Listed Places Of Worship Roof Fund

Roof repair fund the initial scheme is now closed but it is anticipated that it will reopen to new applications later this year.

Listed places of worship roof fund.

Listed places of worship grant scheme lpw makes grants towards the vat incurred in making repairs and carrying out necessary alterations to listed buildings mainly used for public worship all religions and faith groups that are on the public registers of listed buildings within the uk. The listed places of worship lpow roof repair fund is a two round scheme running between 2014 and 2016. In its place funding for repairs to places of worship will be available through hlf s existing our heritage up to 100 000 and heritage grants up to 5million programmes. The listed places of worship roof repair fund was initially set up in december.

Churches in england are estimated to spend around 80 million every year on development and maintenance. The fund was initially set up following allocation of 15 million by the treasury in december 2014 and was extended by 40 in the 2015 budget due to unprecedented demand. The scheme covers repairs to the fabric of the building along with associated professional fees plus repairs to turret clocks pews bells and pipe organs. The listed places of worship lpw grant scheme gives grants that cover the vat incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship.

Going further the chancellor also today unveiled the 502 churches across the uk which will receive a share of the listed places of worship roof repair fund to repair to their roofs gutters and. Listed places of worship roof repair fund evaluation final report 6 outcomes and impacts it is clear that the rrf programme has achieved its primary objective and has successfully administered funding to allow listed places of worship to carry out urgent repairs in order to render buildings watertight. It will be open to organisations trusts and congregations of all faiths and denominations with the responsibility of looking after a listed place of worship. This article written by experts at the church of england s churchcare resource centre provides practical advice on grant funding for repairs to historic churches and links to relevant organisations such as the listed places of worship roof repair fund and the listed places of worship.

Last week we reported that in his autumn statement the chancellor of the exchequer had announced a new listed places of worship. These grants will be available to both listed and unlisted places of worship.