Grants awarded by BHHCT
Almost £4 million in grants
The Trust has so far given £4 million in grants for repair and restoration of churches and chapels in Beds and Herts.
In 2022-23, £151,500 was awarded to 22 churches.
Church of the month
Renhold, All Saints Church: £10,000 for repairs to Nave floor.
In 2022-23 the Trust awarded All Saints' Church, Renhold a grant of £10,000 to help with the cost of extensive repairs to the floor of the nave.
The project was complex, with damp problems and the added issue of electrical cables which had previously been buried in concrete.
The work is now complete and we are very pleased to have contributed to these essential repairs
Grants awarded in 2022-23
Ampthill, St Andrew's Church: £10,000 for stonework repair.
Baldock, St Mary's Church: £5,000 for roof repairs.
Bedford, St Paul's Church: £10,000 for repairs to bells and belfry.
Billington, St Michael's Church: £1,000 to replace rainwater goods.
Buntingford, St Peter's Church; £1,500 for repairs and pest control.
Cockayne Hatley, St John the Baptist Church, stonework repairs to battlements
Cranfield, St Peter and St Paul: £5,000 repairs to heating system.
Felmersham, St Mary's: £5,000: reorder East end of nave
Great Barford, All Saints: £6,000 for roof repairs.
Harlington, St Mary: £10,000 for stonework repairs.
Hatfield Hyde, St Mary Magdalene: £3,000 to replace lighting.
Hinxworth, St Nicholas; £10,000 roof repairs.