Further Information & Contacts

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For general enquiries, please contact Customer Services on 0870 333 1181.

Funding

  • National Churches Trust
    020 7600 6090
    http://www.nationalchurchestrust.org
    An independent source of advice and grants. Their website includes a directory of professional advisers, building contractors and craftsmen.

Maintenance Schemes

General Advice

  • Building Conservation Directory
    01747 871717
    http://www.buildingconservation.com
    An annual publication and also an online database of suppliers and professional advisers.
     
  • Churchcare
    020 7898 1866
    http://www.churchcare.co.uk
    The Churchcare website offers advice for Anglican parishes on the care and development of their buildings. Much of the advice is applicable to any place of worship.
     
  • Faith in Maintenance
    020 7456 0913
    http://www.spabfim.org.uk
    Guidance on how to maintain your building and information on maintenance training courses.

Registers of Accredited Professionals

Denominational Bodies

Statutory Amenity Societies

 

Preservation Trusts

The following trusts take ownership of redundant places of worship and maintain them.

Insurance

Welcoming Visitors

Other

  • Chapels Society
    01283 558 169
    http://www.britarch.ac.uk/chapelsoc
    Promotes interest in the architectural and historical importance of all nonconformist places of worship and their associated structures
     
  • Ecclesiological Society
    c/o 38 Rosebery Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4JS
    http://www.ecclsoc.org
    For the study of church architecture, furnishings and liturgy. Their website gives access to the society's own publications but also to a wide range of other material on historic churches 
     
  • Health and Safety Executive
    0845 345 0055
    http://www.hse.gov.uk
     
  • Jewish Heritage UK
    Jewish Heritage UK, PO Box 193, Manchester M13 9PL
    http://www.jewish-heritage-uk.org
    Dedicated to caring for the historic buildings, sites and collections of Britain's Jewish community
     
  • NADFAS
    020 7430 0730
    http://www.nadfas.org.uk
    National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. NADFAS Church Recorders are volunteers who make comprehensive records of the contents of churches. They also make church trails for children
     
  • One Church 100 Uses
    020 7785 6202
    http://www.onechurch100uses.org
    Promoting and assisting the effective regeneration of churches for wider community use
     
  • Shrinking the Footprint
    020 7591 1865
    http://www.shrinkingthefootprint.org.uk

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