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ACAT’s Training Newsletter
April 2025
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Hi Guest,
As we move through Holy Week, I hope you’re finding time to rest, reflect, and rejoice in the promise of Easter. Whether you’re reflecting on the grief of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday or celebrating the joy of the resurrection on Easter Sunday, may you recognise the peace and presence of Christ.
As the spring term ends, we’re looking ahead to our summer training programme. We’re currently planning it and would love to hear your thoughts.
What would you like to see in the summer term? Are there any topics or course areas you’d like us to offer? Are there new challenges you’re facing in your church role where some training or guidance would be helpful?
We’re considering running some of our most popular sessions again and have a few ideas for new courses we could develop, but your feedback is what matters. See a full list of courses below.
You can reply to this email or get in touch via our website.
Thanks as always for all you do in your church. I hope this Easter brings encouragement, renewal and joy.
God bless, Cath Fox
Administration Officer (Training)
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Spring Training Programme
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Help us shape our summer term training
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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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Charities Engagement Team – Upcoming webinars
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The Charity Commission for England and Wales registers and regulates charities to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence. Through regular events, the Charities Engagement Team supports trustees and charity leaders to manage their charities effectively.
Events for April, May and June are available for booking.
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To ensure our courses start promptly, bookings close 24 hours before online sessions begin. To help with this please do get your bookings in in good time.
If you have any trouble booking please do get in touch with Cath on training@acat.uk.com.
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If you have previously taken one of our courses, and you have a spare 5 minutes, we would greatly appreciate you leaving us your feedback; any feedback helps us to continue to develop and enhance the training we currently offer as well as new courses in the future.
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Thank you for your support.
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That’s it for our training newsletter for April. As a brief reminder, the bookings for our online courses generally close 24 hours prior to their start date, and several days before our in-person events. Don’t forget to visit our website and follow us on social media to keep up to date with ACAT’s latest news, events and courses.
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Charity no. 1072733 Registered address: Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers, C/O KM Accountants, 1st Floor, Block C, The Wharf, Manchester Road, Burnley, BB11 1JG.
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