Name of grant

Sharing Heritage

Our Heritage

Young Roots

Heritage Grants

Grants for Places of Worship

How much can I apply for?

£3,000 – £10,000

£10,000 – £100,000

£3,000 – £50,000

£100,000 or more

£10,000 – £250,000

How long does assessment take?

8 weeks

8 weeks

10 weeks

Two-round process, each round is three months

Two-round process

Is any match funding required?

There is no fixed match-funding; applicants should supply what they can, either in cash or in-kind.

There is no fixed match-funding; applicants should supply what they can, either in cash or in-kind.

There is no fixed match-funding; applicants should supply what they can, either in cash or in-kind.

Yes, at least 5% for projects up to £1million and at least 10% for projects over £1million. Can be in cash or in kind.

Yes, at least 5%, either cash or in-kind.

When can I apply?

Now! This is a rolling programme which means you can apply at any time.

Now! This is a rolling programme which means you can apply at any time.

Now! This is a rolling programme which means you can apply at anytime.

Now! There are quarterly deadlines on the HLF website. The application forms are changing; see the HLF website for more detail.

Now! There are 4 deadlines per year, open to any listed place of worship.

What sort of projects can be funded?

Restoring bells, paintings, clocks and organs and helping people to learn about heritage eg: interpretation boards, special events, digitising archives, setting up a church trail etc.

Restoring bells, paintings, clocks and organs and helping people to learn about heritage eg: interpretation boards, special events, digitising archives, setting up a church trail etc.

Helping young people (aged 11-25) engage with heritage including archaeology, making short films, oral history work. This should be in-partnership with a heritage organisation and a youth organisation.

Church restoration, interpretation and access. Finding new uses for historic churches.

Focusing on urgent structural repair. Projects must also show how they will engage with the wider community. Up to 15% of project costs can be toward new facilities.

OUTCOMES

We will focus on the difference a project will make for heritage, people and communities.

We have identified outcomes that we want to achieve with our funding, and have weighted

those that we value the most.
Applicants do not have to deliver all of our outcomes. Whilst some projects may deliver a small

amount towards a large number of outcomes, others may deliver a large amount towards a smaller

selection. We will continue to take account of heritage value, need or opportunity, and risks in our

assessment, and overall value for money.

Heritage outcomes
With our investment, heritage will be:

• better managed (weighted for grants over £100,000);
• in better condition (weighted for grants over £100,000);
• better interpreted and explained;
• identified/recorded.

Outcomes for people
With our investment, people will have:

• learnt about heritage (weighted for all grants);
• developed skills (weighted for grants over £100,000)
• changed their attitudes and/or behaviour;
• had an enjoyable experience;
• volunteered time.

Outcomes for communities
With our investment:

• environmental impacts will be reduced (weighted for grants over £100,000);
• more people, and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage (w over £100K)
• organisations will be more resilient;
• local economies will be boosted;
• local areas/communities will be a better place to live, work or visit.

Minimum requirements
We will have proportionate expectations for different levels of grant. Our minimum requirements will be:

Grants for Places of Worship

Deadlines – for Decision

• 31 May for September Committee decision
• 22 August for December Committee decision
• 29 November for March 2014 Committee decision

For more information and how to access the application look on our website:

http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Grants_Places_Worship_England.aspx

www.entrust.co.uk

Under the Landfill Communities Fund the Government allows landfill site operators to contribute a

percentage of the Landfill Tax they collect to Environmental Bodies to enable them to grant-aid projects

that meet one or more of the Scheme’s objectives or to grant-aid other not-for-profit organisations that

wish to do so.

http://www.tudortrust.org.uk

The trust was founded in 1955 by Sir Godfrey Mitchell who endowed it with shares in the

Wimpey construction company (making this one of the extraordinary number of major trusts

with their origins in the building industry). It funds a range of both capital and revenue needs

notably including related building costs, for voluntary and community groups. Grants can be of all

sizes, very often to be paid over a period of two or three years. There is no maximum or

minimum grant amount. 

