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21,000 churches have become subject to VAT on repairs overnight, with the end of the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme.
Visit our website for all the details on what we know so far, and how you can help churches affected by these changes.
The event brought together experts, policymakers, craftspeople, volunteers, faith leaders and community voices to explore the challenges and opportunities facing church buildings. A year on we're still campaigning to help ensure that churches have a sustainable future.
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We want to see government leadership on this issue, capital funding for church buildings, and support for the volunteers keeping these precious buildings open in their communities.
Explore speeches and panels from the day: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
📷 © Maddmann Photography
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We're recruiting a new Trustee for Cymru/Wales. Find out more and take a look at the application pack: nationalchurchestrust.org/jo…
📷 © Ioan Said (St Michael Penbryn, Ceredigion)
ALT Text reads: Could you be our new trustee for Cymru/Wales? Text is over an image of people walking towards a small white church.
Join us for a magical evening of festive carols from our choir and brass band, as well as music and readings from Sir Michael Palin, Katie Derham, Joe Stilgoe and Bill Bryson.
Tickets: ow.ly/oj6p50ZYmjk
Livestream: ow.ly/kcEV50ZYmjm
📷 © Maddmann Photography
ALT Text reads: Carols by Candlelight. 10 December 2026. Grosvenor Chapel, London. Over an image of choristers singing in front of a Christmas tree, candles and twinkling lights all around.
The first round of grants from the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been announced, with 51 places of worship benefitting from this new UK Government grant scheme.
We welcome the good news that more places of worship have been helped by this new fund.
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That means a better grant scheme for urgent repairs, and VAT relief just like the scheme already applied to free-to-enter museums, which do not pay tax on repairs or maintenance.
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Events at churches can bring whole communities together. The finalists in our Church & Community Volunteer Awards, in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, are making it happen.
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Volunteers play a central role in caring for St Bestius church and grounds in Termonamongan, County Tyrone. They also organise the Annual Friends Service, reuniting former parishioners and local churches, as well as concerts, festivals, youth barbecues and a week of prayer.
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Find out more about these and all the other finalists: nationalchurchestrust.org/fi…
📷 1, 5 © Mads Bullen
📷 2, 6 © Cheryl Cousins
📷 3, 7 © Heather Thomson
📷 4, 8 © Rev Peter Ferguson
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The first running water in 1000 years is on the way to our #ChurchOfTheWeek, St James in Great Ormside, Cumbria.
The church dates back to at least the 11th century and is built on a largely man-made hill – a Viking or earlier burial ground.
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ALT An old stone church seen from the churchyard.
“We are extremely grateful for the help of the National Churches Trust, the Headley Trust and those who have donated money to them. The church door is never locked, and we want it to remain a quiet and safe place for all who come."
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ALT Looking uphill towards the church from outside the gate.
Find out more about this church: nationalchurchestrust.org/ch…
📷 1, 3, 4 © David McMumm (CC BY-SA 2.0)
📷 2 © Richard Parry
📷 5 © Sally Ridley
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