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Grants for Church Property Grants for Church Property Information on Main Sources of Grants for Church Property Your church building Church buildings hold of these vital buildings. enormous significance The Representative Church as places of worship ‘in Body seeks to support the which the pure Word parishes in their mission of God is preached, and and administration and the Sacraments be duly this short guide created by ministered’ (Article 19) the Property Department in addition to this they identifies several sources are places of rich history. of grant funding to enable Churches’ architectural work and repairs to keep and artistic value often your parish Church in good means they are listed or repair so as to allow the protected structures. This continuing advancement of combined with the age the mission of the Church of the Church can pose of Ireland in Ireland. challenges for parishes as they seek to fund the upkeep and maintenance “The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Rev Samuel John Stone Grant funding may be other organisations outside available to a parish in the Church but to which need of financial support, Church of Ireland parishes depending on the nature of may apply. Some grants their funding requirement, are for purposes related whether the parish is to the repair of church situated in Northern Ireland buildings and others for the or the Republic of Ireland development of mission, and whether the proposed community, outreach or project meets certain heritage initiatives. eligibility criteria of the awarding body. The information below refers to both grants administered by the Church of Ireland and those grants administered by Grants Administered by the Church RoI & of Ireland NI RCB Church Fabric and Marshal Beresford’s Fund Development Fund The Marshal Beresford’s Fund, Grants from the Church although administered by the Fabric & Development Funds RCB, is an external fund under may be awarded for church the control of trustees separate property purposes under the to the RCB. It is for grants for application of the fund which repairs to Church of Ireland allows for the restoration of churches. the fabric of a church building The allocation of the income which is vested in the RCB. is made by the Archbishop of The deadline for applications Armagh, supported by the RCB is the 1st of March and 1st of Property department. Grants October each year. are allocated in conjunction with fabric grants from the Church More information including Fabric and Development Fund. the application criteria and application form can be The deadline for applications found on https://www.ireland. is the 1st of March and 1st of anglican.org/parish-resources/ October each year. land-buildings . More information about the Linked with this are the Central criteria and application forms Development Fund and the can be found on https://www. Local Development Fund and ireland.anglican.org/parish- more information about these resources/land-buildings. can be found on https://www.ireland.anglican. org/parish-resources/parish- finances Grants RoIROI & & Administered NINI by External Organisations Allchurches Trust SPAB Limited (Northern Ireland & Republic of (Republic of Ireland and Ireland) Northern Ireland) Allchurches Trust Limited is The Society for the Protection a registered charity which of Ancient Buildings has seeks to promote the Christian funded projects in Ireland. religion. It provides grants to Christian churches for initiatives with an emphasis Further information can be on heritage, care and the found on their website at: community. It supports projects for the repair of https://www.spab.org.uk/ and improvement to historic buildings, preservation of heritage, and initiatives around training, mission and church growth. Grants are made from income derived from Allchurches Trust Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Plc. Information, guidance on applying and the application form can be found on www.allchurches.co.uk Grants NI Administered by External Organisations National Lottery Heritage Fund (Northern Ireland) Formal approval must be sought from the The Heritage Fund makes Diocesan Council and the grants from National Lottery Representative Church Body funds. It funds projects which before an agreement may be make a lasting difference entered into in respect of a for heritage, people and grant. communities, including the preservation and restoration of historic church buildings. The Church of Ireland has benefited considerably from such grants in recent years. The National Lottery Heritage Fund operates a single open programme for all types of heritage project, new resources and digital guidance support. Grants will be available from £3,000 to £5million. More information can be found on https://www.heritagefund. org.uk/in-your-area/northern- ireland Grants NI Administered by External Organisations The National Lottery and £10,000 to support Community Fund local people bringing about (Northern Ireland) positive changes in the community. This can include The Community Fund makes small improvements grants for grants from National Lottery premises. funds. It has a number of programmes to which parishes For more information about in Northern Ireland may apply, the available funding, depending on the level of criteria and making an funding required, type of application see the National work being carried out and Lottery Community Fund eligibility criteria being met. website: https://www. tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/ The People and Communities funding/northern-ireland Programme funds works to buildings such as church Formal approval must be halls, if they are used to bring sought from the relevant improvements to the lives of Diocesan Council and the people most in need in their Representative Church Body communities, bringing them before an agreement may be together to enjoy a wide range entered into in respect of a of charitable, community, grant. educational, environmental and health-related activities. Grants can be between £30,000 and £500,000. The Awards For All Programme makes smaller grants of between £500 Grants NI Administered by External Organisations National Churches Trust (Northern Ireland) The National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grants – for has changed its funding structural repairs/maintenance programme which is now split issues costed over £100,000; into three separate streams installation of kitchen and instead of the original 5 toilets over £30,000. Grants streams. The new streams are offered of £10,000 - £50,000. as follows: More information can be Foundation Grants – for found on maintenance works, https://www. items identified within in nationalchurchestrust. Quinquennial Inspection org/our-grants Report/survey reports/ other sort of report, small investigative works/surveys. Projects should cost up to £10,000. Grants offered of £500 - £3,000. Gateway Grants – for project development work up to RIBA stage 1; strategic or capacity building projects. Grants offered of £3,000 - £10,000. Grants NI Administered by External Organisations Treasure Ireland buildings both that are used (Northern Ireland) principally as places of worship and which are now redundant. Treasure Ireland is a new project run by the National Churches The scheme is administered by Trust from 2020 - 2023. It offers the Listed Places of Worship grants for repairs and help and Grant Scheme office of the advice with maintenance. Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the UK. More Treasure Ireland will also provide information can be found at training on funding applications, www.lpwscheme.org.uk building maintenance and tourism. Further information can be found Covid Charity Fund at: (Northern Ireland) https://www. The Covid Charity Fund is nationalchurchestrust.org/ open for applications from treasure-ireland organisations in the Charity Sector in Northern Ireland from 9am on Wednesday 6 January Listed Places of Worship to Friday 22 January. Grant Scheme (Northern More information can be found Ireland) at: The Listed Places of Worship https:// Grant Scheme provides grants communityfinanceireland.com/ towards VAT paid on eligible covid-charity-fund-is-open-for- repairs, maintenance and applications/ alterations to listed Grants RoI Administered by External Organisations LEADER Funding heritage and renewal and (Republic of Ireland) development works. LEADER is a European funding Further information on initiative which is managed by LEADER 2014-2020 is the Department of Rural and available on the Department Community Development. It of Rural and Community enables local development Development website: https:// by devolving decision-making drcd.gov.ie/about/rural/rural- to many different companies development/leader/ throughout rural areas in the Republic of Ireland. The name (A Transitional LEADER of the relevant company will Programme will be introduced vary depending on region; in 2021 until the next EU names commonly used are LEADER Programme begins in Integrated Local Development 2023.) Company, Leader Company, For information on how to Leader Partnership or a Local contact your local LEADER Action Group (LAG). group and how to apply for Each LEADER organisation funding: administers a particular rural www.pobal.ie/ development fund and will FundingProgrammes/LEADER/ have different priorities based Pages/LEADER.aspx on their local plan and the needs of the area. The Church of Ireland has benefitted from grants for building works which fall into relevant criteria, such as the upgrading of rural Grants RoI Administered by
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