Charlotte Dodgeon Support Officer

Owen Collins Grants Officer – South East England & Wales

Sarah Palmer Grants Officer – South West England

Agenda

2pm – 2.30pm: Programme Overview

2.30pm – 3pm: Assessment

3pm – 4pm: Q&A

Programme Overview

over

1900 applications

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£105 million

£30 million was available

502 projects awarded

Next Round

£10,000 - £100,000

Grants from:

£25 million available

Who we fundAll faiths and denominations across the UK that are responsible for listed

places of worship

What we fundUrgent repairs* to roofs and rainwater disposal

systems

*By urgent we mean repairs that are needed within the next two years

Costs we can cover• Professional fees - no more than 15% of project costs

• Capital repair work, including under-roof insulation

• Specialist reports and further investigations

• Bat surveys and mitigation measures

• Contingency & Inflation

• CDM – Construction Design and Management Co-ordinator

Costs we can’t cover• internal decoration

• other structural repairs e.g windows

• the cost of existing staff time

• existing organisational costs

Match Funding• Not a mandatory requirement – but will be viewed in your favour

• Avoid large amounts of unsecured match funding

LPW VAT Grant Scheme must be included

VATVAT on all professional fees and eligible

repairs must be reclaimed from the LPW VAT grant scheme

Supporting Documents• Condition Survey – within the last 3 years

• Images – no more than 8

• Cashflow

• Organisation’s Constitution

• Organisations Accounts

• Letter of Support

• Consultant Briefs – if available

• Detailed Costs Breakdown

• Proof of Ownership

Assessment • Urgency

• Value for Money

• Risk

• Project Management

ProcurementGoods, Works and Services over:

over £10,000 – require 3 competitive tenders

over £50,000 – require 3 competitive tenders plus a report

St Mary’s ChurchBlack Bourton £20,500

Re-roofing the chancel & chapel roofs

• Grade 1 Listed

• Total Project Cost: £41,405

• Urgency - 12 months

Any Questions?