VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Our parish urgently needs more volunteers.

To start with, we are seeking parishioners to help on the Parish Council, the Becket Centre Committee, the Fabric Team and a new Liturgy committee.

Details of other ways that you can support our parish will be published at a later date.

Parish Councillor:

The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) advises the parish priest on all matters, coordinates all parish activities, develops new initiatives and supports various sub-committees.

PPC members are either elected at the AGM, or coopted by the PPC anytime.

Skills/knowledge needed: An interest and willingness to contribute are all that is needed.

Commitment required: Attend and contribute to about 10 meetings per year, and hopefully do some work in an area of parish activity of your choice outside those meetings.

Current status: several vacancies

If you would like to know more, please contact the parish office.

Becket Centre committee member:

The Becket Centre is central to our support of parishioners and our outreach to others.

It is managed day to day by the Parish Office, which is overseen by the Becket Centre Committee (BCC).
The committee’s job is to make the centre welcoming to parishioners and outsiders alike, to support those running the many parish activities, and help us play our part in the wider community.

There are a steady stream of policy decisions to consider, and improvements to plan and effect.
Skills/knowledge needed: An interest and willingness to contribute are all that is needed.

Commitment required: about 4 meetings per year plus email liaison, visits to the Becket Centre and Parish Office, lending a hand in various ways as your time allows.

Current status: several vacancies, including leader to join the two current members.

If you would like to know more, please contact the parish office.

Fabric team:

You may have noticed that we have a big church and extensive well-used parish facilities.

Things go wrong. Stuff needs fixing or replacing. Bigger jobs need specifying and managing.

We have a team of volunteers with various diy and other skills who do loads of small jobs and help identify how and when to get paid outside help.

Their work saves us a lot of money, but just as importantly, they try to see that jobs are done quickly. The individual members are having to do far too much, being very short of volunteers!!!

Skills/knowledge needed: Good DIY skills or contractor/project management experience needed.

Commitment required: very occasional meetings, attending as your time and your skills allow to advise and repair, or help oversee outside contractors.

Current status: several vacancies, many hands make light work!

If you would like to know more, please contact the parish office.

Liturgy:

We desperately need to form a group around an existing leader to plan and oversee our many church services. Many parishioners are involved in making our services run smoothly and effectively, but there is a crying need for oversight and support of the various groups and for more innovation.

Skills/knowledge needed: An interest and willingness to contribute are all that is needed.

Commitment required: occasional meetings, liaising with other volunteers, thinking time!

Current status: we need 3-5 new people.

If you would like to know more, please contact the parish office.