Local and Sponsored links |
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The Diocese of Liverpool |
http://www.liverpool.anglican.org
The website of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool
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The Church of England |
http://www.cofe.anglican.org
The web site of the Anglican Church. For an Anglican perspective on stewardship see http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/funding/stewardship
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Ecclesiastical Insurance Group |
http://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk
The web site of our sponsor, the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group which has been helping the church and church people with their insurance needs for over 110 years.
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Data Developments |
http://www.data-developments.co.uk
The web site of our sponsor, Data Developments. A software company specialising in solutions for Church and charity accounting, Gift Aid and membership needs.
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Charity Bank |
http://www.charitybank.org/
Managing wealth for the common good.The compassion of a charity; the strength of a bank. Savers and depositors receive financial and social returns from savings and deposit accounts that invest only in charity and not-for-profit organisations. Borrowers receive affordable finance, advice and assistance, available solely for charities and community enterprise |
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Teaching about Christian stewardship
A wide variety of resources to assist stewardship teaching, preaching and worship. Includes general books, websites and discussion forums, talks about stewardship, complete sermons, sermon ideas from the lectionary and talks about implementing stewardship principles. |
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Anglican Stewardship Association |
http://www.spodbox.org/asaweb/steward.php
Some helpful ideas and programmes rooted in years of experience of assisting churches. |
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Stewardship Forum |
http://www.stewardshipforum.org/fs_home.htm
Hosted by the Evangelical Alliance, this site contains a wide variety of materials, including sermons and talks on stewardship topics. Their slogan is Some may think stewardship is just a term to help raise money ... we believe stewardship is God’s way of raising Christians! |
Stewardship booklist |
http://www.chbookshop.co.uk/affiliates/stewardship
Details of over 30 books stocked by the Church House Westminster bookshop — and you can order them directly from the website as well! |
Mike Peatman’s stewardship webpage |
http://www.staff.ucsm.ac.uk/mpeatman/Stewardship%20Links.htm
An interesting collection of websites maintained by a college chaplain in Lancashire. From his homepage you can navigate to find out how rich you are in global or UK terms!!
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Check your bearings! |
http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/pages/mission/itbeginswithme/captain.htm
Canon Jim Pendorf helps you (and your church) check where you are on the “map” of Christian faith and stewardship. This can help you work out what kinds of approach might be most effective locally.
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Worship and liturgy
A variety of stewardship-related resources for Bible readings, the offertory, hymns and songs etc. |
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Celebrating creation! |
http://www.ecocongregation.org/scotland/resources/m2.doc
Ideas for worship on ecological and environmental themes, published by EcoCongregation as a 189kb MS Word document download.
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Eco-prayers |
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/prayer-guide-index.htm
Daily prayers on “green issues”, updated monthly to reflect current concerns. Contributed by Philip Clarkson Webb on the Christian Ecology Link website.
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Talks
Talks about the theology of Christian stewardship, and its practical outworking in the parish and diocese. |
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Money — Jesus’ favourite parable topic |
http://www.christianityandrenewal.com/archnov2003b.htm
An article by Redina Kolaneci on different Christian attitudes to money and tithing, originally published in “Christianity + Renewal” magazine. Has a useful summary of some of the key findings about British Christians’ giving from a 2002 survey.
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American stewardship websites
A wide variety of approaches from American churches and Christian stewardship organisations.
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The Episcopal Church in the USA — ECUSA |
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/stewardship.htm
A wide variety of materials with an Anglican ethos.
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The Episcopal Network for Stewardship — TENS |
http://tens.org
Resources developed by members of the ECUSA stewardship network and others. Includes, books, videos, teaching & preaching materials, reports & statistics etc — even jokes!
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The Episcopal Church Foundation |
http://www.episcopalfoundation.org
The Foundation is the main philanthropic arm of the Episcopal Church in the USA, encouraging various forms of planned and lifetime giving, and funding innovative educational and leadership resources.
