A Church for us is more than a building – it is a sacred space, filled with God's presence.
Everything within that sacred space – the paintings, the statues, the stained glass – exists for a spiritual purpose.
Help us ensure that our most important architectural treasures remain open for future generations by contacting your MP to ask them to write to directly to Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for the Department for Culture Media and Sport, to urge her to renew the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Under the Ecclesiastical Exemption Order 1994 churches and chapels in use for worship are exempted from some of the provisions of planning legislation subject to approved alternative controls and procedures being exercised by Church authorities.
