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<p>Diocesan resourcing of mission and ministry is supported by congregational giving,
historic investments and other income. Additional support is provided from national
funds generated by the investments of the Church Commissioners and distributed by
the Archbishops' Council.</p><p> </p><p>The Diocese of Hereford has received:</p><ul><li>£1.172m
of Lowest Income Communities Funding over 2020-22 to support mission and ministry
in areas of low economic activity.</li><li>£113k of Strategic Ministry Funding to
help fund curates costs.</li><li>£120k in 2020 to support work on congregational giving.</li><li>£525k
of Strategic Development Funding was awarded in 2017 towards a 5-year project supporting
missioners in six parishes in the Diocese, including 3 of its market towns, focusing
on reaching children and young people. More details can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hereford.anglican.org%2Fintergenerational-mission%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717289664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KuCQu5fp2Ix2%2Fflo7vsdMHd9eG1CExIoe4jzhm9l2CQ%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Diocese of Lichfield has received:</p><ul><li>£6.23m
of Lowest Income Communities Funding over 2020-22 to support mission and ministry
in areas of low economic activity.</li><li>£850k to support diocesan finances in the
light of the impact Covid-19.</li><li>£1.690m of Strategic Development Funding in
2019 for a 6-year project to support ministry and mission in Telford, focusing strongly
on social engagement and reaching children and young people. More details can be found
<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lichfield.anglican.org%2Fnews%2Ftelford-new-church-mission.php&data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717289664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2FokkcFuiyKiOHwduG34VL63bWaaRonhbrnhLxumnndE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Through the Government's Culture Recovery
Fund, parishes and cathedrals of the two dioceses have also received:</p><ul><li>Lichfield:
14 grants to parishes, totalling £379,141, and two grants to Lichfield Cathedral,
totalling £152,900</li><li>Hereford: 12 grants to parishes, totalling £304,678, and
two grants to Hereford Cathedral, totalling £284,400</li></ul><p> </p><p>Rural parishes
make up around 60% of the Church of England's footprint with approximately 10,000
buildings. These parishes serve about 17% of the population, with 91% of rural churches
being listed. These rural churches are an important community asset as they are often
the only public building left in their community and serve multiple purposes in addition
to being a place of worship.</p><p> </p><p>The Association of Festival Churches (<a
href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fafchurches.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717299634%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=mv07sTg3MrEuZ7n9ET439SSMnp8KrfA7p%2FdiSBKfVHQ%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">The Association of Festival Churches</a>) was recently formed with
the express purpose of supporting mostly rural churches to expand community use of
their church buildings, working with pre-existing specialist resources such as the
<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farthurrankcentre.org.uk%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717299634%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VayZla7j2z3WFbS9F18o3ppaoGh86c0fl32wUYS1YFg%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Arthur Rank Centre</a> to provide targeted guidance and advice for
rural churches.</p>
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