Community engagementat its best

Different communities need differentsupport and help from their local churchesand here at Ecclesiastical some worthwhilecommunity engagement projects havecaught our eye over the past years.

For example, a church in an area of significantpoverty in the UK worked with a local school toprovide coats and shoes for children fromfamilies who couldn’t afford them.

Another church engaged with the youth in thearea by inviting them to lead the service on aSunday once a month, thus increasingengagement with young people in thatcommunity.

A church luncheon club meets every week toprovide members of a church and parish with a meal and beverages followed by a game ofbingo and transport to take people homeafterwards.

It doesn’t matter if your project is great orsmall – if your project has made a differenceto the people in your local area, we’d like tohear from you!

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❯ Smartwater success page 6

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Church Matters is pleased to announce thelaunch of the Ecclesiastical 2016 churchcompetition titled “Reaching out, Inviting in- Churches Helping Communities”.

We know that churches provide a uniqueand valuable focus for local communities,often being at the heart of finding solutionsfor some of the biggest issues andchallenges faced by a community. This yearwe would like to find these unsung heroesamong our churches across the countrythat bring the communities around themtogether and reward the best examples of community engagement.

To enter, all you need to do is let us knowabout your church community activity –what is it you are doing? We will bejudging the competition based on:

Creative – What is new, different orimaginative about the way you helpyour community?

Effective – How has your communitybeen supported?

Inspirational – Will your idea inspireother churches?

See the examples of the type of entries we are looking for in the box to the right.

The competition is open to any Anglicanchurch in the UK. You can enter anyactivity your church has organised in thepast 12 months, so it doesn’t have to be

currently active. For example, it can be anongoing activity or a one-off communityoutreach event.

The entries must be clearly aimed atsupporting, helping or reaching out tolocal communities (not primarily forfundraising) and must be managed by the PCC or church council entering thecompetition.

The deadline for entries is 31 August2016; and the winning entries will beinvited to a prize giving lunch in Londonon 9th November. You will find an entryform enclosed with this newsletter oronline at www.ecclesiastical.com/churchcomp where you can also readthe full terms and conditions.

Ecclesiastical’s 2016church competitionopens for entriesTop prize of £10,000 with five runners-up prizes of £2,000!No idea is too small – making a difference to the community iswhat counts!

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It was all for a very good cause. St. MaryMagdalene Church in Taunton needed to raise£300,000 to recast an out of tune ring of 12bells and restore the carillon. Keen rider AnnieSuddaby came up with the idea of riding ahorse to each of the 51 church towers in theTaunton Branch of Change Ringers, hoping toraise £9,000 to replace one of the bells.

Annie took her sister-in-law Jo with her, toteach her the ropes of bell ringing along theway. They had to plan the ride in great detail,including food and stables for Gypsy!Crowds turned out along the route to cheerthe team on, with the bells often ringing out a warm welcome.

Annie had recruited one main sponsor forthe event, but there were lots of otherfundraising opportunities en route – theteam even sold off Gypsy’s used horseshoesto enthusiastic supporters.

The local press really took up the story, andGypsy became a local celebrity, with her own website and fans following her via a

GPS tracking system. At the end of the ride,over 200 people attended the CivicReception, and Annie and her team wereoverwhelmed by the amount of support andinterest they had generated.

“The important tip is that including an animal,any animal, in any size of fundraising eventmakes it attractive to both the public andmedia alike and gives the opportunity to drawin wider audiences.”

Rosemary Tuhey, St. Mary Magdalene

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The name ‘Gypsy’rings a bellFor a few weeks in the summer of 2014, communities around Tauntonbecame obsessed with a horse called Gypsy. They followed her everyfootstep, queued up to meet her, and even read her thoughts on herown daily updated blog.

