Toolkit
The Divine Inspiration Toolkit is designed to help volunteers in parish churches to create a warmer welcome for those who visit their buildings for all kinds of activities. If you want to improve your signage or write a better visitor booklet, you’ll find all the help you need here. All the elements are downloadable in .pdf format. Please get in touch with us if you have any queries or would like to find out how we might help you further.
We use our network of named ‘ambassadors’ to help make churches in our diocese more accessible and welcoming. If your church is not yet represented and you would like to register your interest, please contact Helen McGowan who will be able to share the details of this
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Resources
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Love it, Fund it, Keep it, Funding and links (68.6 KB)
Sources of funding for church repair projects
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Auditing your church's welcome (1.24 MB)
An exercise to help you audit your building to see just how welcoming it is to visitors and strangers to your church. © Divine Inspiration 2010
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Toolkit 1: Ten top tips for welcoming visitors to your church (107 KB)
Ten simple things to start you off as you begin to improve your welcome to visitors to your building. © Divine Inspiration 2010
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Toolkit 2: Interpreting your building for visitors (276 KB)
Well written and researched material will help you tell your story more effectively to those who make visits to your building. © Divine Inspiration 2010
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Toolkit 3: Opening with confidence (119 KB)
Sound advice and useful suggestions about security issues associated with opening up your church buildings and keeping your volunteers safe. © Divine Inspiration 2010
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Toolkit 4: Getting noticed (962 KB)
Ensure you make a good first impression on visitors to your building and provide information people can access using technology. © Divine Inspiration 2011
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Toolkit 5: Writing a better statement of significance (163 KB)
A Statement of Significance is a valuable resource to help you understand your church building and improve your stewardship. It is a requirement of making an application to Faculty. This is a step-by-step guide to getting it right. © Divine Inspiration
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Toolkit 6: Unlocking the story of your church online (104 KB)
A list of on-line resources to help you with your detective work as you research your church's story. © Divine Inspiration 2010
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Toolkit 7: Church and school working together (952 KB)
This will give you tips and information for welcoming groups of young people into your church buildings.
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Toolkit 8 - Sources of funding for church projects (100 KB)
Whether you are looking for funding for a major rebuilding project or a minor alteration, this guide will point you in the director of possible sources of finance.
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Toolkit 9: Sharing and understanding your churchyard (273 KB)
Resources and information to help you make the most of your green spaces © Divine Inspiration 2011
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Itinerary for Bishop John (326 KB)
Bishop John's pilgrimage route
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Bishop Christopher's itinerary (497 KB)
Pilgrimage route for Bishop Christopher
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The Bishops' pilgrimages (175 KB)
Details of Bishop Christopher and Bishop John's pilgrimages in the diocese
