Conservation & Heritage Issue 52 Summer/Autumn 2026 - Flipbook - Page 49
Leaking church roofs to be
fixed and heritage buildings
revitalised as applications
open for £48 million of
heritage funding
Three heritage funds have opened for Expressions of Interest, including the new £92
million Places of Worship Fund, as well as the second rounds of the Heritage at Risk
Capital Fund and Heritage Revival Fund.
Three heritage funding schemes have opened for applications,
aimed at the 14,000 listed places of worship in England as
well as the most at-risk heritage sites in our villages, towns
and cities. The schemes will support communities in areas
of the greatest need to repair, rejuvenate or transform their
heritage buildings to meet the needs of local communities
today.
Baroness Twycross announced the launch of these heritage
funds during a visit to Grimsby Minster and the Sir Moses
Montefiore Synagogue, where she met the volunteers who
help care for the sites.
Heritage Minister Baroness Twycross said:
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Many places of worship and heritage sites fulfil wide roles
in modern communities, from providing services like food
banks and warm spaces, to providing affordable housing
or workspaces for local entrepreneurs. Returning faith
and heritage buildings to prime condition is part of the
Government’s mission to increase pride in local communities.
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Across our country, thousand-year-old Norman church
towers sit at the heart of communities, with brick mills
and other former industrial buildings all too often
needing significant repair to bring them back to their
former glory and create community assets for the
future. So many of these heritage sites are cared for by
volunteers or community groups and our significant
heritage funding schemes are designed to back their
ambitions.”
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