National Churches Trust Grant
Grants are available to any Christian place of worship in the UK that is open for regular worship. The National Church Trust’s aim is to help keep church buildings in good repair, open for worship and community activities, and allow them to continue to serve people, communities and visitors in all sorts of ways.
Whether you are looking to repair your roof, install a kitchen or accessible toilets, clear asbestos or simply need help undertaking regular essential maintenance to your building, they offer a range of grants to suit the size and needs of your project.
Large Grant Programme offers grants of between £10,000 to £50,000 towards the cost of urgent and essential structural repairs costing more than £80,000, and/or the introduction of kitchens and toilets costing more than £30,000. Church buildings listed Grade I or II* in England and Wales, Grade A or B+ in Northern Ireland, and Grade A or B in Scotland – might also be eligible for additional funds that we administer on behalf of the Wolfson Foundation. For listed buildings there must be a conservation accredited professional leading the project. For the guidance notes (including the full eligibility criteria) and online application form for the programme, please visit https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/large-grants
Cherish Cymru - Wales Grant Programme (specifically for Wales) offers grants of between £500 and £10,000 towards the cost of urgent repairs costing between £20,000 and £80,000, and also for project development. The development aspect is intended to support churches to develop high quality, well researched, sustainable projects through the diagnosis of issues affecting the church, by testing the viability of proposed solutions, and through developing plans up to RIBA stage 1, in advance of applying to a major church heritage funder. Church buildings listed Grade I or II* in England and Wales, and addressing repairs, might also be eligible for additional funds that we administer on behalf of the Wolfson Foundation. For the guidance notes (including the full eligibility criteria) and online application form for the programme, please visit https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/cherish-grants
Details of other grant programmes available can be found here: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/our-grants.
All grants applicants are expected to have 50% match-funding in place at the time of application. You can find further FAQs page here: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/grants-faqs, or for further support visit Get Support: Wales / Cymru | National Churches Trust