William and Jane Morris Church Conservation Grants

They fund smaller programmes of work between £500 and £5,000 that are concerned with the conservation of decorative or non-structural features inside the building. This might include, for example:

• Stained glass windows
• Sculpture
• Furniture
• Internal monuments and tombs
• Wall paintings

The object must have been made no later than 1896 (the year of William Morris’s death), even if it is in a building which is older.

Turret clocks and organs are not grant aided.

However applications for a clock or an organ case that makes a significant contribution to the interior of a church, and or is of specific antiquarian interest, may exceptionally be considered.

Who can apply?

You can apply on behalf of a church, a chapel or any other place of worship in the United Kingdom.

• A professional architect or established conservator must be engaged to direct the work
• The work must be completed within one year of receipt of the grant
• Completion of the work must be certified by an appropriate professional

They do not fund the following: 

• Projects outside the UK
• Structural repairs and fabric maintenance
• Alteration or decoration of buildings
• Electrical rewiring, plumbing or central heating systems
• Bells or organs
• Works already completed (grants are not made retrospectively)
• Anything created after 1896
• Items on the outside or in the grounds of the building

• There are two application rounds for William and Jane Morris Church Conservation grants: 31 March and 31 August every year.