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The Pilgrim Trust has supported and funded the work of the National Churches Trust since it was first established. In the past 54 years, HCPT (now the National Churches Trust) has received over £3 million. The Pilgrim Trust continues to support its work. The preservation of important buildings is one of the Trustees main priorities and places of worship are so often the most significant historic buildings within communities.
Georgina Nayler, The Pilgrim Trust


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Trustees

Michael Hoare – Chairman
Tony Wedgwood – Treasurer
Diana Hunt – Chairman of the Grants Committee
Graham Brown
Peter Readman OBE
Lottie Cole
Revd Dr Nicholas Holtam
Jennie Page CBE

Staff

Andrew Edwards – Chief Executive
Matthew Seward – Director of Policy
Charlotte Walshe – Research Co–ordinator
Jamie Larkin – Project Assistant
Justine Webb – Director of Fundraising
Liz Purchase – Trusts & Major Gifts Fundraiser
Giulia Minguzzi – Fundraising Communications Administrator
Alison Pollard – Grants Manager
Andreas Kolb – Grants Administrator
Rhodri Evans – National Support Officer
Ceri Mick – Office Manager
Miriam Campbell – Finance Manager

Andrew Smyth – Trusts & Foundations (Volunteer)
Ed Grapes – Photographer (Volunteer)
Ian Hamilton – Photographer (Volunteer)
Daniel Romer–Lee – Archivist (Volunteer)
Brian Woodruffe – Photographer (Volunteer)


Vice Presidents

Lord Aldington
Sarah Bracher MBE
Viscountess Brentford OBE FCA
The Right Rev the Bishop of Brentwood
Sir Patrick Cormack MP FSA
Robin Cotton MBE
Dr Rory O’Donnell MA PhD FSA
Lady Evans-Lombe DL
The Rt Hon Frank Field MP
Dame Liz Forgan DBE
Dr Jenny Freeman IHBC
Professor Alan Gillett OBE FRICS
Lady Nicholas Gordon Lennox LVO
Bryan Gray CBE DL
Brigadier Adam Gurdon
Edward Harley
Lady Erica Harman
Lord Inglewood DL
Lady Jay of Ewelme CBE
Ruth Lea
Lady Nutting OBE
Prince Nicholas von Preussen
Henry Stapleton MBE
Edward Vaizey MP




National Churches Trust - Trustees

The National Churches Trust, launched in June 2007, sets out to position itself as the leading independent body concerned with the protection and welfare of churches, chapels and meeting houses throughout the UK.

Its ambitions include:
  • protecting and maintaining our ecclesiastical built heritage
  • raising substantial capital at a national level to enable it to provide significant non-government funding for the repair, maintenance and modernisation of churches buildings throughout the country
  • encouraging congregations and local communities to develop both traditional and innovative uses for their churches.
  • developing sources of reliable data on churches buildings and their value as national and local resources
  • promoting public discussion of the role churches and congregations play in national and community life
  • creating a National Churches Photographic Library
Achieving these ambitions requires Trustees with a strong commitment to the purpose and development of the National Churches Trust.

The Trust is looking to recruit Trustees with senior experience in:
  • Heritage
  • Media and communications
  • Community development
  • Art and architecture
  • Working with faith communities
  • Income generation
  • IT infrastructure in a growing organisation
  • Grant making
If you are interested in becoming a Trustee of the National Churches Trust please send your CV in confidence to:

Michael Hoare
Chairman
National Churches Trust
31 Newbury Street
London
EC1A 7HU



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