Quick Links to Resources

Where to start

There is a lot of material available to support you and your church, much of this can be found on the pages listed below.

To help you effectively reach your church community and maintain the health of your church, we believe the following highlighted pages are a good place to start exploring.

National Church of England Covid-19 Page - a resource where you will find all the latest guidance and FAQs issued by the Church of England for parishes to adhere to, in-line with the latest government advice.
Safeguarding Guidance - reflecting specific changes to ways of working for the team.
Financial Guidance and Resources - Ongoing guidance updates from the Parish resources Team

Financial Guidance and Giving

First published on: 28th April 2020

Now is the time to reflect on how well placed your church is to receive online donations. This page provides links and some advice for what your church might be able to explore to support its financial health.

Care of Church Buildings and Faculties

First published on: 28th April 2020

The guidance on the care of church buildings at this time is changing as government advice changes around the rules on self-isolation. However, materials are available to help support you, which are updated frequently, so please keep an eye on the following websites if you are in a position of supporting your church buildings.

Resources from the Church of England

First published on: 28th April 2020

The central Church of England team have provided resources for parishes, clergy and church workers to help support them during this time. This page summarises some of the main elements of this advice.

Being an Online Digital Church

First published on: 28th April 2020

This page offers guidance and useful links to support your church to best use the digital tools available to help you reach your worshipping community. This includes practical guidance blogs on how to live-stream services and some FAQs around typical problems you might encounter such as permissions, technology limitations and matters of copyright.

Prayer and Liturgy

First published on: 28th April 2020

This page contains links to various Liturgy and Prayer Resources from both the National Church, Diocesan teams and Ely Cathedral. It also provides guidance on where to access prayer and services that might be available through your local church.

Safeguarding Guidance

First published on: 28th April 2020

This page provides links to safeguarding guidance for particular support during times of social distancing, It also provides links to National Church of England Safeguarding resources and local partnership bodies.

Mental well-being, working from home and self-isolating

First published on: 28th April 2020

There are many resources that seek to support those who may now find themselves self-isolating or working from home. This page links to a few of these that you might find helpful. It is not expected that all the guidance is appropriate to you in your current role, simply that you might find elements helpful.

Community Action and your Church

First published on: 28th April 2020

This page provides some links and general advice on how your church might support your local community during times of social distancing. It also includes links to FAQs on matters of church hall use for food-banks and donating blood.

Government and NHS Advice

First published on: 28th April 2020

This page contains links to the Government and National Health Service advice pages. It also contains links to pages highlighting the government's ongoing plans in relation to Covid-19.

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