2025 is a year which requires a total Electoral Roll renewal for all Church of England Churches.
The electoral roll is your parish's register of electors who can vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) and stand for election to the PCC.
The Electoral Roll should be revised annually. Following the new Church Representation Rules, names no longer need to be removed from the roll during the course of the year; this only happens at the annual revision. Names can continue to be added to the Electoral Roll throughout the year.
Every sixth year the preparation of new church electoral rolls takes place, which means that everyone must come off the roll and re-apply. This will be happening in 2025.
There are a number of ways in which iKnow Church can help you with this process, helping you make your data collection easier, safer and more accessible; as well as ensuring that the data is kept as secure as possible.
1. One click tool to help collect your Electoral Roll
iKnow Church has worked with the Church of England to develop a one click tool to help with collecting and managing your Electoral Roll. Watch the video below to to see how you can generate your Electoral Roll Application form.
2. Ongoing Management and Maintenance
Once you've collected and published your Electoral Roll, iKnow Church can be used to store and manage that information. If you haven't already, we'd recommend watching our Webinar on managing the Electoral Roll.
It is important to note, as per reference notes 6-10 on the Electoral Roll Application form. Data collected through the Electoral Roll is not to be considered part of your general database of Contacts. In order to communicate with these contacts outside of Electoral Roll purposes, you would need to obtain additional information and consent from the applicant through other methods.
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