Methodist grants

Allchurches Trust’s Methodist Grants Programme seeks to enhance the mission and ministry of the Methodist Church in the UK and Ireland.

Funded primarily by donations from Methodist Insurance PLC, the programme provides grants to Methodist churches to run building development projects that focus on church growth (both numerically and spiritually), community engagement and improving accessibility. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how their planned projects will give an environmental benefit.

The Methodist Grant Giving Committee particularly likes to support significant redevelopment projects on buildings which have been identified as key to the future mission objectives of a circuit or district and schemes which bring significant community benefits beyond those to the immediate congregation, supported by evidence from community consultation. Note that this programme will not support essential repairs or routine building maintenance.

Grants of up to £60,000 are available, based on a percentage of project cost, and funding uplifts are awarded in the most disadvantaged areas.

If you are eligible to apply, you can do so provided you have not received a previous grant through this programme or Allchurches Trust’s general grant programme within the last two years. If you have received a previous grant through one of our thematic grant programmes (Growing Lives, Hope Beyond, or the Roof Protection Scheme) within the last two years, you are still welcome to apply to this programme provided your previous thematic grant was given for a different project.

The Methodist Grants Programme is open to Methodist districts and circuits, individual Methodist churches which are part of the Methodist Connexion, and organisations associated with the Methodist Church in Britain or the Methodist Church in Ireland. The Programme also supports some heritage sites which are deemed by the Connexion to be important in telling the story of Methodism.