Resource pack for the first meeting with a wedding couple

This pack contains forms you may like to use to collect data in a friendly way from couples who are planning either a wedding, or who require their banns reading, in your parish. Details for each item in the pack are given below.

Before you download the pack

You may find it helpful to read How to gather legal data for a wedding with warmth before downloading your pack. It makes reference to some of the items and how to use them.

Inside your pack

When you download this pack, you will receive:

• A Welcome Form to collect basic details and record the couple’s Marriage Measure connection. You will receive both a colour and a black and white version so you can choose which you’d like to print off.
• A Banns Form for those couples who only need their banns reading in your parish for a wedding elsewhere. You will receive three versions – one which is a full colour PDF that contains print guides and can be sent to a local printer. Alternatively, the other two can be printed off at home – there is a full colour version and a black and white version to choose from.
• A banns checklist – – this is for you, to enable you to check all the legal requirements for banns, whether the couple are marrying in your parish or not.
• A quoting form for fees (2025 weddings) – there is a full colour editable PDF can be filled in on your screen and saved into your usual computer files. It helps you to quote lawfully and clearly, itemising the compulsory legal costs of a wedding and any optional extras the couple may choose. Forms for 2026 weddings can not be produced until the end of October 2025 as that is when the fees are set.

NB: For editable PDF items in this pack, it is recommended you download them using a Chrome browser.

Other helpful resources

• The full Parochial Fees Tables on the Church of England website
• The ‘Finding a church for your wedding’ page on the Church of England website clearly explains to couples about the Marriage Measure connections.