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Information about the final round of these two grants can be found further down this page.
The fourth and final round of both grants have a deadline of the 18th June 2025.
As this will be the last round, please ring up for an early conversation with the Church Buildings Support Officer on 01332 388690 or alternatively drop him an email with your enquiry.
The Cathedral & Church Buildings Department’s expanded £5million conservation grants programme is now open for applications on our website Conservation Grants | The Church of England.
If you have a conservation project in mind relating to bells and bell frames, books and manuscripts, church plate, churchyard structures, clocks, monumental brasses and decorative metalwork, monuments, organs, paintings and wall paintings. stained glass, textiles or wooden objects, you can now include related fabric repairs up to a maximum of £25k.
An example might be a PCC looking to conserve an alabaster sculpture in a niche where there is existing water ingress due to a building defect adversely affecting the area. As part of the application for money to conserve the sculpture, a request for additional monies to rectify that defect can now be considered.
You will be familiar with our conservation grants programme (long funded by The Pilgrim Trust, the Radcliffe Trust and other funders) to support the conservation of special features in church, including bells, clocks, organs, stained glass, wall paintings and monuments. All this remains, with additional funding to help more churches. The expanded programme allows us to make grants towards building repairs of up to £25,000 that are linked to the conservation of an object.
Bids for specialist surveys and help for existing recipients’ conservation projects to reach completion will be considered for funding as well.
For further information, please contact colleagues in CCB via conservationgrants@churchofengland.org
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Earlier this year, the Diocesan Board of Finance purchased a joint subscription so that all churches in the diocese can access this grant searching platform for free.
This gives every PCC the opportunity to search a maintained list of local and national grant funders and trusts.
All you need to start looking for that vital funding is your 6 figure parish reference code 120### and the name of your church building.
If you don't know your parish reference code email the Church Buildings Support Officer or you can find it on the Church Heritage Record portal.
Here is the link to the Diocese of Derby Church Grants site
Apply now for a grant to help you kickstart a net zero project in your church
If you are looking to reduce your carbon emissions, why not apply for a Quick Wins grant to help launch a small project.
Grants of up to £5,000* can be applied for to help fund small scale decarbonisation projects such as new LED lighting, pew heaters, insulation or updating electricity supplies.
The Quick Wins grant scheme is part of The Church of England’s ambitious Net Zero Carbon by 2030 programme, which aims to equip, resource and support all parts of the Church to reduce carbon emissions from the energy used in its buildings, schools and through work-related transport by 2030.
Download the eligibility and guidance [Word Doc]
Contact the Church Buildings Support Officer if you have any further questions.
The application dealine for this final round is 18th June 2025
Before making an application to the fund the following activity should be carried out:
- Complete your Energy Footprint Tool on the Parish Retuns Portal data for the church buildings.
We’ve even created a simple guide for you. - Download and complete the Practical Pathway to Net Zero Carbon to generate a carbon reduction plan. This is especially useful if you do not already have a church decarbonisation plan.
*The award panel may choose to restrict the maximum grant available where the funding round is oversubscribed, and parishes in areas of higher deprivation will receive a higher ratio of funding to total project costs.
£72,000 is still available in this fourth and final round.
Do you have an outstanding minor repair that has been highlighted in a recent QI that:
- Needs attention within the QI period, and;
- Will save potential more costly repair in the future?
Has your church Architect identified improvement work in connection with:
- Building design defects or obsolescence
- The improvement of physical access
Has the PCC identified improvements relating to:
- Heating, lighting, wiring, kitchens, WCs
- Digital connectivity
- Bat mitigation measures
If yes, then you may have qualifying work.
Carefully read the Eligibility Criteria before contacting the Church Buildings Support Officer for any clarification or to request a visit.
It is the PCC’s responsibility to ensure that the appropriate faculty process for all repairs and improvements to parish buildings are followed and evidenced, before MRI grants are released.
The DAC Secretary is always happy to advise.
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Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) are not ordained, but are licenced by the bishop to lead worship, helping to enable people to recognise Christ's presence in every community.
They do this both inside and outside the existing Church by:
- Explaining the Christian faith
- Responding pastorally to need
- Being role models for, and fellow disciples with, people seeking to live out the Christian gospel in today’s world
The role is often described as ‘theologically educated and culturally engaged.’
Readers were first used in the 19th Century, when there was a massive increase in the population of England.
In response the Victorians built lots of churches and then had to work out how to respond to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the people who flocked to them, as well as their expectations for well-led services.
Part of the answer was to licence a group of lay people to work with the clergy.
They were called “Readers” because one of their more obvious jobs was to read out loud Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, so that congregations could join in.
Readers come from all walks of life.
There are currently around 130 readers (licenced and with Permission to Officiate) involved in mission and ministry around the Diocese of Derby.
Some are involved in chaplaincy in schools, prisons, workplaces and hospitals, some are involved in community development work and some are involved in teaching in the parish and leading worship.
All Readers in the diocese are licenced to a parish or benefice to enable them to have direct relationships of accountability and support.
However, this doesn’t mean that they are restricted to working within one parish or the work that the parish or benefice is already doing.
Many readers initiate new pieces of work and projects formed out of their relationships with ordinary people going about their everyday lives.
To support and enable LLM (Readers) in mission and ministry, the Diocese provides pastoral support and care for them, email update, a programme of learning opportunities and various social events.
More information can be found on the Central Readers Council Website, Transforming Ministry: Home - Transforming Ministry Magazine
