1. STRATEGIC BUILDINGS TASK GROUP

2. SBTG
EstabLished September 2014 Wide membership Archdeacon Area Deans Stipendiary clergy Chairman DBF Lay members Professional advisor Support from officers REMIT To devise a coherent and sustainable plan for buildings and assets ….. to enable and sustain church growth and mission across the Diocese

3. What is a Strategic building?

4. Other land and buildings
Church
Parsonage
Church Hall
School
Other land and buildings

5. CONSIDERATIONS
Parsonages
Property Committee,
QI,
Incumbents
Schools
DBE,
LEA
Headteachers
Halls
Diverse ownership, eg trusts
No data/records
Other property and land
DBF

6. Early decision - CONSIDER CHURCHES FIRST It would be the easiest category on which to gather information – we thought!

7. WHAT IS A STRATEGIC CHURCH?

8. A landmark building?
A Civic Church?
A Community Hub?
Something else?

9. Churches Average Weekly Attendance - AWA
Quinquennial Inspection Reports -QIs
Average Weekly Attendance - AWA
Parish Share as % of Unrestricted Income
ParishDataView
Some issues
Not all QIs available
Some outdated

10. Total score 4 to 12 Scoring Methodology – Traffic light system
Assessment on latest available QI
AWA
Good score 3
100+ score 3
Fair score 2
score 2
Poor score 1
>36 score 1
Parish Share as % of Unrestricted Income
Parish Population
Under 40% score 3
13,000+ score 3
40-66% score 2
5, ,999 score 2
66% score 1
Under5,000 score 1
Total score 4 to 12
Altering the weighting makes little difference overall

11. 119 Parishes Population of under 5,000
HEADLINE STATISTICS
32 Churches In POOR CONDITION
103 Churches AWA 36 or below
119 Parishes Population of under 5,000
55 Parish share Is 66% or more of unrestricted income
Many Churches are in 3 or all 4 of these categories –
a STRONG CORRELATION
ParishDataView confirms these concerns

12. Score 4 Number of churches 1 5 8 6 41 50 7 84 134 8 93 227 9 62 10 18 11 3 12 0 310

13. SBTG Currently looking at: Proximity/location of low scores Issues include: Deanery and Archdeaconry boundaries Geography/topography and accessibility Churchmanship Still need to consider other buildings

14. The work of the SBTG is NOT presented as an exact science – it is offered as an indication of the issues we need to

15. What would YOUR congregation say is most important, the continued use of YOUR church as a building or the continued gathering together as a community?