Community Ministry

Community Ministry involves:

• Creating a structure of participation that helps churches to respond to issues of local concern
• Enabling people to move beyond conventional thinking and stereotypes, especially in relation to those who are marginalised
• Helping people to make links between the Gospel and Social Action

Community Ministry Advisers help parishes to:

• Identify the needs of their local community and decide how best to get involved
• Set up community projects and initiatives in response to these needs
• Develop a theological perspective in relation to their community involvement and concern

For advice and further information on Community ministry issues contact or

Church Urban Fund Mustard Seed grants

The Community Ministry Team has a key responsibility for the Dioceses relationship with the Church Urban Fund providing and administrative and developmental element to the management of the Mustard Seed Grant Programme. This grant programme offers awards of to £5,000 and is there to enable parish and faith based organisations an opportunity to test out or pilot an idea.

The Fund gives priority to projects based within the top 10% of deprivation, according to the the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).

It is expected that organisations use the experience of the pilot period to inform and refine your work in preparation for taking it to the next level and that there will be an opportunity to disseminate the learning to other projects in this Diocese or across the country.

Making an application

Please read the guidance document below and complete and return the pre-application questionnaire to , who will discuss eligibility and talk you through the next stage.

Mustard Seed Guidance & Enquiry Form