Thumbs up for MaintenanceBooker
Church buildings require maintaining and it is often the routine, mundane jobs, like gutter clearing, that can all too easily be forgotten in the day to day running of a parish. When Chris Pullen,...
Latest news
The latest news about our work supporting the UK's churches. If you need more information contact our Head of Communications Eddie Tulasiewicz on 07742 932278.
Fabric grant funding made easier for churches
The Church of England, working with the Wolfson Foundation and the National Churches Trust (NCT), has today announced that during 2020 administration of the Wolfson Foundation funds for fabric...
Church Buildings Matter
The National Churches Trust has issued a five point manifesto for church buildings for the December 2019 General Election. 'Church Buildings Matter' can be downloaded here. Below, Luke March,...
ARCHIVED Local Treasures - People and Places
Luke March, Chairman of the National Churches Trust, said: “Volunteers across all parts of the UK play active and very important roles within their local community, keeping their churches and...
BBC One Television features the National Churches Trust
BBC Television turns its attention to the work of the National Churches Trust in 'One Day that Changed My Life' on Monday 8 July 2019 as it follows the story of the church of St Mary and the Host...
Michael Palin speaks up for the UK's churches
The 80 second animation, which you can watch below, highlights why churches are some of the nation’s best loved buildings. It also shows some of the dangers facing church buildings, including leaking...
Holy Spirit - The UK has more churches than pubs
With Easter just around the corner, latest figures show that there is no shortage of churches in the UK to celebrate one of the most important festivals in the Christian calendars. In fact, the UK...
England's top counties for church heritage revealed
Churches were analysed across eight different categories; interiors, stained glass, churchyards, atmosphere, wildlife, national history, monuments and social history. The counties that are home to...
49 percent of British adults visited a church in the last year
The new opinion poll was carried out in September 2018 for the National Churches Trust. 24 percent said they had visited a church building, chapel, or meeting house to attend a life event, such as a...
Building Resilience - the National Churches Trust's strategy for 2019 - 2023
Building Resilience, our strategy for 2019 – 2023 is designed to make sure that we continue to support a wide range of church improvements, to make it easier for churches to carry out regular...
Celebrating 200 years of the Incorporated Church Building Society
The service was attended by special guests including His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester, The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Huw Edwards, Bill Bryson...
Bill Bryson and Joanna Lumley celebrate Sir Christopher Wren’s beautiful London churches
Their choices are featured as part of a selection of the best of Sir Christopher Wren’s London churches published on the National Churches Trust’s ExploreChurches website for English Tourism Week....