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Ted Mollegen’s stewardship site |
http://members.aol.com/stewdship/
Ted is a very experienced Episcopal layman, and includes his own materials as well as other resources, based on a lifetime’s dedication to the gospel. It includes a comprehensive collection of Episcopal materials
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops — USCCB |
http://www.usccb.org/publishing/stewardship.shtml
Details of the US Conference of Bishops pastoral letter on Catholic stewardship and associated papers.
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Our Stewardship Visitor (OSV) — the leading Roman Catholic publisher |
http://www.osv.com/whatthechurchteaches/stewardship
Has a good range of stewardship materials. See also “Grace in action” section.
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Christian Stewardship Association — CSA |
http://www.stewardship.org
American ecumenical resources and links.
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Catholic Educators’ Resource Center |
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/environment/en0007.html
An article on stewardship of the environment from a catholic perspective.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of America — ELCA |
http://www.stewardshipoflife.org
Stewardship materials from ECUSA’s partner church. Includes articles, sermons, liturgical resources etc.
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Generous Giving |
http://www.generousgiving.org
A huge range of stewardship resources encouraging generosity to God’s work.
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United Methodist Church |
http://www.gbod.org/stewardship
The stewardship part of the UMC Board of Discipleship site.
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Alex Stevenson’s stewardship sermons |
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/1506/tithe.htm
Alex is a Methodist minister, and this page includes 8 sermons based on different stewardship texts.
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The Good Steward |
http://www.thegoodsteward.com
A variety of resources about everyday practical stewardship. Organised into Bible principles, Life stewardship, the Environment, Financial matters and Giving wisely.
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Ministry of Money |
http://www.ministryofmoney.org
Challenging articles about personal use of money.
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Faithful Stewardship |
http://www.faithfulstewardship.com
Applies Biblical principles to the management of all of our personal income and wealth, covering subjects like budgeting, debt, investments, taxes and money-saving tips. The specific financial advice applies to the American scene, and needs to be adapted for the different UK financial environment.
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McConkey-Johnston International |
http://www.mcconkey-johnston.com/
A leading American Christian consulting firm that helps charities to market themselves and raise funds more effectively. Have recently opened a UK office.
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Your Money or Your Life |
http://www.simpleliving.net/ymoyl/default.asp
A secular approach to personal financial transformation from the Simple Living Network.
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Good $ense |
http://www.goodsenseministry.com/goodsense/gsindex.asp
The stewardship ministry of Willow Creek church.
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Other useful websites |
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Inland Revenue website for charities |
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/charities/index.htm
Lots of information and advice for charities about topics such as Gift Aid, Payroll Giving, self assessment and other tax-efficient giving by individuals and companies.
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Church of England websites |
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/links/index.html
Links to dioceses, churches and other organisations around England.
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Anglican Communion |
http://www.anglicancommunion.org
Includes a database of news and stories from around the worldwide Anglican communion since 1995.
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CTBI — Churches Together in Britain & Ireland |
http://www.ctbi.org.uk
The Churches thinking, working and praying together.
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CTE — Churches Together in England |
http://www.churches-together.org.uk
Promotes and resources ecumenical work in England.
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Church of Scotland |
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/resources/stewardship.htm
A range of resources is available, mainly by mail.
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Baptist Churches |
http://www.baptist.org.uk/Resources/guidelines.htm
Lots of advice notes (downloadable in pdf format) from the Baptist Union. Copy a wide range of legal, property, financial and administrative issues. Includes lots of practical advice on the care of church buildings and clergy houses (manses).
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Methodist Church |
http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=information.content&cmid=717
Papers covering most aspects of running Methodist churches, including fundraising and applying for grants, property, church care and restoration, finance, employment and risk assessment.
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URC — United Reformed Church |
http://www.urc.org.uk/our_work/committees/finance/index.htm
Practical advice on financial and related matters in the URC.