Our competition last year produced 424entries and a wealth of great fundraisingideas. We’ve already told you about thewinner and five runners up, and now we havepulled together a total of 25 great ideas thatcaught the attention of our judges. We’vedivided the ideas into four categories:“Competitions & Participation”, “FundraisingThrough Sales”, “Sponsoring and Long TermCampaigns” and “Donations and Crowdfunding”and these are available on our website atwww.ecclesiastical.com/fundraising

Read on to find out more about just two of these great ideas.

Church FundraisingIdea of the YearCompetition

As everybody knows, St. Peter was afisherman. So what better way for St. Peter’s in Lyde, Herefordshire tocelebrate its patronal festival than with,well, fish? ‘Fish in Church’ was a festivalthat ran for nine days in June 2015.

The church was decorated with fishing nets,fish boxes, shells and fish related biblicalquotations. Even the flower arrangementspicked up on the fish theme. People boughttickets to a screening of the film ‘SalmonFishing in the Yemen’, and a fish themed quizwas also available for general knowledge buffs.

Children could also play with batterypowered Robofish in tanks of water aroundthe church. At the end of the festival thechurch held a Patronal Service. A mobile van,the Starchip Enterprise, was parked outsidethe church and served fish suppers to everyhungry visitor. It sounds like the visitors werewell and truly hooked.

“One unexpected success was the fact thatanother St. Peter’s church in Herefordshireasked to borrow a number of items, includingthe net and decorative items, the Robofishand the fishing tombola kit, for their own fish-themed event.”

Robert Calver, St. Peter’s

Fishing for funds

Organising and publicisingfundraising activitiesThanks to all the great ideas we received we’ve also been ableto put together two simple guides to organising fundraisingactivities and getting maximum publicity for them. The guidesare in the form of straightforward advice and checklists andcan be found at www.ecclesiastical.com/fundraising

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A place of worshipand a place to meet ATL also provide many small grantseach year and with the help ofAllchurches Trust, St Cadoc’s Church is becoming a hub for the community.

Built in the Norman style, parts of St Cadoc’sChurch in Raglan, Monmouthshire date backto the fourteenth century. Having withstoodthe elements for centuries, the church wasbeginning to show its age in 2015, as the oldstone roof started to let in water.

The PCC were determined to turn thischallenge into an opportunity and the PCCdevised a survey and questionnaire to solicitviews from over 850 households across theregion. The responses showed that there wasa real need for a community meeting space inRaglan. Installing refreshment facilities and ameeting space at the church could make areal difference to groups across thecommunity.

The PCC’s vision to attract more people to thisthriving church struck a chord with AllchurchesTrust when they visited, and ATL were morethan happy to support them with a grant.Work is scheduled to begin in April 2016.

To find out more about Allchurches Trustgrants go to www.allchurches.co.uk

Central to this project would be a new websiteoffering resources on Christian prayer fromdifferent traditions, inviting people to utilisethe resources on offer to engage in prayer.

The project recognised the need to engagewith the digital revolution and prove theChurch can communicate with new audiencesusing methods which inform, educate andencourage deeper interest over time.

Despite initial assurances and negotiations inthe autumn of 2015 the cinemas decided theywere not going to show the advert. Attemptswere made to persuade the cinemas toreconsider through both public and privatemeans ahead of the transmission of Star Wars,including conversations with Directors andBoard Members, without success.

Culturally, the debate over the banning of the advert achieved “watercooler” status,appearing on Any Questions, The Now Show and GoggleBox as part of a widerconversation on prayer. The Prime Minister,the Mayor of London, Richard Dawkins,Stephen Fry and even Carrie Fisher – who plays Princess Leia in the film –

supported us in our desire to show the film.In addition, voices of support came fromother faiths including the Chief Rabbi, SheikhIbrhaim Mogra and the Sikh Council UK.

The ban led to global media coverage whichaccompanied the campaign launch. On ourtwo official channels alone – on Facebookand YouTube – the film has been seen 2 million times. This does not take intoaccount the number of views the film has hadon news media sites across the world. Weestimate that in total approximately 5 millionpeople have seen the Lord’s Prayer advert.For some of these this would have been thefirst time they would have heard the Lord’sPrayer. For others it would have evokedsomething long forgotten, whilst for othersstill it would have been an affirmation of faith.

