The bill for our parish share has just come in. Well, there are five other churches in our benefice which are expected to pay a parish share, and the most that any of them is required to pay is £18,000. And they are not joking: a large parish in the neighbouring benefice fell short of its dues and lost its last vicar. I would have thought that their parish share would cover half a vicar, at least. Well, I say that, but, looking at their website, they seem able to employ a lot of people doing jobs such as “Hospitality Coordinator” and “Head of People Services”, whose combined salaries, I should have thought, would cover our parish share.

Source: The Times December 08, 2023 00:16 UTC