New Chairman appointed
He will take up his new role from September 2022 for a period of five years. Sir Philip said: "I am honoured and delighted to be the next Chairman of the National Churches Trust. I have been visiting...
Latest news
The latest news about church heritage including how to save it, things to look out for and interesting places to visit. You'll also find stories from churches, chapels and meeting houses from across the UK sharing about the wonderful ways they are keeping their buildings open and in use.
Welcome to our new Trustees
The new Trustees, who take up their appointments on 16 December 2021 are: Gerald Corbett DL, a businessman who acted in executive and non-executive roles for some of the UK's largest and most...
Annual social value of the UK's church buildings is over £55 billion
In September 2020 the National Churches Trust published The House of Good report. For the very first time, the report quantified the economic and social value of all church buildings to the UK. Not...
Bacon butties help Surbiton church win top award
The Surrey church has won The 2021 Nayler Awards for Excellence in Church Maintenance. The Nayler Award and a prize of £7,500, was announced by Georgina Nayler MBE, former Director of The Pilgrim...
The Pilgrim Trust - Our close collaborator
Each year it gives approximately £3 million to charities and other public bodies that work on preserving the country’s heritage or catalysing social change. In April 2020 the Trust appointed Sue...
Winning church architects
The Awards, run by the National Churches Trust and the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association (EASA) were held at the church of St Mary Magdalene in Paddington, London on Thursday, 4...
The future of the UK's church buildings (news)
We have launched a national debate to help safeguard the future of the UK's local churches. We want you to take part. With an increasing number of churches and chapels facing closure, 'The Future...
£2 million funding boost for local churches
The funding comes from the Heritage Stimulus Fund, part of the Government's Culture Recovery Fund. It will help remove eight of them from the Historic England 'Heritage at Risk' Register and secure...
UK Church Architecture Awards 2021
Projects shortlisted include new gargoyles and work on the tower and spire of St. Mary's church in Adderbury Oxfordshire; a repair project which revealed previously unknown wall paintings at St Peter...
Celebrations as beloved Welsh church wins Friends’ Vote
The £10,000 grant from the National Churches Trust will help pay for urgent tower and roof repairs to the Grade II* Listed church. The repairs will help ensure that the magnificent building stands...
Captured on camera
Over the next three months Causeway Coast based Laura will be travelling around Northern Ireland to take photographs of key churches and chapels. The photographs will be used on the National Churches...
Funding lifeline for 55 churches
The grants are our latest round of funding to places of worship in 2021 and are made possible thanks to our Friends, including the Wolfson Foundation and the Pilgrim Trust. We are supporting a...