Help us shape our summer term training

Thu 01 May 2025

Tell us your thoughts

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As the spring term draws to a close, we’re busy planning our training programme for the summer and we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Are there any courses you'd like to see offered, or particular topics you’d like us to cover?

Below is a list of potential courses we may run again, but we're always open to developing new sessions if there's enough interest:

  • The Church Treasurer: Insights into the Role and Responsibilities
  • Keeping Simple Church Accounts
  • Generating Income and Grant Applications
  • Gift Aid: Maximising the Benefits and Reducing the Pitfalls
  • Being a Treasurer: The Basics
  • Trustee Training for Churches
  • Tax Issues on Trading for Churches
  • Preparing for Independent Examination (ACIE)
  • Accruals Accounting: Accounts for Larger Churches
  • Undertaking an Independent Examination
  • Risk and Health and Safety Management
  • How to Account for Church Receipts and Payments: Problems and Pitfalls
  • How to Account for Church Income and Expenditure: Problems and Pitfalls
  • Introduction to Being a Church Trustee: Some Things to Think About

Ideas of possible topics for new courses we could develop:

  • Computer Security for Churches
  • Budgets and Planning
  • The Church as Employer
  • Changing to a CIO
  • Registering as a Charity

Please share your suggestions and help shape a programme that’s useful and relevant to you.

Keep an eye on our website and newsletter — our summer courses will be announced in the coming weeks!

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Course information

Please share your suggestions and help shape our summer programme that’s useful and relevant to you.

Course Leader

Cath Fox

Cath Fox

Cath oversees ACAT’s training programme and annual conference. She possesses a wealth of church administration experience and was part of the Wakefield Diocese Education Team, supporting the training of school governors and head teachers. Among other roles, she has also been Team administrator for the Stewardship and Development / Parish Resources team for Leeds Diocese.

Cath lives in Wakefield and works part-time for ACAT. She has been churchwarden at St John the Baptist Church in Wakefield and is a Licensed Lay Minister (LLM). Cath has been a Guides leader for more than 30 years and enjoys spending any precious free time in the outdoors.