The George Henry Collins Trust is available to organisations active within a 50 mile

radius of Birmingham. The scheme aims to fund projects with general charitable

purposes. Eligible organisations must be registered UK charities. The application

process is ongoing and interested applicant may apply at any time. Contact the

George Henry Collins Charity for further information: D L Turfrey Secretary, George

Henry Collins Charity,

c/o Martineau Johnson, No.1 Colmore Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6AA.

Tel: 0870 763 2000

Funding for Community/Social Projects (that may take place in church

buildings)

www.barondavenportscharity.org

The Charity’s area of benefit is the City of

Birmingham and West Midland counties not extending 60 miles (or 96.56 kilometres)

from Birmingham Town Hall.

The Charity awards grants in three categories (see below) but states on its website

that churches doing work specifically with young people may apply.

 Alms-houses, hospices and residential homes for older people.

 Organisations for the benefit of children/young people.

 Individual widows, spinsters, divorced ladies, single mothers and fatherless

children, who meet certain criteria set-out by the Charity.

www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

If you are undertaking community focused projects

to alleviate social disadvantage, you may be able to access Lloyds TSB foundation

funding. The foundation exists to fund local, regional and national charities working to

tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. It doesn’t fund capital works appeals

but does fund church projects providing they meet the criteria for the Community

Programme. Please note that the foundation only funds registered charities i.e.:

charities that are individually registered with the Charity Commission. It does not

accept applications from ‘exempt’ charities such as PCCs, so only apply if you re one of those

parishes who have registered with the Charity Commission and have a charity number.

www.ranktrust.org

This trust was established in 2002 for the advancement of the Christian faith and represents an

amalgamation of a number of charities established by the late Joseph Rank, or members of his

family, during the period from 1918 to April 1942. The original trusts represented a practical expression

of the strong Christian beliefs of their founder and his desire to advance the Christian faith and to help

the less fortunate members of society. The trust’s three main areas of interest are: the adaptation of

Methodist Church properties with a view to providing improved facilities for use both by the church itself

and in its work in the community in which it is based, work with young people and

projects that demonstrate a Christian approach to the practical, educational and

spiritual needs of people. Contact: [email protected]

www.wa-cadbury.org.uk

The William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust funds the

Conservation of the environment, including the preservation of listed buildings and

monuments, in Birmingham and the West Midlands. It may also fund some social

projects based in churches.

www.whsmithplc.co.uk/corporate_responsibility/whsmith_trust

The W H Smith Trust is a registered charity (registered charity no. 1013782) with two principal objectives:

 To support the local communities in which W H Smith staff and customers live

and work and;

 To support education and lifelong learning, helping people of any age to

achieve their educational potential.

Funding for specific items:

Art Work (new commissions)

www.churchart.co.uk/commissioning/cottam_will_trust.php

If you are thinking of

commissioning new artwork for your church, the Cottam Will Trust for the

Embellishment of Ancient Gothic Churches may be able to provide some funding. It

is administered by The Executive Committee of the Friends of Friendless Churches

and exists to enable “the purchase for the advancement of religion of objects of

beauty to be placed in ancient Gothic churches either in England or Wales”.

Whilst its income in an average year only slightly exceeds 10,000 and grants are

therefore unlikely to be more than a few thousand pounds each, the Trustees would

like the Trust to be used more widely and have adopted a catholic definition of

“objects of beauty”. Although they feel obliged to exclude a monument or memorial to

an individual, previous items funded have included: bells, paschal candlesticks,

vestments, hymn boards, stained glass and statuary. Trustees cannot accept

applications from churches that lack medieval Gothic fabric.

Bells

The Barron Bell Trust makes small grants towards the provision, installation,

inspection, repair and maintenance of carillons of bells in “low church parishes” only.

(It states that ‘high church parishes’ should not apply). Applicants should have raised

in the region of 50% of the total cost of the project prior to making an application.

Ian H Walrond, Trustee, The Barron Bell Trust, c/o 71 Lower Green Road, Pembury,

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4EB.

