Church & Community Volunteers Awards
Whether you're running a foodbank, looking after heritage, gardening, opening your doors to visitors, or bringing your community together, we want to hear your story.
National Church Awards
Award categories for 2026
Click on the boxes to find out more and to enter.
Friends Award
This award is chosen by the Friends – regular supporters – of the National Churches Trust. The winning church receives a £10,000 additional grant to help complete an urgent repair or facilities project.
Church Architecture Awards
We are thrilled to invite architects and surveyors to submit their finest work for recognition. These prestigious awards are run in partnership with the Ecclesiastical Architects & Surveyors Association (EASA).
Our partners
We work closely with partners, funders and sponsors across the sector. They bring their specialist skills and experience to planning and promoting the awards and the expert judging panels often agonise over very tightly fought shortlists.
Marsh Charitable Trust
The Church and Community Volunteers Awards, sponsored by Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate volunteers who have had great ideas about using their church building, have contributed significantly to its sustainability, or who help their community using their building.
Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association
The church architecture awards are run by the National Churches Trust and the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association. They honour excellence and creativity in church architecture.
