Churches Conservation Trust
The Churches Conservation Trust is a not-for-profit organization in Great Britain that has set itself the task of preserving historic church buildings that are no longer used by the church.
The Trust was founded in 1969 as the Redundant Churches Fund , the legal basis was the Pastoral Measure of 1968 . Therein the task of the trust was defined as "preservation of churches, parts of churches and their furnishings, insofar as these are handed over to the find, which are of historical or archaeological interest or architectural quality, in the interest of the nation and the Church of England". Funding comes from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners , although their funding is insufficient and additional donations have to be obtained from other sources.
Today (2013) the fund looks after more than 340 churches. The focus is initially on protecting the building from further deterioration. Most of the churches are unused but not desecrated and there are occasional services. Other uses are concerts, exhibitions and educational projects.
The Trust's churches are visited by almost 2 million visitors annually.
Web links
- www.visitchurches.org.uk official website of the Churches Conservation Trust
- www.charitycommission.gov.uk Overview of income and funding for the Churches Conservation Trust
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1983/1/section/44
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/
- ↑ http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Usingourchurches/
- ↑ http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Aboutus/Aboutus/
