Church and Community Funds

The CCF makes grants to church and community projects throughout the Church of England. Last year, the CCF awarded around £500,000 to an enormous variety of inspiring parish projects, such as building a new community kitchen and meeting room in the church and employing an outreach worker to support refugees, the elderly, the young and other vulnerable people.

The CCF’s vision is to support projects which show imagination in responding to need and which seek to bridge gaps between the local church and the local community.  As the Ven George Howe, Chairman of the CCF, says: ‘It is always inspiring to see what a difference even small projects can make to the life of the church and the local community.’

The CCF was founded in 1915 and is based in Church House, Westminster, under the trusteeship of the Archbishops’ Council.  As well as grants to parish projects and projects run by other Anglican or ecumenical charities, it also makes a grant to the Archbishops’ Council every year in support of the national work of the Church.

Today, the CCF relies on legacies and donations as well as on historic investment income to continue its work.  We would like to increase the number of grants awarded each year so that the CCF can support more churches and their outreach projects, and we would warmly welcome your help. Your donation or legacy can go a long way through the CCF; it could help to employ a youth worker in Carlisle, adapt a church to increase community use in Truro, provide hot meals for the homeless in a church hall in Birmingham…. and much more!

To find out how to apply for a grant for another project, or how to make a donation or legacy to the CCF, or simply to find out more about the CCF and our work, contact Andrew Hawkings at:

Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3AZ, by telephone on 020 7898 1541 or by email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).