Supporting Faith Institutions

Institution Details

Institution Name*

Institution Email*

Institution Website*

Address Line 1*

City*

Postcode*

Phone*

Name of Trustee(s) or Senior Manager(s) Completing this Health-Check*

Position (In relation to your institution)

Email Address

Mobile Number

Landline Number

Governance

Are you a registered Charity or Company? If so, please provide the charity or company number*

Yes No

Registered Charity Number

Would you like help to register your faith institution with the Charity commission?

Yes No

Do you have a constitution, rulebook or any other governing document?

Yes
No

Are there elections to the trustee board?

Yes
No

Do you have a code of conduct policy for trustees?

Yes
No

Are there any procedures for removing trustees for unsatisfactory conduct?

Yes
No

Do you have a policy for trustees to receive expenses? i.e. travel, food, etc

Yes
No

Are all trustees at least 18 years old?

Yes
No

As far as you know, do any trustees have an unspent conviction for dishonesty or deception, such as fraud?

Yes
No
I Dont Know

How is the chairperson of the trustee board chosen? i.e. election via members / trustees or appointed by spiritual leader, etc

How is the trustee board accountable to the wider congregation? i.e. through an Annual General Meeting (AGM) or publishing of minutes

Would you like support in engaging groups which may be underrepresented on your trustee board (such as women, young people, ethnic minority groups) in your decision making?

What support do you need in relation to improving your governance?

Risk

Do you have up-to-date and realistic risk assesments for your building, events, and activities?

Yes
No

Would you like training in COVID-19 Compliance for Places of Worship?

Yes
No

Would you like a comprehensive site visit towards Covid-19 compliance certification?

Yes
No

Would you like support with your guidelines for internal and external speakers?

Yes
No

Do you have insurance for your institute?

Yes
No

From the list below, which areas are covered by your current insurance/insurer?

Buildings
Employers/Volunteers
Trustee Liability

Contents
Event Liability

Terrorism
Public Liability

Would you like SFI to pass your contact details to their preferred insurance broker to provide a quote to compare?

Yes
No

Would you like support creating or upgrading your health and safety policy?

Yes
No

Would you like Health and Safety training for your staff?

Yes
No

Would you like First Aid training for staff?

Yes
No

Would you like Fire Marshall training for staff?

Yes
No

Would you like support creating/upgrading your safer recruitment policy?

Yes
No

Would you like us to provide you with an accident/injury log book?

Yes
No

Would you like support creating/upgrading your food safety policy?

Yes
No

Do you have a literature distribution policy?

Yes
No

Do you have an external fundraising policy?

Yes
No

Staff

Do you have a volunteering policy?

Yes
No

Do you employ paid staff?

Yes
No

Do you need any support/advice on issues of payroll, PAYE vs. Self-employment, pensions or HR ?

Do you offer a workplace pension for staff? (This is now mandatory)

Yes
No

Would you like support developing or upgrading the staff/volunteer complaints procedure?

Yes
No

What support do you need for developing your staff?

Finance And Planning

Would you like advice on using Gift Aid for donations?

Yes
No

Would you like advice on the Council Tax chairity subsidy for your building?

Yes
No

Do you keep annual financial accounts?

Yes
No

Are your accounts independently examined?

Yes
No

Do you have a bank account?

Yes
No

Do you prepare and issue an annual report?

Yes
No

Would your faith centre like training and support in applying for grants and funding?

Yes
No

Community Engagement

Would you like support creating or upgrading your faith centre website?

Yes
No

If you have a website, please provide the web address

Do you run any groups or activities for? (select appropriate)?

Local Homeless People
Refugees and Other Migrant Groups
Unemployed People
Elderly People
All of the above

Would you like to register with your Local Authority as a Place of Worship for the registration of marriages?

Yes
No

Safeguarding and Child Protection

Would you like support creating or upgrading your child protection safeguarding policies?

Yes
No

Would you like support creating or upgradingyour vulnerable adult safeguarding policies?

Yes
No

Have you appointed a Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO)?

Yes
No

Have you appointed a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer?

Yes
No

Is at least one of these a woman?

Yes
No

Would you like safeguarding training for your trustees and staff?

Yes
No

Would you like support to carry out appropriate DBS checks for all trustees, staff and volunteers who are in direct contact with children and vulnerable adults?

Yes
No

Do you run a faith supplementary school? i.e. Madrassa or Sunday school

Yes
No

Have you carried out enhanced DBS checks including barring list check for supplementary school teachers and staff?

Yes
No

Would you be interested in teaching qualification courses for your supplementary school staff?

Yes
No

What further support do you need in regards to Safeguarding?

SFI receives public funding, and thus our work with each faith centre is evaluated by Coventry University. The questions below will only be used anonymously for the sake of the Coventry Evaluation of SFI.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being “Not at all” and 10 being “Extremely”, how important does the current leadership believe that having more representative and inclusive leadership would help the centre to prosper?

1 - Not at all 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being “Not at all” and 10 being “Extremely”, how strong is your institution's understanding of their abilities, roles, responsibilities and legal duties?

1 - Not at all 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely

As an institution are you aware of how to report concerns around safeguarding and/or extremism issues?

Yes No Don't know Prefer not to answer

Are there any women or young people involved on governance boards in your institution?

Yes - Both Yes - Young people but not women Don't Know

Yes - Women but not young people No Prefer to not answer

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being “Non-existent” and 10 being “Very strong”, how strong is your institution\s online presence? for example, active website, facebook, twitter, etc

1 - Non-existent 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Very Strong

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being “Non-existent” and 10 being “Very strong”, how strong is your institution's offline presence? for example, partnerships with the local authority, other faith centres nearby, other charities, neighbours, etc

1 - Non-existent 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Very Strong

Has your institution ever undertaken any form of community outreach work?

Yes No Don't know Prefer not to answer

Is the Faith Centre aware of and actively working to comply with current, relevant COVID-19 government guidelines?

Aware and actively working to comply Aware and not actively working to comply Don't know Unaware and not actively working to comply

SFI Health Check

This on-line health-check will help you identify key areas for improvement and avoid bigger issues down the road.