Resources
Maintenance DVD
Copies of the new Faith in Maintenance DVD are currently being distributed to volunteers through faith networks across England and Wales. If you have already received a copy of the DVD here are some ideas about what you might do next:
- Book a place on a Faith in Maintenance training course.
- Sign up to the gutter maintenance scheme operated by your diocese if there is one. If there isn't a diocesan scheme in place, think about arranging your own gutter maintenance agreement between a group of churches and a local contractor.
- Draw up an inspection checklist and a maintenance plan.
- Sign up for our free monthly email bulletin service to help keep your place of worship in tiptop condition.
- Arrange a local training event on the topic of maintenance. You can show the Faith in Maintenance DVD and use our suggested discussion questions.
- Talk to volunteers from other places of worship in your local area - they may be willing to share their ideas and experience! They might also be willing to share tools and access equipment.
- Call our Technical Helpline if you would like advice on repair and maintenance issues. The Helpline operates on Fridays on 0207 456 0916.
- Have a look at our case studies for ideas about how to tackle common maintenance tasks.
- Organise a maintenance working party. It is much easier to tackle maintenance if you have a group of willing volunteers, especially if you offer to reward their efforts with tea and cakes!
- Read the story of filming the DVD and find out more about the people who helped to make it.
If you haven't yet received a copy of the DVD you can watch eight short video clips from the DVD here.
