Funding
Coffee shop at St Mary Woolnorth, City of London © B Payne April 2019
National Lottery Heritage Fund
National Lottery Grants for Heritage re-opened in February 2021. Details are available here. You are strongly advised to read the guidance carefully and seek advice before applying.
Searchable databases of funders of heritage
– the Heritage Funding Directory (formerly the Heritage Alliance Heritage Funding Directory) here
– Funding Central, free for charities etc, here
– Grants Online (one month free trial, then subscribe), here
Advice from experts, including lists of funders specialising in places of worship and guidance on how to raise funds
– the ChurchCare website here
You can find details of their own grants plus information on other grants for churches here
– the website of the Arthur Rank Centre, specialising in rural churches, but with much of general interest here
– the website of the National Churches Trust, which is also a grant giver in its own right here
Ecclesiastical Insurance also has advice on fundraising including digital fundraising and fundraising risks