AN ‘AT RISK’ Cricklade church will receive a grant worth thousands of pounds to fund urgent repairs. St Sampson’s Church, Cricklade, has been awarded a £10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant to keep the church at the heart of the community. The church, which will also receive a £5,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation, is on the Historic England ‘at risk’ register. Broadcaster and journalist Huw Edwards, Vice President of The National Churches Trust, said: “I’m delighted that St Sampson’s, Cricklade is being helped with a £10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant. The grant will facilitate repairs to the nave roof.
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A HEREFORDSHIRE church can finally get a new roof thanks to a share of a £483,000 payout from the National Churches Trust. A £10,000 grant from the National Churches Trust s Cornerstone scheme will help complete roof repairs at the Grade I listed St Barnabas church in Brampton Bryan, in north Herefordshire. The church, dubbed ‘The Puritans Preaching Box’, will be watertight again which will preserve its historic fabric. The church also received a £4,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust. Broadcaster and journalist Huw Edwards, vice president of The National Churches Trust, said: The UK’s historic churches and chapels are a vital part of our national heritage and have done so much to help local people during the Covid-19 lockdown.
A West Cumbrian church has been awarded £10,000 from the National Churches Trust towards essential repairs. Our Lady and St Michael s in Workington will receive the National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant, which will help fund urgent masonry repairs to window stonework and surrounds of two stained glass windows, as a first step in a programme of repairs to help take this Grade II listed church off the Heritage At Risk Register. John Garner, chairman of the Workington Stella Maris Project Group said they are delighted. He said: “The Workington Stella Maris Project Group is delighted that the National Churches Trust is able to support our project to restore the church, which is a superb community asset, to its former outstanding condition. Raising the money to repair the church is formidable task but the generous grant of £10,000 will enable us to protect some of the priceless stained glass.”
Widnes church given funding boost to create new community space A CHURCH in Widnes has been given a vital payout from the National Churches Trust. The £15,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant will help fund the installation of a new toilet at St Paul’s church in Widnes and create a space that allows the church to serve its community. Broadcaster and journalist Huw Edwards, Vice President of The National Churches Trust, said: “I’m delighted that St Paul’s church in Widnes is being helped with a £15,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant. The grant is an early Christmas present for the historic church and will facilitate the project and will help secure the future of this important local building.”