Treasure Ireland Grants Committee Member (volunteer position)

Treasure Ireland Grants Committee Member (volunteer position)

Commitment: Three meetings a year (requiring time to read papers in advance to meetings, and to respond to emails)

Location: In person (usually Belfast) and hybrid

Closing date: Monday 15 January at 9am

Download the Role Description

Download the Application Form

The Role

The Treasure Ireland grants committee helps us to distribute £360,000 in grant funding, ensuring that churches across Northern Ireland can remain open and in use for future generations. Committee members play a key role in the process, making sure that local knowledge of Northern Ireland and experience of working with churches feed into our grant decisions. If you love church buildings and want them to remain a part of Northern Ireland's heritage, then please consider joining our Treasure Ireland grants committee. 

We are looking for one new member to join our independent Treasure Ireland grants committee in Northern Ireland. The committee has the key responsibility of allocating, on behalf of the National Churches Trust’s main grants Committee, funding towards repairs and maintenance, as part of our Treasure Ireland project. Treasure Ireland has been made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and Historic Environment Division at the Department for Communities.

About the National Churches Trust

Churches, chapels and meeting houses are impressive, exciting and surprising places, and we want to see them kept open and well used. Whether people seek quiet reflection, access to critical community services, a place to worship, or a space to explore, we believe these buildings should be cherished, supported, and available to all. Working together with churches across all four nations and all denominations, we help to maintain these wonderful buildings and keep them thrive today, and tomorrow.

About Treasure Ireland

Our project, Treasure Ireland, began in 2020 with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Pilgrim Trust and Historic Environment Division at the Department for Communities. We have recently received a grant increase from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and continued support from Historic Environment Division at the Department for Communities ensuring we can continue our focussed work in Northern Ireland until 2026. The project aims to support improvement in maintenance and sustainability of historic places of worship by providing grants for proactive repairs and maintenance, training on a range of topics such as writing funding bids, maintenance, interpretation and tourism, mentoring support, video guides, and to increase visitor numbers.

For more information about the role and how to apply, download the Role Description

You can download the Application Form here

If you have any questions about this opportunity please contact Nina McNeary, Church Support Officer, on 07922 425089, or by email at: nina.mcneary@nationalchurchestrust.org