Diocesan Office Resources: Vestries

VESTRIES
Vestry Officer Update
Inform us of changes in the makeup of your Vestry by using the form HERE.
Please remember to provide the Diocese with up-to-date details of your vestry officers whenever there is a change, not just in your annual report.
Constitutions
Resources and Training Events
Training: Roles and Responsibilities of Vestry Members will take place every 6 months, approximately. The dates for 2024 are being finalised and will be published soon.
Detailed information on Vestry responsibilities, generic and office-specific, can be found on the SEC website. If this feels a little overwhelming, start with the following document, which outlines the key Vestry roles and responsibilities, with some additional notes and links:
Please contact Joanna Appleby if you would like a Word-version of any of these documents.
Vestry Secretaries
Please contact Joanna Appleby if you would like a Word-version of any of these documents.
GDPR
The advice for charges has been provided by the Province, and you can click here for the relevant page on the SEC website. However, we have endeavoured to put together a page of “Frequently asked questions” for you, as queries arise. As well as the links below, you may find the answers in this FAQ section:
- GDPR – notice from The Communicant – Click here
- Church of Scotland Resources – https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/resources/law-circulars#data_protection
- Church of England Resources: http://www.parishresources.org.uk/gdpr/
- Diocese of Truro – FAQ document: https://www.trurodiocese.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GDPR-questions-from-parishes-answered-final.pdf
- Baptist Church Resources: https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/302154/Data_Protection_and.aspx
- GDPR information by ‘iKnow Church’ – https://www.iknowchurch.co.uk/gdpr
- The Information Commissioner’s Office – https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/
INVENTORIES
Church Inventory pro-forma (Word Version) – click here
Church Inventory pro-forma (PDF Version) – click here
Link to Annual Forms page
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