ATL has much to be proud of in backing thiscampaign in the knowledge that without itsfunding none of this would have been achieved.Find out more at www.justpray.uk

Rev Arun Arora, Director ofCommunications at the Archbishops’Council of the Church of England

donation achieved! Ecclesiastical’s Group vision, launched inJanuary 2014, was an intention for theGroup to give £50m to Allchurches Trustbetween 2014 and 2016. To date, thecompany has donated over £52m, meetingand exceeding the £50m goal.

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Allchurches Trust NewsAllchurches Trust’s (ATL) mission is to promote and support the Christian religion. It does this by contributing financially to charitable organisations and churches. The charity can give inthis way because it owns Ecclesiastical. ATL use all the available profits from Ecclesiastical to support good causes. Every year, they receive over 1,000 applications, which are carefullyconsidered by the trustees. Some of the giving goes towards special projects, and the Rev ArunArora, Director of Communications at the Archbishops’ Council, gives us an update here on amajor Church of England project supported by ATL.

The Lord’s Prayer In May 2015 the Church of England approached the board ofAllchurches Trust (ATL) with an idea to ‘utilise the prospect of amulti-generational cultural event offered by the release of Star Wars:The Force Awakens to promote a new prayer campaign andresource for the whole church.’

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The overwhelming majority of British adults(84%) think that the UK’s churches, chapelsand meeting houses are an important part ofthe UK’s heritage and history, according to thefindings of the ComRes poll, which interviewed2,038 GB adults online between the 16th and17th December 2015. That is an increase of 5 percentage points compared to a similar poll conducted in December 2014.

The top ways to get more people to visit churches When people were asked what would mostencourage them to visit churches, the top fiveresponses were:

A friendly welcome

The provision of toilets

A café or refreshment area

Comfortable seating

Access to useful visitor information

Almost three in five British adults (57%) saythat they have visited a church, chapel ormeeting house for any reason in the last year– that is an increase of 9 percentage points

compared to a similar poll conducted inDecember 2014.

Find out more atwww.nationalchurchestrust.org

Key facts from the survey The majority of British adults(83%) agree that churches,chapels and meeting housesare important for society as

they provide a space in whichcommunity activities can take place, aswell as worship. That is an increase of 9percentage points compared to a similarpoll conducted in December 2014.

More than two in five British adults(43%) say that a friendly welcomewould encourage them to visit a church,chapel or meeting house for anyreason, including religious services,non-religious activities (such asplaygroups, cultural events, meetingsand lunch clubs) or as a visitor or tourist.

New poll shows publicbacking for churchheritageSixty per cent of British adults back the Government providingfinancial support for churches, chapels and meeting houses in orderto protect their heritage and history for future generations, accordingto the findings of a new opinion poll, commissioned by churchbuilding repair and support charity, the National Churches Trust.

We have brought you news and casestudies about how parishes are workingto keep more churches open for longerin previous editions of Church Matters.This time we feature news from theNational Churches Trust about publicsupport for churches and informationabout a new open churches toolkit wehave sponsored.

Open churchesupdate

The NationalChurches Trust

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The charity is the onlyUK-wide independentcharity dedicated topromoting andsupporting churchbuildings of historic,architectural andcommunity value.

Ecclesiastical is working with the NationalChurches Trust and is pleased to be asponsor of the 2016 Churches TrustsForum Annual Conference in York onThursday 19 May 2016.

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Inspired North Eastis working withlocal churchcongregations tohelp achieve asustainable futurefor church buildings

in the North East: as living places of worship,buildings used and enjoyed by localcommunities, welcoming places for touristsand pilgrims, and unique heritage assets.

