Trevor Cooper, Chair of the Historic Religious Buildings Alliance (HRBA) asks: ‘What NEW ways are there to spend grant money to help secure the future of historic religious buildings?’
The Heritage Alliance writes:
At present, most grant money goes straight on repairs, or on toilets and such like, or on interpretation. This use of grant money is very important, and needs to continue. But there must be other good ways to spend money, whether its public money or from private charitable foundations.
HRBA invites ideas whether it’s for using public money or money from private charitable foundations: obvious and sensible ideas as well as also off-the-wall ideas which might stimulate further thought.
For example, how about brown signs to ancient churches and chapels? Or giving grants for widening the use of a religious building? Or subsidising a national organisation to support those who look after the buildings? Or setting up a help line for those running building projects in religious buildings? Or supporting a Youtube channel? Or … what?
This is your opportunity to provide fresh thinking about using money in new ways to help secure the future of historic religious buildings.
Please email any suggestions to placesofworship@theheritagealliance.org.uk
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