Possible opportunity for some projects

This is to alert you to the fact that in Year 1 of the recently-launched Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF), a limited amount of funding will be available to ‘projects that have lost anticipated match funding’. The project must meet certain conditions.

We presume the now-closed Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would be regarded as match funding in this context. (This was the grant scheme which paid out an amount equal to the VAT which had been incurred.)

The details and conditions which must be met are under FAQ 11 of the PWRF”s website at https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/grants/what-we-fund/places-of-worship-renewal-fund/#2f834d16. All other PWRF eligibility criteria must be met, and we would encourage a careful reading of the website before pursuing this opportunity.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to forward them to us and we will collate them and forward them to Historic England. Thank you for your questions so far.

Best wishes

Trevor Cooper, Chair, and Becky Payne, Development Director, HRBA
Trevor is at: hrbchair@theheritagealliance.org.uk
Becky is at: hrb@theheritagealliance.org.uk
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