1. The Diocese of Canterbury Data & Statistics Parish Administrators’ Day 26 April 2016

2. The Diocese of Canterbury

3. Who uses the data?  National Church: annual statistics reports  Diocesan House: parish share, grant funding  Local churches: grant applications, mission planning

4. The Diocese of Canterbury Nationally:  Number of people attending church weekly drops below 1million for the fist time.  2.4 million attend at Christmas and 1.3 million at Easter  Just under 1,000 weddings, 2,000 baptisms, and almost 3,000 funerals every.  12% of births were marked by a Church of England infant baptism or thanksgiving and 31% of deaths were marked by a Church of England funeral

5. The Diocese of Canterbury Diocese of Canterbury:  Approximately 19,000 people attending weekly (-1.3% from 2013)  Nearly 54,000 attended at Christmas (+2.5%) and approx 27,000 at Easter (+4.5%)  1,107 marriages (-3.5)  Around 2,600 baptisms (-5.5% infants, -11.5% adults)  1,135 church funerals (-1%)

10. The Diocese of Canterbury Questions we’re grappling with  How do we make better use of our data at diocesan, deanery and parish levels?  How can we collect data in more consistent ways?  How can we make sense of the data we have?  How can churches and deaneries better use their data to access funding and plan mission work?  How can we equip churches and deaneries to own and understand their data better?

14. The Diocese of Canterbury A little help…  Data analyst – 6 months  Clearer, simpler data for parishes and deaneries  A framework for interpreting the data