The National Churches Trust’s Small Grants programmes offers grants of between £500 and £5,000 (with capacity to award up to £10,000 where the case for investment and need are demonstrated to be very high, and funds are available to award) towards urgent maintenance works and small repairs identified as high priority within a recent Quinquennial Inspection, Building Survey or Condition Report. Also, small investigative works and surveys. Project costs should be up to £20,000 including VAT, and awards will never exceed 50% of the costs.
Small Grants for maintenance are made possible in partnership with, and through the generosity of, the Pilgrim Trust, as well as the additional generous support of the Trust’s donors and Friends, trusts and foundations, and the many places of worship and individuals who support the Trust’s programmes.
Applications from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK are eligible. Churches in Scotland are particularly welcomed.
The application process begins with an eligibility quiz. If you cannot answer yes to each question your application will not be successful.
The questions include:
- Is yours a Christian place of worship (but not a cathedral) within the UK, and open for at least six services of public worship each year?
- Do you own the building or have the right to carry out the work? If the church is not part of a major denomination then is the denomination registered with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, or has it got charitable status?
- Was your place of worship built as a place of worship originally and is it more than 30 years old? And are the works to the main building?
- Is the building open to the public for a minimum of 100 days a year beyond worship use?
- Is the project yet to start (we don’t accept applications for projects that have already started)?
- Are required permissions in place?
- Are two quotes in place for each element of the work in this application?
Deadline: Friday 28 February 2025
This fund is not managed by Funding for All. Please click ‘Funder’s website’ and contact the funder directly for more information.
