Parish Giving Scheme New Platform - Overview Webinars

The new, updated Parish Giving Scheme website is now live! The PGS team are holding webinars in mid-November to provide an overview of the new platform to all parishes, and to give a space for you to ask any questions.

Please use the links below to sign up for the webinars:

November 13th:

• 10am - register here 
• 12:30pm - register here 
• 2pm - register here 
• 8pm - register here

November 18th:

• 10am - register here 
• 12:00pm - register here

Parish Giving Scheme New Forms

As part of the changes to the Parish Giving Scheme website, there are new Gift Forms available. These are the forms your givers can use to set up their regular giving. Old copies of the form, either the physical paper forms, or the PDF versions, will not be accepted now that the website has been updated. Your givers can still set up their gift online, through the PGS website, or by calling up the PGS team directly, but if they want to use a form, it must be the new one.

Get in touch with the Stewardship team to request the form for your parish. They will send the PDF version, and can post a small quantity of the paper copies if required.

Get in touch: resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org.

Legacy Toolkit - November Activity

Talking about legacy giving can be difficult, so this toolkit is designed to support a drip-feed approach, bringing up the topic in regular, bite-size chunks.

The suggested activity for November is to look through the GraveTalk resources to encourage deeper conversations about life and death within your community. GraveTalk is a national resource supporting churches to hold a café space, bringing people together and inviting conversations through cards with various questions about life, death, grief and funerals. While these are difficult conversations to have, there is a significant lack of safe spaces for these topics to be discussed, and churches are great places for this.

Have a read through the updated pack at the link below, or find it on our Legacies and Giving in Memory webpage here.

Cornerstone Webinars in November

Cornerstone is an online learning platform, available for all parishes in the Diocese of Leeds. The platform is designed to support parishes in all aspects of giving and generosity using step-by-step practical steps. Cornerstone also holds a grants database, which can be used to find funders to support your church projects.

The Stewardship team are holding 4 webinars in November to introduce the platform and demonstrate how it works. You can register for these webinars using the links below:

Tuesday the 11th November at 1pm, register here.

Wednesday the 12th November at 6.30pm, register here.

Tuesday the 18th November at 6.30pm, register here.

Thursday the 20th November at 1pm, register here.

Digital Clinics in November

Book in a 1-to-1 Digital Clinic session with a member of the Stewardship team to discuss Digital Giving.

These sessions are perfect for finding specific solutions to any issues you are having with contactless devices or online giving pages. These are also a great space for finding out more if you are new to digital giving. The Stewardship team can discuss how to promote this way of giving in your church, including creating new eye-catching giving campaigns.

Book a session for one of the dates and locations below:

• 3rd November - Leeds, Church House Book Here
• 17th November - Huddersfield Parish Church Book Here
• 24th November - Bingley, Trinity Centre Book Here

Opportunity to Trial SumUp Point of Service Lite Device - contact by 5pm on 6th Nov

The national Digital Giving team are looking for churches to trial SumUp's new Point of Service (POS) Lite device. They have a very limited number of devices to offer, and the church(es) chosen will need to test the device, evaluate the effectiveness, and share feedback with the team.

You will need to:

• have reliable Wi-Fi
• run some form of shop service that requires taking payments, such as a bookshop or coffee shop
• be willing to provide feedback
• have a designated person at church to manage the device and store it securely

It would be beneficial to:

• have an active SumUp account
• be willing to be part of a case study
• have a member of staff who is familiar with the 'items' functionality on SumUp

Get in touch with the Stewardship team by 5pm on Thursday 6th November to register your interest: resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org

Festive Campaign Templates for Give A Little

The Church of England have released the theme of 'JOY' for Christmas 2025 - and many templates and resources have been released to support churches with this. These resources include festive campaign designs, formatted to suit the app campaigns on Give A Little. These work with CollecTin More devices, as well as most Payaz devices.

You can find out more about these designs, see how to use them and download the customisable templates on the Church of England website using the link below.

If you would appreciate any support on using these, or want to find out more about digital giving ahead of Christmas, then get in touch with the Stewardship team at resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org.

Parish Share Requests 2026-2028 Now Circulated

The 3-Year Parish Share Requests (2026-2028) have now been circulated to all parishes accompanied by or with links to the following information:

• A 3-year Budget Planning Template

• A digital booklet (Parish Share Guide 2026) 

• A link to a short video from Bishop Toby 

• A link to an animated video explaining how Parish Share works in the Diocese of Leeds.

• A letter from Bishop Toby

If you haven't received your Parish Share request and accompanying information please email resourcingparishes@leeds.anglican.org.

The documents and videos listed above can also be viewed on our Parish Share Explained webpage. Click the link below for more details.

Parish Share News

September's Parish Share report update is now available on our website: please see details below. October's Parish Share report will be available on the Diocesan website later in November, use the link below to see more.

Parish share contributions in September totalled £957k, which is £29k (3%) lower than the same month in 2024. Year-to-date contributions stand at £7,683k, remaining behind the same period last year by £139k (1.8%). This represents 50% of the total parish share requested for 2025.

Online Budget Training Sessions in November

Now that Parish Share requests have been prepared for 2026 - 2028, we have developed a one-hour long, online training session to help you plan your church budget for up to 3-years ahead. For training dates in November please see the information below to register your place.

Budget Training : Tuesday 11th November @ 6.30pm register here

Budget Training : Thursday 26th November @ 1pm register here

Further training dates will be offered throughout 2026 (dates tbc) and will be announced in future editions of Money4Mission.

Parish Finance & PCC Governance Training

In this half-day session, led by Stewardship officers Janet and Beth, we will explore the responsibilities of the PCC, and the role of clergy and other PCC members within that. We will discuss wider diocesan finances, as well as looking into the detail of your parish finances and exploring what is going well, offering practical advice for further improvements.

In person, at Church House on Tuesday 25th November, 10am-12pm followed by a free lunch. You can book your space on Eventbrite here.

This session will be repeated online the same evening, Tuesday 25th November, 7-9pm. You can register for this meeting here.

New Updates to the Code of Fundraising Practice

From 1 November 2025, fundraising regulation in the UK is evolving to reflect modern fundraising practices. Fundraising organisations should review the new code and support guides and begin preparing to ensure compliance.

The National Giving Team have prepared some guidance for churches, which highlights the values underpinned within the Code and some of the key standards that apply to all giving in a parish context. See their guidance using the link below.

Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme

The Government have reopened the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme, offering funded security measures (e.g. CCTV. alarms, secure doors) to places of worship that are at risk of hate crime.

The scheme is open for applications now and will close on the 8th December 2025.

The Government website contains lots of guidance on eligibility, and what information is needed in order to apply. Use the link below to find out more.

Calculate the Value your Church Brings to the Community

With funding support from Benefact Trust, the National Churches Trust has developed The House of Good: Local - a free, online tool to help you calculate the social and economic value your church has on its community.

Whether you're building a case for fundraising, encouraging volunteer support, or planning your church’s future mission, this tool can provide the evidence you need to make a compelling case.

Find out how to use the tool and read about how other churches have used the tool to their advantage by clicking the link below