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Useful information, guidelines and help with a range of church and people issues. This area is being continually revised and updated.
Annual meeting (resources)
Clergy (and others) - finance and employment
Clergy - general
Clergy - vocations, training and CME
Church administration
Church buildings, maintenance, regulations and churchyards
Church - fire safety
Church - health and safety
Church - security
Ecumenical
Ministry guidelines
Miscellaneous
Rural Deans
Vacancies - guidance for parishes
Worship
Annual meetings (resources)
- Application for enrolment on Electoral Roll (pdf 10kb)
- Nomination form for election of Churchwarden (pdf 13kb)
- Nomination form for election to PCC (pdf 10kb)
- Notice of Annual Meetings (pdf 14kb)
- Notice of election of Churchwardens (pdf 7kb)
- Notice of elections at Annual Meetings (pdf 7kb)
- Notice of Electoral Roll revision (pdf 8kb)
- Registrar's Letter re Churchwarden's length of service - March 2008
Clergy (and others) - finance and employment
- Assigned fees form (clergy)
- Car loan scheme for clergy and lay workers (external link)
- Charities giving grants and help to clergy
- Clergy and licensed lay workers - pensions questions answered (large external download)
- Clergy and licensed lay workers - pensions and divorce questions (large external download)
- Clergy deployment, remuneration and conditions of service (external link)
- Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 - complaints of misconduct - general information (external link)
- Clergy Discipline Measure - code of practice (external link, pdf 400kb)
- Clergy expenses and reimbursement (external link, pdf 88kb)
- Clergy parental benefits (external link)
- Clergy paternity leave and pay – application form (external link, pdf 96kb)
- Clergy pay and conditions – information including rates of pay, taxation and parochial expenses (external link)
- Clergy Pensions - the Way Forward - consultation report 2 (June 2006) (pdf 250kb)
- Clergy sickness – statutory notice form (external link, pdf 292kb)
- Clergy sickness – what to do (pdf 4kb)
- Clergy tax – guidelines for completing Tax Return (external link)
- Grievance procedure for Licensed Ministers (pdf 27kb)
- Guidelines for the professional conduct of the clergy (external link)
- Inland Revenue – clergy working expenses agreement (external link, pdf 32kb)
- Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (pdf 40kb)
- A guide to good practice for working agreements (pdf 35kb)
- Clergy holidays and time off (pdf 35kb)
- Clergy retirement housing booklet (external download)
- Clergy retirement housing information (external link)
- Guidance for newly appointed parish priests with church schools (pdf 129kb)
- Handbook for clergy households (pdf 105kb)
- Houses Handbook (from diocesan Property Department) (pdf 205kb)
Clergy - vocations, training and CME
- Clergy Appointments Advisor (external link)
- Clergy sabbaticals - guidance notes (pdf 78kb)
- CME - clergy in-service training grant request (editable doc 21kb)
- CME - clergy retreat grant request (editable doc 21kb)
- Exploring a vocation to ordained ministry (pdf 28kb)
- Identifying appropriate training incumbents (pdf 12kb)
- Information for new ordinands (external link)
- Pastoral visits 2008-2009 - a guide (pdf 109kb)
- Pastoral visits review questions - 2008-2009 (pdf 115kb)
- Pastoral visits review questions - 2008-2009 (editable doc, 33kb)
- Procedures with regard to curates (pdf 10kb)
Church administration
- Admission of baptised children to Holy Communion - Regulations 2006
- Admission of baptised children to Holy Communion - Parish Application Form
- Anglican Sources for tracing your Family History (external link)
- Canons of the Church of England (Canon Law) (external link)
- The Charities Act and the PCC - 3rd edition 2006 (external link pdf 970kb)
- CRB Application - how to go about it - updated March 2008
- Guidance for completing CRB Application Form - updated March 2008
- Child Protection F3 - CRB Form - advice for section X
- ID checking guidance for Incumbents and Child Protection Officers
- Child Protection Confidential declaration form
- Child Protection - CRB - Interview Identity Checklist
- Child Protection Recruitment of ex-offenders policy
- Child Protection - Storage and handling of disclosure information
- Child Protection: frequently asked questions from the Churches Child Protection Service (pdf 147kb)
