Churches

Church buildings, especially those that provide space for community activities or wish to do so, can access advice and help through Church of England Church Care or contact: Rebecca Payne on 020 7898 1886.

A community development approach to the use of church buildings.
A new Toolkit which takes churches through the whole process of opening up their church for wider community use.

The Cathedral and Church Buildings Division (CCB) has contributed to a paper called Church and Faith Buildings: Realising the Potential to help faith groups identify sources of funding that could develop places of worship to make them better able to deliver public service, and to build the capacity of faith groups to engage strategically at local and regional levels around the delivery of local priorities and access to national funding.

Click here for Church Case Studies

Click here for some interesting case studies from Church Care.

Millington Village Hall, formerly a Methodist Chapel, was purchased by the community with a number of grants including one from Defra’s Rural Enterprise Scheme and an ACRE Village Hall Loan. It was refurbished internally and is an asset for the community.

More useful contacts

The Methodist Church of Great Britain - www.methodist.org.uk or contact Rev’d Graham Jones on 024 7685 3074

The United Reformed Church - www.urc.org.uk or contact Rev’d Graham Jones on 024 7685 3074

Faith in Affordable Housing - http://www.fiah.org.uk/