Diocesan Mission Fund

Welcome to the page for the Diocesan Mission Fund.

What is the Fund?

In the summer of 2009, the Diocesan Synod decided to set aside £350,000 for Parishes, Benefices and Deaneries to use for new forms of mission which are pioneering, sustainable, and have an emphasis on making new Christians and disciples.  The hope of the fund is to encourage people around the diocese to initiate mission focused activities, by providing some or all of the funds which are required to get projects started.  The Fund's priorities are projects which are:

• Missional
• New / Pioneering
• Sustainable

How to apply

If you are thinking about applying, please read the Funding Priorities and Practicalities, which explain the priorities in more detail and explain how the fund will work practically.

Projects with an overall cost below £10,000

If the total cost of your project will be below £10,000, please download the application form.  There are also some guidelines for filling in the form.

Projects with an overall cost above £10,000

If the total cost of your project will be £10,000 or above, please start the process by sending us an expression of interest, on no more than one side of A4.

Help and advice

If you would like to talk to someone before making an application or have any questions about the fund, please feel free to get in touch.  You can contact either Graham Wright, the Chair of the Fund, or Matt Jermyn, the Fund's Secretary.

Their numbers are: 

        Graham Wright: 01926 864991. 

        Matt Jermyn: 024 7652 1309 or missionfund@covcofe.org

Application deadline dates - for applications for more than £2,500

Applications for more than £2,500 are approved by the Mission Fund Committee.  The deadlines for submitting grant applications to the Committee are:

23 April 2012

11 June 2012

10 September 2012

Feedback

A condition of receiving a mission fund grant is that you provide one or more reports on the project (the number and timing of reports will be specified in a letter to you).  You can download a form for that report here.

Diocesan Mission Fund Committee members

The DMFC is made up of two chairs appointed by the Bishop's Council, the Archdeacon Missioner and four members (half clergy, half lay) appointed by the Diocesan Synod.

    Vacancy (Co-Chair)

    Mr Graham Wright (Co-Chair)

    Ven Morris Rodham (Archdeacon Missioner)

    Revd Ellie Clack (Elected by Diocesan Synod)

    Revd Stephen Hartley (Elected by Diocesan Synod)

    Mrs Kay Dyer (Elected by Diocesan Synod)

    Mr John Scouller (Elected by Diocesan Synod)