CWN members - please submit any urgent/priority support requests by no later than 12pm on Wednesday 22nd July, to give the team enough time to review and respond before we close. Thank you!
NEW & UPDATED resources added!
Please check our July 2026 update email for more details of what’s changed
(Check back soon for updated employer & employee handbooks)
Member Resources
How to find what you need:
Use the search bar or drop down arrows in the relevant section to find the template or document you are looking for.
What’s the difference between CWN and AC versions?
We appreciate that our member organisations may have different preferences for the tone and style of the templates they wish to adopt. Some of you may prefer more of a standard, formal style of document (AC), whereas others may prefer them written in a more contextualised manner, nuanced specifically to the church setting (CWN). See below for how to identify the author and style of each resource and, where there is more than one version available, this should help you to make an informed choice of which to use.
CWN – where you see this acronym, you will find church contextualised policies, templates and guidance written by us (created from CIPD HR Inform templates and drawing upon our collective experience of managing HR in church and corporate settings).
AC – where you see this acronym, you will find standard, formal policies, templates and guidance written by Anthony Collins Solicitors (broken out from the Anthony Collins Employment Pack 2024, which can be found in the Main Document Templates section of this page).
* - where you see an asterisk, this indicates a statutory policy
** - where you see a double asterisk, this indicates a policy that is not statutory, but may cause risk/loss of credibility at tribunal, if not in place
-
UPDATE IN PROGRESS (For the Employer) CWN Employment Handbook
UPDATE IN PROGRESS (For the Employee) CWN Employee Handbook Template
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Employment Pack (Contains all Anthony Collins contracts, policies and guidance notes)
CWN Letter proposing variation of contract terms and conditions
NEW (Jun 26) CWN Letter confirming variation of contract terms and conditions
UPDATED (Jul 26) CWN Worker (casual/ad hoc) Statement of Particulars
UPDATED (Jul 26) CWN External Contractor Service Agreement (only use with appropriate advice)
* - if employing 5 or more staff, this policy is statutory. If employing less than 5 staff, this policy is not statutory but strongly advisable
-
(see Main Document Templates for AC Contract Pack and Model Contract of Employment)
Job Share Clauses (to add to our standard AC or CWN contracts)
** - not statutory but strongly advisable
-
(Find CWN Children in the Workplace Policy under Family section. Find Serious Illness Policy and HSE Stress Talking Toolkits under Wellbeing & Working Adjustments)
-
(Find CWN & AC Flexible Working Policies and Return to work from stress questionnaire under Working Hours & Leave section. Further policies regarding maternity/children can be found in the Family section)
-
(Find CWN & AC Flexible Working Policies under Working Hours & Leave section)
-
(Find CWN New or Expectant Mother/ Pregnant Worker Risk Assessment and CWN Letter to offer suitable alternative work during pregnancy under Wellbeing & Working Adjustments. Find Compassionate Leave Policy under Working Hours & Leave. Find Conflicts of Interest Policy under Recruitment)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Adoption Leave Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Maternity Leave Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Apr 26) CIPD HR-inform Maternity Leave & Pay Flowchart
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Parental Leave Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Paternity Leave Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Apr 26) CIPD HR-inform Paternity Leave & Pay Flowchart
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Shared Parental Leave (Adoption or Surrogacy) Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Shared Parental Leave (Birth) Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
-
-
(Find CWN Probationary Review Templates, Performance Management Policy & Performance Improvement Plans in Conduct & Performance Section)
-
-
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Code of Conduct (find in main docs - AC employment pack) **
CWN Equality Complaints Procedure (formerly CWN Complaints Procedure)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Disciplinary Procedure (find in main docs - AC employment pack) *
NEW CIPD HR-inform Disciplinary Hearing Flowcharts (for arranging and managing meeting)
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Sexual Harassment Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack) **
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Whistleblowing Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack) **
* - statutory policies
** - not statutory but strongly advisable
-
CWN Redundancy Templates (NEW Letter to fixed term employee putting them at risk of redundancy)
-
UPDATED (Mar 26) AC Data Protection Policy (find in main docs - AC employment pack) **
CofE - Retention of Records(see your Diocesan website for further GDPR Guidance)
-
Click here to catch up on recordings from previous CWN webinars
NEW! Anthony Collins Employment Rights Bill Hub
The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) introduces significant changes to employment law that could impact churches and other employers in the coming years. To help you stay up to date, CWN Partners Anthony Collins Solicitors have created a dedicated hub with key resources, including consultations, draft regulations, commencement timelines, and expert guidance on the Bill’s implications.