Buildings

The paper has been produced by a working group comprising officials from Her Majesty’s Treasury, Communities and Local Government, Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Defra in conjunction with representatives of the Church of England. The paper should help dioceses and similar structures in other denominations and faiths to have a better understanding of how to access resources that will enable them to engage directly at a strategic level with the local and regional structures within which funding priorities and decisions are made. In turn, these structures and funders will be better equipped to understand the important role of the C of E and faith groups in delivering public services. A hard copy can be obtained from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or read the full report on www.cofe.anglican.org/about/cathandchurchbuild/realising.doc.

Building Faith in our Future
To receive information and funding news relevant to church buildings register as a Building Faith Supporter and receive copies of the Building Faith in our Future e-bulletin, please contact: Becky Payne at: Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;  Phone: 020 7898 1886.

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
New resources relating to Faith in Maintenance see: www.spabfim.org.uk/pages/making_the_dvd.html

ACRE have produced a Briefing Paper on changes to be introduced to the Licensing Act 2003, which directly relate to alcohol sales in rural church & community premises.  The ACRE briefing is at: www.acre.org.uk/DOCUMENTS/publications/briefings/LicensingBriefingMarch2009.pdf 

"Legislative Reform (Supervision of Alcohol Sales in Church & Village Halls etc.) Order 2009"      A draft copy can be found at: www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111471265_en_1

Do you run a charity shop? Do you run a village hall?
The Health and Safety Executive have added a relevant case study to their case study examples of risk assessments. Already available is one for a village hall. See www.hse.gov.uk/risk/casestudies/index.htm
Related information is available at: www.ecclesiastical.com/ourproducts/riskservices/legalrequirementsandhealthandsafetyadvice/index.aspx