It has been over a decade since “Keep or Bin…? The Care of Parish Records” was last published by the Church of England Records Management Team. This document is no longer meeting the record-keeping and retention requirements of 2024, leading…
It has been over a decade since “Keep or Bin…? The Care of Parish Records” was last published by the Church of England Records Management Team. This document is no longer meeting the record-keeping and retention requirements of 2024, leading…
The Church of England has launched JOIN, an exciting new suite of resources to help churches, parishes and worshipping communities recruit volunteers with children and young people. The resource toolkit, which has been piloted in five dioceses with great success,…
We are pleased to release a newly developed “Guide for PCCs applying to be registered with the Charity Commission: Completing the online application” PDF. This guidance has been produced in collaboration with the Charity Commission and aims to support those…
The Charity Commission has published guidance on Accepting, refusing and returning donations to your charity. There can be occasions when, by law, trustees must refuse or return a donation. In other circumstances, trustees may decide it is in their charity’s…
The Parish Resources website has been providing support for churches on governance, administration and giving since 2012. In response to the vision and strategy for the Church of England in the 2020s, Parish Resources will be undergoing phased redevelopment with…
All Charity Commission email addresses have now changed, with the letters “gsi” having been removed. From 31 March 2019, any emails sent to Charity Commission email addresses containing the letters “gsi” will not be received by the Charity Commission. All…
The Diocese of Oxford’s Generous Giving Adviser, Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood, has produced seven reflections on living generously, based on the story of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet. You can download them here, and if you want printed copies of them then…
From 10th – 16th September, Remember a Charity in your Will is raising awareness about the importance of gifts in wills and encourage you to consider how you can include a charity in your will, once family and friends have…
Following a national trial of contactless card readers, the Parish Buying service now has contracts with two companies: SumUp and iZettle. Church of England parishes are able to buy card readers at a discount through the Parish Buying website and use them…
Following several enquiries about GDPR and if it affects the Electoral Roll, below is the answer from our legal team: The forms are prescribed and included as part of the Church Representation Rules, (part of the Synodical Government Measure 1969). If they…