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Guidance, Forms and Fees

Guidance, forms and links relating to ministry, buildings, safeguarding, finance and parish life are listed here.

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Area Deans

  •  – guidance for Area Deans

Church Buildings & Churchyards

Re-ordering projects

Health and Safety recommendations for the hire of buildings

Maintenance

  •  – A service by National Churches Trust which makes it easy for churches, chapels and historic buildings to access the highest standard of building maintenance services
  •  – Historic England’s specific advice on maintaining places of worship
  •  – SPAB  manages a scheme called , the scheme is there to help parish better repair and understand their Church buildings.
  •  –  This resource includes lists of potential contractors, products, articles and advice on a range of conservation/repair issues.
  •  – Historic England’s advice on metal theft.
  •  – The Church Buildings Council provides advice on a variety of aspects of church maintenance and repair.

Clergy

All policies related to Clergy Terms of Service including the Canterbury Handbook for Clergy are currently being revised and therefore the guidance in these documents may not be current. Please contact Michael Keeler-Walker or Sam Mann in People Services and Operations if you have any queries or need any support (01227 459401).

Terms of service

Communion

Data Protection

Deliverance

Electoral Roll

Finance

(Scroll down further for ‘Parochial Fees’)

Bank accounts

Gift Aid

Marriage

The marriage of foreign nationals

Changes to the statutory procedure for publishing banns of marriage

Parochial Fees

  • To be completed MONTHLY by the Parish Treasurer or Incumbent. 
  • Record of Parochial fees Received 2025 – (Excel format) 
  • Record of Parochial fees Received 2026 – (Excel format) 
  • To be completed MONTHLY by the Parish Treasurer or Incumbent. 
  • Notes to complete the Record of Parochial Fees Received
  • Claim for Officiating at an Occasional Office – (PDF format) (Excel format)
    To be completed by non-stipendiary ministers only
  • Occasional Office Fees to Forward to DBF – (Excel format) (PDF format)
    Please note that fees should normally be sent to the Parish Treasurer to include with the Record of Parochial Fees Received. Only use this form if that method is not possible. 

Table of Parochial Fees

If you have any queries about fees, please contact our Finance team on finance@diocant.org or 01227 459401.

Pension automatic enrolment

People Services

The People Services department can provide guidance, documents and template policies for all your employment needs to support the important work of parishes and benefices.

Please contact Michael Keeler-Walker on 01227 473 557 or email mkeeler-walker@diocant.org.

Readers (Licensed Lay Ministers)

Safeguarding

Guidelines

Policy statements

Forms and posters

Checklists

  •  – (Word format)

Job descriptions

Safeguarding Information

Disclosure and Barring Service Information

Training Resources

Statistics for Mission

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For any assitance with the Parish Returns service, please contact Cordelia Sain-Ley-Berry-Gray (01227 459401).

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