Stewardship
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the Stewardship Group are to provide, maintain and enhance the finance and resources necessary to enable the community of St Joseph's to carry out its mission.
How do we do this?
Finance
Catholic parishes have to be self-supporting. They receive no funding from the Diocese or from any other outside source. St Joseph's, like any other Catholic parish, relies solely on the offerings, donations, fund-raising events and other activities of the community. Our clergy do not receive salaries but rely on Mass stipends and Christmas and Easter offerings for their personal income. For the latest Financial Report click on
200 Club
The Parish operates a 200 Club. Up to 200 parishioners can contribute £3 per month or £36 per year to take part in a monthly draw with first (£75), second (£35) and third (£25) prizes. The 200 Club generates a useful income for the Parish and to join it click on
Parish Staff
Apart from our clergy, the Parish has a small paid staff who keep things ticking along on a daily, weekly basis. We have a full-time secretary who is the lynch pin of the Parish administration. We also have a Pastoral Assistant one day a week, a part-time Facilities Manager, a Housekeeper and a Youth Worker three days a week.
Meet the Parish Staff here.
Volunteers
We could not run a Parish the size of St Joseph's without an army of volunteers who give their time to a variety of tasks that need to be done on a weekly basis.
- There is a team which counts up and bags the offerings and collections every Sunday evening;
- Another team checks and banks the offerings and other income every week;
- There are other volunteers who keep the Parish books and accounts, help in the office, clean the church, mow the lawn and look after the garden, wash the altar linen and repair vestments, run the repository and the Traidcraft shop and help in other ways.
See some of our Volunteers in action!
Gift Aid
The tax rebate on Gift Aid is a very important source of income to the Parish. Anyone who pays Income Tax should sign up for Gift Aid so that the Parish can recover 28 per cent of their offerings from the Government at no additional cost to themselves. You can either make out a monthly bank standing order or use the envelopes for weekly offerings.
To find out more about Gift Aid or to sign up click on
Stewardship Group
The Stewardship Group (often called the Finance Committee) is responsible the finances of the Parish and the upkeep and maintenance of the buildings and grounds. The current members of the Stewardship Group are:
- Francis Holford (Chairman) is a retired Chartered Accountant and business man.
- Jackie Ballard has expertise in human resources and personnel issues.
- Grace Bradley is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.
- Joan Connelly is the Parish Gift Aid Co-ordinator.
- Joe Pais is a retired university lecturer and an expert DIY.
The Stewardship Group meets quarterly with the Parish Priest but the members are available to advise on their areas of expertise as required as well as being involved in many other aspects of Parish life.
Latest Financial Report
Every year a financial report is put together by the Stewardship group, detailing the Parish finances of the past year and the proposed budget for the upcoming financial year. Take a look at the latest interim financial report here (pdf).
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