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Stewardship suppliers
Links to suppliers of stewardship-related goods and services, and their professional support organisations. Includes some secular bodies. |
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Envelope Systems |
http://www.envelopesystems.co.uk
Weekly and monthly envelopes and boxed sets in a variety of colours and styles.
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Donation Envelopes |
http://www.donation-envelopes.co.uk
Includes larger and unique SEQUI concertina envelopes.
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Lockie |
http://www.lockie.net
Commercial printer with an excellent range of traditional and Catholic designs.
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ACAT — Church Treasurers Association |
http://www.acat.uk.com
Provides a very useful handbook for church treasurers — especially new ones!
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CCUG — Church Computer Users Group |
http://www.churchcomputer.org.uk
Lots of helpful advice on hardware, software, IT developments etc.
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IEL — Independent Examiners Ltd |
http://www.independentexaminers.co.uk
Useful advice on church and small charity management, particularly on how to deal with new accounting and other administrative regulations.
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CFDG — Charity Finance Directors’ Group |
http://www.cfdg.org.uk
Network of Finance Directors from larger charities provides some useful advice on professional best practice in accounts, IT and HR.
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CPS — Churches Purchasing Scheme |
http://www.cpsonline.co.uk
A catalogue of products and services that every church needs to buy, sourced from leading reliable suppliers at competitive prices.
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Church supplies |
http://www.christiansuppliers.org.uk
Another catalogue of supplies for churches.
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Ecclesiastical Insurance Group |
http://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk
Leading insurer of church buildings and provider fo a broad spectrum of financial products including mortgages, savings and investments, home and wedding insurance. |
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Stewardship |
http://www.stewardship.org.uk
The leading Christian supplier of professional financial and administrative services for churches and Christians. Includes Gift Aid, Payroll Giving, Trusts, church accounts etc. Administers over £30m a year for Christians. Formed from merger of Stewardship Services and Sovereign Giving in 2004.
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Parish Pump |
http://www.parishpump.co.uk
Wonderful variety of articles and graphics for church magazines. New seasonal items every month. Annual subscription £25.
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Sunrise Software |
http://www.sunrise-software.com
Huge range of Christian software packages. Look particularly under Church Resources and then Management.
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Data Developments |
http://www.data-developments.co.uk
Leading supplier of software for churches, including membership, Gift Aid, accounts etc.
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Churchill Systems |
http://www.churchillsystems.co.uk
Various specialist Christian software packages, including accounts and membership.
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Parish matters
Practical advice for incumbents, churchwardens, treasurers and other PCC members on the effective stewardship of parish affairs.
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The Charities Act and the PCC |
http://cofe.anglican.org/papers/charityact.pdf
Download a copy of the 2nd edition of this guide to the law and regulations for PCC officers.
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CBF Funds |
http://www.ccla.co.uk/
The CCLA website gives full details of the various CBF Church of England funds that parishes can invest in, with details of current prices, dividends and interest rates.
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National Churchwatch |
http://www.nationalchurchwatch.com/
Lots of practical advice for helping to keep your church secure and free of crime.
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Church Care website |
http://www.churchcare.co.uk/index.html
A wonderful website for churchwardens and PCC members, covering everything from architects to asbestos, bells to brasses, seating to sound systems and wiring to windows. Has a useful monthly reminders calendar, and excellent advice on fundraising.
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Caring for God’s creation
How to make God’s world a better place by stewardship of nature and the environment. Practical advice for families and churches on sensible steps that you can take to make a real difference.
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Eco-Congregation |
http://www.ecocongregation.org
Lots of ideas for ways in which churches can improve their stewardship of God’s creation. Go to “Getting Started” for an overview of the eco-review process. There are a growing number of churches that have gained the “EcoCongregation Award”.
