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Help struggling churches this Spring

The UK’s churches are in crisis. Please help us keep them open and in use. A gift from you today could enable churches to carry out urgent repairs to crumbling towers and leaking roofs.

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Save churches by giving a friend Gift Membership

A gift membership is the perfect present for anyone who loves heritage and the UK’s rich history of churches, chapels and meeting houses. They will receive a beautiful hardback book of church photographs, a magazine, event invitations, and much more. Your gift has the added benefit of helping us to save even more churches for generations to come.

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Online maintenance training

The importance of undertaking regular maintenance cannot be stressed enough. Come along to this session from 2-3pm on Tuesday 7 May to learn more about maintenance from our team, who have decades of experience of working with historic buildings.

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How to be an open church

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.

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Every Church Counts

With hundreds of churches facing closure, a national plan is urgently needed to help secure their future. We are calling on the UK Government, heritage organisations and Christian denominations to work together to tackle the UK’s single biggest heritage challenge.

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Church of the Week

Whitehead, County Antrim

Whitehead, County Antrim, was a small community until the mid 19th century. But the arrival of the railway in 1862 saw Whitehead grow into a popular seaside resort town. In the 18th century, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, had preached a number of times in the neighbouring town of Carrickfergus, so there was demand for a Methodist church in the area. And in 1900 the church was completed in a simple arts and crafts style, with five stained glass windows.

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Donate now to help churches stay open and in good repair

There is no bigger issue facing the UK’s heritage than the future of its churches. Help us in our mission to keep churches open and in use for generations to come.

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Our impact in numbers

  • Over 2000 Churches and chapels

    We've helped keep open, in good repair and supporting local people since 2007.

  • £ 2 million awarded in 2023

    To churches and chapels for urgent repairs, new facilities such as loos and kitchens and essential maintenance.

  • 7 Churches and chapels

    Removed from the Heritage at Risk Register in 2023 with the support of our grants.