The Church of England\u2019s \u2018Open and Sustainable Churches\u2019 programme operates through its ChurchCare website [http://www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/open-sustainable]. This programme offers advice and encouragement to churches on how to use imaginative and strategic ways to make their spaces available for purposes as well as worship. These could be community activities, cultural or even commercial events. There is no specific national policy about the use of churches for concerts, as this is usually left to the discretion of the Vicar and the Parochial Church Council.<\/p>
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Following a decision by the Parochial Church Council of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate the church will end its programme of offering hire space to musicians from 2018. In its place, the church will offer monthly Saturday evening concerts in partnership with external musical groups, including classical and choral music both sacred and secular, as well as Monday evening concerts and guest choirs at Evensong.<\/p>
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From 1 November, the Diocese of London will also launch a website that will provide easy access to hire space and booking options for musicians in London, as well as a tool to promote concerts and events.<\/p>
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The Church of England supports the Breathing Space campaign of The Children\u2019s Society and StepChange. The Church has considerable experience of supporting people in financial difficulty and has for the last four years been actively promoting credit unions and financial education within its school and church networks.
Additionally, as part of the Just Finance Foundation, LifeSavers is a national, financial education programme for primary schools, equipping children with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to manage money well and prepare them for the opportunities and challenges that money brings in life.<\/p>
It offers schools:
\u2022 Free and comprehensive sets of classroom and collective worship resources,
\u2022 CPD training in how to develop a whole school approach to financial education
\u2022 advice on setting up a school savings club
\u2022 ideas for engaging parents designed to give children a practical experience of handling money and ensure that positive messages about money are reinforced at home.<\/p>