
Buckhaven and Wemyss Parish Church
DONATIONS BY STANDING ORDER:We have 18 people who donate by standing order
Our hope is that Christians in our area will support KART
as their local mission and that KART would mainly be funded by
individuals.
FUNDRAISING: Each year our fundraising increases. Thank you for all your
hard work, organising, executing, taking part and
of course sponsoring our events.
Kinghorn Parish Church Breakfast
Kinghorn Parish Church Booksales (3)
Torbain PC sponsored walk
Just Giving (giving by text)
Easy Fundraising (online shopping)
Pyramid money boxes
Kart’s Tour 2 France 2 week sponsored event
Santander Matched Funding
DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS
This amount all came from individuals from
Whytescauseway Baptist Church
DONATIONS FROM MISC GROUPS
The Iona Community
£
10,000
5,500
5,000
310
20,810
2,000
2,000
1,000
5,000
500.00
255.56
589.12
120.00
1564.68
5085.00
87.00
616.96
100.00
5.00
75.56
13.00
1863.72
1400.00
4161.24
1095.00
250.00
CAMP FEES & DONATIONS
Campers’ fees for w/e away and football camp
Donations for both camps
Donations for Bennochy Holiday Club
thank you to the churches and individuals who gave generously
to help young folk to go to these camps.
MISC
Gift Aid Recovered
Bank Error reimbursement
Bank Interest
550.00
1230.00
52.36
1832.36
1420.38
22.06
14.35
1456.79
EXPENDITURE
Chris Beattie our worker joined KART 23/8/2009. Our expenditure for this year is £36969.65. Payments associated
with KART’s activities are broken down as follows:Worker’s expenses
820.00
Office Rent
3091.79
Youth Events
2746.38
Other expenses and overheads:
2153.20
(Telephone, equipment, computer supplies, postage, stationery, books
consumables, resources, printing, training, insurance, and general charity expenses)
SU associate worker fee
2000.00
10811.37
Salary, NI, Pension & Insurance
26158.28
Total Expenditure
36969.65
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2014/2015
We expect an income in the region of £37915 and expenditure of £39694. The good news is that our expenditure
has been helped along with a saving of £2000 in a reduction of National Insurance contributions. We envisage our
reserves to fall by about £1800. Our funding from Church of Scotland (£10,000 each year for the past 6 years) has
sadly come to an end. Without their support we would not have been able to recruit a worker. We have been very
fortunate as KART has been successful in obtaining a restricted grant of £10,000 for the next 3 years from the Joseph
Rank Trust. This secures the work of KART for a further 3 years. Over the next year we will continue to work on our
plans to secure additional funding from churches, from individuals by standing order or regular giving, through
churches and fundraising, in addition to continuing to pursue grants from relevant trusts as we have done this year
and in the past years.
Chairman’s report – Andrew Herbert.
As acting chair of KART, looking back over the past year I am heartened to see the progress which has been made.
Through Chris, KART is now involved in 10 primary schools and 2 high schools. His involvements include a range of
different activities all of which are well received. The number of school SU groups continues to be small, and the
current close down of the Balwearie group is a disappointment. Seeking more volunteers to take up the running of
SU groups is a key for KART in the coming period.
At this time last year we were foreseeing a major financial issue for KART with the coming to an end of the
substantial grant from the Church of Scotland “Go for it!” fund. Our financial campaign locally to churches and
individuals was not as productive as we had hoped but we are extremely grateful for those churches and individuals
who did respond, as well as Kirkcaldy Presbytery for their ongoing support. I am pleased however to report that we
have been successful in getting the support of another major charitable trust, the Joseph Rank Trust, which has
agreed to give KART £10,000 for each of the next 3 years. This grant, along with our ongoing local support and other
small, one off grants, has enabled us to see a secure financial future for KART’s work for the next 3 to 4 years at
least.
Having secured KART’s future finances the trustees and management committee are now turning their attention to
reviewing progress with KART’s last 3 year plan and developing the plan for the next 3 years. They are meeting in
May to do this work and will be sharing the plan with supporters after it is put together.
Finally, may I echo David Stewart’s words and give my thanks to Chris and all the volunteers and supporters who
together make KART’s work possible.
For more information about KART please contact:
Alison Doyle (Secretary) - [email protected]
Chris Beattie (Youth Worker) - [email protected],
mobile 07746373860
Are you interested in helping? KART are looking for volunteers to ....
 serve on the Management committee or one of its teams
Management committee members serve for 3 years. You don’t
have to be on the MC to be in one of the teams.
 help support or lead an SU group in a school
To establish more SU groups in schools we need volunteers to work
with Chris. If you can “talk their language” then why not speak to
Chris and give it a try?
 being the prayer coordinator for KART
KART would like to be able to have every school prayed for on a
regular basis, and have a network of prayer supporters for KART’s
work, but we need a prayer coordinator to lead this work. Could
this be you?
 fundraise for KART
How about having a soup lunch after church, bacon rolls before
church, a summer barbecue, a cake stall, or a few friends round for
coffee or anything else you can think of. Go on... raise some funds
for KART.
 be a contact point for your church.
This doesn’t involve going to meetings: simply volunteer to get
newsletters, prayer points and information about our events. All
you need to do is put them on notice boards or pass them on to the
people who can publicise them
If you would like to make a regular donation to the work of KART, simply set up a standing order with the
following details:
KART Account Number 00217699
Sort code 83-29-01
Royal Bank of Scotland, Dalgety Bay Branch, Unit 9 Bay Centre, Regents Way, Dalgety Bay, KY11 9YD
You can also support KART online through www.easyfundraising.org.uk
To contact the treasurer email: [email protected]
Kirkcaldy Area Reachout Trust (KART, K.A.R.T.) is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with
registration number SC037866.