Facilitated by Dominic Harbour this workshop will follow on ‘Every church has its own story to tell ’. Using your church story, how would this be best for the visitor to find out all about your church? The importance of using interpretation and what to include, with traditional and digital interpretation.

** Although you can book as little or as many of the workshops as required, we advise that to enable you to get the best from the workshops, the following 3 workshops should be completed together:- 'Every church has its own story to tell', 'Using interpretation to showcase the story of your church' & 'How do visitors find out about visiting your church?' **

This will be increasingly important in helping to raise the capacity, resilience and sustainability of churches, post the coronavirus restrictions, to attract additional donations to churches through offering engaging Hidden Stories, Open Doors involvement for the day, or short stay visitors in the locality.

One of the aims of Discover Churches, a Heritage Lottery Funded project, is to share actions and ideas for the mutual benefit of SCTG and HCTG members, new members or emerging church tourism groups in other areas.

In recent months we have seen the world and our lives transform at an astonishing pace. Disruption to social, business and cultural life, and digital transformation have meant that we have all needed to think differently to embrace changes and innovation that will support success.

A valuable asset of the project is dedicated funding to allow us design workshops that:

• Encourage curiosity about new ways of doing things

• Inspire and empower

• Encourage the sharing of knowledge, values and experiences to foster the capacity of everyone involved with welcoming visitors to their church.

Based on the responses from the members survey carried out earlier this year below is a list of the mentoring opportunities for you to participate in from the comfort of your home. Yes, you can ‘pick and choose’. To start with, workshops will be short and focused via Zoom, and as coronavirus restrictions are lifted move towards a more ‘blended’ approach to include ‘best practice’ visits.

We would love to see you and as many other volunteers from your church as possible at each workshop. Online sessions can be repeated to meet requirements.

How to book

Workshops bookable via Eventbrite.

Workshops will be free to HCTG & SCTG Members and £20 for non-members.

Click on the links to find out more about becoming a member of Herefordshire Church Tourism Group (HCTG) or Shropshire Church Tourism Group (SCTG)