ChurchCare is the Church of England’s national resource, providing advice, support and funding for people caring for church buildings. ChurchCare works in partnership with various grant-giving bodies to provide funding for church projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grants provide support for Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) for the conservation of the historic contents of churches and churchyard structures. Grants are made specifically for the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conservation Reports<\/strong> – initial grants to assist with the commissioning of conservation reports, including environmental surveys and other technical investigations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bells<\/strong> – for the conservation of all bells and bell frames identified by the Church Buildings Council as being of historic significance<\/p>\n\n\n\n Books and manuscripts<\/strong> – for the conservation of historical books and manuscripts<\/p>\n\n\n\n Church plate<\/strong> – grants are available for the repair of church plate to ensure its regular use by congregations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Churchyard structures<\/strong> – for the conservation of walls, monuments etc which are listed separately from the church building and sited in churchyards which are the responsibility of the PCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clocks<\/strong> – for the conservation of mechanical clocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monumental brasses and decorative metalwork<\/strong> – for the conservation of decorative metalwork of artistic or historical interest including metal screens, internal railings, plaques and memorials<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monuments <\/strong>– <\/strong>\u00a0for the conservation of monuments<\/p>\n\n\n\n Organs<\/strong> – for the conservation of organs and organ cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paintings and wall paintings<\/strong> – for the conservation of paintings and wall paintings of artistic, historical or archaeological significance<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stained glass<\/strong> – for the conservation of stained glass, painted glass and historical plain glazing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Textiles<\/strong> – for the conservation of textiles or artistic or historical interest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wooden objects<\/strong> – for the conservation of woodwork and wooden objects such as reredoses, screens, wooden crosses, pulpits and pews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most grants are for up to \u00a310,000. There are separate deadlines for each grant scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note that fabric repair grants are only available to successful conservation grant recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grants are also available to support churches with the implementation of net zero carbon projects. The Net Zero Carbon Programme<\/a> provides advice and grant funding for CofE churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n