St. George's Anstey, Herts, the first church we helped.

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The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust gives grants for repairs to churches of all denominations throughout the two counties, including Barnet.

The Trust warmly welcomes new members (see MEMBERSHIP page).It helps its members to develop their interest in our heritage of churches. It does this through guided church tours, and events like the Study Day. All our events are entertaining as well as instructive.

The Trust welcomes enquiries from congregations about grants when their church building is in need of structural repairs and the cost is beyond their reach. (See GRANTS page). The Trust helps some 20 churches every year, with grants usually in the range of £1,000 to £7,500, and amounting in total to some £50,000.

Most of the money for these grants comes from the annual Sponsored Cycle Ride and Walk(see CYCLE RIDE & WALK page), which raised £96,675 in 2006. But the Trust uses only half the money raised by each cyclist or walker, the other half being sent to the church nominated on his or her sponsorship form.

Being a specialist charity in the field of church repair and conservation, the Trust is able to put to good use donations or legacies from individuals and non-specialist Trusts wishing to help churches in Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire in pressing need of funds for repairs.

BECOME A MEMBER, OR JOIN IN THE CYCLE RIDE, FROM THIS WEBSITE.