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The National Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the National Churches Trust £1.9 million to help churches in Scotland, Wales and North West England

Community support and heritage and history top reasons people like churches, our new opinion poll shows.

A fire has severely damaged a Grade II* Listed church in St John's Wood, London

We are keeping more of the UK's churches, chapels and meeting houses open with funding for urgent repairs, essential maintenance and community facilties.

A few years ago, I ventured into an abandoned chapel in Caernarfon. Engedi, a Welsh Presbyterian chapel which closed its doors in the 1980s, is a place frozen in time. 

We are making some changes to our grant programmes

In the run-up to the 2022 Autumn Statement, Sir Philip Rutnam has written in The Times about the importance of church buildings to the UK.

The winner of the Friends' Vote for 2022 is All Saints church, Wilby in Norfolk

The winners of the 2022 National Church Awards have been announced.

Sir Philip Rutnam has become the new Chairman of the National Churches Trust.

Thousands of people took part in the annual Ride+Stride fundraiser for historic churches on Saturday 10 September 2022.

The Archbishop of York writes about the continuing importance of church buildings.