New Constitution 2012

Update - February 2012
Following a series of hold-ups, we hope to move forward on the constitution, and the associated management structural changes during 2012.

As a result of the Charities Act 2006, there are significant legal changes with regard to the constitutions of all single congregation Local Ecumenical Partnerships and especially those with an annual turnover of £100,000 or more.

Following negotiations with Churches Together in England, the Charity Commission is requiring the adoption of a standard constitution to ensure that each church is acting according to charity law. A group comprising Rev Rob Hilton, Tom Collins, Brian Armitage, George McArthur and Chris Mannall have worked with Rev Dr Clive Barrett (County Ecumenical Development Officer and Executive Secretary of West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council (WYEC)) and Valerie Jenkins (Ecumenical Officer for the URC in Yorkshire) to develop draft documents which will need to be formally approved by WYEC and both our parent denominations.
 

You can download the Draft Constitution.

You can download the Presentation to the Church Meeting November 2010.