Dr Gareth Leyshon - Church Building Resources

Church buildings need significant maintenance. Advice on helping volunteers to do this, and obtaining grants for repair work, is widely available. The following links may be particularly useful for those who are dealing with Catholic Churches in Wales.

Maintainance Advice

• Catholic Church advice on care of church buildings.
• Faith in Maintenance: Helping volunteers look after their historic places of worship better.
• SPAB Maintenance Courses (free!).
• National Maintenance Week.
• Conservation of churches and their contents - sources of advice and information.
• ChurchCare: A comprehensive resource for anyone involved in the running of a church, offering advice on maintenance, repair, funding, legal matters and extended and community uses. (Church of England.)
• Other Specialist Links.

Grants and Alternative Care Provision

• Funds for Historic Buildings.
• CADW Grants.
• Grants for Church Buildings.
• When a church cannot be maintained or disposed of by its denomination.

Other Useful Links

• CADW - Historic buildings in Wales.
• National Churches Trust.
• The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings: "We advise. We educate. We campaign.".

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