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AN ‘AT RISK’ Cricklade church will receive a grant worth thousands of pounds to fund urgent repairs. St Sampson’s Church, Cricklade, has been awarded a £10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant to keep the church at the heart of the community. The church, which will also receive a £5,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation, is on the Historic England ‘at risk’ register. Broadcaster and journalist Huw Edwards, Vice President of The National Churches Trust, said: “I’m delighted that St Sampson’s, Cricklade is being helped with a £10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant. The grant will facilitate repairs to the nave roof.
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St Mary in Nettlestead will receive £25,000 to pay for repairs to its roof
- Credit: ST MARY NETTLESTEAD
A Suffolk church will be saved from early dereliction by £25,000 in grant funding.
The historic church of St Mary in Nettlestead will receive £17,500 from National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant as well as £7,500 from the Wolfson Foundation on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust.
The funds will be used to pay for repairs to the roof of the church which dates back to Norman times.
Welcoming the funding, churchwarden Jeanna McCarthy, said: “We have been fundraising for more than three years to carry out desperately needed basic repairs to our lovely little church. In that time, we have seen its condition deteriorate steadily.
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