- Child Protection - planning an event - guidelines 2003 (pdf 13kb)
- Child Protection - Protecting All God's Children: House of Bishops Report 2004 (external link pdf 154kb)
- Church copyright and performing rights - large downloadable leaflet (external link, pdf 4.3mb)
- Church or parish halls - model hiring agreement for PCCs (downloadable Word doc)
- Church Representation Rules 2006 - an essential guide to church rules (external link to purchase)
- Churchwarden's Measure 2001 - a brief guide (external download rtf 170kb)
- Data Protection – a guide for parishes
- Data Protection guidance (Truro diocese) (pdf 66kb)
- Electoral Roll Revision 2007
- Handbook for Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils - useful overview of church law and regulations (external link to purchase)
- Keep or Bin? – care of parish records (pdf 220kb)
- New premises licensing regulations - some notes (pdf 112kb)
- Marriage in church after divorce (external link)
- Marriage in church after divorce - explanatory leaflet for inquirers (pdf 23kb)
- Marriage in church after divorce - House of Bishops advice to clergy (pdf 138kb)
- Parochial fees for 2008 (pdf 81kb)
- Wakefield FAIR Share system (pdf 72kb)
- Youth and Children's Worker Employment Guidelines (pdf 198kb)
Church buildings, maintenance, regulations and churchyards
- Advice on funding and fundraising for buildings (external link)
- Archaeological requirements for works on churches and churchyards (pdf 86kb)
- Bishop’s guidelines – aumbries (pdf 8kb)
- Care of churchyards – a brief guide (pdf 37kb)
- Caring for your churchyard - management and legislation (external link to Churchcare)
- Caring for your church building and church's contents - maintenance, repair and care (external link to Churchcare)
- Chancellor’s guidelines – churchyard regulations (pdf 75kb)
- Chancellor’s guidelines – De Minimis rules (pdf 21kb)
- Chancellor’s guidelines – statements of significance and need (pdf 16kb)
- Developing your Church Building - advice and information on extended and additional uses, alterations and extensions (external link to Churchcare)
- Diocesan guidelines – carpets (pdf 36kb)
- Diocesan guidelines – fine art (pdf 48kb)
- Diocesan guidelines – lighting (pdf 31kb)
- Diocesan guidelines - organ and blower maintenance (pdf 55kb)
- Diocesan guidelines – reordering for worship (pdf 13kb)
- Diocesan guidelines – sound systems (pdf 18kb)
- Diocesan guidelines – window protection (pdf 344kb)
- Disability access advice from the Disability Rights Commission (external link)
- Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000 (Appendix A) - Archdeacon's Faculty (pdf 12kb)
- Flooding and Historic Buildings - practical advice about anticipating and dealings with flooding disasters - (external link to English Heritage, pdf 500kb)
- General guidelines – making changes to a listed church (pdf 158kb)
- Grave or Memorial Stone erection - application form (pdf 32kb)
- Guidance for best practice for treatment of human remains excavated from Christian burial grounds in England (external link)
- Guidance on church security (external link)
- Guide for Burial Ground Managers (external link)
- National Churchwatch - security guidance for churches and people (external link)
- Smoke Free Regulations - website (external link)
- Smoke Free Regulations - guide (external link - pdf 532kb)
- Smoke Free Regulations - signage (external link - pdf 50kb)
- Smoke Free signage - guidance for churches (pdf 91kb)
- Church Fire Safety - advice from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Church Fire Risk Assessment Form (Ecclesiastical Insurance - pdf 193kb)
- Dry powder extinguishers (external link)
- Fire Risks (external link to Ecclesiastical)
- Fire Risk Assessment Form from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Fire Safety Guidance - letter from the Archdeacons (pdf 64kb)
- Fire Safety Guidance - notes from EIO (pdf 63kb)
- Fire safety - a short guide (external link)
- Fire safety checklist - downloadable pdf (external link)
- Fire safety - small and medium places of assembly (churches) ( external link)
- Hot Work Permit (external link)
- Portable Electrical Equipment in Offices and other Low Risk Environments (external link - pdf 48kb)
- Accident and Witness Report Form from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Asbestos and church properties (external link)
- A Short Guide to Managing Asbestos in Premises (external link - pdf 184kb)
