Listed Places Of Worship Roof Fund

The listed places of worship roof repair fund was initially set up in december.

Listed places of worship roof fund.

Going further the chancellor also today unveiled the 502 churches across the uk which will receive a share of the listed places of worship roof repair fund to repair to their roofs gutters and. Churches in england are estimated to spend around 80 million every year on development and maintenance. It will be open to organisations trusts and congregations of all faiths and denominations with the responsibility of looking after a listed place of worship. The scheme covers repairs to the fabric of the building along with associated professional fees plus repairs to turret clocks pews bells and pipe organs.

The listed places of worship lpw grant scheme gives grants that cover the vat incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship. In its place funding for repairs to places of worship will be available through hlf s existing our heritage up to 100 000 and heritage grants up to 5million programmes. Roof repair fund under which grants between 10 000 and 100 000 would be available to listed places of worship of all faiths and denominations across the whole of the uk to support the maintenance of church roofs in 2015. Listed places of worship.

The fund was initially set up following allocation of 15 million by the treasury in december 2014 and was extended by 40 in the 2015 budget due to unprecedented demand. These grants will be available to both listed and unlisted places of worship. Roof repair fund the initial scheme is now closed but it is anticipated that it will reopen to new applications later this year. Listed places of worship grant scheme lpw makes grants towards the vat incurred in making repairs and carrying out necessary alterations to listed buildings mainly used for public worship all religions and faith groups that are on the public registers of listed buildings within the uk.

The listed places of worship lpow roof repair fund is a two round scheme running between 2014 and 2016. Last week we reported that in his autumn statement the chancellor of the exchequer had announced a new listed places of worship.