Guidance, forms and links relating to ministry, buildings, safeguarding, finance and parish life are listed here.
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- Church Buildings & Churchyards
- Clergy
- Communion
- Data Protection
- Finance
- Parochial Fees
- Readers (Licensed Lay Ministers)
- Safeguarding
- Statistics for Mission
Church Buildings & Churchyards
- Alternative venues for regular worship in cold weather
- Safety of burial grounds
- – Guidance from Ecclesiastical
- – The conservation charity for churchyards and burial grounds. practical advice on looking after your churchyard
- (Paradise Preserved) – An Historic England guidance note on the conservation and management of cemeteries
- Conservation and repair of bells and bellframes – code of practice
- List A and List B matters
- Churchyard closure application form and guidance notes
- Calendar of care
Re-ordering projects
- Examples of church re-ordering projects
- - Making changes to your building and churchyard | The Church of England
Maintenance
- – A service by National Churches Trust which makes it easy for churches, chapels and historic buildings to access the highest standard of building maintenance services
- – Historic England’s specific advice on maintaining places of worship
- – SPAB manages a scheme called , the scheme is there to help parish better repair and understand their Church buildings.
- – This resource includes lists of potential contractors, products, articles and advice on a range of conservation/repair issues.
- – The Church Buildings Council provides advice on a variety of aspects of church maintenance and repair.
Clergy
All policies related to Clergy Terms of Service including the 黑料网 Handbook for Clergy are currently being revised and therefore the guidance in these documents may not be current. Please contact Michael Keeler-Walker or Sam Mann in People Services and Operations if you have any queries or need any support (01227 459401).
Terms of service
Communion
Data Protection
Finance
(Scroll down further for ‘Parochial Fees’)
Bank accounts
Gift Aid
Parochial Fees
- Please fill in this to record that your parish has not received any parochial fees for the stated month.
- Guidance for completing parochial fees form
- Record of Parochial fees Received 2025 – (Excel format)
- Record of Parochial fees Received 2026 – (Excel format)
- Claim for Officiating at an Occasional Office – (PDF format) (Excel format) To be completed by non-stipendiary ministers only
- Occasional Office Fees to Forward to DBF – (Excel format) (PDF format)
Please note that fees should normally be sent to the Parish Treasurer to include with the Record of Parochial Fees Received. Only use this form if that method is not possible.
Table of Parochial Fees
If you have any queries about fees, please contact our Finance team on finance@diocant.org or 01227 459401.
Readers (Licensed Lay Ministers)
Safeguarding
Guidelines
- – The Church of England
- Ex-Offender (Blemished DBS) Policy
- Managing Allegation Summary
- PCC questions
Policy statements
Forms and posters
- Church of England Safer Church/PSO/DSA and referrals poster (Word format)
- Safeguarding poster - children and young person version (Word format)
- Decision maker
- Safeguarding Decision Tree
- Lessons learned 24-25 paper
Checklists
- – (Word format)
Job descriptions
Safeguarding Information
- Lone working
- A safe environment for children – (Word format)
Disclosure and Barring Service Information
Training Resources
- Safeguarding Quiz
- A Safeguarding Snakes and Ladders game - image
- A Safeguarding Snakes and Ladders game - PDF
Statistics for Mission
- Fill in your .
For any assistance with the Parish Returns service, please contact Cordelia Sain-Ley-Berry-Gray (01227 459401).