- Asbestos and organs (external link - pdf 88kb)
- Asbestos health and safety issues (external link to Health and Safety Executive)
- Asbestos Campaign (external link to Health and Safety Executive)
- Asbestos management (West Yorkshire Methodist District presentation) (pdf 316kb)
- Asbestos Watchdog (asbestos industry information and enquiry service - external link)
- Chancellor’s guidelines – trees in churchyards (pdf 19kb)
- Church Health and Safety advice from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Church guidance on health and safety at functions and events from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (external link)
- Electrical Safety in Churches - advice from Ecclesiastical (pdf 29kb)
- General Risk Assessment Form from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- First Aid at Work: Health and Safety Executive (external link pdf 74kb)
- Five Steps to Risk Assessment (external link pdf 664kb)
- Health and Safety - advice and model policies from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Personal safety - advice and positive practical guidance (external link)
- Personal safety - advice for clergy, churches and others from National Churchwatch (external Link)
- Personal safety - clergy safety - advice from the Diocese of London (external link)
- Personal safety advice from National Churchwatch (pdf 28kb)
- Portable Electrical Equipment in Offices and other Low Risk Environments (external link - pdf 48kb)
- Portable Appliance Testing (PAT testing) - advice and information (external link)
- Preventing slips and trips at work (external link pdf 180kb)
- Reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous occurences (external link - pdf 117kb)
- Safe use of ladders and stepladders (external link - pdf 448kb)
- Safe use of lifting equipment (external link - pdf 55kb)
- Safe use of work equipment (external link - pdf 61kb)
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005 (external link - pdf 80kb)
- Work at Height (external link to a number of relevant leaflets)
- Church Security - advice from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- A Fragile Inheritance - the Care of Stained Glass and Historic Glazing, book published by Church House Publishing (external link to purchase)
- Alpha dot information (external link)
- Data Protection – a guide for parishes (pdf 22kb)
- Data Protection guidance (Truro diocese) (pdf 66kb)
- Data Protection website (external link)
- Metal theft - guidance advice from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Metal theft - anti theft advice from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- Metal theft - article from Ecclesiastical (external link)
- National Church Watch (external link)
- Safe and Sound? A Guide to Church Security, booklet published by Church House Publishing (external link to purchase).
Ecumenical (resources from the Council for Christian Unity)
- Courtesies - guidelines for clergy and parish congregations when relating to Christians of other churches (external link)
- Churches in relationship with the Church of England (pdf 138kb)
- 21 steps to encourage local mission and unity (pdf 124kb)
- Churches designated under the Sharing of Church Buildings Act (pdf 98kb)
- Canon B43 - relations with other churches (pdf 135kb)
- How any CofE parish can share worship with Christians of other traditions (pdf 126kb)
- Check list - for the application of Canon B43 (pdf 126kb)
- Canon B44 - text and introductory notes (pdf 155kb)
- How the Church of England shares in Local Ecumenical Partnership with other churches (Canon B44) (pdf 152kb)
- Involvement of other churches in the life of Church of England parishes (pdf 151kb)
- Salvation Army and Quakers - guidelines 2005 (pdf 131kb)
- Summary of Canons B1 to B42 (pdf 125kb)
- Code of Practice for Canons B43 and B44 (pdf 117kb)
- Ecumenical participation in Ordinations (pdf 107kb)
- How dioceses can authorise ministers of other churches for work in single-congregation LEPs (pdf 142kb)
- When ministers occupy houses belonging to other denominations (pdf 138kb)
- Finance and LEPs - good practice (pdf 119kb)
- Joint Confirmations - guidelines for good practice (pdf 150kb)
- A Declaration of Ecumenical Welcome (pdf 124kb)
- Anglican-Methodist Covenant - the Text (pdf 62kb)
- Applying Canon B 43 in the context of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant (pdf 133kb)
Ministry guidelines
Additional advice on the Social Justice page.
