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Help struggling churches this Spring

The UK’s churches are in crisis. Please help us keep them open and in use. A gift from you today could enable churches to carry out urgent repairs to crumbling towers and leaking roofs.

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Grange-over-Sands Methodist Church in Cumbria
Paul Rand

Amid difficult landscape, 43 churches are saved for the future

We’re pleased to share that 43 churches across the UK will stay open and in good repair thanks to £478,110 of funding awarded and recommended by the National Churches Trust in this latest round of grants.

Hear about the churches we've helped

Our impact in numbers

  • Over 2000 Churches and chapels

    We've helped keep open, in good repair and supporting local people since 2007.

  • £ 2 million awarded in 2023

    To churches and chapels for urgent repairs, new facilities such as loos and kitchens and essential maintenance.

  • 7 Churches and chapels

    Removed from the Heritage at Risk Register in 2023 with the support of our grants.

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Save churches by giving a friend Gift Membership

A gift membership is the perfect present for anyone who loves heritage and the UK’s rich history of churches, chapels and meeting houses. They will receive a beautiful hardback book of church photographs, a magazine, event invitations, and much more. Your gift has the added benefit of helping us to save even more churches for generations to come.

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Hugo Burnand & The Royal Family

King Charles III becomes Patron of the National Churches Trust

We are delighted to confirm that His Majesty King Charles III has accepted Patronage of the National Churches Trust. This follows on from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who served as Patron of the National Churches Trust from 1953 until 2022.

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IoanSaid

Every Church Counts: Our six point plan

With hundreds of churches facing closure, a national plan is urgently needed to help secure their future. We are calling on the UK Government, heritage organisations and Christian denominations to work together to tackle the UK’s single biggest heritage challenge.

Church of the Week

Church of the Week

Castle Cary, Somerset

Explore All Saints church with us for our Church of the Week. Dating back to the 15th century, it is believed there has been a church on this site in Somerset since Saxon times. The church was enlarged in the 19th century by Benjamin Ferrey, as the town grew with the coming of the railways. All Saints is best known for featuring widely in Parson Woodforde’s famous diaries 'Diary of a Country Parson'. He was born in Ansford where his father was Rector and Vicar of Castle Cary. His writings provide invaluable source material for church life in the 18th century, telling of problems with his disobedient choir in Cary and his tendency to over indulge.

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There is no bigger issue facing the UK’s heritage than the future of its churches. Help us in our mission to keep churches open and in use for generations to come.

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