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The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust
Over the centuries, churches have defined landscapes, brought together communities and demonstrated beautiful craftsmanship. These magnificent buildings will always need preservation and maintenance so that they can remain standing for centuries to come.
The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust provides funds for churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denomination and of any age within the county of Yorkshire. Funding ranges from relatively small schemes such as repairs to monuments, to much larger ones including large scale repointing of stonework, complete roofing repairs and replacements and other more complex conservation works.
With the help of Friends of the trust and the general public through fundraising activities, donations and sponsor days, the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust is currently able to award grants amounting to approximately £100,000 a year to churches in need.
Yorkshire is home to many of the most important churches in the United Kingdom: They dominate the landscape, they are vital to the life of many communities and they are full of the treasures of our heritage. By giving your support to the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust you are helping to maintain and develop these much loved places of worship and to secure their future for generations to come.”
Tom Ramsden, Chairman.
Latest News
Funding News – October 2024
Trustees were delighted to award just under £80,000 to twelve churches from across Yorkshire this month. The funding was...Read morePlaces of Worship across the Region Gearing up for Yorkshire Churches Day
The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust have announced the date for Yorkshire Churches Day 2024. Taking place on Saturday 14...Read moreSeacroft Church offered funding lifeline
Trustees were delighted to award St Richard’s in Seacroft £7000 for essential repairs. The church was built in 1956...Read moreFriends enjoy a visit to Holy Trinity Boar Lane and Leeds Cathedral
In 2024 Leeds Cathedral is celebrating the centenary of its consecration in 1924, though the actual building had been...Read more
Our Supporters
Being a Corporate Friend of the trust means that you and your company share the same passion for exceptional workmanship. Become a Corporate Friend today and help us preserve our traditional English heritage buildings.