Please get in touch with the Resources Team if you would like training on any of the areas mentioned below, or need any support with your church finances and governance, digital giving, stewardship or generosity programs. We have a wide range or expertise within the team and are always happy to answer any questions you have, either in-person or over video/phone call.

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Available training on:

  • MyGiving.Online: cloud-based software making Gift Aid claims easier than ever
  • MyFundAccounting: cloud-based software making life easier for treasurers and churches
  • Digital Giving: Set up contactless and online giving for your church
  • The Parish Giving Scheme: Learn how to promote PGS to your givers and increase giving
  • Good stewardship practice: Support with all areas of managing and stewarding church finances
  • Legacies: How you can encourage and steward legacy gifts from your church
  • Budgets and planning: Make a creative budget to help guide and resource your church mission
  • Maintaining church buildings: Find support in caring for your church building

MyGiving.Online

Primarily for parishes currently on the Diocesan Gift Aid Scheme & Fit For Mission churches, we will provide an introduction to this all new cloud-based software also from Data Developments. The team will get you familiar with and comfortable using MyGiving.Online making Gift Aid recording and claiming easier than ever before with ongoing help and support always available. 

This training is available regularly in person. Please bring your own laptop. Tea and coffee will be available.

To register your interest, please contact resources.team@liverpool.anglican.org

Please see our refresher videos:

  1. Logging on to MyGiving.Online
  2. One-off gifts: How to add, amend & delete
  3. GASDS (Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme): How to add, amend & delete
  4. How to add, amend & delete a giver’s record
  5. How to add in grid donations for many givers at once
  6. Checking your work and producing a claim report
  7. How to make a claim with HMRC

MyFundAccounting.Online

New in-person training dates
Powerful, new cloud-based software from church and charity specialists Data Development. Over two sessions in person at St James’ House, this short training course will provide a working overview and get you (and your treasurer team if you have one) started with MyFundAccounting. Top quality software, tried and tested and costs just £5 a month.

Training is in person at St James’ House in Liverpool; please bring your own laptop and a packed lunch. Tea and coffee will be available.

To register your interest in a place on this training please email Gordon Fath gordon.fath@liverpool.anglican.org from the Resources Team at St James’ House

Digital Giving

Support with setting up your own church giving account, equipping your church with online giving, QR codes, learn some basic design software and how to use social media for your church giving.

Support with Digital Giving is also available on the Parish Buying website www.parishbuying.org.uk 

Digital Labs (National Church support) offer webinars on a range of topics including digital giving. Visit their web page to see what they are offering.

For guidance and advice on all aspects of digital giving please contact Lucia Miller lucia.miller@liverpool.anglican.org, Digital Giving Officer in the Resources Team at St James’ House. 

The Parish Giving Scheme

For guidance and advice on the Parish Giving Scheme please see our Parish Giving Scheme page, or contact the Resources Team at St James’ House.

Good Stewardship Practice

Stewardship resources are regularly made available

The Resources Team are regularly developing resources for churches to reflect on generosity. See the Generous Seasons pages for materials related to the liturgical seasons. 

For a full stewardship program and resources and materials for a giving campaign, please see the Giving in Grace website www.givingingrace.org

For guidance and advice on all aspects of good stewardship practice please contact Steve Pierce in the Resources Team at St James’ House.

Legacies: a lasting difference

Gifts of life and love

Listen to this webinar by Legacies Officer, Eleanor Stead, from the National Giving Team speaking at the Diocese of Manchester’s Generosity conference in 2022. Find it here

Churches are missing out on millions because we are often hesitant to talk about wills and legacies. Learn why wills matter and legacies are so vital to charities and the practical steps churches can take to make legacy giving a natural part of our stewardship. 

For guidance and advice on all aspects of good stewardship practice please contact Steve Pierce in the Resources Team at St James’ House.

Budgets and Planning

Find information, templates and guidance on church budgets at givingingrace.org  

For practical resources and guidance please email the Resources Team at St James’ House.

For guidance and advice on creating and communicating church budgets please contact Gordon Fath in the Resources Team at St James’ House.

Maintaining our church buildings

For guidance and advice on the care, repair and development of our church buildings please contact Tom Beesley in the Resources Team at St James’ House.

Get in touch

The Resources Team is always available during normal office hours
resources.team@dioceseofliverpool.kinsta.cloud or call us on 0151 705 2180