The Sharpe Trust The late Frederick Sharpe, FSA, was one of the world’s leading

authorities on the history, technology, and music of bells. For many years he was a

consultant expert on the subject and inspected many hundreds of towers and

belfries. He died in February 1976 and in his will provided a sum of money and

nominated a group of Trustees (the “Sharpe Trustees”) to hold and use the capital

and income “in their sole discretion” for the maintenance, repair, and restoration of

Church Bells situate anywhere in England and Wales. Grants range between 50

and 500, the average being approximately 150. www.sharpetrustees.org.uk

The Manifold Trust is very keen to help churches bring into use again bells which

have not been rung for many years, and to augment existing peals of fewer than six

bells. Applications for grants for this purpose should be made direct to Ian Oram, The

Cottage, School Hill, Warnham, Horsham, Sussex RH12 3NQ, who acts for the Bells

Restoration Funds Committee of the Central Council of Church Bellringers and

advises the Trust on these matters. The Trust does not make grants to churches for

building repairs as it makes a block grant to the Historic Churches Preservation Trust

for this purpose.

The Keltek Trust helps churches acquire surplus and/or redundant bells to be hung

for English style full-circle bell-ringing: www.btinternet.com/~keltek

Church Furniture

The Leche Trust has the power to make grants for any object or purpose which is

recognised as charitable. At present, it is the trustees’ policy to concentrate their

work in five areas, one of which is “the preservation of buildings and their contents

and the repair and conservation of church furniture (including such items as

monuments, but excluding structural repairs to the church fabric). Preference is given

to buildings and objects of the Georgian period.

Church Interiors

www.sal.org.uk/grants/williamandjanemorris

The William and Jane Morris Fund is

one of a number of individual funds administered by the Society of Antiquaries. The

purpose of the fund is the protection of ancient buildings, with the stipulation that

grants should be made only to works that are carried out in accordance with the

principles of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). In practice

the income from the fund has been devoted almost entirely towards making grants

towards the repair of church fittings. Preference is given to the conservation of

decorative features, for example, stained-glass windows, sculpture, furniture, textiles,

monuments and tombs. Structural repairs and fabric are considered only under

exceptional circumstances, for instance when in association with the conservation of

a work of art. Repairs to bells or organs, alteration or decoration of buildings,

electrical rewiring and the repair or installation of central heating systems are not

funded. Only buildings or monuments erected before 1896, the date of William

Morris’s death are eligible.

Clocks

The Church Buildings Council gives grants for the repair of church clocks:

• All mechanical clocks are eligible.

• The project must involve overhaul and repair of the movement and/or dial

motionwork.

• Repair and redecoration of the dial itself is only considered when the dial is ancient

and of historical interest and the treatment is conservation-based.

www.churchcare.co.uk Tel: 020 7898 1874, Email: [email protected]

If your clock is Georgian you might try: The Leche Trust, www.lechetrust.org Tel:

020 8870 6233, Email: [email protected]

The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers may be useful source of general help and

advice: www.clockmakers.org Tel: 020 7638 5500, Email: [email protected]

Glass

www.worshipfulglaziers.com The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of

Glass (often known as the Glaziers’ Company) is one of the historic Livery

Companies of the City of London it makes grants available to churches and other

public buildings exclusively for the restoration and conservation of historic and

important stained glass. Grants are awarded by The Glaziers Trust, a registered

charity which has two principal objects:

 The restoration and conservation of historic and important stained glass

 Promoting the craft by supporting the education and training of craftsmen and

women in the fields of stained and painted glass and by fostering public

information and awareness.

Historic Ironwork

www.ironhall.co.uk

The Ironmongers’ Company, as part of its charitable activities,

works to promote the craft of ironwork. Support is given primarily for the conservation

of historic ironwork or the creation of new decorative iron or steel work. Grants are

made for charitable purposes and not for the benefit of private individuals.

