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Maintenance; easing the burden on PCCs

David Knight, Senior Church Buildings Officer

Church Buildings Council

17th June 2018

What does your church

say?

What does your church

say?

Dunwich

Taylor review of

Sustainability

The Basics – know your church

Good maintenance can prevent long-term decline of the fabric which can lead to large one-off bills. Grants for these are hard to get.

There are now several ways a PCC can arrange for cost-effective maintenance to be done on the church.

Reliable data is key to achieving this; how do you get it?

Diocesan Strategic Reviews of Church Buildings for Mission

Finding the right role and management model for each church: Parish Church, Chapel-of-Ease, Festival Church, Major Church, Resourcing Church?

All working together within Deanery Plans, maximising the available resources

Engaging the wider community for mission and for support

Strategic Reviews - how the diocese compares nationally

Deanery Level Data

Your church on the Church Heritage Record

Designation and Details

The next steps –the National Burial Grounds Survey

Drones can be used as part of the same survey to spot high-level problems with the building(s)

Church Property Register Template(populated from Church Heritage Record)

7 Schedule of Furnishings and Fittings

Review of the Quinquennial Inspection System

Quinquennial Inspection Report Template(populated from Church Heritage Record)

Quinquennial Inspection Report Template(populated from Church Heritage Record)

Quinquennial Inspection Report Template(populated from Church Heritage Record)

So now you really know your church – how do you arrange the right maintenance package?

Society for Protection of

Ancient Buildings

(SPAB)

Note – Resources include really helpful survey form

Other help – the National Churches Trust

The Churches Conservation Trust

HLF – New innovation fund for places of worship

•investigating and trialling new approaches to fundraising, trading or other income generating activities;

•activities that explore new models of managing the building and engaging with the wider community;

HLF – New innovation fund for places of worship

•building capacity across a group of congregations by identifying and delivering training for staff, volunteers and trustees; or

•investigating new ways of sharing learning and resources across a number of faith sites or brokering new partnerships

Bringing it all together – ChurchCare (soon to be part of Church of England website)

david.knight@churchofengland.org

www.ChurchCare.co.uk