LPW Roof Repair Fund – Second Round grants awarded

Decisions on applications made in the second round of the Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund progamme were made at the NHMF Board meeting on 28 June and announced on 6 July 2016.

Awards of between £10,000 and £100,000 have been offered towards the urgent repairs of roofs, gutters and drains, failure of which is the principle cause of decay in historic churches.

In total, 401 listed places of worship will benefit from awards from the second round budget of £25 million. This follows the 501 awards announced in the first round in Spring 2015.

The full list of awards can be seen here

This government-sponsored fund was set up to help make the UK’s listed places of worship weather-tight, safe and open for use. It is administered by the National Heritage Memorial Fund on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.