Money For Mission  

News From The 
Stewardship and Income Generation and Finance Teams
In This Issue
The Anglican Giving Survey ✝ Giving Reviews ✝ Generous June
PGS
Grants ✝ Digital Giving Drop-ins
GraveTalk
News From the Finance Team
Who's Who
The Anglican Giving Survey
Results from the 2020 Anglican Giving Survey are in and present some interesting findings for clergy and PCCs:

Top 10 Findings:
  1. A third of Anglicans do not give to their Church
  2. 40% of Anglicans have never been asked to give regularly 
  3. Nearly half of Anglicans have never been asked to review their giving 
  4. Only half of Anglicans have heard a sermon on giving in the past 12 months & 60% said it didn’t change their thinking on giving if they had
  5. Less than a third of Anglicans say they are regularly thanked for their giving
  6. The most popular reason to give to their Church was to help keep the building maintained. 
  7. Twice as many Anglicans have been asked to give by collection envelope (60%) compared to direct debit (31%)
  8. Anglicans are three times as likely to leave a legacy to charity than they are to church 
  9. Only 27% of Anglicans view their church’s need as ‘very important’
  10. 49% feel they would be motivated to give more if they understood the impact of their giving 

The survey gives reminders that often, generosity doesn't happen by accident. It needs careful consideration, gentle encouragement and strong discipleship to enable generosity to flourish and grow.
Simple things that can be done quickly and easily to encourage giving, and so grow the ministry and mission of the church are explained here.

The Stewardship and income Generation Team have been working with Senior Clergy and the Diocesan Leadership Teams to help parishes understand and implement these findings here in our Diocese. We recommend:

  1. Parishes hold a Giving Review every year.
  2. Parishes use the Parish Giving Scheme as the 'preferred way to give' to church.
  3. Clergy and church leaders engage with Generous Giving support with the National Giving Team and the Diocesan Stewardship and Income Generation Team .

We are also giving talks to parishes, deaneries and clergy groups about the survey and about ways to grow generous churches. Would you like us to speak to your group? Contact Becky or Janet now to make an appointment. Our details are below.
***NEW***
How to run a Giving Review
It is helpful to annually assess how your well your church is doing on the journey of generosity.

Join us at this webinar which will show you how to run a Giving Review. Designed for Clergy and PCCs we will show you eight different aspects to help grow your generous church:

Mechanisms for giving,
The Impact of your Church's work
Express the Need for people to give
Build Trust
Inspire generosity
Disciple our communities and congregations to be generous
Embed generosity in all that we do
Activate generosity practically

and we will give you the tools so you can run your own review.
Generous June
A whole month of generosity materials in one place!

If you decide to have a whole month talking about generosity in your church then this resource is for you....

Read more
www.generousjune.co.uk

The Generous June 2021
website is now live!
 
Generous June is an initiative that seeks to engage churches, communities and individuals with generosity throughout the month of June.

Join together across many varied cultures, traditions and contexts, to share in developing our understanding of God’s generosity, and how it can influence all aspects of our day to day lives.

Developed through a partnership between the Diocese of Sheffield and the Diocese of Winchester, Generous June offers a suite of resources for engagement on different levels, including individual daily reflections and online Sunday Service resources.
 
The Parish Giving Scheme
New PGS Digital Service 
The Parish Giving Scheme’s new digital service offers donors a new simple and secure online method of setting up regular giving by direct debit, via the PGS website. To find out how the digital service works and the benefits, visit our web page and watch a recorded webinar by Stewardship Officer, Janet Edmond.

PGS Clinics 
Why not come along to our next monthly online PGS ZOOM CLINIC on Monday 17th May at 12 noon and repeated at 6pm.
These informal clinics will aim to act as a forum for parishes already registered with the PGS and those still thinking about joining. Hosted by Stewardship Officer Janet Edmond, it’s a great opportunity for you to bring along your PGS questions, share your experiences, be updated on latest developments or just come and listen!
For clinic dates and joining links please see our web page.
 
Church of England PGS Webinars 
Parishes already using the PGS can register for a live webinar entitled The PGS Digital Service on 12th May at 2pm. In this webinar the teams at Parish Giving Scheme and Church of England will guide you through the new online offer as well as how to make the most of the service as part of a giving review.
 
Still considering joining the PGS? Teams at the Church of England’s and PGS will talk you through how the PGS works and how it can improve giving in your parish in their webinar entitled An Introduction to the PGS on April 28th at 1pm. Register for the webinar here.
 
For more information contact Janet Edmond address details below.

Grants for Church Buildings
We have launched our Buildings Grants Scheme and are already receiving applications from interested churches.
 
The aim of these grants is to support churches with maintaining and improving their church buildings, as vital centres of worship, community and mission and the closing date for the first round is 30th April 2021. Find out more here.
Grant Surgeries from the Stewardship and Income Generation Team
In our May meeting we will be be hearing from Jan Garrill of the Two Ridings Foundation to hear about funding in the north of our Diocese. To read more about the Foundation go to: https://www.tworidingscf.org.uk/

This is also an opportunity for informal information sharing and discussion.
Other useful grants for churches are listed in the Charitable Grants for Churches Directory.
Tesco Community Grants

Tesco Community Grants support local good causes that focus on helping children and families.

Read more
tescocommunitygrants.org.uk
Home - Two Ridings Community Foundation

Nationally, and locally Two Ridings are the trusted, expert advisor on giving, philanthropy and grant making, ensuring donors' funds make a difference across North and East Yorkshire.

Read more
www.tworidingscf.org.uk
Digital Giving Drop-Ins from the Stewardship and Income Generation Team
Your Website, ACNY page and now your brand new PGS page, is your shop window to the world. Are you doing enough to invite your community to support you. Do you talk about the impact of the church activities, the need for the church in the community and the need for support from anyone willing to share their gifts of time talents and treasure? Join us at the next Digital Giving drop in when we will show you how you can ensure people want to support you and enable them to support you.

All the details of upcoming sessions will be in Money For Mission and you can follow what is happening on our digital giving webpages.
GraveTalk and Legacy Giving
For those with big questions about death, dying and funerals, having someone to talk to can be invaluable. But how do you start those conversations, and with whom? There are a growing number of café spaces which bring people together to do just that.
If you are considering starting conversations about legacy gifts in your church, then a GraveTalk event could be a good starting point. Visit GraveTalk to find out more.
From the Finance Team
APCMs still need to be held by 31st May 2021, and the requirement to submit a copy of the annual report and accounts to the Diocesan Board of Finance (i.e. to your local Archdeacon’s office) remains as being 28 days after the date of the APCM.

The returns of Parish Finance should be completed by 18th June 2021. Statistics for Mission should have been submitted by the 4th April 2021.

If any of these dates change we will ensure you are informed as soon as possible.

The Diocese no longer hold block membership to ACAT - The Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers. But you can still buy individual membership and submit your paid invoice to finance@leeds.anglican.org for reimbursement.
Who's Who?
Lead Stewardship and Income Generation Officer
0113 353 0216 or 07496 265509
Stewardship and Income Generation Officer
0113 353 0214 or 07376 525684
Accountant (Financial Services)
0113 353 0231
Finance Officer (Financial Services)
0113 353 0226
Finance Manager
0113 353 0220
Finance Supervisor
0113 3530 223
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 Anglican Diocese of Leeds, 2021

Stewardship and Income Generation and Finance 
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