Sources of Finance

Mission Support Fund

Parishes, deaneries or other diocesan bodies may apply for an award using a standard application form which requires a costed budget with at least 50% funded from other sources.

Since the Fund was launched, we have been able to help resource mission in many parts of the diocese including grants towards a Schools Worker in NE Hertfordshire, a Church Worker in Hemel Hempstead, a Children and Families Worker in Leighton Buzzard, and the ASCEND project in South Oxhey. More...

Verulam House Fund Trust

This Fund aims to support people and projects that promote education, spirituality, witness and service - and is always pleased to receive requests for financial help. More...

The Church and Community Fund

Does your parish have a project involving greater outreach into the community? Does it need financial support for the project? Click here to find out more.

Hockerill Education Foundation

The Charity's main emphasis is to make grants in the field of education in three main areas - Individual grants to support the education and training of teachers; Grants to organisations to support teachers and research and development in religious education; Grants to develop the church's educational work in the dioceses of Chelmsford and St Albans. Click here to find out more.

The Listed places of Worship scheme

An interim grant scheme which returns, in grant aid, all or part of the actual amount spent on VAT on eligible repairs to listed places of worship. More...

Accessing Grant Funding

This link will take you to pages provided by The Revd Charles Royden for all clergy in the Diocese of St Albans.

Ten Myths

This leaflet from the Department for Commnunities and Local Government helps those applying for funding to provide publicly funded services to address the popular misconceptions about churches and faith communities entitlement to apply for such funding.

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Realising the Potential

Realising the Potential is a Government initiative to help churches and faith communities access existing funding for their work in the community. More...

Legacies

The Archbishops' Council have provided the following website to give advice on leaving money to churches in a will: http://www.churchlegacy.org.uk/