MAKING IT HAPPEN! - Church of Scotland

General Trustees

MAKING IT HAPPEN!

How to make your church buildings work for you.

Handbook for Congregations

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Produced by Church of Scotland Ministries Council (Priority Areas), Safeguarding, Church of Scotland General Trustees and Church and Society. This handbook was funded by the General Trustees.

This handbook is available online through the Church of Scotland website: .uk.

Updates will also be posted when available. ISBN 978-0-9537149-6-4

Distributed by the Church of Scotland General Trustees

Tel: 0131 225 5722 Email: gentrustees@.uk

Tel: 0131 248 2905 Email: priorityareas@.uk

Contents

A Introduction

A1) So who produced it? A2) Who is it for? A3) Easy 1,2,3

B Some simple tools to get you started

C Looking after your buildings and grounds

C1) Building maintenance and renewal C2) Upgrading and major maintenance C3) Church Security C4) Fire Safety C5) Energy Management C6) Access for Disabled Persons C7) Grounds Maintenance C8) Building services maintenance

D Managing and letting your buildings

D1) Managing and supervising your building facilities D2) Key Holding and controlling access to your buildings D3) At the Sharp end D4) Preparing church facilities for use D5) Food and Catering facilities D6) Revenue generation: Cost Recovery D7) Letting your building: paperwork and bookings

E Business Planning for Mission

E1) The Rationale E2) The Business Plan: Contents

F Funding

F1) Capital development Funding Startegy F2) A starter list of Trusts and Foundations capital development funders

G Safeguarding

G1) Children and Young People's or Protected Adults groups G2) Volunteers

H Insurance and Liability

I Church in the Community

J Useful links & Checklists

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We've written this handbook to help you manage and develop the use of your buildings. By following its advice, you should be able to:

? look after your buildings and grounds better ? manage their use by church groups and others more effectively ? set cost-effective charging

The handbook is in ten, colour-coded sections

Guide to symbols This handbook contains a number of symbols and panels to give you useful information and point you in the right direction:

Useful telephone numbers

Useful website address

Reference to a form

Here to Help!

Panel with helpful hints and useful sources of information.

Red Alert!

Panel containing information that you should know.

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