Our Grant Programmes
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Grants for churches and Christian charities
Benefact Trust is one of the largest religious charitable trusts who give grants. We provide large grants and small grants for churches and Christian charities. As grant funders, we offer a range of church grants and grants to Christian charities designed to meet most applicant needs. Whether it's funding for building improvements, community impact projects, or Methodist-specific initiatives, our programmes are tailored to make a meaningful difference across the UK and Ireland.
Community Impact Grants
Supporting projects that address social challenges, grow congregations, and provide outreach in the community.
Examples: tackling poverty, supporting mental health, addressing homelessness, or engaging young people
Building Improvement Grants
Helping to protect and enhance churches and Christian buildings for future generations.
Examples: making essential repairs, enhancing accessibility, restoring historic features, or installing energy-efficient systems
Methodist Grants
Supporting Methodist building and repair projects (Methodist organisations can also apply to other relevant grant programmes).
Examples: building community hubs, improving accessibility, enhancing spaces for worship and outreach
Roof Alarm Grants
Grant funding for alarms helping churches safeguard their buildings from metal theft.
Examples: installing alarm systems
More on Roof Alarm GrantsHeritage Skills for Christian Buildings
Caring for our Christian heritage through apprenticeships, scholarships and training courses.
Examples: Stonemasonry, Thatching, Lime plastering, Carpentry, Heritage plumbing & brick laying
More on Heritage Skills GrantsBenefact Group's work
As a Trust, our ability to support and fund so many worthwhile causes, is made possible by the hard work of the award-winning specialist financial businesses that make up Benefact Group – which gives all its available profits to the Trust, sustaining our giving. As a part of the Benefact Group each business, whether it be in specialist insurance, investment management, broking or advisory shares the Trust’s ethos of giving back.
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