The Church Buildings Team are pleased to announce that we are re-starting our Deanery Surgeries, which were unfortunately put on hold due to Covid. The first drop-in surgery will beContinue reading
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Community celebrates step-free access at St Cyr’s
St Cyr’s, Stinchcombe, has become one of the first churches in the county to install an electric lift in the church building, providing step-free access for all. Becoming a step-freeContinue reading
Change to faculty rules helps make churches greener
The rules around doing work on churches have changed today (1 July 2022), to help the Church of England achieve net-zero carbon by 2030. Parishes will now be expected toContinue reading
Does your church deserve an award?
Could your church be the UK’s Church of the Year? The National Churches Trust is encouraging churches to enter the National Church Awards 2022. The winning entries will be invitedContinue reading
Dana Delap to be new DAC Chair
Bishop Rachel has appointed the Revd Canon Dana Delap as the new Chair of the Gloucester Advisory Committee and Anne Cranston as the new DAC Vice-Chair. Dana will replace DavidContinue reading
Natalie Merry working with Church Buildings Team
Over the next three months (until the end of March 2022), Natalie Merry, an experienced historic buildings consultant and former DAC Secretary at Oxford Diocese will be helping the ChurchesContinue reading
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage – Fourth and Final Round
The fourth round of the Culture Recovery Fund, entitled CRH for Heritage: Emergency Resource Support, is open for expressions of interest. It is a revenue grant fund allocating funding fromContinue reading
The future of the UK’s church buildings
This week a national debate has been launched by the National Church Trust, looking at the future of the UK’s church buildings. With an increasing number of churches and chapelsContinue reading
Church to research flood mitigation measures
St Michael and All Angels’ Church is Tirley is a grade 1 listed building that is coming under increasing pressure from climate change-related flooding. The Parochial Church Council (PCC), supportedContinue reading
Teen’s talent makes waves in village churchyard
A Cheltenham teenager with a passion for ecology is challenging his church community to make greater efforts for the environment. A quiet time spent reflecting in the churchyard at StContinue reading
Exploring Blockley’s hidden treasures
Visitors to St Peter and St Paul Church, Blockley had a rare chance to explore the hidden staircases and tower over the Bank Holiday weekend. One of the hidden staircasesContinue reading
Build Back Better Fund
The Build Back Better Fund is designed to support your community to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which means Gloucestershire County Council will be as flexible asContinue reading
Three solid hours of bell ringing planned for Ride and Stride
St John the Evangelist, Elkstone is hoping to perform a ‘full peal’ on its newly restored church bells as part of Ride and Stride on 11 September. The bells wereContinue reading
Environment Webinars – Autumn Programme
Environment Webinar Autumn Programme All the details of the Church of England Environment Programme’s September to December environmental webinar programme can be found here. During the autumn, webinars are beingContinue reading
Date for reinstallation of ‘lost’ statues
Two statues are being reinstalled in the tower of St John Baptist Church, Cirencester, after being ‘missing’ for 58 years. The statues of St John the Baptist and the VirginContinue reading
Biodiversity in churchyards
When Caring for God’s acre joined us for a zoom webinar in April, they informed us that the area covered by churchyards and burial grounds in England and Wales combinedContinue reading
Community Businesses in Places of Worship Programme – Funding Opportunity
The Plunkett Foundation, working alongside Allchurches Trust, is providing specialist advice and funds to encourage churches to work closely with community groups wanting to set up community businesses in placesContinue reading
Churches Count on Nature week, 5-13th June
It is fabulous to see so many of our churches signed up to take part in Churches Count on Nature week. These are a selection of the Gloucestershire Churches involvedContinue reading
How many churches could you visit in a single day?
Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust has announced the annual Ride + Stride event will take place on Saturday 11 September 2021, assuming all goes to plan with the roadmap out ofContinue reading
Churchyards, Biodiversity and ‘Churches Count on Nature’ week.
Churchyards can be significant for wildlife as they have often had minimal disturbance for centuries. This means that churches have a critical and very particular role to play for theContinue reading
Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage (Lottery) Fund has reopened and is now accepting applications for the National Lottery Grants for Heritage scheme, often used as a funding stream for church buildings projects. TheContinue reading
An in-spire-ing project in Newnham on Severn
Jane Curtis, Churchwarden at St Peter’s Church, Newnham-on -Severn blogs about the challenges and rewards of repairing a church spire. What prompted you to begin a big project during lockdown?Continue reading
Webinars on getting to net zero carbon
Gloucester Diocesan synod in 2020 set an ambitious target of achieving carbon net zero by 2030. General Synod made the same commitment in 2020 meaning that our work in thisContinue reading
Eco Church zoom seminars
Zoom seminars for those working towards an Eco Church award, or considering getting started.
