Governance

The Mission Area as a Charity

All Mission Areas are registered charities and are expected to comply both with the requirements of charity law and the Church in Wales Constitution.

Trustee (MAC) Roles & Responsibilites

Our Trustee Guide to the Mission Area explains the work of the Trustee Board (the MAC) and its sub-committees.  The Trustee Guide is also available in Welsh.

Read Bishop Gregory’s letter to Trustees.

All trustees (members of the MAC) must sign the Charity Commission Trustee Declaration.

Trustees (MAC members) must also sign the declaration required by the Constitution of the Church in Wales.

Training in how to be a Trustee (member of the MAC) is available on request from the Diocesan Office, either face to face or on zoom – or you can watch the training sessions above.

The Charity Commission also provide guidance for trustees.

Toolkit 9 – Governance 2021 shows in more detail how the Mission Area works with its sub-committees.

The links below will help you understand how the Church in Wales is governed, the structure of the Diocese of St Asaph as well as how to update the electoral roll (in years ending with a 2 or a 7).

Training Sessions for Trustees and members of the Sub-committees

The following sessions complement the Trustee Guide to the Mission Area.

In the first session we look at the structure of the Mission Area.

In this second session we look at what it means to be a Mission Area Trustee.

In this third session, we look at who is on the Trustee Board and why.

In this fourth session we look at how the Trustee Board does its work.

In this fifth session we look at the different roles Trustees may have aside from their role as Trustee.

In this sixth session we look at the work of the Shared Ministry Team, the Finance Sub-committee and the Property Sub-committee.

In this seventh session we look at the work of the Church Committees.

In this final session we look at how a property project is managed in a Mission Area.