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...

Next year we will see significant changes in Data Protection law with the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). Managing Trustees need to be aware of the changes brought about by GDPR and how it will af...

The purpose of this article is to explain how the Methodist Church Council of a Methodist Local Church may be constituted when that Local Church is a partner in a single-congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership (“SCLEP”).

The purpose of this article is to help clarify the difference between withdrawing locally held money and withdrawing money held at TMCP, when requesting funds through the Consents website. When creating a Project using the Consents website and par...

Managing Trustees need to be aware of the serious implications that can arise when Japanese Knotweed is found on land.  Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, all property owners are required by law to control and prevent invasive non-...

Managing Trustees should be aware of the effect of restrictive covenants which have been imposed on the title of property owned by the Church.  TMCP can provide guidance to Managing Trustees on the steps which they should take before they make a...

With many chapels having been built before anybody would have dreamed of the widespread use of the motor car, many may feel that having a church car park at all can only be a bonus. However, church car parks are often the cause of untold headaches fo...