Training – information and events
Upcoming events
From Vision to Reality: Developing your project and making it happen
A workshop for St Albans Diocese parishes
Saturday 11 January, 2020 – 9.40 to 16.00 at St Lawrence Church, High Street, Abbots Langley WD5 0AS.
Whether it’s repairs, new facilities or spaces, or other changes to your church building, this day workshop will take you from having the right goal and project to finding the resources to deliver it.
The morning will focus on developing a vision with strong and healthy roots and the right, achievable project and be illustrated by case studies from local churches.
The first part of the afternoon will focus on fundraising – different sources of funding, campaigns and making your case – followed by two more case studies. The final part will cover the help and support the Diocesan staff can offer.
Three of the speakers have a national role with two responsible for the Diocese of Hereford’s Crossing the Threshold guide to managing church projects.
For full information on the From Vision to Reality workshop and to book your place go to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-vision-to-reality-developing-your-project-and-making-it-happen-dac-tickets-79505835093
Past events – programmes and presentations
Church Maintenance Workshop for St Albans Parishes
How to organise maintenance by contractors and the safe cleaning of your church
Saturday 24 November, 2018 – St Stephen’s Church, Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2PT
The programme
Maintenance, contractors and specialists: advice from a church architect – Mark Eddison – Presentation and notes
Organising maintenance by contractors – David Bevan – Presentation
MaintenanceBooker: booking contractors online – Cicely Barnett – Presentation, videos and contact details and contractors involved
Safe cleaning and conservation: caring for your church and its contents – Claire Fry – Presentation and further information and contact details
This workshop complemented the Church Maintenance Workshop held in April which introduced maintenance and focused on the role of parish volunteers – see two entries below for the programme and presentations.
Training for churchwardens 2018
Sessions for new (and some continuing) churchwardens took place in June, July and September for the St Albans, Bedford and Hertford Archdeaconries.
Presentations given by the DAC Pastoral and Advisory Secretary and Historic Church Buildings Support Officer – some of which overlap – are here:
Caring for and changing your church building – the DAC
Caring for your church and working with your architect
Helping your church and making a big noise
QI reports, follow-up and help
Lynne Ingham, Church Insurance Consultant at Ecclesiastical Insurance, provided an introduction to Insurance and Risk Management, which covered the following areas: Background to Ecclesiastical; Valuations; Insurance cover; Advice & Guidance; and Claims. Further information on these topics can be found on the Ecclesiastical website, Church Matters, by following this link .
Architect Mike Dales’ presentation to Bedford Archdeaconry churchwardens is not included because the picture slides were a prompt to his talk and are not helpful on their own.
Church Maintenance Workshop for St Albans Parishes
Regular maintenance and how parishes and volunteers should go about it
14 April 2018 – St Andrews Church, Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2PF
Programme and presentations by James Innerdale (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) – Introduction, Maintenance, Managing Maintenance and Baseline Survey and Maintenance Plans
For information on SPAB’s Faith in Maintenance and Maintenance Co-operatives Project click here
Church architects and surveyors – summer workshop
30 June 2017 – St Andrew’s Centre, St Andrew’s Street, Hertford SG14 1HZ
Tackling Church Repairs – Parish Workshop
A workshop for parishes on organising and funding church repair projects
25 March 2017 – Linslade Community Hall, St Barnabas Church, Waterloo Road, Linslade LU7 2NR
Programme, presentations and other useful information
Feature on SeeRound Online (April 17 Page 4)
Training for Heritage Fundraisers
The Institute of Fundraising provides workshops, one-to-one sessions and webinairs (online presentations)
The webinairs include case studies which may not be the same as your church project but give good and creative ideas you can use. See:
- Fundraising Planning & Developing a Mixed Fundraising Mode (St John the Baptist, Kingston Lisle)
- Case for Support – St Nicholas Chapel
- The Case for Support & Getting Your Message Right
Other helpful webinairs cover Event Fundraising, Digital Fundraising and Trusts, Foundations & Appeals.
The Institute of Fundraising is a valuable source for all sorts of information about fundraising.
