Exeter Coast & Country Circuit

Exeter Coast & Country Circuit is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1137450).

Exeter Coast & Country Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales that acts as a resourcing body for the churches in its Circuit. Its calling is to respond to God's love in Jesus by sharing our lives through Christian discipleship in worship and caring. Its grants policy aims to reflect the Methodist Church in Britain's Our Calling commitments to worship, learning and caring, service and evangelism. Its annual report shows £56,758 awarded in grants.

Priority Areas

The Circuit makes grants to projects that help its local churches thrive in its calling of worship, learning and caring, service and evangelism. It considers projects in light of a church’s mission plan and future prospects, and whether the project supports them; where there is no formal plan, the church is asked to describe its aims under those four parts of the Circuit’s calling. Grants may contribute to personnel and running costs for a limited period, and to major property repairs, with churches expected to fund part of repair costs themselves. Routine, anticipated maintenance is not normally supported, and desirable rather than essential property work is unlikely to receive support. The Circuit weighs scarce resources carefully, takes account of its financial outlook and value for money, and asks applicants to show what other funding has been obtained or explored.

Themes

• Worship
• Learning and caring
• Service
• Evangelism
• Major property repairs

Geographic Focus

Priority: Crediton; Exeter; Axminster.

Read the Circuit’s grant guidance, complete its application form, and send the form to the Superintendent’s PA, preferably by email.

Who can apply:

• Circuit grants: Applications are for projects by local churches.

What to send:

• Circuit grants
  • The church’s mission plan, its prospects for the future, and how the project will support the church’s mission plan and its future prospects.
  • Information about other funds obtained or explored, including use of existing church funds, fundraising from the congregation and other project users, and external grants.
  • Church membership and the most recent accounts.
  • Copies of quotations, identification of the selected contractor and, if three quotes are not possible, the reasons.
  • A copy of the latest accounts for the church.
  • The completed grant application form.

What the charity says:

• Projects should significantly affect one or more parts of the Circuit’s calling and enable the local church to thrive in it.
• Applications should set out the church’s mission plan, its future prospects, and how the project supports them.
• Applicants should show what other funds they have obtained or explored, including church funds, local fundraising and external grants.
• The Circuit considers value for money; applicants should provide church membership and the most recent accounts.
• Grants for personnel and running costs require annual monitoring reports showing income and expenditure.