COMING SOON – CHURCH HERITAGE TOOLKIT
Other useful resources:
Scotland’s Churches Trust Church Recording
The Church Recorders’ Handbook, produced by Scotland’s Churches Trust with support from Historic Environment Scotland, provides step-by-step guidance for volunteers documenting the contents of church buildings at risk of closure.
Stirling University’s Social Value Toolkit
The Social Value Toolkit helps heritage professionals assess the social value of historic places. It offers clear, practical methods for designing, carrying out, or reviewing social value assessments in heritage contexts.
Community Ownership Support Service (COSS)
COSS offers specialist advice to communities interested in taking on ownership or management of local assets, including church buildings, helping groups navigate the process of transfer and stewardship.
Historic Environment Scotland Advice and Support for Places of Worship
Historic Environment Scotland have recently published guidance for caring for historic places of worship, including support for churches in times of transition.
This resource brings together information about Scotland’s places of worship, their history and their role in communities, and helps to highlight the breadth of the nation’s ecclesiastical heritage.
Heritage Trust Network is a membership organisation which supports local groups and trusts working to save and care for historic buildings, including places of worship. It provides advice, training, and opportunities to share experiences. Their guidance on places of worship specifically provides support for communities.
The Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) convenes the Places of Worship Forum, which brings together stakeholders to discuss issues facing Scotland’s churches and other places of worship, as well as sharing resources and strategies.
A UK-wide charity supporting churches, chapels, and meeting houses through grants, advice, and advocacy, with a mission to keep church buildings open and in active use.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
The NLHF offers grants from £10,000 to £10million to support communities caring for places of worship of all faiths, whether they are used for worship or other purposes