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Eco-Congregation checklist |
http://www.ecocongregation.org
How seriously does your church treat your stewardship of God’s creation? Here is a self-assessment checklist in Word .doc format, helping you to identify the ecological strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of your church life, from worship to buildings, from coffee mornings to youth groups. Visit the “Free Resources” part of the website to find more detailed materials.
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Eco Schools |
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk
Get your whole school community working together to improve the environment, encourage citizenship, promote healthy lifestyles and much more.
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Ely’s Eco-Schools |
http://www.ely.anglican.org/education/2004/eco_schools/
Ely diocese encourages their church schools to take part in the national Eco-Schools programme, and provides RE and collective worship materials for primary schools: ECO-RE.
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Religious Education and Environment Programme — REEP |
http://www.reep.org
REEP provides a range of ideas, materials and speakers on spirituality, ecology and religion, particularly relevant to schools.
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Christian Ecology Link — CEL |
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk
CEL is an inter-denominational UK Christian organisation for people concerned about the environment. It runs campaigns like LOAF and NOAH to help local churches make practical changes that improve the local environment.
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Daily prayers for God’s world |
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/prayer-guide-index.htm
Prayers by Philip Clarkson Webb available from the CEL site, updated monthly to reflect the latest situation.
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Eco-notes for lectionary sermons |
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/econotes-index.htm
Ecological thoughts on the Common Worship lectionary passages, contributed by Keith Innes on the CEL site.
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Creation Theology |
http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/publications/creation.htm
A paper prepared in 2004 by Margaret Barker, published on the Wakefield diocesan site.
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The Call of Creation |
http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/publications/callofcreation.htm
Another Wakefield paper by Claire Foster, reflecting on the four principles of environmental responsibility identified by the 1998 Lambeth conference.
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The John Ray Initiative |
http://www.jri.org.uk
An educational charity that seeks to develop Christians’ understanding of the environment, with lots of briefings and resources.
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A Rocha International |
http://en.arocha.org/home/
An international nature conservation organisation working to care for God’s world.
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Climate Stewards |
http://www.climatestewards.org.uk
Climate Stewards is a practical response to climate change, and a pointer to a new way of living. It is an initiative of A Rocha, an international nature conservation organisation with a Christian basis operating in 16 countries.
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Roman Catholic statement on environmental issues |
http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk
A report by the English Roman Catholic church “The Call of Creation: God’s Invitation and the Human Response”. Look in the Documents section of the website for those published in 2002.
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Quaker Green Action |
http://www.quakergreenaction.org.uk/witnessbuildings.asp
Practical ideas, information sheets and other resources from the Religious Society of Friends. This website is powered by 100% renewable electricity!
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The Parish Pump |
http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/html/parish_pumps_main.htm
Newsletters produced by the Conservation Foundation (founded by David Bellamy) that includes lots of environmental ideas from a Christian and local parish perspective. They also provide grants to help fund local projects. Look for details of the first Parish Pump award in Sussex to Bolney village in November 2002.
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Church Care |
http://www.churchcare.co.uk
Lots of practical advice about the care and maintenance of every aspect of church buildings, equipment etc, provided by the Council for the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Insurance.
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Energy Saving Trust |
http://www.saveenergy.co.uk
Practical ideas to help churches save energy — and find out if they are eligible for grants towards capital costs.
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The Arthur Rank Centre — ARC |
http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/arc3
Valuable resources for rural communities and churches.
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Baptist environmental policy |
http://www.baptist.org.uk/Resources/downloads/environpolicy.PDF
National environmental policy from the Baptist Union.
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SRT — Science, Religion and Technology project |
http://www.srtp.org.uk/srtpage3.shtml
The Church of Scotland’s project to help Christians grapple with major issues in science and technology — especially the ethical and moral dimensions.
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Global Action Plan |
http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk
A practical environmental charity that supports local communities , schools and businesses. Has a range of interesting programmes that could stimulate you into action.
