Useful Websites
General
Churchcare: www.churchcare.co.uk
Church of England (main website): www.churchofengland.org
Ecclesiastical Insurance: www.ecclesiastical.com/churchmatters
Accessibility
Centre for Accessible Environments: www.cae.org.uk
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) - government website:
www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010
Equality and Human Rights Commissions: www.equalityhumanrights.com
National Register of Access Consultants: www.nrac.org.uk
Through The Roof: www.throughtheroof.org
Archaeology
Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England (APABE): http://archaeologyuk.org/apabe/
- This includes the guidance note published by APABE on ‘Guidance for Best Practice for the Treatment of Human Remains Excavated from Christian Burial Grounds in England’ (2nd edition; 2017): http://archaeologyuk.org/apabe/pdf/APABE_ToHREfCBG_FINAL_WEB.pdf
Society for Church Archaeology: http://churcharchaeology.org/
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This includes the guidance notes published by the Association of Diocesan and Cathedral Archaeologists: http://churcharchaeology.org/ADCA.html
Council for British Archaeology: http://new.archaeologyuk.org/
Architects & Surveyors
Ecclesiastical Architects' and Surveyors' Association: www.easanet.co.uk
RIBA Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC): www.aabc-register.co.uk
Bells
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers: www.cccbr.org.uk
Church Bells of Kent: kent.lovesguide.com
Keltek Trust - helping churches locate surplus and redundant bells: http://www.keltektrust.org.uk/
Kent County Association of Change Ringers: www.kcacr.org.uk
Southwark Cathedral Society of Bellringers: www.southwark-bells.org.uk
Surrey Association of Church Bell Ringers: www.surreybellringers.org.uk
Commissioning artwork and memorials
Commissioning New Art For Churches: a guide for parishes and artists (from the Cathedral & Church Buildings Division in partnership with Art and Christianity Enquiry): www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/art-artefacts-conservation/introducing-new-art
Memorials by Artists: www.memorialsbyartists.co.uk
National Association of Memorial Masons: www.namm.org.uk/public-information/nearest-memorial-mason
The Headstone Guide (blog): stoneletters.com/blog/category/headstones
Conservation and repairs
Building Conservation Directory: www.buildingconservation.com
Conservation Register: www.conservationregister.com
Advice from SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings): www.spabmcp.org.uk/technical-advice and www.spabmcp.org.uk/co-op-toolkit
Conservation Bodies and Amenity Societies
Ancient Monuments Society: www.ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk
Church Monuments Society: www.churchmonumentssociety.org
Churches Conservation Trust: www.visitchurches.org.uk
Ecclesiological Society: www.ecclsoc.org
Historic England: www.historicengland.org.uk
Friends of Friendless Churches: www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk
Georgian Group: www.georgiangroup.org.uk
National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS): www.nadfas.org.uk
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings: www.spab.org.uk
Twentieth Century Society: www.c20society.org.uk
Victorian Society: http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/
William Morris Society: www.morrissociety.org
Copyright licensing
Christian Copyright Licensing International: http://uk.ccli.com/
Developing Church Buildings
Crossing The Threshold Toolkit: www.hereford.anglican.org/Crossingthethresholdtoolkit/
Church Building Projects: www.churchbuildingprojects.co.uk
Entertainment licensing (including sale of alcohol)
Licensing Act 2003: www.gov.uk/guidance/alcohol-licensing
Environment & Ecology
Ancient Yew Group: www.ancient-yew.org
Bat Conservation Trust: www.bats.org.uk
British Butterfly Conservation Society: www.butterfly-conservation.org
British Lichen Society: www.thebls.org.uk
Caring for God's Acre: www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk
Christian Ecology Link: http://www.greenchristian.org.uk/
Conservation Foundation: www.conservationfoundation.co.uk
Eco-congregation: www.ecocongregation.org
London Wildlife Trust: www.wildlondon.org.uk
Operation Noah: www.operationnoah.org
Natural England: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
Shrinking the Footprint:www.churchcare.co.uk/shrinking-the-footprint
Surrey Biodiversity Partnership: www.surreynaturepartnership.org.uk
Surrey Wildlife Trust: www.surreywildlifetrust.co.uk
Funding and grants
English Heritage/Heritage Lottery Fund: www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/hpg/assistanceforowners/hlf
Procurement rules for projects involving public funding: www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/guidance-advice/making-changes-to-your-building/procurement
Funds for Historic Buildings: http://www.ffhb.org.uk/
GrantFinder: www.grantfinder.co.uk
Landfill Communities Fund: www.entrust.org.uk
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: www.lpwscheme.org.uk
Marshall's Charity: www.marshalls.org.uk
Memorials Grant Scheme: www.memorialgrant.org.uk
National Churches Trust: www.historicchurches.org.uk
Surrey Churches Preservation Trust: www.surreychurchespreservationtrust.org
Health & Safety
Church Safety: www.churchsafety.org.uk
Ecclesiastical Insurance: www.ecclesiastical.com (go to 'for your church' and then 'church insurance')
Fire Safety law: www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-safety-law-and-guidance-documents-for-business
Health & Safety Executive: www.hse.gov.uk
No Smoking Legislation
Smokefree England: www.smokefreeengland.co.uk
Notice boards
Get Your Church Noticed: www.getyourchurchnoticed.com
Organs
Association of Independent Organ Advisers: www.aioa.org.uk
British Institute of Organ Studies: www.bios.org.uk
East Surrey Organists Association: http://www.esoa.org.uk/
Institute of British Organ Building: www.ibo.co.uk
National Pipe Organ Register at the University of Cambridge: npor.emma.cam.ac.uk
Royal School of Church Music - The Organ and its Care: http://www.rscm.com/care_of_the_organ-2/
Security
National Churchwatch: http://www.nationalchurchwatch.co.uk/
War Memorials
Guidance for custodians of war memorials in England and Wales: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326678/war-memorial-guidance.pdf
War Memorials Trust: www.warmemorials.org
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: www.ukniwm.org.uk
