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Church Admin
Raising funds either loaclly or from external sources (charitable trusts, government funding streams, the National Lottery etc) can be daunting.
If you have a project brief or specification worked up, and are now ready to look in to what funds maybe available, contact Gareth Greenwood, the Church Buildings Support Officer.
From time to time specific trusts or funding streams are drawn to our attention and we will list key ones here. Please do keep in touch with us, we may be able to offer support and help and we would love to hear how you get on, successful or otherwise, so that others can learn from your experience.
The Church Building Support Officer is currently refreshing the content for this page
In the meantime, if you need any advice or support in the management and or development of the church building for whioch you are responsible, please contact gareth.greenwood@derby.anglican.org
The Cathedral & Church Buildings Department’s expanded £5million conservation grants programme is now open for applications at Conservation Grants.
If you have a conservation project in mind relating to bells and bell frames, books and manuscripts, church plate, churchyard structures, clocks, monumental brasses and decorative metalwork, monuments, organs, paintings and wall paintings. stained glass, textiles or wooden objects, you can now include related fabric repairs up to a maximum of £25k.
An example might be a PCC looking to conserve an alabaster sculpture in a niche where there is existing water ingress due to a building defect adversely affecting the area. As part of the application for money to conserve the sculpture, a request for additional monies to rectify that defect can now be considered.
You will be familiar with our conservation grants programme (long funded by The Pilgrim Trust, the Radcliffe Trust and other funders) to support the conservation of special features in church, including bells, clocks, organs, stained glass, wall paintings and monuments. All this remains, with additional funding to help more churches. The expanded programme allows us to make grants towards building repairs of up to £25,000 that are linked to the conservation of an object.
Bids for specialist surveys and help for existing recipients’ conservation projects to reach completion will be considered for funding as well.
For further information, please contact colleagues in CCB via conservationgrants@churchofengland.org
2025
Conservation Reports
rolling deadline - 2 week response time
Monuments, Textiles, Wooden Objects, Books & Manuscripts, Church Plate, Curchyard Sytructures, Monumental Brasses and Decorative Metalwork
13 October 2025 - decision by 28 November 2025
Organs and organ cases
6 October 2025 - decision by 28 November 2025
2026
Paintings & Wall Paintings
5 January 2026 - Decision by 20 February 2026
Bells and Bell Frames
26 January 2026 - Decision by 13 March 2026
Stained Glass
23 February 2026 - Decision by 10 April 2026
Clocks
16 March 2026 - Deceision by 1 May 2026
>> Guide to Parochial Fees 2025 - includes Parochial Fees Table [PDF]
>> Parochial Fees Table 2025 [PDF]
>> Parochial Fees Form 2025 [Excel file]
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The Diocesan Board of Finance has extended a joint subscription so that all churches in the diocese can access this grant searching platform for free.
This gives every PCC the opportunity to search a maintained list of local and national grant funders and trusts, that are tailored towards church buildings and Christian project work.
All you need to start looking for that vital funding is your 6 figure parish reference code and the name of your church building.
If you don't know your parish reference code email the Church Buildings Support Officer or you can find it on the Church Heritage Record portal.
Here is the link to the Diocese of Derby Church Grants site
Fundraising Support and Advice
If you have a clear project plan and are beginning to think about how to fundraise, we have made available 30 minute pro bono bespoke consultations online sessions, with Matthew and Andrew from ChurchGrants - contact the Church Buildings Support Officer if you would like to arrange a call with the ChurchGrants Team.
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>> Parochial Fees Guidance 2024 [PDF]
Click the links below to download the monthly report.
The annual clergy conference takes place at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire.
>> Visit the Clergy Conference website
Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) are lay people licensed by the diocesan bishop to lead, preach, teach, and enable others. They are lay theologians who are engaged with their communities and the culture around them and are called to teach the faith, enable mission in the everyday, and lead in church and society. As people admitted to the office of Reader, their ministry is voluntary, nationally accredited, episcopally licensed and governed by Canon Law.
They do this both inside and outside the existing Church by:
- Explaining the Christian faith
- Responding pastorally to need
- Being role models for, and fellow disciples with, people seeking to live out the Christian gospel in today’s world
The role is often described as ‘theologically educated and culturally engaged.
Readers were first used in the 19th Century, when there was a massive increase in the population of England. In response the Victorians built lots of churches and then had to work out how to respond to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the people who flocked to them, as well as their expectations for well-led services.
Part of the answer was to licence a group of lay people to work with the clergy. They were called “Readers” because one of their more obvious jobs was to read out loud Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, so that congregations could join in.
Readers come from all walks of life. There are currently around 150 Readers (licenced and with Permission to Officiate) involved in mission and ministry around the Diocese of Derby.
Some are involved in chaplaincy in schools, prisons, workplaces and hospitals, others are involved in pioneer ministry or community development, and still more are involved with preaching and teaching in the parish and leading worship.All Readers in the diocese are licenced to a parish or benefice to enable them to have direct relationships of accountability and support.However, this doesn’t mean that they are restricted to working within one parish or the work that the parish or benefice is already doing.Many Readers initiate new pieces of work and projects formed out of their relationships with ordinary people going about their everyday lives.
To support and enable LLM (Readers) in mission and ministry, the Diocese provides pastoral support and care for them, email update, a programme of learning opportunities and various social events.
