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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Parish Development Fund pages.
The Fund provides financial support to local churches with the aim of encouraging congregations to look beyond their walls to develop initiatives with a community-focus in response to local needs and issues. |
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We encourage congregations to work across parish boundaries and, where possible, to build meaningful partnerships with other churches, local groups and organisations.
The Parish Development Team
The team provides advice and support at all stages of the application and grant process, with each member covering a different area of Scotland. Find out some of the ways the team can help. You can contact us here.
The team can also attend resourcing days and conferences, provide support materials and lead workshops to help explore and develop ideas for projects.
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 An induction event in Inverness |
Grants available
The Fund provides a number of grants and also administers the Priority Areas Staffing Fund. Find out more about the grants available and criteria for applying.
How the Fund was set up
The Parish Development Fund was established by the General Assembly in 2002 in response to the Church without Walls Report to the General Assembly 2001.
The Fund was conceived as being a mechanism to stimulate new ideas, facilitate the establishment of partnerships and be the catalyst for new responses to need within communities.
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Over the last five years the fund has allocated nearly £3.5million of funding through grants to 135 different congregations across Scotland.
Information about the Parish Development Fund Committee and its members are on our contacts page.
Recent events
You can find details of recent events on our News and Events page, including information about the Project Workers' Residential held in November 2008 and the External Evaluation carried out during October and November 2008.
Vacancies within projects
A number of our funded projects employ staff to run and develop the project. Visit our Vacancies pages to see the current posts which are available.
To advertise vacancies within your project, contact the Parish Development Fund team.
Extranet
Visit our extranet site - provided for staff, office bearers
and those in the ministries - for specific information
on the fund's minutes and meeting dates.
Contact us
If you have any difficulty using this section of our website,
please contact the webteam
using our feedback form.
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