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