In the run up to the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25th May 2018, TMCP in conjunction with the Connexional Team Guidance (the Working Party) is producing a tool kit of guidance, template documents, training, policie...

There has been a lot of hype in the media about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) focusing on exaggerated misinterpretations of the new legislation. However, GDPR is not a revolution and 25th May 2018 is not a cliff edge. Managing Trustee...

People often want to provide financial support to the Methodist Church to help the Church to further Mission. One way to continue to support the Mission of the Methodist Church, locally or Connexionally is to leave a bequest or legacy (Gift) to the M...

Managing Trustees need to be aware of the potential implications that can arise when a residential property is let to a Tenant and the property falls into disrepair. The written agreement between a Landlord and Tenant sets out the obligations plac...

TMCP are hearing how increasingly Managing Trustees are being approached by providers who are offering a “property guardian service”. Under this service the provider agrees to secure an unoccupied property so it cannot be used by squatter...

On 1 December 2017 the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 came into force.  This Act introduced a new Private Residential Tenancy (PRT). This means that all new tenancies of residential property must, from 1 December 2017, be a PRT....

Managing Trustees may have thought about using a vacant Manse to help house refugees and/or heard about the Methodist Council’s policy on tenancies under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme (VPR) specifically? The Residential Te...