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  • Communications - Liaises with the media and responsible for design services and the website
  • Central Properties - Provides a professional property, facilities and health and safety service
  • Law - Acting in legal matters for the organisation and all of its courts, councils, and committees
  • IT - Provides computer facilities to councils and departments within the Church Offices at 121 George Street in Edinburgh
  • Human Resources - Managing recruitment, employment conditions and learning and continuing development
  • Facilities Management - Responsible for the day-to-day running of the Church Offices at 121 George Street in Edinburgh
  • Safeguarding Service - Aiming to prevent harm or abuse where possible and ensuring that the Church makes a timely and appropriate response when harm or abuse is witnessed, suspected or reported
  • General Trustees - Holding properties and investments for the Church
  • Housing and Loan Fund - Helping ministers, their widows, widowers, separated or divorced spouses with housing needs in retirement
  • Stewardship and Finance - Promoting and encouraging Christian stewardship by providing programmes and training for congregations
  • Church of Scotland Trust - Holding properties outwith Scotland and acting as trustee in third party trusts
  • Investors Trust - Offering Church groups a medium for the investment of their funds
  • Pension Trustees - Responsible for the investment of all the Church pension schemes

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