This Heritage Lottery Fund supportedproject worked with 50 churches around theNorth East to engage volunteers and visitorsin the heritage of our historic churches. For more information and to download theVisitor Welcome Toolkit go towww.inspirednortheast.org.uk/page/useful-information/spirit-in-stone-toolkit/1067/

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Spirit in Stone visitorwelcome kit Ecclesiastical was pleased to be a sponsor of a new visitor welcomekit. The kit has been developed as part of the Spirit in Stone Legacyproject by Inspired North East in the dioceses of Durham andNewcastle. The project has helped historic churches to open theirdoors and welcome visitors and is a very practical guide in how to do this most effectively.

We can then consider the effect the work will have on your policy and ensure that the correct cover is in place for the buildingwork itself. Usually, the work underconstruction and the materials involved are the responsibility of the contractor and you don’t need to do anything. But, if you’ve signed a formal contract, whichmakes you responsible to insure these,then you must let us know. If your church is responsible for insuring the buildingworks, a separate policy may be requiredand an additional premium may have to be charged.

For more advice on building works go towww.ecclesiastical.com/buildingworks

Building works made simple for the spring Every year we see a rush of requests for information about insuranceand building work as the better weather approaches. If you intend tostart major alterations, renovations or repairs, it’s important that youinform us as soon as possible.

Top Tip

At Ecclesiastical, we want to encouragechurches to unlock their visitor potential!We are often asked whether churchesshould be kept locked during the day atall times. Our answer is no, provided theright precautions have been taken.Indeed, we recommend, whereappropriate, that churches are kept openbecause of the positive effect that hason security. For more information visitwww.ecclesiastical.com/openchurches

EcclesiasticalMinistry BursaryAwardsEcclesiastical has once againopened its annual Ministry BursaryAwards for applications. Now in their27th year, the awards are open to allclergy in Anglican Christian faithsand aim to provide financial supportto members of the clergy forsabbatical breaks and projects.

The awards were established to celebrateEcclesiastical’s centenary year in 1987and have, to date, supported nearly 1,200members of the clergy and providedfinancial support for a wide range ofclergy projects.

Ecclesiastical’s Ministry Bursary Awardsfor sabbaticals taking place in 2016 will be open for applications until 30 September 2016. Judging of theapplications will take place in Octoberand awards will be made duringNovember and December 2016. To findout more about the Ministry BursaryAwards, eligibility criteria and todownload an application form, please goto www.ecclesiastical.com/mba

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6 ❯ Ecclesiastical helping you

Damon Whitcombe (32) appeared atHatfield Magistrates Court and pleadedguilty to stealing lead from St Michaels andAll Angels Church in Hatfield. He also askedfor three further lead thefts, including anearlier raid on the same church, to be takeninto consideration. Officers were able toidentify Whitcombe as responsible for thetheft at the church after the lead wasrecovered from a local scrap dealer.Hertfordshire police regularly visit scrapmetal dealers to ensure compliance of the2013 Scrap Metal Dealers Act and it wasduring a visit to a local dealer that officersnoticed Mr Whitcombe was selling largeamounts of lead that, when examined, werefound to be marked with SmartWater – a forensic liquid unique to the church.

Analysis of the lead conclusively proved that it had come from St Michaels and All AngelsChurch. Some 25,000 churches and otherheritage buildings across the UK arecurrently using SmartWater to protect metalsfrom thieves. SmartWater makes lead andother metals uniquely traceable, meaning thatthieves can be directly linked back to thescene of their crime.

Whitcombe was sentenced to a 12-monthcommunity order (Rehabilitation ActivityRequirement), with an 8-week curfew. He was also ordered to pay compensationtotalling £625 and pay £180 court charges.Detective Constable William Harvey from theLocal Crime Unit said: “Whitcombe stolehundreds of pounds worth of lead from theseproperties. But unfortunately for him, therewas a trail of evidence leading us to him and it was only a matter of time before we caughtup with him.”

