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Gary Southwell
UK News

Cash injection to "ensure churches are there in the future"

by Hannah Tooley

The Trust will give nearly £400,000 to churches to help pay for urgent roof and other structural repairs.

It will also help to repair kitchens, and toilets to safeguard the future of church buildings and allow them to be used more widely for community activities.

Eddie Tulasiewicz from the National Churches Trust told Premier churches are vital to community life.

He said: "They're places where people come to worship and where so many good things happen, in terms of community activities, night shelters and bringing elderly people together and so we're there really to ensure churches are there in the future."

He told Premier that people love traditional churches.

"People do love Medieval English churches, and indeed Medieval Welsh and Scottish churches" he said.

"They're such iconic parts of the landscape both in the country sides and cities, but they're also vital for people today:"

Huw Edwards, Vice President of The National Churches Trust said: "At the heart of the nation's history, churches and chapels are some of the UK's best loved local buildings. But their future is not guaranteed."

"Everyone can make a contribution to the future of the UK's churches and chapels by volunteering to help look after these precious buildings.

"If you've got practical skills you could help clear drains and gutters, if you are a good communicator you could help show people the history and architecture of a local church or you could simply be a good neighbour and keep an eye out for vandals or thieves.

"Churches and chapels may be historic buildings, but they can be part of our future, too."

Listen to Premier's Megan Howe speak to Eddie Tulasiewicz from the National Churches Trust here:

Picture: St Christopher Church, Willingale in Essex.

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