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Annual Report and Newsletter 2010-2011
In common with many sectors 2011 has not been the easiest of years for the Trust. It has nevertheless, been a successful one in that we have been able to award grants to 23 churches, two more than in 2010. You can find more details about our activities by downloading a copy of our Annual Report by clicking HERE. (PDF File approx 4Mb in size). |
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Visit Oxford Cathedral with the Friends of BHC
The next event of the Friends of Buckingham's Historic Churches is a visit to The Cathedral Church of Christ, in Oxford on Tuesday 7th February 2012 starting at 3:00pm. We will be guided by Jim Godfrey who is a graduate of St David's University College, Lampeter, where he studied theology and has worked at Christ Church since 1987 (!). He is currently the Visitors and Education Officer as well as being one of the vergers. He will show us round the Cathedral, one of the oldest buildings in Oxford, as well as parts of Christchurch College including the Great Hall and Tom Quad. We will then have a cream tea in the Great Hall and those that wish to stay on can then attend the sung evensong in the Cathedral at 6:05pm. The cost, including tea, for Friends will be £9.00 and if you want to invite anyone who is not a friend then the cost will be £12.00. The booking form for this event can be downloaded from HERE.
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National Churches Trust: Distributing WREN Funds
WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental) has been operating in North Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes for three years. WREN is a 'not for profit' environmental body set up in 1997 to distribute the Landfill Tax Credits of the Waste Recycling Group (WRG). Nationally WREN has funded well over 4,000 community projects in the past ten years and awarded grants totalling over £100 million. As a result of WREN the Trust was able to award grants of £120,000 in 2009-2010 and £75,500 in 2010-2011.
However from January 2012 the Landfill Communities Fund, the source of the WREN money will in future make its grants through the National Churches Trust rather than a county Trust. The National Churches Trust recommends projects at eligible Christian places of worship in England. The Fund offers a limited number of grants for urgent structural repair projects and applies to Grade I or II* listed buildings sited within 10 miles of an active landfill site. A limited number of grants are available. These are for urgent structural repair projects with an estimated cost of at least £50,000 and the minimum grant will be £15,000.
The application process will begin in early 2012. Decisions are currently scheduled to be made in August 2012. If your building and project qualify, please download and complete the Expression of Interest Form available on the Grants page of the National Churches Trust web site.
Operations are centred around the two large Waste Recycling Group (WRG) landfill sites at Bletchley/Newton Longville (MK17 0AB) and Calvert (MK18 2HF). |
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