The National Churches Trust’s new Cornerstone Grants Programme is for projects which can demonstrate how they meet the outcomes in line with its new strategy for 2019-2023, the main elements of which are:
o Preserving heritage;
o Promoting sustainability; and
o Inspiring support.
o Promoting sustainability; and
o Inspiring support.
The Cornerstone Grants programme offers grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for urgent structural repairs costed at more than £100,000 including VAT.
Projects that introduce kitchens and accessible toilets to enable increased community use, costed at more than £30,000 including VAT, will also be considered.
There is a match funding requirement as awards will only cover up to 50% of the project cost. Applicants will be expected to have their 50% contribution already in place when they apply.
Places of worship of any denomination and age can make an application to the scheme.
Applications will be considered from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship across the UK. Please note that applications from North East England, Northern Ireland and Wales will be prioritised, but that this should not deter applications from other parts of the UK.
To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate that:
o the building is a Christian place of worship (but not a cathedral) within the UK, and open for at least six services of public worship each year;
o they own the building or have the right to carry out the work. If the church is not part of a major denomination, then the denomination must be registered with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or have charitable status;
o the place of worship was built as a place of worship originally and is more than 30 years old;
o the works must be to the main church building either directly part of the building or attached to it;
o the building is open to the public for a minimum of 100 days a year beyond worship use or it will be following project completion;
o the total project cost is estimated at more than £100,000 (including VAT and fees) if the project is for repair work, or over £30,000 if it is for the installation of kitchen and accessible toilet facilities;
o have already raised at least 50% of the total project cost;
o the project is being led by a qualified professional, with conservation accreditation from a recognised institution if it is a listed building; and
o have all the necessary permissions approved and in place before applying, including permissions from their governing body and local planning authority if planning permission and/or listed building consent is also required.
o they own the building or have the right to carry out the work. If the church is not part of a major denomination, then the denomination must be registered with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or have charitable status;
o the place of worship was built as a place of worship originally and is more than 30 years old;
o the works must be to the main church building either directly part of the building or attached to it;
o the building is open to the public for a minimum of 100 days a year beyond worship use or it will be following project completion;
o the total project cost is estimated at more than £100,000 (including VAT and fees) if the project is for repair work, or over £30,000 if it is for the installation of kitchen and accessible toilet facilities;
o have already raised at least 50% of the total project cost;
o the project is being led by a qualified professional, with conservation accreditation from a recognised institution if it is a listed building; and
o have all the necessary permissions approved and in place before applying, including permissions from their governing body and local planning authority if planning permission and/or listed building consent is also required.
Funding is not available for:
o buildings that have been converted into places of worship, such as shops, offices or houses;
o chapels within hospitals, hospices, schools or prisons or other such institutions;
o projects that have started before the application was submitted;
o construction of new places of worship or separate structures;
o works to cathedral buildings;
o works to buildings that were not originally constructed as a place of worship;
o works to an existing building that is separate from the existing place of worship (even if it is on the same site, a church hall, or owned by the church);
o works required due to negligence;
o repairs to, or scheduled maintenance of boilers, clocks, organs, wall paintings, bells, monuments, fittings and fixtures and solar panels;
o reordering, lighting, electricity, and AV;
o works to boundary walls, paths, churchyards, churchyard monuments or car parks;
o stained glass restoration (unless urgent repairs to window structure, or the building is no longer watertight); or
o construction of new places of worship or church halls.
o chapels within hospitals, hospices, schools or prisons or other such institutions;
o projects that have started before the application was submitted;
o construction of new places of worship or separate structures;
o works to cathedral buildings;
o works to buildings that were not originally constructed as a place of worship;
o works to an existing building that is separate from the existing place of worship (even if it is on the same site, a church hall, or owned by the church);
o works required due to negligence;
o repairs to, or scheduled maintenance of boilers, clocks, organs, wall paintings, bells, monuments, fittings and fixtures and solar panels;
o reordering, lighting, electricity, and AV;
o works to boundary walls, paths, churchyards, churchyard monuments or car parks;
o stained glass restoration (unless urgent repairs to window structure, or the building is no longer watertight); or
o construction of new places of worship or church halls.
Applications can be made at any time and are considered three times a year.
Forthcoming application deadlines are:
o Monday 5 November 2018 for a decision in March 2019;
o Monday 4 March 2019 for a decision in July 2019; and
o Monday 1 July 2019 for a decision in November 2019.
o Monday 4 March 2019 for a decision in July 2019; and
o Monday 1 July 2019 for a decision in November 2019.
Further information, together with an online application form is available on the Trust's website.
Contact details for the Cornerstone Grants Programme are:
The National Churches Trust
7 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3QB
Tel: 020 7222 0605
Email: grants@
7 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3QB
Tel: 020 7222 0605
Email: grants@
(Source: GRIN)
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