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The Parish Share is a contribution by parishes in the Diocese towards the cost of the provision and support of Parish mission and ministry. |
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Finance |
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The Diocese sends a request to each parish suggesting an amount to be paid, this is called the Parish Share. |
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The System |
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PARISH share – the system by which parishes pay for their clergy and support services – is to be reformed, following a decision by Diocesan Synod. Earlier this summer Synod decided by a majority vote on a formula for calculating parish share that reflects the real costs of clergy and other services provided by the Diocese. Archdeacon Donald told the Synod held at Northwich Memorial Hall on 20 June that “we can no longer afford” the old parish share system “which asks a minority of parishes to pay the full costs of their ministry, but subsidises the majority”. The new system, which was agreed in principle last summer, is calculated on the basis of a standard parish share set at about £40,000, which covers 100 per cent of the cost of one priest and support services. Following consultation through the autumn of 2004, the parish share review group recommended to the recent Synod that the standard charge be set at 105 per cent (which would be around £42,000 for 2006). The extra five per cent was recommended partly to ensure that the averagely well-off contribute something to help the poorest parishes, and partly to give a cushion to help with the inevitable under-payment which every parish share system suffers. Archdeacon Donald told Synod: “We are looking at a real cost per priest of about £40,000, and a standard charge per priest of around £42,000 for 2006.” Under the new system, the 25 per cent of parishes in the poorest areas will be supported by the 25 per cent of parishes in the most wealthy areas, using a banding system. After a lively debate, with some opposition expressed to the proposed banding system, Synod accepted the recommendations. Parish Shares 2008
How have we calculated the parish share figure 2008 Downloads The proposals agreed by Synod giving further details of the scheme Numbers of Parishes in each band Adobe PDF Parish Shares for each parish for 2006 (as at 14 October 2005) Adobe PDF
Roadshows 2005 How it all works - Slides from the 2005 Roadshows (PDF 300k) Bishop Peter's speech (MSWord, Adobe PDF) Giving profile Chester 2005 (Adobe PDF)
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