1. Resourcing Mission Office The Next Steps

2. Listed Buildings & Technical Charity Reforms TMCP Grants & Funding Consents & Guidance

3. Listed Buildings & Technical Least change Mandatory

4. Conference endorsed Newman & latest review of Ecclesiastical Exemption not inflexible – 600 projects/schemes

5. Consents and Guidance Area of greatest change New & innovative Intuitive – easy to follow process Familiarity will breed confidence

6. Less bureaucratic Decisions closer to local situation Full connexional support Visits to Districts during rollout

7. New Ways of working *Connexionally – familiarisation visits *in Districts – Consent giving body Not creating team of local professionals but experience and understanding of process highly valuable

8. Programme for rollout – before Conference Immediate contact for first Districts to be rolled out from September

9. Grants & Funding Changes are largely affecting Connexional structures and process Review of relationship between Connexion and Districts Review of grants criteria Grant making (Connexional)

10. Connexional significance External funding –continuing and expanding benefits Financial accounting and reporting Annual Returns & regulations

11. Trustees Annual Reports Reserves policy

12. Major Registration programme 2008-2009 – 600 charities Ecumenical co-operation (LEPs – United Areas) Continuing Registrations 2009 – 2011 Review of Registration threshold 2011 - 2012 Charity Reforms

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14. TMCP - Legal Partners with Resourcing Mission Office Custodian role and responsibilities Mandatory elements of Consents Partnerships with Districts - NEW

15. Guidance on Methodist practice -SOs and Model Trusts Release of funds authorised for payment

16. Resourcing Mission Office The Next Steps