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.
Finding volunteers to help keep your church open and able to serve your community can be difficult. But support is out there to help you to not only recruit new volunteers, but to keep them engaged with your church. Ruth, from St Hilda in Redcar, shares some advice that helped their church attract volunteers.
We’re pleased to share that 43 churches across the UK will stay open and in good repair thanks to £478,110 of funding awarded and recommended by the National Churches Trust in this latest round of grants.
We are delighted to confirm that His Majesty King Charles III has accepted Patronage of the National Churches Trust. This follows on from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who served as Patron of the National Churches Trust from 1953 until 2022.
We all hear about a church being open, but what does it really mean? Who gets to come into the building and when? And what for? St Stephen on the Cliffs church in Blackpool shares with us why their building being open is a vital part of the life of the church – even in the midst of a large building project.
Churches, chapels and meeting houses are the guardians of generations of local history. This amazing heritage is too precious not to be shared and enjoyed by all. Let us head to Northern Ireland, where the team at Strabane Church of the Immaculate Conception share how they turned their historic church into a visitor destination.
Throughout his life, Lord Patrick Cormack was committed to helping churches. We wanted to share some of the different ways that Lord Cormack made a difference and helped to keep churches open and in use across the UK and the lasting legacy he leaves today.
When the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) church outgrew the buildings, they were renting, they bought an abandoned church. The disused building has been transformed into a thriving community church. And this is just stage one of the journey.
St Michael Church in Llanfihangel y Creuddyn in Wales got turned down for a large grant that would help save their tower. But being rejected ended up being the best thing for the church and the local community. Find out what happened next.
Claire Walker, Chief Executive of the National Churches Trust, shares highlights from 2023 and how, together, we can help keep churches open and in good repair in the new year and beyond.
Forty historic UK churches and chapels have been saved for the future thanks to £496,625 of funding awarded and recommended by the National Churches Trust in this latest round of grants.
Find out how winning the Friends Award at the National Church Awards will help South Stoneham St Mary in Hampshire fix their failing roof.
The National Churches Trust responds to news of the planned church closures in Wigan.