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Simple Living (USA) |
http://www.simpleliving.net/default.asp
A secular American site devoted to practical hints for simple living.
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Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals |
http://www.aswa.org.uk
An ecumenical UK organisation that raises awareness of animal welfare issues.
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English Nature |
http://www.english-nature.org.uk
The government’s “steward” of our natural environment — landscape, plants, animals etc.
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Countryside Agency |
http://www.countryside.gov.uk
Main agency helping rural communities to thrive and develop.
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Personal money management
Practical advice on how to use the time, skills, income and assets God has given us as effectively as possible. Provides help on personal and household finances and how to budget effectively. Links with specialist advisers on reducing debts.
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Faithworks |
http://www.faithworks.info
Faithworks provides resources to encourage Christians and churches develop their role at the hub of their community.
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Credit Action |
http://www.creditaction.org.uk/
Leading Christian centre for effective action on personal money management and debt relief. Lots of practical advice online.
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Citizens Advice |
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk
Reliable, practical and up-to-date advice about your money, family, daily life and legal rights. Includes FAQs in common immigrant languages.
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BBC “Your Money” guides |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/your_money/default.stm
A wide range of practical money management advice by independent experts, with topics ranging from mortgages to savings, from borrowing to taxes, from pensions to state benefits, and from insurance to budgeting.
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Christians Against Poverty |
http://www.capuk.org
A national charity running local debt counselling centres.
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CMA Community Money Advice |
http://www.communitymoneyadvice.com
Support and training organisation for churches that want to develop local community money advice centres.
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“Action on Debt” pack |
http://www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/debt/debtpage.htm
Useful factsheets to help you tackle the impact of personal debt in your local community, published by the Cabinet Office’s Social Exclusion Unit.
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Church Action on Poverty |
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk
National ecumenical social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK.
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Credit Unions |
http://www.abcul.org
Credit Unions provide low-cost loans funded by local communities. This site helps you to find out more about credit unions in your area and their work.
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Parents, Pennies, Pounds |
http://www.parentspenniespounds.co.uk
A fun site for kids, teens, students and their parents. Helps them to deal with money and debt problems based on Christian principles. Also has telephone helpline.
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Student support |
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport
Comprehensive official help for students, parents, teachers etc from the DfES.
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National Consumer Council — NCC |
http://www.ncc.org.uk/policy/credit.htm
National watchdog that campaigns on consumer issues and rights, like this one on consumer credit.
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CCCS — Consumer Credit Counselling Service |
http://www.cccs.co.uk
Leading national debt counselling service (freephone, web etc). Lots of practical advice. Works closely with Credit Action.
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National Debtline |
http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
A national telephone debt counselling service.
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National Money Advice Training Unit |
http://www.birminghamsettlement.org.uk/advice_nmatu.htm
The NMATU is part of the Birmingham Settlement. It is the leading national secular provider of training and publications.
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Insolvency Helpline |
http://www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk
Pro bono advice for individuals from professional insolvency advisors.
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MAA — Money Advice Association |
http://www.maa.i12.com
Offers training and support for money advice workers in England and Wales.
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Advice UK |
http://www.adviceuk.org.uk
The largest secular network of independent money advice agencies, ensuring access to good qualify information and advice services.
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CPAG — Child Poverty Action Group |
http://www.cpag.org.uk
Campaigns against poverty amongst children and their families.
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OFT — Office of Fair Trading |
http://www.oft.gov.uk
Government agency responsible for consumer rights and regulation of business.
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DWP — Department of Work and Pensions |
http://www.dwp.gov.uk
Government agency for payment of state benefits and pensions.
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Debt on our doorstep |
http://www.debt-on-our-doorstep.com
Campaigns for changes to the law to try and lift consumers out of debt.
