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Document Library

 

Below are links to the most commonly requested documents

Clicking on the link will take you to the page where each document can be found

The links below will take you to the correct page of the website.  You may need to scroll down the page to locate the document.

  • Discipleship Development Fund application forms
  • G1 Education for Ministry application forms EM2/EM3
  • G1 and G2 Expense Claim form
  • CS1 Continuing Studies Fund
  • G2 Sabbatical forms
  • Lay Preacher continuing education application forms
  • Local Mission & Ministry Review (LMMR) forms
  • Movement of Ministers
  • Pastorate Profile Summary template (please email office@urcwessex.org.uk for latest version)
  • Plan for Partnership in Ministerial Remuneration
  • Preachers Gifts Expenses 2019
  • Safeguarding – Example Policy for local churches in Wessex Synod
  • Small Grants for Mission application form
  • Synod Papers
  • Synod Strategy document
  • The Manual

Wessex Trust Resource Documents

Manses

  • Manse Policy
  • Manse Policy Inspection Proforma
  • Churches’ Legislation Advisory Service circular

Grants and Loans to Churches: Guidance and Applications

  • Local Church Mission Projects – A guide to applying for financial support
  • Building work to church property – A guide to gaining the necessary consents

NB If you wish to apply for a grant or loan please contact your Property Officer, Development & Support Officer or Children’s & Youth Development Officer for a copy of the relevant form. For building project permission only, contact your Property officer.

  • Small Grants for Mission Leaflet
  • Small Grants for Mission Application Form
  • Building Project Feedback Form

Church Hiring Guidance and related documents

  • Handbook for Hiring Church Premises (December 2018) (pdf version)
  • Application and Conditions of Hiring Church Premises (electronic version)
  • Application and Conditions of Hiring Church Premises (paper version)
  • Key Issue and Return Form (Word version)
  • Information on Hiring Church Premises (Word version)
  • Hiring Checklist (Word version)
  • Resolution by Wessex Trust to delegate power to casually let to local churches (pdf version)
  • Draft Church Meeting Resolution (Word version)
  • Annual Return of Hirings (December 2018) (pdf)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (as at 05.08.17) regarding Hirings (Word version)

Church Property Guidance documents

  • Policy for the Protection of the Condition and Value of Church Premises (pdf version)
  • Church Premises Inspection Checklist (Word version)
  • Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 Property Resources Pack
  • Listed Building Consent procedures (available soon)

Health and Saftegy General Guidance Page

(The link above takes you to a page dedicated to Health & Safety)

Other Guidance for Churches

  • Wessex Synod Handbook for Churches – A guide to churches’ legal obligations & best practice – first draft (Jan 2016)
  • Checklist of Church legal obligations and best practice
  • URC Records Advice for Churches
  • URC Information Guides
  • Charity Commission publications for trustees
  • Safer Places Of Worship website
  • URC Complaints Policy

 

 

 

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