Thursday 24 January 2013

Inspiring Churches: Practical resources to develop your church projects

Just to remind you to book your place on the Inspiring Churches Conference taking place on Saturday 8th December, 10-4. It should be an excellent day with first class speakers on all the practicalities of developing your church project. Why not come to Leeds for the day and get your Christmas shopping done at the same time.

You can book your place by:
ringing 0113 2000540

Thursday 10 January 2013

6 steps to fundraising success - training 17th January



This is an accredited course aimed at people involved in voluntary groups who want to develop their fundraising skills, starting on 17th January, 24th and 31st and will take them through all they need to know to fundraise for their organisation, from presenting a fundable project, identifying and applying for funding and putting together a fundraising strategy.  It will be run at Voluntary Action Leeds in Hunslet by fit4funding. 

Friday 14 December 2012

Reflections on Church Tourism

 
“Reflections on Church Tourism” is the title of a new CD-ROM resource, produced as a joint project of The Diocese of York and the Churches Tourism Association and launched at the CTA's 2012 Convention on 19th November.
The content of the CD Rom is a series of helpful chapters on how to tackle tourism issues from several standpoints using a wide variety of real solutions in large and small churches across England, Scotland and Wales and providing a directory of resources. It also includes many “clickable” links to relevant web content, thus offering a convenient starting point for accessing further up-to-date resources maintained by CTA, dioceses and other organisations. Clergy, PCCs and individuals will find it useful as training tool. PRICE: £9 including p&p
 
The CD ROM is available at:
 

Friday 7 December 2012

New Look Parish Resources Website

Just a note to check out the new look Parish Resources Website:

www.parishresources.org.uk

The website is a one stop shop for all types of web based resources to help you save money, understand your finances, buy cheaper and raise money. It has been brought together by Archbishops Council from National and Local resources. It also has really useful information about PCC governance and charity registration. A must read for any PCC member...  

Thursday 6 December 2012

Inspiring Churches Conference - Postponement




Please note that the Inspiring Churches Conference has been postponed until Saturday 9th February so please don't turn up on Saturday. We'd love to see you in February and I shall post more information nearer the time.

Monday 26 November 2012

Inspiring Churches Conference

Just to remind you to book your place on the Inspiring Churches Conference taking place on Saturday 8th December, 10-4. It should be an excellent day with first class speakers on all the practicalities of developing your church project. Why not come to Leeds for the day and get your Christmas shopping done at the same time.

You can book your place by:
ringing 0113 2000540

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Building Communities - St Philip's Centre



This is a fantastic example of how to use space in church buildings for community uses. In this case it is in the church hall but could just as easily happen within the church itself. The current project was funded by a Landfill Community Grant from Biffaward and really showed what can be done with very little cash. The St Philip's Centre in Osmondthorpe in Leeds used the £3,788.20 to replace windows and make their centre safer for their users.