Buildings for PCC members

All PCCs are charities in law, whether you’ve yet registered with the Charity Commission (as a lot of PCCs now have) or not. That means that PCC members are charity trustees, and have particular responsibilities for the running of the church and parish. The PCCs charitable purposes are very widely drawn: the first function listed in law is “co-operation with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”.

This autumn we’re offering a series of linked learning events for PCC members (or those who are thinking about becoming PCC members) to help you carry out your responsibilities as well as you can, and support you in doing so.

We are offering all three events in a single morning, onsite at the diocesan office, and each as an individual hour online on evenings through the autumn.
 

Buildings for PCC members

You may not know your architrave from your clerestory, but as a PCC member you share a general responsibility to work with your churchwardens and incumbent to maintain your church building (“care, maintenance, preservation and insurance of the fabric of the church and the goods and ornaments thereof” – as the law says) and the churchyard or if you don’t have a churchyard, the area around the church. In this session, we will cover what’s involved in basic care of the building, health and safety issues, security and insurance, and outline the faculty system which is the legal framework for making any alterations or repairs, and mainly replaces planning permission.

To book your place, please click here.


More information on the other sessions can be found here:

Good Governance for PCC members (Wed 24 Sep, 7.00-8.00pm)
Finances for PCC members (Wed 22 Oct, 7.00-8.00pm)
All-in-one Training for PCC members (Tue 30 Sep, 10.00am-1.00pm)