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Making a donation to Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust enables us to continue to preserve the county’s rich heritage and impact local communities by investing in their local churches.
A regular membership gift means we can budget and plan for our grants and loans we make to churches.
A one-off gift enables us to consider more applications from Cambridgeshire’s churches.
Consider making an regular annual donation through our membership scheme.
- Make a donation online
- Send a cheque
- Leave a Gift in your Will
Step one : login in or register for an account
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If you have been to one of our events or become a member since May 2021, you will likely already have an online account with us.
If you are trying to register and you get an error with username or email already exists then use the Lost Password link below to reset your password and then login.
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Step two : add extra details for donation
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Send a donation by cheque
Please make cheques payable to: Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust
Send cheques to:
Sue Holgate
9 The Chase
Ely
Cambs
CB6 3DR
Please consider leaving a gift to CHCT in your will
Cambridgeshire has more than 300 churches and chapels of historic and architectural interest. They span over a thousand years from the Saxon period at Great Paxton to the High Victorian at Waresley and the 20th century at the Good Shepherd, Arbury. The care of church buildings is the responsibility of the local community, which carries the burdens of continuous maintenance and the raising of funds for repair.
Vital additional funding for some of our finest heritage assets
Since it was founded in 1983 CHCT has raised and distributed over £3 million in loans and over £1 million in grants helping to preserve, develop and renovate some of the County’s churches, many of which have iconic status in their villages and localities. CHCT’s grants and loans are usually the first given to such projects and are known to be catalysts in terms of encouraging and inspiring other donations.
CHCT is particularly keen to fund improvements which enable church buildings to be more widely used by their communities, eg the provision of kitchens and toilets, improved access, heating and modern wiring. The Trust also awards grants towards the repair and conservation of memorials and monuments, including those in churchyards.
Our vision is to ensure that churches of all denominations in the county remain fit for their threefold purposes:
for worship; as a community resource; as a values heritage asset
In pursuit of these goals, in 2023 the trustees launched a Legacy Campaign to enable us to increase the help we give to churches of all denominations in the county.
Leaving a gift in your Will
A Pecuniary Legacy allows you to specify a sum of money for the Trust.
A Specific Legacy allows you to leave an asset to the Trust (eg Property, Works of Art, Shares)
A Residuary Legacy allows you to gift all or part of your estate after other legacies and expenses have been paid.
A Reversionary Legacy allows you to leave assets to the Trust while giving a named person the benefit of them during their lifetime.
If you have already made a Will and wish to make a bequest to CHCT, contact your solicitor.
For further information about leaving a gift in your Will or adding a Codicil, please contact our Administrator by email ([email protected]) or by phone 01353-668438.