The funding in the 2025/2026 budget for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) has now been fully allocated. This means the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has closed the LPWGS to new applications.
An update about the management, retention and disposal policy of the diocesan housing estate.
As of July 2025 the following documents have been officially withdrawn from the Church of England website, as they have been superseded by updated guidance and codes of practice: 'Parish Safeguarding Handbook', 'Protecting All God’s Children' and 'Promoting a Safe Church (2006)'
An encouragement to pray and fast during Lent 2025.
Lots of churches use WhatsApp these days for communicating internally with church members or for smaller groups within the church (eg: prayer chains, homegroups, pastoral care teams etc.) We have been informed by Leicestershire Police’s Cyber Crime Unit about a scam specifically targeting church groups.
The Diocese of Leicester has renewed its block membership of ACAT (Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers).
The LeicesterShire Historic Churches Trust has been presented with a Platinum Jubilee Community and Business Award by Professor Robert Allison CBE, a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire.
We have an editable poster (here) for churches, please find one attached which you/your churches might like to use. It can have a QR code added, as well the name of the church.
Dean David Montieth's Service of Farewell and Installation Service
With escalating energy bills, common sense tells us it’s a good idea to shut doors and turn the heating down a notch. But there are many other cheap or free things that parishes can do to reduce their energy usage, and in turn their bills and carbon footprint.