How To Encourage Giving In Your Church

20 October 2021

In order to grow giving in our churches we need both the right environment and the right culture. To create the best environment to encourage giving we need good mechanisms such as contactless and online giving that allow people to easily give to our church. Alongside this we ...

Everything you need to know about legacy giving

05 August 2021

Each year around 4,000 people leave a gift in their will to their church, funding mission projects, maintaining beautiful church buildings and growing faithful communities. For many people, leaving a gift in their will is a final opportunity to make a lasting gift to God. ...

Card Reader Autumn promotion

31 October 2018

0% transaction fees for your first £250! Start taking contactless payments in church with SumUp this Christmas. In addition to offering its SumUp Air Card reader for just £22.80, SumUp is pleased to offer new joiners 0% fees for up to £250 of transactions!The promotion will ...

Continued turmoil in the energy markets

16 December 2021

Market turbulence in the energy markets has resulted in unstable wholesale energy prices. Energy companies have generally ceased to offer fixed term contracts effective immediately. However, limited numbers of contracts are available through Parish Buying in a process which ...

Case Study: Contactless Giving with Christ Church

23 June 2021

Photograph credit: The Telegraph In early 2021 we spoke with Reverend Margaret Cave, a Vicar at Christ Church in East Greenwich. As her church was one of the first to trial the Sum Up contactless card reader units through Parish Buying, we asked her to tell us about their ...

Why have UK energy prices increased?

07 September 2018

Wholesale energy prices in the UK have risen substantially. This has been driven by a number of factors. Fluctuations in temperature. We had several very cold spells - “Beast from the East”- prompting high use of heating in winter (which used a lot of energy) and then a ...

The Parish Buying Energy Basket – current energy market turbulence

23 September 2021

How has being in the basket protected my church? The reason why a basket represents a good energy option for churches has been demonstrated by the challenges with the energy market over the last 12 months. Rather than being subjected to significant price swings, we purchase ...

2018 Annual Review

26 April 2019

In 2018, we estimate savings and extra income of just over £5 million. The Parish Buying 2018 review outlines our income and savings made in 2018, and our plans for 2019. It is available for you to ...

How does the Energy Basket compare?

07 September 2018

In the UK, unfortunately wholesale prices for gas and electricity have risen substantially (eg. August 2021 prices are approx. 300% higher for power and approx 100% higher for Gas versus August 2020) so energy is more expensive for everyone. We are pleased that on average ...