Chief Executive of SmartWater, Phil Cleary,said: “We are very pleased to have been able to support the exemplary work ofHertfordshire Police in bringing a serial leadthief to justice. This case is an excellentexample of both proactive policing andpartnership working. Our scientists were ableto identify exactly where the lead was fromand conclusively prove it was stolen, givingthe police invaluable evidence to help achievea prosecution.” See more at:

www.smartwater.com/news/man-sentenced-for-stealing-lead-from-hatfield-church.html

Smartwater successA man has been sentenced for stealing lead from roofs in Hatfieldafter he was caught attempting to sell SmartWater marked lead at ascrap yard.

We have been encouraging churches atrisk to install roof alarms for some years,including with our award winning ‘Handsoff our Church Roofs’ campaign. Thanksto the success of roof alarms where theyhave been installed, since 1st August2015, if a roof alarm approved by us hasbeen installed and SmartWater (or analternative forensic marker approved byus) has been applied and registered,there are no limits applicable to ourchurch policies for theft or attemptedtheft of external metal and thesubsequent damage as a result of thetheft or attempted theft. To find out more about alarms visitwww.ecclesiastical.com/theftofmetalor call 0345 777 3322.

Roof alarms

ImportantIf you have external metal at yourchurch, to comply with your policyconditions and for cover to be in placeyou must make sure you have:

Applied SmartWater*Registered with SmartWater*Displayed the SmartWatersignage*

*or an alternative forensic marker approved by us

Loyd Grossmanpresents new arsonprevention video The impact of arson can bedevastating and can rob a church and the community of its history andheritage in a matter of hours. It leavesthe congregation without their place ofworship and many community userssuch as playgroups and local charitieswithout a space to meet and carry outtheir activities.

We have produced a short video tohighlight the impact of arson on churches.Presented by Chairman of the ChurchesConservation Trust, Loyd Grossman OBE,it features some practical tips thatchurches and their local communities canundertake to reduce the risk of arson.

Loyd said: “Thankfully arson in churchesis rare, but when it does happen, it cancause huge losses. Fire takes hold veryquickly and can gut a building in a matterof hours. Churches are community ledspaces. Loss of space often means lossof sense of community.”

To see the video and download a shortchecklist of tips to prevent arson go towww.ecclesiastical.com/churcharson

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Situated perilously close to the River Severn,Tirley Church has flooded four times in 15years, and the floods of 2007 had a hugeand devastating impact on the church.Three years later, and after much hard workby Ecclesiastical and others, the church was re-consecrated by the Bishop of Gloucesterin 2010.

Given its history of flooding and its potentialto flood again, Ecclesiastical worked with thechurchwardens to not only restore thechurch, but to give them back a church whichwould be more suitable to modern-day needs,and importantly more resilient to futurefloods.

Gone are the old pews, replaced by foldableoak chairs, much more easily moved in caseof flood, and providing a more flexible andopen worship space, which means that thechurch can now be used for suppers andsocials. Timber flooring was replaced withsolid stone, and all electrical sockets weremoved above floodwater levels.

Andrew Brown, Ecclesiastical Church ClaimsDirector, said: “As a specialist insurer, werecognise the importance of improvingresilience to flooding and we’re alwayshappy to offer flexibility within a claimsettlement to support this sort of approach.”

You can read more about how we helpedchurches during the December storms atwww.ecclesiastical/flood

“Just don’t get downhearted ordespondent – you’ll be surprised atwhat can be achieved by Ecclesiasticalwith a little help from Him up there!”Katherine Creese, churchwarden at St Michael and All Angels Church inTirley, Gloucestershire.

Making a church resilientShould the worst happen we do not just deal with the immediateissues; we also look to work with our customers to make sure that the long-term future of the building is considered.

Tirley Church

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We were delighted tobe awarded CorporateChartered Insurerstatus, which meansthat we have beenrecognised for ourprofessionalcommitment, service

and ethical approach that places clients’interests at the heart of the service we provide.

There when youneed us How well your insurer performs when youhave to make a claim is always the ultimatetest of customer service.

