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Diocese of Edinburgh St Hilda’s Fund
Mission Development in Charges
“Supporting growth in our churches”
General Information
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The fund is an exciting opportunity to support
churches move from “care and maintenance” to
growth
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Diocesan financial support will be provided to
congregations who wish to develop a project which
will help them achieve a part of their mission as a local
Christian Church
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We are looking to help creative, people-based, local
projects get ‘off the ground’
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This Diocesan initiative will result in a movement of
resources from the centre to where mission is taking
place
General Information
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3 or 4 congregations funded for local projects each
year with a grant of up to or around £5,000.
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Aim - to support every congregation in the Diocese
achieve a local mission project over about 15 years.
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Smaller congregations are encouraged to apply.
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Grants normally for one year only
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A clear plan for the project including planned
outcomes is needed before a grant is agreed.
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A formal evaluation report on the success or
otherwise of your project.
What the Grant Funding is For
Funding is considered for projects which will have a
measurable impact in terms of your Christian mission,
on the following areas:
1. Your congregation or
2. Your Community or
3. The Diocese
Note:
1. A contribution to two or more of the possible areas
identified will be given a higher priority
2. Grants will normally be for one year only as ‘seed
funding’, so consideration will need to be given as to how
projects will be continued after the grant is finished
Grant Restrictions
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Requests for repairs to buildings will not be granted
from this fund.
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However, any upgrade to premises maybe
acceptable if it forms a very small but necessary
element which makes your proposed mission to
people possible.
How Applications will be Prioritised (1)
Applications will be given higher priority, if they have
one or more of the following characteristics:
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A high level of commitment by the congregation e.g.
the number of the congregation who have already
committed to active support of or by agreed
partnerships with other organisations
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A level of ‘matched funding’ by the congregation to
increase the impact of the Diocesan Grant
However, all applications will be considered even if they
do not have either of these characteristics.
How Applications will be Prioritised (2)
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The clarity of purpose of your project (to further the
mission of your congregation) is key in prioritising by
the Diocese - the nature and design of the project will
be entirely up to the congregation
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Projects will be assessed on their perceived viability
and measurable impact on furthering mission within
your congregation, your community or the Diocese.
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Once projects have been ranked on the basis of
perceived viability and measurable impact, other
factors such as geographic spread, to ensure impact
across the whole of the Diocese, will be considered,
and also the nature of projects, so we build a bank of
experience of different types of projects
The Role of the Diocese
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Support through Diocesan structures (e.g. CCD)
will be offered as projects develop
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Applications will be assessed by a Diocesan
group (Application deadline is September 2012)
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Decisions on the successful applications will be
communicated by the end of October
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Feedback on unsuccessful applications will be
provided, to help congregations increase their
likelihood of success in future applications
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The application process will be fully reviewed, in
the light of feedback, at the end of its first year
The Application Form (1)
1.
Congregation Name
2.
Contact Names and details (there is an expectation that a lay
person will share equal responsibility for this application and that
the congregation has considered the project and strongly
endorses it)
3.
Brief description of your church, including developments and
successes relevant to your application (Aim for a maximum of 200
words)
4.
How have your congregation identified the need for this project?
(Aim for a maximum of 200 words describing the process you went
through)
5.
Description of your project including: What do you want to do?
Who will be involved? Where will it take place? How will it be
managed? (Aim for a maximum of 500 words)
The Application Form (2)
6. What will be the key targets of your project? This should be
detailed in your Planned Outcomes Form. (Aim for a
maximum of 200 words)
7. How will you monitor and evaluate the work so that you know
whether or not you have been successful? This should be
detailed in your Planned Outcomes Form. (Aim for a
maximum of 200 words)
8. What is the income and expenditure for this piece of work?
Please provide a fully costed budget using the format
provided later in this form.
9. What support are you requesting from The St Hilda’s Fund?
10.If you are successful in your application to the St Hilda’s
Fund, when would the funding be required?
11.Please use this space to give us additional supporting
information which you feel is relevant to your application