Building Conservation Bodies

Building Conservation
A commercial site (Cathedral Communications Limited) with information about conservation and restoration of historic buildings. Information from the Building Conservation Directory.

Association of Diocesan and Cathedral Archaeologists
ADCA is a professional organisation which will represent archaeologists who are charged with the proper conduct of archaeology of cathedrals and parish churches.

Conservation Register
A searchable register of specialised restorers and conservators in the UK and Ireland

Memorials by Artists
A nationwide service which helps people to commission good individual memorials for churchyard, cemetery or garden.

Institute of Historic Building Conservation
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is the professional institute which represents conservation professionals in the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has approximately 1360 members members, divided between 15 branches.

The Institute exists to establish the highest standards of conservation practice to support the effective protection and enhancement of the historic environment.

Royal Institute of British Architects
Includes a section called Find an Architect

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation is a multi-disciplinary organisation and the principal professional body for building conservation practitioners and historic environment specialists working in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with connections to the Republic of Ireland.

Other Sources of Help

The National Amenity Societies
The Ancient Monuments Society
Council for British Archaeology
The Georgian Group
The Victorian Society
The Twentieth Century Society
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Sector Organisations

English Heritage
Historic Scotland
Cadw
Sacred Scotland
Friends of the City Churches
SAVE Britain's Heritage
Arthur Rank Centre
The Chapels Heritage Society
The Church Tourism Association
The Churches Tourism Network Wales
Discovering Sacred Britain
Hope in the Community
Living Stones
One Church 100 uses
Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust
Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Caring for God's Acre
Scottish Church Heritage Research
Shrinking the Footprint

Government Organisations

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
The Charity Commission (England and Wales)
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Churches no longer open for worship

Churches Conservation Trust
Friends of Friendless Churches
Scottish Redundant Churches Trust
Historic Chapels Trust
Welsh Religious Buildings Trust

Insurance

Ecclesiastical
Baptist Insurance
Methodist Insurance
Catholic Church Insurance Association