when you think about the church of england nationally what words or phrases come to mind?
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When you think about the Church of England nationally what words or phrases come to mind?. Old…? Big historic buildings…? Rich…? Traditional or stuffy or just old..! Women Bishops? God…? Justin Welby …?. The Church of England – its BIG…..!!. 1.7 million people attend every month. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
When you think about
the Church of England nationally
what words or phrases come
to mind?
Old…? Big historic buildings…? Rich…? Traditional or stuffy or just old..! Women Bishops? God…? Justin Welby…?
1.7 million people attend every month.
There are 13,000 parishes, 16,000 churches.
Assets are £10 billion or more…. And spend around £250m on running costs (exc people)
Asset rich, but cash poor.
Joined up isn’t always top of the list
The Church of England – its BIG…..!!
Churches
A Large Church 849 in UK a team of 5 clergy full time admin staff a café, meeting rooms Sunday attendance > 800 annual budget £900,000
A Medium-Large Church 1665 in UK a Vicar has one Church an Administrator 4 days/week meeting rooms used in week Sunday attendance ~ 150 annual budget ~ £175,000
Churches
A Medium-Small Church 2778 in UK Vicar has 2 Churches Part-time Administrator modern building used for
weekday activities Sunday attendance ~ 90 annual budget ~ £80,000
A Small Church 7751 in UK Vicar has 4 Churches, all small small congregation, average
attendance 11 people worshiping annual budget ~ £10,000
The Church of England’s national procurement initiative:
Parish Buying
A resource with a £10 million goal
www.parishbuying.org.uk
The Parish Buying initiative was developed by two “national procurement officers” – appointed in April 2011
Under the auspices of the National Procurement Group – comprising diocesan secretaries, diocesan, national church and parish representatives
The new service was “quietly” launched in November 2011, and “loud” launched in January 2012
Releasing resource for mission and ministry
Parish choice whether they take advantage of national deals, or simply use buying advice.
The Parish Buying Service:-
Key Benefits Buy With Confidence
Save Time
Save Money
Better Stewardship
Major opportunity to release resource (£10 million and significant volunteer hours) to support parishes in their mission and ministry
Helpful Advice
• Plus training courses from 20min briefing module to full day course for parishes doing large capital projects.
National Deals
Energy Contracted The Energy Basket Uncontracted Green Energy Oil
Photocopying Office Products I.T. SoftwareTelecoms Fire Safety IT HardwareChurch Consumables
National Suppliers
Good Stewardship in Buying
Question:Is buying ‘local’ the most appropriate way to demonstrate good stewardship when buying goods or services?
Your Buying Strategy
‘Buy Local’ - Plumbing
‘Buy Green’ – Office Products
‘Buy Quality’ – Health & Safety
‘Buy Cheap’ - UtilitiesBe flexible
Buying Guidelines
Think about who can buy and in what categories
Empower people to make decisions
Single Source v. Three quotes
Link your buying to your mission focus
Quality
The communications challenge…. Multiple buyers in parishes
– Clergy– Treasurers– Churchwardens– Administrators……
PB is a reasonably simple message and the whole audience will benefit
But process slightly complex:– Changing culture
Now:Register with Parish Buying (www.parishbuying.org.uk) Log you energy detailsSwitch to Parish Buying suppliers for the categories you currently
use
The Future:Link your buying strategy to your parish missionMake Parish Buying your first call when buying
Action Plan