The Churches Trust for Cumbria was created in 2008, supported with funding from the North West Development Agency and the National Churches Trust. The Churches Trust for Cumbria help to keep their local church buildings alive by providing advice on the care, conservation and sustainable development of Cumbria’s church buildings.
The Historic Cheshire Churches Preservation Trust, which is non-denominational, was created in July 1953 by the then Bishops of Chester and Stockport. Sadly, the pandemic has severely affected the Trust's fund-raising events and they are not at present in a position to offer grants to churches.
The Northumbria Historic Churches Trust's principal activity is the giving of grants to individual historic churches to help them with the costs of repairs. They invite applications from all churches which are both historic and in need of repair, and assess them individually against detailed criteria. The Trust covers not only Northumberland but also Tyne & Wear and County Durham.
The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust provides funds for churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denomination and of any age within the county of Yorkshire. Funding ranges from relatively small schemes such as repairs to monuments, to much larger ones including large scale repointing of stonework, complete roofing repairs and replacements and other more complex conservation works.
Formed in 1954 to provide financial help with repairs, restoration and improvement to all Christian places of worship in the county of Herefordshire, encouraging wider interest in them and raising funds for these purposes. The Trust look to help places of worship help themselves and since the Trust was formed many hundreds of thousands of pounds have been given in the way of grants to help with essential repairs.
Formed in 1964 to give grants to to help repair the historic churches and chapels of Leicester and Leicestershire that are open for public worship, to encourage wider interest in them and to raise funds for these purposes. While its main task is to provide money and advice for the repair of churches and chapels, the Trust also seeks to spread interest in and knowledge of church and chapel buildings, and to generate enthusiasm for their care and preservation.
Lincolnshire Churches Trust was founded to help churches and chapels to be preserved and kept open for worship. It is non-denominational, and will help any church or chapel which is over 100 years old.
The Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust was founded in 1955 with the object of raising funds to make grants to churches in Northamptonshire of all denominations for their "preservation, repair and maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction".
The Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust was founded in 1986 and gave its first grants in 1987. It raises money to grant-aid historic churches and chapels in Nottinghamshire. It is non-denominational and can consider making grants to any Christian historic church or chapel in need of support.
The Rutland Historic Churches Trust exists to help preserve Rutland’s churches and chapels for the present and the future. They provide a grants scheme to help with the cost of repair or restoration. The scheme is open to every church or chapel in Rutland, of any denomination, which is open for public worship. Grants range from a few hundred pounds to a few thousand pounds. Their Trustees also provide valuable advice and support to churches undertaking projects.
The Shropshire Historic Churches Trust's aims are to provide grants to raise funds to assist congregations of all denominations to repair and maintain their buildings, and to encourage interest in the heritage of our churches, appealing to all those who recognise the unique contribution that churches make to theEnglish countryside and landscape.
The Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust organises a number of guided church tours and helps with maintenance grants via the generous donations of their members. They include churches located in Walsall, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich.
The Warwickshire and Coventry Historic Churches Trust was founded in 1978. It maintains a Trust Fund to help churches in use within the old county boundary of Warwickshire and the City of Coventry. Grants are made available for work of repair and maintenance and can include conservation of fixtures and fittings and chattels.
They can offer grants for restoration projects large or small, and not restricted to ancient churches – twentieth century buildings too! Examples of projects they can help with include roof and wall repairs, rewiring, archaeological investigations, and the conservation of stained glass. Each application is considered on an individual basis, and they can award grants of up to £1000.
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust was established in 1991 to raise and manage funds to help the restoration and repair of churches and chapels in the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and also part of Barnet.The Trust also acts as a distributive agent for church grants made by the Wixamtree Trust in Bedfordshire.
The Berkshire Historic Churches Trust was set up in 1984. Its objective is to raise funds to help with the cost of repairs to the fabric of Christian churches in Berkshire of any denomination belonging to or associated with Churches Together in England.
The Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust exists to support local communities to maintain and restore their churches so that they can continue to be enjoyed by future generations. The Trust gives repair and restoration grants to churches and chapels throughout the historic county of Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes.
The Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trusts main aim is to provide financial assistance to the parishes of Cambridgeshire, when they undertake repair projects affecting the fabric, fixtures, furniture and ornaments of their historic churches and chapels.
The Cornwall Historic Churches Trust offer grants, primarily for fabric repairs, to Cornish churches of all denominations which are used as places of worship. They cannot help closed churches or chapels.
The Devon Historic Churches Trust offers offer different types of grants, main grants, small repair grants or emergency repair grants. They are unable to help closed churches or chapels and do not have the resources to grant aid bells, organs, clocks and detached church halls.
Dorset Historic Churches Trust exists to help conserve places of Christian worship of all denominations in the administrative county of Dorset, which are open for public worship. The intention of grant aid is to assist in the sympathetic repair of historic churches and chapels, or the historic fittings, to a standard that their architectural value merits and to ensure their continued use by the communities they serve.
The Friends' principal purpose is to make grants for repairs to places of worship of all Christian denominations in Essex and the five London boroughs that were part of Essex until 1965 (Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest). Since 2015 grants have also been given for improvements as well as repairs.
Founded in 1949 as a Registered Charity and run by volunteers they are a dedicated to preserving Kent’s amazing churches and helping maintain them in good condition. They give grants to about 25 churches each year generally amounting to more than £130,000 per annum.
The Friends of the City Churches invites applications for grants of up to £10,000 to churches within the City of London for small-scale repair or improvement projects in or outside the building.
Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust is a charity which raises funds to help places of Christian worship of all denominations with repairs and improvements to the fabric of the buildings and their contents, as well as to their surrounding churchyards. They award £150,000 in repair and improvement grants for churches every year in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and North Bristol.
The Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust welcomes enquiries and applications for grants and loans from Christian churches of all denominations who are members of ‘Churches Together in England’ for work to preserve, maintain or repair the fabric of their church, including modification for disabled access.
Set up in 1980 by the Greater London Council to rescue historic buildings and monuments, they work in every London borough, supporting local communities who most need their help. They identify projects, commission condition surveys, give grants and guide the restoration of each site from beginning to end.
The Norfolk Churches Trust was founded in 1976 to protect churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations in the county of Norfolk and Diocese of Norwich by offering support through advice and grants. Grants of around £150,000 are awarded every year.
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust is an entirely volunteer-led organisation which aims to provide funding to help local communities repair, maintain and improve Oxfordshire’s historic churches, preserving them for future generations.
The purpose of the Trust is the preservation and maintenance of the fabric of 14 medieval churches. The churches all lie south and east of the Royal Military Canal, one being in Sussex (Chichester Diocese) the remainder in Kent (Canterbury Diocese). Theysupport the Parochial Church Councils in their task of maintaining their churches. This includes helping with major projects such as re-roofing, replacing/restoring windows and restoring tombs as well as necessary more routine repair and restoration to fabric items such as gutters, drains, masonry and painting. Since its foundation, the Trust has made grants of over £1.5 million.
The Round Tower Churches Society (RTCS) was established in 1973 to help preserve these churches and to explore their origins and history. There are 186 in England including those in a semi-ruinous condition and visible remnants of fallen towers. In the past 50 years, the Society has made grants of over £400,000 to help many of the English round tower churches. As a registered charity, the members subscriptions and valued legacies are greatly appreciated.
Somerset Churches Trust is an independent, non-denominational trust raising money for the repair and improvement of churches and chapels open for Christian worship in the historic county of Somerset. Their grants help to cover repairs to the main fabric of the churches in our parishes and to help with improvements and alterations to facilities and access to allow greater community use.
The Suffolk Historic Churches Trust supports the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches and chapels in the County of Suffolk.
The Trust (which is an all volunteer organisation) was set up in 1997 to stimulate interest in Surrey churches (of all Christian denominations) and to make grants for their repair and conservation. They provide grants to Surrey churches for repairs. Applications are considered at the Trust meetings in April and September each year against the criteria outlined in their Grant Application Form.
Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting church buildings of historic, architectural and community value across the county. It is a non-denominational body and is able to assist non-conformist chapels and Roman Catholic churches as well as Anglican churches by funding repair, improvement and reconstruction.
