The diocese is happy to be able to offer new grants to those looking to start new congregations.
Earlier this year the diocese awarded a number of grants to people who had started or were starting new congregations under the oversight of their PCC.
They each received a small grant of £500 to support the congregation to get going.
The diocese is now offering a new round of a further ten grants for new congregations, made possible by funding that comes via the Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence national grant that was made to the diocese last year.
New congregations are gatherings that are just beginning, or will begin in the next six months, which are aimed at people who are not yet part of the church community.
New congregations gather people in a place, ideally in person but could be online.
They include some form of worship, an opportunity for people to talk about or embody faith, and are committed to maintaining relationships between gatherings.
We have ten grants of up to £500 to offer to small new congregations to help them get off the ground.
Please fill in the application form, which can be found on the page here, and send it to jude.smith@leeds.anglican.org.
To support applications we are holding a drop-in Zoom session on Wednesday, August 14 at 1pm, for people to ask questions.
Further support is available by emailing barnabas@leeds.anglican.org.
Please send in applications by Thursday, September 5.
A small group will gather to make the decisions for this round on Monday, September 9.
We will then contact people to let them know a grant is coming and also to arrange to hear stories around the new congregations.