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Children and youth
Stewardship ideas for children’s and youth groups from a wide variety of sources. |
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Environmental issues for children’s groups |
http://www.ecocongregation.org.uk/downloads/module4.doc
Eco-congregation’s booklet with “green” ideas and worship for children’s groups (download)
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Environmental issues for youth groups |
http://www.ecocongregation.org.uk/downloads/module5.doc
Eco-congregation’s booklet with “green” ideas and projects for youth groups (download).
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Eco Schools |
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk
Get your whole school community working together to improve the environment, encourage citizenship, promote healthy lifestyles and much more.
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Ely’s Eco-Schools |
http://www.ely.anglican.org/education/2004/eco_schools/
Ely diocese encourages their church schools to take part in the national Eco-Schools programme, and provides RE and collective worship materials for primary schools: ECO-RE.
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Religious Education and Environment Programme — REEP |
http://www.reep.org
REEP provides a range of ideas, materials and speakers on spirituality, ecology and religion, particularly relevant to schools.
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Giving Nation |
http://www.g-nation.co.uk
A fun site for teenagers, part of the campaign to educate and encourage young people and their schools to give time and money to charities.
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Just Giving |
http://www.justgiving.com/default.asp?country=uk&did=1
Lots of online giving tools for charities — charges commercial fees.
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Parents, Pennies, Pounds |
http://www.parentspenniespounds.co.uk
A fun site for kids, teens, students and their parents. Helps them to deal with money and debt problems based on Christian principles. Also has telephone helpline.
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The Children’s Society |
http://www.the-childrens-society.org.uk/fundraise
Fundraising ideas from The Children’s Society. The rest of the site has a variety of resources for children and young people, and details of their projects around England.
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CPAG — Child Poverty Action Group |
http://www.cpag.org.uk
Campaigns against poverty amongst children and their families.
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BBC Children in Need |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
Over £30m a year for work with disadvantaged and deprived children.
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Legacies
Practical advice on promoting legacies and In Memoriam funds, including links to specialist websites.
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Remember A Charity |
http://www.rememberacharity.org.uk
National campaign to encourage people to leave legacies to charity when they die.
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Legacy Promotion Campaign |
http://www.legacypromotioncampaign.org.uk
National campaign by over 100 major charities.
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Our Lasting Tribute — “In Memoriam” funds |
http://www.ourlastingtribute.com/OLT_UK/
Commercial marketing agency that has developed innovative ways of promoting gifts to charities through In Memoriam funds.
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The Will site |
http://www.thewillsite.co.uk
Online service for writing wills, which are checked by qualified solicitors. Reasonable fixed fees. Based on the experience of major banks and solicitors.
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Legacy Sunday materials |
http://www.leicester.anglican.org/legacy/index.htm
Churches in Leicester diocese celebrated Legacy Sunday in October 2002. The material includes advice or making or revising a will, as well as ideas for worship.
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ILM — Institute of Legacy Management |
http://ilmnet.org
Professional training and support for legacy administrators in charities.
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STEP — Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners |
http://www.step.org
Main professional body for probate solicitors and accountants.
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Smee & Ford |
http://www.smeeandford.co.uk
Leading provider of information about wills and legacies for UK charities.
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Inland Revenue |
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/cto
Advice and forms about capital taxes, including inheritance tax, capital gains tax and probate procedures.
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Wills and probate — a simple introduction to the legal processes |
http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk
Deals with wills, intestacy, trusts, enduring powers of attorney, living wills, executorship etc. Has useful list of Probate Offices.
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Probate Courts services |
http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/cms/wills.htm
Advice about the Probate Courts and their forms and procedures.
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Help the Aged |
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/Money/_Will_Guide/_default.htm
Impartial guide to making and changing a will, enduring powers of attorney etc, published by Help the Aged.
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Southwark diocese |
http://www.dswark.org/resource/legacies.htm
An online version of the legacy pew leaflet used in the diocese of Southwark, South London.
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Winchester diocese |
http://win.diocese.org.uk/cslit.htm
Lots of parish stewardship leaflets in pdf format from Winchester diocese, including several on wills and legacies.
