Welcome to Dioceses of Manchester, Chester & Leeds 4 Community
Giving, Generosity and Thankfulness at The Diocese of Manchester
Giving, Generosity and Thankfulness are essential aspects of our Christian discipleship. With input from across the whole diocese, including clergy, parish officers and St John's House staff, we have created a new and ambitious strategy. It has been designed to support every church as they seeks the funds needed to be the worshipping, growing, and transforming Christian presence that every community needs at its heart. Our aim is to help our churches address the themes of giving, generosity and thankfulness in order to grow and support each other, and better serve and work in partnership with their local communities.
Our work also includes the Gift Aid Lite scheme. This is an HMRC approved, agency based service, for the administration and claiming of donations received via Gift Aid and Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS). This is a ‘free’ service to all Churches in the Diocese of Manchester using a new ‘cloud based’ donations management software programme.
Social media and YouTube
If you'd like to follow us on social media please click on these links: Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram. All of our training events, plus those we promote from the National Giving Team and other organisations, can be found on our Facebook events page.
You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This contains a number of useful playlists, including all of the recorded webinars from our online conference in 2022.
- Contact details
Paul Bailey, Diocesan Giving Advisor - paulbailey@manchester.anglican.org and 0161 828 1464
Emma Lomas, Gift Aid and Giving Support Officer - emmalomas@manchester.anglican.org and 0161 828 1424
Meet the funders and inspiring legacy giving
Taking place at St John's House, Bury, and online via Teams on Friday 25th October between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Register online at https://bit.ly/3AUPW6t
This training day aims to inspire the development of Giving, Generosity, and Thankfulness as part of the mission of every church across our diverse diocese. Some fantastic speakers have been recruited to deliver sessions that will support churches with the aim of increasing legacy giving from their congregations, and how to successfully apply for financial support from two grant funders who specialise in working with churches and Christian charities.
Inspiring legacy giving - Faith Will
What will the session cover? Christian Aid is working alongside the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Quakers, and the United Reformed Church to encourage people of faith to remember their own church and Christian Aid in their Wills. This ecumenical legacy campaign is the first of its kind and is designed to help make it easier to talk about legacy giving in church. In this session the range of free resources and tools available from Faith Will will be shared as well as ideas to help you to start legacy conversations in your church.
About Faith Will
For more information about Faith Will, please visit www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/faith-will
Meet the funder - National Churches Trust
What will the session cover? The session will outline the various grant funding programmes offered by the National Churches Trust. Whether you are looking to repair your roof, install a kitchen or accessible toilets, clear asbestos or simply need help undertaking regular essential maintenance to your building, they offer a range of grants to suit the size and needs of your project. The Trust also has a special Cherish grants programme – created especially to help places of worship in North West England (Cumbria, Lancashire, and Greater Manchester).
About National Churches Trust For further details about National Churches Trust, please visit www.nationalchurchestrust.org
Meet the funder - Benefact Trust
What will the session cover?
An opportunity to learn more about grant funding from Benefact Trust, their current grant programmes, and how to apply to them.
About Benefact Trust
For further details about Benefact Trust, please visit https://benefacttrust.co.uk
Further information
Lunch and refreshments will be provided for those attending the event at St John's House. This will include tea and coffee on arrival from 10 a.m. Up to 100 guests can be accommodated in-person at St John's House, and a wait list will be in use to reallocate any unwanted in-person registrations. The sessions will be recorded and sent to you after the event. If you want to receive the recordings but can’t make this date, please register to attend online. Here is a Google Maps link to create directions to St John's House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0ND.
Training for the dioceses of Manchester, Chester, and Leeds
Demonstration of the Open4Community grant search portal
Open4Community, provided by Idox, is an external funding search facility which is free for parishes, church schools, and church hall users in the Dioceses of Manchester, Chester, and Leeds to use. It is an excellent tool and all potential users are encouraged to register and use it on a regular basis to gain the maximum benefit. This webinar will explain how to: register to use Open4Community; search for potential funders and find out more about them; utilise the other tools provided; and set up regular email updates on potential funding sources. After the training, attendees will also have the opportunity to arrange a one-to-one consultation with Matt Godfrey from Idox. During an online meeting he will provide guidance on how to use the site's search function to identify potential sources of funding to support your church's mission and ministry in its local community.
7 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd October - register here.
How to write a successful application for external funding
This webinar will outline how your church can write applications for consideration by external funders, including organisations such as charitable trusts and foundations. It is open to attendees from Manchester, Chester and Leeds dioceses. It will include the preparatory work required to gather the necessary information before the writing process can start. Hints and tips will also be shared to enable your church to draft and submit funding proposals the recipient organisations will be interested in supporting. The training will be delivered by Revd Paul Monk, Incumbent, Benefice of Clarksfield and Waterhead; Heather Ford, Church Support Manager, Ecclesiastical; and Paul Bailey, Diocesan Giving Advisor, Diocese of Manchester.
7 p.m. on Thursday 17th October at 7 p.m. - register here.
Funding success?
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Recent Success story
Please check the Local recent success story section of the site for information about a recent grant award to one of the churches that have been taking advantage of the funding database.
To date this service has helped it's users to secure at least £500,000 of grant funding.
The service has recently witnessed a large increase of declared successes
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How to write a successful application for external funding - 7 p.m. on Thursday 17th October
This webinar will outline how your church can write applications for consideration by external funders, including organisations such as charitable trusts and foundations. It is open to attendees from Manchester, Chester and Leeds dioceses. It will include the preparatory work required to gather the necessary information before the writing process can start. Hints and tips will also be shared to enable your church to draft and submit funding proposals the recipient organisations will be interested in supporting. The training will be delivered by Revd Paul Monk, Incumbent, Benefice of Clarksfield and Waterhead; Heather Ford, Church Support Manager, Ecclesiastical; and Paul Bailey, Diocesan Giving Advisor, Diocese of Manchester.
Demonstration of the Open4Community grant search portal - 7 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd October
Open4Community, provided by Idox, is an external funding search facility which is free for parishes, church schools, and church hall users in the Dioceses of Manchester, Chester, and Leeds to use. It is an excellent tool and all potential users are encouraged to register and use it on a regular basis to gain the maximum benefit. This webinar will explain how to: register to use Open4Community; search for potential funders and find out more about them; utilise the other tools provided; and set up regular email updates on potential funding sources. After the training, attendees will also have the opportunity to arrange a one-to-one consultation with Matt Godfrey from Idox. During an online meeting he will provide guidance on how to use the site's search function to identify potential sources of funding to support your church's mission and ministry in its local community.