You may not know your architrave from your clerestory, but as a PCC member you share a general responsibility to work with your churchwardens and incumbent to maintain your church building. (“Care, maintenance, preservation and insurance of the fabric of the church and the goods and ornaments thereof” – as the law says.) As well as the churchyard or if you don’t have a churchyard, the area around the church.
In this session, we will cover what’s involved in basic care of the building, health and safety issues, and insurance, and outline the faculty system which is the legal framework for making any alterations or repairs, and mainly replaces planning permission.