Helping historic churches – our living heritage
We raise funds and provide £150,000 in grants for churches every year in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and North Bristol. Our church renovation and improvement grants help these buildings stay alive as active centres of community life and landmarks of the wonderful architectural heritage of this area. Find out which churches have been awarded our latest grants!
£40,000 for 40 Years Appeal
We helped fund a new roof for this church in Sherborne.
About
Our Region has more than 620 historic churches, chapels and meeting houses. They are beautiful focal points in the landscape and many double up as community centres as well as places of Christian worship.
Support
Our supporters include individuals, families, churches and businesses with links to Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and North Bristol. Places of worship are encouraged to make an annual donation and take an active part in Ride+Stride each year.
We would be grateful for your support both financially and by offering your time to help our work.
Our churches
Nowhere is history brought to life more intensely than in our church buildings. Often the oldest building in a community, they offer us the chance to stand, sit or kneel in exactly the same spot that ordinary people have done for many hundreds of years.
Whatever the age of the building, it tells us a huge amount about the aspirations and ideals of the individual or community which built it. From the fine ‘Wool’ churches of the Cotswolds, built with the earnings of the mediaeval wool trade, to the plain, classical lines of non-conformist meeting houses and more modern city churches, Gloucestershire has a wonderfully diverse selection.
Ride+Stride
Ride+Stride is an annual sponsored event in which people from all over the country raise money to support their local Christian places of worship. The event is operated in association with the National Churches Trust.
We help churches across Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and North Bristol.
GHCT exists to help places of Christian worship of all denominations with repair, maintenance and improvement costs.
Grants
GHCT exists to help places of Christian worship of all denominations with repair, maintenance and improvement costs. All projects must demonstrate a real need and a well thought-out approach backed up by good advice from experts.
Latest news…
Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust Celebrates 40th Anniversary
In 2021, Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust are celebrating their 40th birthday and the over £2m in grants they have given so far.
Ride+Stride: How many churches could you visit in a single day?
Ride+Stride 2021 Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust has announced the annual Ride + Stride event will take place on Saturday 11th September 2021, assuming all goes to plan with the roadmap out of lockdown. Ride+Stride is a nationwide event supported by the...
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary
Our first forty years The Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust (GHCT) are pleased to be celebrating the first 40 years of the Trust in 2021! Over this time, we have made grants worth over £2m for renovations and improvements to local churches. This has been a...