News from Save The Parish national office
An update from Alison Milbank, Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Nottingham and Priest Vicar and Canon Theologian at Southwell Minster. Please take note of the very good news - churches can now apply for grants from parish councils (details below) Leicester Save the Parish Meeting A number of us from the Steering Committee were in Loughborough Town Hall on 27th Nov, for a packed-out Save The Parish meeting to discuss Leicester Diocese’s reorganisation plans involving the bunching of parishes into large “Minster” groupings. The link to our leaflet is here: https://www.savetheparish.com/printable-leaflet/ and slides on the financial situation (which have a wider reference and might be of use to you) here: https://www.savetheparish.com/about/the-future-of-leicestershire-parishes-event/ The Wigan Debacle Please note from the leaflet what happened in a pilot project in Wigan; the 2023 independent report on Wigan is unarguable evidence that mega-pari