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Fundraising
Practical advice on how to raise external funds, drawn from a wide variety of charitable sources. Includes online links to many of the major funders. |
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Faithworks |
http://www.faithworks.info
Faithworks is an online Christian agency that helps churches to get involved in their local communities. Once you’ve registered (free) you can get access to lots of useful advice about finding grants, and detailed lists of specialist funders for projects connected to topics like education, environment, young people, drug abuse, disabilities, elderly, the arts, health, buildings, rural issues, parenting etc. Follow the links to “Funding Sources” and “Downloads”
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Institute of Fundraising |
http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
Main UK professional body for charity fundraisers
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The Giving Campaign |
http://www.givingcampaign.org.uk
Officially-backed campaign to encourage donors to make best use of tax-efficient methods of giving like Gift Aid. Lots of useful resources.
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Giving Nation |
http://www.g-nation.co.uk
A fun site for teenagers, part of the campaign to educate and encourage young people and their schools to give time and money to charities.
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ShareGift |
http://www.sharegift.org
A City-based charity that specialises in getting the best possible price for parcels of shares that have been given to charity.
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Charities Direct |
http://www.charitiesdirect.com
Searchable database of leading charities and foundations, and their professional advisers.
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Christian funders
Websites of trusts and foundations that fund Christian projects.
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Sussex Historic Churches |
http://www.sussexhistoricchurches.org.uk
The SHCT provides grants and loans for essential repairs and restoration to churches that are more than 100 years old.
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HCPT — Historic Churches Preservation Trust |
http://www.historicchurches.org.uk
Leading charity dedicated to preserving historic churches of all denominations. Also details about the Incorporated Church Building Society, which can provide loans for restoration and development of churches.
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Central Church Fund |
http://www.centralchurchfund.org.uk
Anglican charity that helps many parishes (particularly in deprived areas) with medium-sized grants up to £10,000.
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CUF — Church Urban Fund |
http://www.cuf.org.uk
Helps church-related projects in the most deprived areas.
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Allchurches Trust |
http://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk
A charitable foundation set up by Ecclesiastical Insurance Group that distributes over £4m a year, particularly to needy parishes. Look for details on the main Ecclesiastical website.
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General funders
Websites of secular trusts, foundations and official grant-makers that may fund Christian projects.
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ACF — Association of Charitable Foundations |
http://www.acf.org.uk
Most of the largest charitable trusts and foundations are members of ACF, and their site contains lots of useful advice about making grant applications.
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The Henry Smith Charity |
http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk
Funds a range of social deprivation programmes. It provides small grants (up to £10,000) for — particularly useful for equipment purchases.
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Baring Foundation |
http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk
Gives over £3m a year to specific programmes in voluntary sector development, the arts and internationally.
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Carnegie UK Trust |
http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk
Currently supports work with young people and rural community development.
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BBC Children in Need |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/index.shtml
Over £30m a year for work with disadvantaged and deprived children.
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Esmee Fairbairn Foundation |
http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Provides £26m of grants each year for arts &heritage, education, environment and social development.
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Lloyds TSB Foundation |
http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Concentrates on helping charities working with the disadvantaged and disabled.
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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust |
http://www.jrct.org.uk
Likes to fund radical new ways of solving problems in areas like justice, peace, poverty and democracy. Quaker roots.
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Charity Bank |
http://www.charitybank.org/index.html
The UK’s first charity that is also a registered bank, it provides loans for charities and community enterprises that the main high-street banks will not normally lend to. Such loans can be very useful to help short-term cashflow problems, or provide financing over the longer-term (eg mortgages for staff housing).
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Lottery funders
Websites of some of the main distributors of National Lottery funds.
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DCMS — Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
http://www.culture.gov.uk
Government department overseeing historic environment, broadcasting, national lottery, tourism etc.
