Guidance and reports

Documents listed as links in the left-hand column open as PDFs in a new tab.

Safeguarding	Please follow this link to the dedicated safeguarding page.
Safe Working Reminders	A two-page annual reminder for our volunteers of the main Health & Safety and Safeguarding topics they need to know.
Risk Assessment Policy and Guidance	A one-page guide on how to do a risk assessment, plus a standard form and an Annex listing extant risk assessments that you might find useful when completing one for your activity. Click here for the form in Word (.docx) format for editing. (Opens a download-and-save box.)
Lone Working Guidance	Some common-sense advice on how to prepare for working alone in the church or the office, or when making home visits.
Health and Safety Policy	This includes Risk Assessments of matters that are common across most of our activities.

Complaints and Allegations	If you wish to complain about something, this one-page guide will tell you what to do.
Your Data and How We Look After It	St James Church Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice.
Disability Access Statement	A summary of our current provision for adults and children with disabilities.
Social Media Policy	Here is an excerpt from the Parish Safeguarding Handbook which is our Social Media Policy.
Supporting Volunteers	This policy sets out what we need to do to look after all our volunteers, recruting them fairly and safely, making sure that they know what is expected of them, are trained appropriately and supported on an ongoing basis.
Registered Charity	This is a link to our entry in the Charity Commission’s register. Our Registered Charity number is 1130757.
Parish Profile	A snapshot of the church in 2017, prepared for the appointment of a new vicar. Please note that some of the activities described here have not restarted after Covid.

These are the papers for the Annual Meeting on 12 May. They will be uploaded as they are finalised.

We are still waiting for one final paper to arrive with us. The full pack will then be assembled and uploaded.

PCC Nomination Form	For use by church members only – but if you are not a member, you can still take a look!
Annual Meeting – full pack of papers	This includes all the papers listed below.
Annual Meeting agenda
Minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting	To be approved at this year’s meeting.
Accounts for 2024	We will upload these as soon as we have the audit report.
Independent Examiner’s Report	This has been completed, but has not quite reached us yet.
Annual Report for 2024	A summary account (15 pages) of what we did in 2024. The report is written to fulfil the requirements of the Charity Commission.
Deanery Synod Report	Exceprts from the reports from our Deanery representatives to the PCC since the last Annual Meeting.