Support organisations

Our online directory of church and heritage organisations.

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Open Church Network Wrexham

Wales

Discover the legends and lore of Wrexham County Borough’s villages and towns on the Discovery Trail. For 7,000 years and more, through Saxon, Norman and Medieval occupation, the heart of the...

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Open Churches

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

To open our churches that are so often shut, to fulfil the wish of many, whatever their convictions, to visit churches for spiritual or cultural reasons or simply for curiosity. People from the world...

MonmouthshireABERGAVENNYStMary(explorechurches.org)3

Ousley Trust

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Set up to promote and maintain to a high standard the choral services of the Church of England, the Church in Wales and the Church of Ireland. It does this by making grants to cathedrals, choral...

AngleseyLLANEILIANStEilian(explorechurches.org)17

Owen Family Trust

Wales, West Midlands

Grants are available for the preservation of Christian and secular historic buildings in West Midlands and North Wales.

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Oxfordshire Churches

Oxfordshire

The aim is to visit and photograph every church (of all denominations) in the county of Oxfordshire, including those that are now in private hands and those that no longer exist.

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Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust

Oxfordshire

The Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust, set up in 1964 and newly registered in 2016, provides grants for the repair, restoration and practical enhancement of the churches of Oxfordshire.

NorthumberlandBAMBURGHStAiden(explorechurches.org)15

Parish Resources

England

This site is provided by the Church of England’s National Stewardship & Resources team and offers over 400 pages of resources (web & pdf) to support all aspects of stewardship, administration...

FlintshirePENYMYNYDDStJohnBaptist(explorechurches.org)7

Partners for Sacred Places

Partners for Sacred Places brings together a national network of expert professionals who understand the value of a congregation’s architectural assets, its worth as a faith community, and the...

LincolnshireTATTERSHALLHolyTrinity(explorechurches.org)14

Pennycress Trust

Cheshire, Norfolk

Grant making to smaller charities with preference to charities in Cheshire and Norfolk.

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Pilgrim Trust

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

The Pilgrim Trust gives grants totalling approximately two million pounds each year to charities and other public bodies. Sixty percent of funding is directed towards the preservation projects aimed...

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Pilling Trust

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Grants for Anglican churches for achieving and maintaining a high standard of church music, including major repair or replacement of the church organ.