At Ecclesiastical our focus is on providing aspecialist service, which is customer driven forthe churches we cover. We know that a church is not just another commercial building but isoften at the centre of the local community,providing a whole range of activities beyondworship. Churches are often historic buildingsand restoring them after a claim needs to bedone both sensitively and expertly.

At Ecclesiastical, when you claim, we’ll workswiftly and deal with your claim fairly. If we canresolve your claim when you first contact us, wewill. If it’s a little more complicated, we’ll ensureyou always know what’s happening. We’ll giveyou direct access to the expert claims handlerdealing with your disaster, who will be able tomake key decisions about your claim.

We’ll take a proactive approach to protectingyour interests against third party legal liabilityclaims. And we’ll always consult you beforemaking any admission of liability. It means whenyou insure with us you’ll get great personalservice and direct access to the expert claimshandler dealing with your claim.

*Based on responses to Ecclesiastical’s claims satisfaction Survey 2015

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Claims customer satisfaction*

99%with 94% being extremely/very satisfied

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Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc (EIO) Reg. No. 24869. Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc (EIG) Reg. No. 1718196. Ecclesiastical Life Ltd (ELL) Reg. No. 243111. Ecclesiastical InvestmentManagement Ltd (EIM) Reg. No. 2519319. Ecclesiastical Financial Advisory Services Ltd (EFAS) Reg. No. 2046087. Ecclesiastical Services Ltd (ESL) Reg. No. 1811698. E.I.O. Trustees Ltd Reg. No.941199. All companies are registered in England at Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL1 1JZ, UK. EIO and ELL are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by theFinancial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. EFAS is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. ESL is an appointed representative of EIO who is authorised bythe Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

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EdenTree’s approach has undoubtedlycontributed to them winning the MoneyFactsBest Ethical Investment Provider of the YearAward for the past consecutive sevenyears, and they continue to take a leadingrole in climate change as signatories tothe Principles of Responsible Investment(PRI) and members of the InstitutionalInvestors Group on Climate Change.

Churches with investment portfolios haverecently taken a leading role in respondingto climate change via the Fossil Fueldivestment campaign, which has attractedsignificant backing from individual faith

based and other charitable trusts in acoalition supporting the concept of‘stranded assets’. Put simply, the majority offossil fuel inventories must remain in theground and unburnt, effectively makingthem ‘stranded’ and of little future value.

EdenTree’s Amity Funds are popular withboth individuals and Parishes wishing toensure their investments reflect much ofthe thinking behind the Ethical InvestmentAdvisory Group of the Church of England,and they recently commissioned their first‘portfolio carbon footprint’ with encouragingearly results that shows their Amity UKFund as having a significantly lower carbonimpact than its relevant benchmarks.

If you are interested in any aspect ofsustainable or socially responsibleinvestment, their Amity Insight publicationsare freely available to download fromwww.edentreeim.com, as are details on theirAmity Funds. For more information, pleasecall Mike Goddings on 0800 032 3778 oremail information@edentreeim.com

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Keeping up to dateDon’t forget our Church Matters website has awide range of information, guidance and toolsyou can use to help you look after your church.

Full of risk management guidance and usefulinformation, you can quickly find out aboutimportant topics like health and safety. Manycustomers also now get regular updates byemail – just let us have your email address ifyou too would like to be updated in this way. For further information:

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Our customer service lines are normally openMonday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, except for bankholidays. However, claims can be registered atany time during the day or night.

EdenTree Investment Management (EIM), formerly Ecclesiastical Investment Management has managedexternal investments for twenty five years, and as at 31st December 2015 had in excess of £2.3 billionassets under management, of which just under £1 billion is represented by collective investment Funds.EIM is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG). Please note that pastperformance is not a reliable indicator of future results and that the value of investments can fall as well asrise and you may get back less than the amount invested. EdenTree Investment Management (EdenTree)Reg. No. 2519319. This company is registered in England at Beaufort House, Brunswick Road,Gloucester GL1 1JZ, UK. EdenTree is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and isa member of the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Investment Association.

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