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This scheme, operated under the aegis of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, was introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his March 2001 Budget.  It was - and still is - intended as an interim measure, pending the outcome of the proposals currently under review by the European Commission for a reduced rate of VAT of 5% on repairs and maintenance to listed places of worship.  The scheme is currently due to continue until 31 March 2011 unless a permanent reduced rate is achieved earlier.

Although the proposal being considered by the EC is for a reduction of the rate to 5%, the interim grant scheme as it presently stands returns the full amount of VAT incurred on eligible work carried out since 1 April 2004 to listed buildings used as places of worship (prior to April 2004 the refund was limited to the difference between 5% and the actual amount paid in VAT).

The Trust offers grants towards the preservation, repair, maintenance, upkeep, improvement, beautification and reconstruction of churches and chapels in or near to the county of Derbyshire.

It also promotes the education and public interest in the history of churches and chapels.

Through its Charitable Fund, the Drapers' Company aims to support organisations and institutions, particularly those with historic links to the Drapers' Company and the City of London.  The heritage (along with the arts) is one of the Fund's five current broad priority themes.

English Heritage's Cathedrals Grants Scheme (run in partnership with the Wolfson Foundation) has come to an end.  English Heritage remains committed to supporting cathedrals, which will still remain eligible to apply for grants towards the cost of repair works in the future.  This money will come from English Heritage's regional grant allocations and so cathedrals will be considereed alongside other buildings at risk in their region.

[The dedicated Repair Grants for Registered Places of Worship grant scheme (run in conjunction with the Heritage Lottery Fund) which covers churches and other places of worship apart from cathedrals, is unaffected and will continue.  For further details see separate entry in this Directory.]

This scheme - jointly funded by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund - gives grants for urgent repairs to listed buildings anywhere in England which are in regular use as public places of worship.  [Regular use in this context is defined as used for public worship at least six times per year.]

Grants are offered in 2 stages.  Stage 1 development funding enables projects to be planned and the repair costs established.  Stage 2 repair grants will only be offered once projects have been fully developed and the costs are known.

The Friends of Essex Churches Trust is a registered charity which raises money for grants to repair and restore Christian churches and chapels in Essex and the five London boroughs formerly part of the county: Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

The Trust has three objectives:
•  to appeal to all members of the county;
•  to assist in the maintenance of the fabric of Christian churches and chapels in the county;
•  to stimulate interest in the history of religious buildings in the county.

The Glaziers' Trust has two principal objectives:
•  Promotion of the craft by supporting the education and training of young craftsmen and women in stained and painted glass and undertaking activities to create public awareness;
•  The restoration and conservation of historic and important stained glass.

Substantial restoration and conservation is needed to preserve the very best examples of stained glass, and The Trust also supports the training of young craftsmen to acquire such skills, which are also relevant for making of contemporary stained glass.

Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust is a charity which raises funds to help places of Christian worship of all denominations with repairs and improvements to the fabric of the buildings and their contents, as well as to their surrounding churchyards. 

Its aim is to help keep the 500+ churches and chapels in the county alive, not only as places of worship and active centres of community life, but also as buildings which make a huge impact on the landscape of Gloucestershire and help to draw visitors to the county.

The Charity has a broad range of charitable objectives, which encompasses grants for the preservation of historic buildings, normally in the City of London.

In the case of church restoration, block grants are made to the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and therefore appeals from individual churches will not normally be considered.

The Hadrian Trust aims to help social welfare and other charitable organisations and individuals in need within the area of the old counties of Durham & Northumberland, between the Tees & the Tweed.

The Trust considers applications under a number of headings, one of which is relevant to this Directory, namely "The environment".  This heading is understood to encompass the preservation of historic buildings, both religious and secular.

The Heritage of London Trust is the only building preservation trust covering the whole of London. The Trust exists to preserve the best of the past for the benefit of all who love the city.  The Trust achieves its objectives by offering grants towards the restoration of historic or listed buildings and monuments that are in some form of community use.

Landscape Partnerships (LP) is the Heritage Lottery Fund's grant programme to support schemes of between £250,000 and £2 million led by partnerships of local, regional and national interests which aim to conserve areas of distinctive landscape character throughout the United Kingdom.  Each scheme is based round a portfolio of smaller projects, which together provide a varied package of benefits to an area, its communities and visitors.