St Mary’s Church in Warwick towers over the rest of the city. Rick Marin

Get Support: England

Welcome

We want to support you to keep your church, chapel or meeting house open, well maintained and in use. On this page you’ll find links to resources and training to help you do this. You can also email our team at grants@nationalchurchestrust.org if you need any further support. 


If you’re looking for support in Cumbria, Lancashire or Greater Manchester, please click here.

How we can help you

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Find out more about our grants

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, we offer a range of grants to suit the size and needs of your project.

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Maintenance and project advice

From how to develop and manage a church building project, to keeping your church in good condition by regular maintenance, you can find out about the key things you need to do to look after your church building.

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Tourism support

Many churches, chapels and meeting houses were built to be at the heart of their communities; to be busy and used by all. There are many ways to ensure that this is still the case. Discover how to create the perfect welcome, tell your story and more.

What's on?

We run regular events throughout the year, to help your place of worship.

Online: How to Read Your Church

Join us online from 2-3pm on Tuesday 15 April. All churches, chapels and meeting houses have gone through stages of building and development over time. Discover how to spot these architectural details, and step back in time with us to see how a typical parish church might have looked at various points in its life at this free event.

Online: Funding Your Project & Applying to the National Lottery

Join us from 2-3pm on Tuesday 13 May. Are you planning a major repair, reordering or heritage project for your church? Are you thinking about or already preparing a National Lottery Heritage Fund application? Jon Hodges has been Project Manager for our Cherish project since May 2024, join him and a representative from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to learn more.

How we're helping places of worship

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Heritage Stimulus Fund

32 more historic churches and meeting houses in England have been saved for the future thanks to a £3.6 million investment in the National Churches Trust's grant scheme by the Heritage Stimulus Fund.

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For Churches

'For Churches', our new strategy, is an ambitious plan setting out the ways in which we will support churches across the UK for the next three years.

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Essential community services

Churches are the beating hearts of communities, providing vital support to local people. Hear from St Marylebone parish church in London, which is home to both a GP practice and a counselling service, about how hosting these services have helped their church and community to thrive.

Get in touch 

If you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website, our friendly church engagement team are on hand to help. 

You can email our team at grants@nationalchurchestrust.org