{"id":7583,"date":"2014-05-02T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2014-05-02T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:26:52","slug":"first-world-war-centenary-cathedral-repair-fund-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7583","title":{"rendered":"First World War Centenary cathedral repair fund open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The funding recently announced within the 2014 budget for cathedral repairs is now open for applications<\/span>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nGrants from the \u00a320 million fund, which was announced by the Chancellor at Budget 2014, will allow cathedrals to undertake urgent repair work, including keeping the building wind-proof, weather-tight, safe and open to the public, and preventing further deterioration of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Cathedrals are powerful symbols of Britain\u2019s shared history and will be especially important as the nation comes together to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Secretary Sajid Javid said \u2018Our cathedrals are a unique part of England\u2019s heritage. The Cathedrals Repair fund will ensure investment in their upkeep for the First World War centenary commemorations and beyond, ensuring they continue to play a pivotal role in our communities\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Paul Ruddock has been appointed as the independent Chair of the Expert Panel who will assess all the bids. Currently Chair of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Sir Paul is involved with ChurchCare and a supporter of the 100 Church Treasures initiative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchcare.co.uk\/cathedrals\/funding-and-grants\" target=\"_blank\">Apply for funding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/first-world-war-centenary-cathedral-repair-fund-opens\" target=\"_blank\">UK Government news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funding recently announced within the 2014 budget for cathedral repairs is now open for applications.\u00a0 The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) writes: Grants from the \u00a320 million fund, which was announced by the Chancellor at Budget 2014, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7583\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}