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Contents

Care of Churches (DAC)
Children & Young People: Parishes & Deaneries
Children & Young People: Schools
Clergy
Communion
Finance and Accounts
Finance: Parish Share
Finance: Parochial Fees
Fund for Church Growth
Giving & Stewardship
PCCs
Property
Readers
Resource Centre
Safeguarding
Training & Development 

Care of Churches (DAC)

DAC application form

Download Word document                                           

DAC form of questions – church details

Download Word document

DAC applications guidance notes

Download PDF

Accessibility audit for churches

Download PDF

Archaeological watching brief

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Bells & bell frames

Download PDF

Burial of cremated remains

Download PDF

Closed churchyards: maintenance of monuments

Download PDF

Church bells and the law

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Churches and accessibility

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Churchyard maintenance

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Churchyard management and rules

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Churchyard paths

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Commissioning works of art

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Exhumations

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Flag flying

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Heating

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Matters not requiring a faculty

Download PDF

Memorial tablets

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Organs: repair or replace?

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Silver and other treasures

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Smoke-free churches

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Sound amplification

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Stained glass windows

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Telecommunications aerials

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Textiles

Download PDF

Tower arch screens

Download PDF

Tower steps

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Trees in churchyards

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VAT and churches

Download PDF

Window guards

Download PDF

  

For more information please visit the Care of Churches section.
 
 
Children & Young People: Parishes & Deaneries

Training for children’s and youth workers

Download PDF                                                     

Resources order form

Download PDF

Youth & Children’s Development Fund 2011 application pack

Download PDF

Youth & Children’s Development Fund 2011 application form

Download PDF   Download Word document

Play equipment booking form

Download Word document

Guidelines - working with children/young people

Download PDF

Photography policy

Download PDF

Young Church Mag order form

Download PDF

Life to the Max booking form

Download Word document

2011 Youth and Children’s Conference

Download PDF

Ideas to be inspired by order form

Download PDF   Download Word document

  

More info and support for people in parishes working children and young people is available here.
 
Children & Young People: Schools

Guide to the Education Department’s services
for church & community schools

 Download PDF                                                  
Schools CPD application form and booking information Download Word document
Guidelines for religious education policy Download PDF                                                        
Guidelines for collective worship policy Download PDF                                                        
Guidelines for spiritual moral development policy Download PDF                                                        
Church school leadership handbook Download PDF                                                        
Guide for Foundation Governors Download PDF                                                        
Schools admission guidance for governors Download PDF                                                        
Guidance and policy on collaboration and federation Download PDF                                                        
Moving to academy status checklist Download PDF                                                        
RE Resource Box brochure with order form Download PDF                                                        
MAT Application for local governing board Download Word Document
National Governors Association Skills Audit Download Word Document

More info and support for schools staff and governors is available here
 
 
Clergy
Clergy car loan application form Download PDF
Housing handbook Download PDF
Marriage of foreign nationals Download PDF                                                                      
 
 
Communion
Admission to Holy Communion - parish application form Download PDF
Bishop of Bath & Wells' regulations on children and communion Download PDF                                           
 
 
Finance and Accounts
Return of Parish Finance form 2012 Download Excel spreadsheet                    
Return of Parish Finance form 2012 – accompanying notes Download PDF
Statistics for Mission form 2012 Download PDF
Treasurer’s Handbook Download PDF
Treasurer’s Cashbook Download Excel spreadsheet
Treasurer’s Cashbook Manual Download Word document
Example PCC report and accounts Download PDF
 
For more information visit our Finance and Accounts section.
 
 
Parish Share
Understanding Parish Share booklet                          Download PDF                                                                               
Parish Share survey form 2013  Download PDF
   
More information on Parish Share is available in our Finance and Accounts section.
 
 
Parochial Fees
Bishops' Guidelines Download Word document
Record of Fee Income Form – Assigned Fees Download Excel spreadsheet
Record of Fee Income Form – Assigned Fees Download Word document
Record of Fee Income Form - Vacancy Fees Download Excel spreadsheet
Record of Fee Income Form - Vacancy Fees Download Word document
2013 Table of Parochial Fees Download PDF
Appendix to 2013 Table of Parochial Fees Download PDF
Expenses during a vacancy claim form Download Word document
   
More information on parochial fees and what happens during a vacancy is available in the Finance and Accounts section.
 
Fund for Church Growth
Fund for Church Growth application form            Download PDF   Download Word document             
   
More information on the Fund for Church Growth is available here.
 
 
Giving & Stewardship
Regular giving form          Download Word document
Regular giving form 3 fold leaflet version Download Word document
Regular giving form for CAF account users Download PDF
Sponsorship and Gift Aid declaration form                     Download Word document
   
Further support and resources are available in our Stewardship section.
 
PCCs
Nomination for Election to PCC Download Word document
 
 
Property
Housing handbook Download PDF                                                                                
External painting specification for contractors        Download PDF                      
 
Readers
Reader ministry: introduction Download PDF
Reader handbook Download PDF
Costs of Reader training Download PDF
Reader return form Download Word document                                         
 
 
Resource Centre
  
RE Resource Box brochure with order form        Download PDF                                                            
 
 
Safeguarding
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy 2011 Download PDF
Safe recruitment - guidance and forms Download PDF
Applicant's guide for CRB completion Download PDF
Checking identity for CRB disclosures Download PDF
 
Training & Development


Children's & Youth Workers
Continuing Ministerial Development
Curate Training - Initial Ministerial Education 4-7
Exploring Christianity
Exploring Spirituality
Local Ministry Groups
 
 
Children's & Youth Workers
Training for children's and youth workers     Download PDF                                                             
   
More info and support for people working with children and young people is available here.
 
 
Continuing Ministerial Development
CMD programme 2011-12 for clergy, readers and lay leaders Download PDF
Sabbatical or long study leave application form Download Word document
Further degree grant application form Download PDF
External courses funding application form Download PDF
 
Curate Training - Initial Ministerial Education 4-7
Travel expense form Download Word document
Travel expense form - from parish boundaries Download Word document
Exploring Christianity
Exploring Christianity application form Download Word document                        
Exploring Spirituality
Exploring Spirituality 2011-12 course details and application form      Download PDF                                   
Local Ministry Groups
Guide to models of ministry for Local Ministry Groups    Download PDF                                                          
Choosing what to learn locally Download PDF
   
For more on Diocesan ministry development, please visit our School of Formation pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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