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National Lottery good causes |
http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
Web portal providing access to all the lottery funds and the grants that they can make.
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English Heritage |
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
Key funder of repairs to grade I and II listed churches.
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Heritage Lottery Fund |
http://www.hlf.org.uk
Supports all aspects of historic heritage, including church buildings, bells, organs, monuments and documents.
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Big Lottery Fund |
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Major lottery funder of charities and voluntary groups, formed by merger of the Community and New Opportunities Funds in mid 2004.
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Community Fund |
http://www.community-fund.org.uk
Main lottery fund for charities and voluntary groups, now part of the Big Lottery Fund.
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New Opportunities Fund |
http://www.nof.org.uk
Used to fund specific types of smaller projects, now part of the Big Lottery Fund.
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Awards for All |
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/england_main.html
Small lottery grants programme (up to £5,000) for local community projects.
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The Arts Council |
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
The national development agency for the Arts in England. Contributes grants for the improvement of public facilities in churches and halls — eg for concerts and plays.
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Local Network Fund for Sussex |
http://www.ruralsussex.org.uk
Local Network Fund for children and young people in East & West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. Gives grants of up to £7,000. Although the Fund is administered locally by the charity Action in Rural Sussex, the money is available in urban areas as well.
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Official sources
Helpful sources of online information about grants and grant-makers from a variety of government agencies.
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Charity Commission |
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk
Comprehensive advice and information for and about charities. Although at the moment parishes are excepted from having to register with the Commission, they set the standards by which all charities, including PCCs, are measured.
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Register of Charities |
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/search.asp?position=1&oparea=S
The Charity Commission’s searchable database of English and Welsh charities.
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NCVO National Council for Voluntary Organisations |
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Lots of resources from the main UK umbrella body for charities.
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LTCS — Landfill Tax Credit Scheme |
http://www.ltcs.org.uk
Scheme to help local landfill operators use some of the landfill tax they pay fund local environmental projects. Specifically includes the maintenance of public amenities and parks, and the repair and restoration of religious buildings.
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ENTRUST |
http://www.entrust.org.uk/
Regulator of the LTCS — Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.
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HM Customs & Excise — VAT for charities |
http://www.hmce.gov.uk/business/vat/charityfaqs.htm
Frequently asked questions — and answers — about charities and VAT.
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Online giving
Websites that help churches to set up secure, tax-efficient online donation facilities. |
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All About Giving |
http://www.cafonline.org
The Charity Aid Foundation’s (CAF) site helping donors to make secure online donations.
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EFundraising |
http://www.cafonline.org
CAF’s own secure online fundraising tools for charities to use.
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BMyCharity |
http://www.bmycharity.com
Efficient tools to raise online donations tax-efficiently — charges commercial fees.
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Just Giving |
http://www.justgiving.com/default.asp?country=uk&did=1
Lots of online giving tools for charities — charges commercial fees.
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Financial matters
How the Church of England deals with money matters at parish, deanery, diocese and national church levels. |
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Church of England Gazette |
http://www.gazette.cofe.anglican.org/
Has a useful archive of past articles on various CofE financial and stewardship topics.
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Church of England |
http://cofe.anglican.org
The main website for the national Church of England, with lots of useful links and news. But it has little content of direct interest on Christian stewardship.
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Church of England annual review |
http://cofe.anglican.org/COE2003.pdf
Download the illustrated summary of national church activities published in 2003 (pdf format 650kb)
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Church Commissioners |
http://www.churchcommissioners.org
The national church body that provides for most clergy pensions, organises clergy stipends, pays for bishops and some cathedral clergy, deals with pastoral reorganisation and redundant churches, and makes grants to poorer dioceses. Lots of details in their annual reports and accounts.
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Ecclesiastical Insurance group |
http://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk
Leading insurer of church buildings and provider fo a broad spectrum of financial products including mortgages, savings and investments, home and wedding insurance. |
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