1. Churchwarden Training:
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Churchwarden Training:

3. Legal responsibilities of a churchwarden
The Canons of the Church of England [Canons E1.4 and E1.5] state (amongst other things!) that churchwardens shall: maintain order and decency in the church and churchyard, especially during the time of divine service. The property, in the plate, ornaments and other moveable goods of the church, is vested in them, and they should keep an up-to-date inventory of these items, and deliver them to their successors.
Practically this means:
Applying for List B or faculty permission for works.
Arranging Quinquennial Inspections
Doing a quarterly walk around the church
Ensure the building and its contents are appropriately insured
Ensure electrical and gas safety checks are carried out, that you have an asbestos risk assessment, any lightning conductor is maintained and tested
Rainwater goods (and French drains) are cleared out and water is draining away from the church
There is a Terrier, (the list and description of any land or buildings belonging to the church) an annually updated inventory and photographic record of all the items belonging to the church is retained
a log book of all alterations and repairs to the church and its lands and contents exists
proper records of any property transactions, including licences under Faculty and tenancy agreements and leases are kept
Making sure all valuable items are securely kept.

4. Quinquennial Inspection
Statutory requirement
Carried out by an appropriately qualified
inspector every 5 years
Deanery committees
Will produce a report with the items of
work required
Copy to Archdeacon and DAC

5. Look out for warning signs!

12. Projects - Repairs and conservation

13. Reordering and new facilities

16. Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches
Committee of 25 clergy and lay members includes architects, archaeologists, historians, conservation officers, M&E engineers, archdeacons and parochial clergy
Considers around 900 faculty applications a year, from 840 buildings
Acts as an ecclesiastical equivalent to Listed Building Consent to standards set by DCMS
Trying to make the process as user friendly as possible
Understand each building is unique
Balance conservation and mission
Transparent and accountable

17. The DAC Team
Liz
Sophie
Jennie
Hannah
Catriona

18. What does the DAC do?
Statutory function – to advise the Chancellor on faculty applications
Guide you through the application process including what to submit, when, what outside bodies you will need to consult.
Case officers give direct one to one support
We can attend PCC meetings or public consultations, visit site to give advice on major schemes, and carry out application ‘surgeries’ in a benefice.
Review draft submission documents
Contribute to national conversations on the use of church buildings, conservation, funding and legislation
Organise training and develop resources

19. Types of permission List A Minor maintenance. Examples:
clearing of gutters
repairs to modern window glass
boiler servicing
repairs/replacements to fittings in existing kitchens, lavatories and office accommodation.
No diocesan permission required – does not include any works which involve the fabric, or historic material, however, so no repointing etc.
Here we’ll go through the types of work and permission required for them
List A – works of repair and routine maintenance to the church building NOT affecting the fabric or historic material
List A works that can just be got on with- mostly maintenance, no involvement with historic fabric.

20. Minor repairs involving historic fabric: Examples: Repointing
List B Permission
Minor repairs involving historic fabric: Examples:
Repointing
Replacement of sacrificial stonework
Repairs to rainwater goods
Replacement of roof covering in same material.
Takes around 1 – 3 weeks to process and requires less filling in of forms.
The archdeacon approves these on the advice of the DAC.
List B regulations available online
The list is exhaustive, with conditions, and exclusions. If unsure, always ask.
List B covers more straightforward ‘bread and butter’ repairs, the sorts of things that need doing cyclically, and is applied for online.
The archdeacon approves these on the advice of the DAC.
There are conditions on what works are covered, for instance, repairs that involve replacement stonework can only be list b if they are sacrificial areas of stone, such as affect the structural integrity of the building.

21. 2 Stage process, DAC and Formal Petition.
Faculty Permission
Permission for everything else. Examples: conservation work, structural repairs, large scale stonework repair/replacement, changes of materials to roofing or rainwater goods, works involving excavation.
Minor or major case
2 Stage process, DAC and Formal Petition.
Applied for online. Takes around 2 months + to process. Requires a petition, public notice and PCC minute
Permission for everything else. Examples: conservation work, structural repairs, large scale stonework repair/replacement, changes of materials to roofing or rainwater goods, anything involving below ground excavation.
Most straightforward repairs will be able to be dealt with by DAC subcommittee rather than going to one of our 6 meetings a year. Development projects or controversial proposals i.e. changing roofing material from lead to an alternative material, will need to go one of our six DAC meetings as year.
2 Stage process, the DAC makes sure the work is appropriate and able to be approved and the chancellor considers the Formal Petition and hopefully grants permission. Very rarely (almost never) does the chancellor disagree with the DAC.
Like List B, it’s applied for online. Takes longer to process, around 2 months + to process. Requires a petition, public notice and PCC minute.
Interim permissions process available for emergency works/ investigatory works. Takes 1-3 days to process for urgent works.

22. What if we have an emergency?
PLEASE DO NOT ! CALL US or If you can’t reach us call your Archdeacon If you can’t reach the Archdeacon call the Diocesan Registry Interim faculty permission – granted by the Chancellor (not the Archdeacon or DAC) details of the issue and description of works to DAC officer – mark as urgent. These are dealt with offline, works are carried out once interim permission is in hand, then paperwork follows up behind. We can get these in place in a matter of hours.

23. How to apply
Exceptions – meeting conditions, variations or private petitions Even if at a very early stage, please start a case online

24. Register as a user. DAC approve registrations – to protect the PCC How to videos coming in 2019

25. When in doubt, pick up the phone or
Lots of info on our webpage too – Diocese of Oxford (support services)