- Alcohol - advice (pdf 12kb)
- A place of refuge - a positive approach to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK (external link pdf 223kb)
- Asylum seekers - advice (pdf 12kb) More advice on the Social Justice page
- Bereavement - advice (pdf 10kb)
- Debt - a matter of life and debt - advice from the Church of England (external link)
- Drugs - advice (pdf 15kb)
- Families and parenting - advice (pdf 19kb)
- Gambling - advice (pdf 9kb)
- Gay and lesbian - advice (pdf 11kb)
- HIV and AIDS - advice (pdf 14kb)
- Housing and homelessness - advice (pdf 14kb)
- Marriage and divorce - advice (pdf 12kb)
- Mental health - advice (pdf 11kb)
- Missing persons - advice (pdf 12kb)
- Promoting a Safe Church - Policy for safeguarding adults in the Church of England 2006 (external link pdf 312kb)
- Protecting All God's Children: House of Bishops Report 2004 (external link pdf 175kb)
- Responding to Domestic Abuse: Guidelines for those with pastoral responsibility 2006 (external link pdf 459kb)
- Sexual abuse - advice (pdf 14kb)
- Wakefield Diocese Staff Handbook (pdf 286kb)
- Wakefield Diocesan Synod Standing Orders (pdf 116kb)
- Major Incident Plan, October 2005 (pdf 191kb)
- Rural Deans - claim for reimbursement of expenses (pdf 18kb)
- Rural Deans – job description, guidelines and relevant canons (pdf 62kb)
Vacancies - guidance for parishes
Wakefield Diocese produces various resources to help guide parishes through a vacancy or interregnum (when their priest leaves). This information is normally given to Parochial Church Councils at a special meeting (usually) with the Archdeacon before the outgoing priest leaves. That meeting helps explain what is involved, and what will happen next. These papers are a support and reminder.
- Covering letter from the Archdeacons (pdf 49kb)
- Contents of the Vacancy Pack (pdf 54kb)
- 1 How do we get a new parish priest? (pdf 49kb)
- 2 A guide to writing the statement of the conditions, needs and traditions of the parish (the ‘Parish Profile’) (pdf 96kb)
- 3 The role of the parish representatives (pdf 64kb)
- 4 The role of the Churchwardens (pdf 34kb)
- 5 The role of the vice-chairperson of the PCC (pdf 27kb)
- 6 The role of the Rural Dean (pdf 31kb)
- 7 Information sheet for visiting clergy (pdf 30kb)
- 8 Who’s doing what during the vacancy? (pdf 28kb)
- 9 Institution/Licensing service: a note about the collection (pdf 24kb)
- 10 Rural Dean’s briefing of the new priest (pdf 27kb)
- 11 Care of curates and other ministers during a vacancy – a code of practice (pdf 31kb)
- 12 Fees during a vacancy (pdf 12kb)
- 13 Guidelines for Churchwardens - parsonage houses (pdf 62kb)
- 14 Supporting schools through a vacancy (pdf 64kb)
- A sheet to record the expenses of visiting clergy (pdf 11kb)
- Resolutions A, B and C (pdf 6kb)
- Institution and Induction Service resources (Word doc 62kb)
The following guidance is for Wakefield Ministry Scheme parishes in vacancy:
- Vacancy Guidelines for WMS parishes - Appointments and Induction (pdf 122kb)
- Vacancy Guidelines for WMS parishes - Notes for Core Group (pdf 147kb)
- Vacancy Guidelines for WMS parishes - Notes for Rural Deans (pdf 108kb)
- Vacancy Guidelines for WMS parishes - Pro forma for inclusion in parish profile (pdf 70kb)
Worship
Click here for useful links and resources (mostly external links).
Click here for a list of more worship resources on the site.
- Administration of Holy Communion by lay people and Extended Communion (pdf 28kb)
- Admission to Communion before Confirmation (Bishop of Wakefield) (pdf 13kb)
- Admission to Communion before Confirmation (House of Bishops 1997) (pdf 14kb)
- Admission of Children to Communion Liturgy (pdf 60kb).
- Bishop's Certificate in Pastoral Ministry - Authorisation service (pdf 35kb)
- Bishop's Certificate in Pastoral Ministry - Authorisation service (rtf 10kb)
- Confirmation Report - sent after a Confirmation Service (pdf 44kb)
- Institution and Induction Service resources (Word doc 62kb)
Bishop's Development Fund.
Care of clergy.
Child protection.
Church music.
Communications.
Cursillo.
Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches (DAC).
Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship.
Deaf people.
Diocesan Office.
Downloads.
Drama.
Ecumenical.
Education/Schools.
Environment.
Evangelism.
EvNet.
Everyday God 2006.
Faiths.
Fairtrade.
FLAME (family life).
Handbook.
Healing.
Hospices.
Hospital chaplaincy.
Learning and training.
Ministry and vocation.
Mothers' Union.
Overseas.
Patronage.
Prayer and spirituality.
Property.
Racial justice.
Records Office.
Registry (legal).
Resource centres.
Retired clergy.
Rural.
Site help.
Sant'Egidio Community.
Social justice.
Stewardship.
Tourism.
Wakefield Ministry Scheme.
Web links.
Worship and liturgy.