Applications are accepted from registered charities, churches and schools for

projects in the UK only. The Company prefers to fund entire projects, or specific

elements of a project. The majority of grants awarded are under 5,000. Grants are

paid on completion of the project and must be claimed within two years of the date

awarded.

Organs

The Arts Council Arts Lottery Fund. Organ appeals in connection with concert and

other performances should approach the Arts Lottery Fund. The Heritage Lottery

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Fund Your Heritage scheme may be appropriate for major works to historic

instruments.

The O N Organ Fund. The fund offers grants for the provision and restoration of pipe

organs in the British Isles. Grant applications are welcomed before the closing dates

of 31 March and 30 September.

The Secretary

Dr Alan Thurlow

8 Old Bakery Gardens

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 8AJ

Email [email protected]

www.onorganfund.org.uk

The Ouseley Trust

Martin Williams

127 Coleherne Court

Old Brompton Road

London SW5 0EB

Tel 020 7373 1950

Fax 020 7341 0043

Email [email protected]

Funding is available for organ repairs and other musical objects for Anglican

churches where there is an active choral tradition.

War Memorials

Since 2003 the Wolfson Foundation has funded a joint programme with English

Heritage and the War Memorials Trust, providing grants for the conservation of war

memorials. The programme is administered by the War Memorials Trust. The

scheme relates only to existing war memorials and no grant can be offered to support

the creation of new war memorials or projects for which work has already started

and/or is completed. Graves of any type are not eligible for support under any of War

Memorials Trust grant schemes. www.warmemorials.org

Funding directories:

www.dsc.org.uk and www.trustfunding.org.uk Both of these sites are run by The

Directory of Social Change and you need to be a subscriber to use them. However,

the Diocese is a subscriber and they can be consulted at St Mary’s House (please

ring for details, 01543 – 306030.)

www.ffhb.org.uk The Funds for Historic Buildings website is a comprehensive guide

to funding for anyone seeking to repair, restore or convert for a new use any historic

building in the United Kingdom (excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)

which is listed, scheduled or in a conservation area and of acknowledged historic

merit. It includes details of virtually all substantive funding sources which specialise in

historic buildings, as well as many (including a variety of regeneration programmes)

which provide funding for historic building projects within a wider remit.

www.funderfinder.org.uk FunderFinder is a small UK charity which specialises in

information and advice about charitable trusts and foundations that fund in the UK.

Some of the things it produces are free, some cost although you may be able to

these for free at a library.

www.fundingcentral.org.uk Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary

organisations and social enterprises. The site provides access to thousands of

funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting

organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.

General sources of information and guidance

Crossing the Threshold Toolkit – A community development approach to the use of

church buildings. This toolkit has been produced here in Hereford Diocese and is nationally

recognised as good practice.  It is a step by step guide to the development of your church building

as a community space, covering things like proving a case, meeting community need,

community consultation. 

It is available on the web site under the community partnership pages.

www.hereford.anglican.org

The Parish Resources for Stewardship website contains resources and advice for

parish treasurers, project treasurers, Gift Aid secretaries and all those who have a

concern for making sure the church has a firm financial base for carrying out its

mission and ministry. It includes advice on fundraising, Gift Aid, setting up a Friends

scheme and parish giving.

www.spabfim.org.uk

 Run by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

(SPAB) Faith in Maintenance is a new initiative which aims to help volunteers who

look after historic places of worship. It does not provide funding but training to help

you understand how your building works and how to solve problems caused by leaky

gutters and blocked drains. Its training courses are free and are available to any

volunteer who helps to look after an historic place of worship. It also has useful

information on finding funding under its advice and guidance section.

www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk This website allows you to find detailed

statistics within specific geographic areas. This may be of use in researching the

needs of your local community and also in backing up statements made in funding

applications.

www.shrinkingthefootprint.org

The Church of England’s national environmental

campaign on energy efficient and other green issues.

www.nacvs.org.uk

National Association of Councils for the Voluntary Sector. NB

Your local Voluntary Action Council can supply a list of local charitable trusts.