Churchcare


 

Links

 

Visit our sister site www.shrinkingthefootprint.org.uk : The Church of England's environmental campaign 

 

Caring for your Church Building

The Maintain Your Building website of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) offers advice and guidance on how to look after old buildings. 

 

SPAB Faith in Maintenance

Training and support for churchwardens and other volunteers who look after historic places of worship in England and Wales.

 

Caring for your Church's Contents

The Conservation Register

A website provided by the Institute of Conservation with a database of conservators and guidance on how to care for the contents of your building.

 

Developing your Church Building

See the sections on Developing Your Church Building and Funding and Resources for Community Projects for information on and links to organisations that offer advice, resources and funding for community projects.

 

Funding

See the Funding section of this site for information on funding, finance, fundraising, grant-giving organisations and resources for community projects.

 

Books

Church House Bookshop can supply most of the books mentioned on this site.


Relevant Church of England sites

The Church of England's main site
Churchart
Shrinking the Footprint
The National Aerials Agreement
Parish Resources for Stewardship

 

Insurance, Security & Related Services

Ecclesiastical Insurance
National Churchwatch
Church Safety
The Churches Purchasing Scheme


Professional Services

Ecclesiastical Architects' & Surveyors' Association

 

DiocesAn Websites  

Bath & Wells

Gloucester

Rochester

Birmingham

Guildford

Salisbury

Blackburn

Hereford

Sheffield

Bradford

Leicester

Sodor and Man

Bristol

Lichfield

Southwark

Canterbury

Lincoln

Southwell

Carlisle

Liverpool

St Albans

Chelmsford

London

St Edmundsbury & Ipswich

Chester

Manchester

Truro

Chichester

Newcastle

Wakefield

Coventry

Norwich

Winchester

Derby

Oxford

Worcester

Durham

Peterborough

York

Ely

Portsmouth

 

Exeter

Ripon and Leeds

Europe

  

Heritage Organisations

Ancient Monuments Society
Churches Conservation Trust
Council for British Archaeology    (Church Archaeology)
Church Buildings Council
English Heritage
Friends of Friendless Churches
Georgian Group
HELM - Historic Environment Local Management
Historic Chapels Trust
The Living Stones Consultancy
The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies
National Churches Trust (formerly HCPT)
The National Trust
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Twentieth Century Society
Victorian Society 
War Memorials Trust

  

Other denominations' church buildings websites 

Church Buildings Maintenance in Scotland (interdenominational church maintenance website)

The Resourcing Mission Office of the Methodist Church

The Patrimony Committee of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales

The Property Office of the Church in Wales

The Property Handbook of the United Reformed Church

The Listed Buildings Advisory Committee of the Baptist Union of Great Britain 

 

Other Organisations

The British Sundial Society

The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

The Church of England Guild of Vergers

The Royal School of Church Music

 

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