If you’re interested in #historicgraffiti, we have a must-see lecture for you! “Reading the Room: Looking at Historic Graffiti in Churches” with Dr. Crystal Hollis is now available for free on CCTDigital – our very own streaming platform. Watch it here: www.cctdigital.com/videos/cryst...

As the organisation founded by state and church to keep historic churches alive, we are delighted that our very own Greg Pickup, CEO of CCT, will be hosting the “Living Churches” panel at the #GreatExpectationsForChurches conference. Get your live-stream tickets here: www.vam.ac.uk/event/1rOvyB...

Today is #GiftAidAwarenessDay! Every year, around £560 million of Gift Aid goes unclaimed – funds that could transform the work of charities across the UK. Have you ticked the box ? It’s a simple step that makes your donation go 25% further. Find out more: visitchurches.org.uk/giftaid

What could the next 50 years look like for churches? Join policy makers, funders, heritage professionals and community leaders on 21 Oct at the V&A Museum in London to find out. ⏰Time: 10:45am-1pm & 2:30pm-5pm 🎟️ Tickets: vam.ac.uk/event/4KVGa4... #GreatExpectationsForChurches

Pub quiz: Why is the cardigan called "cardigan"? Read our September monument of the month blog to find out and see some breathtaking monuments at St. Peter's, Deene! Find the blog here: visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/b... #MondayMood #MondayMonument #History

Help us protect England's painted heritage! Over 80 of our churches house irreplaceable #wallpaintings, making us one of the most significant stewards of this fragile heritage. Help us protect them for future generations by donating to our Annual Appeal: www.visitchurches.org.uk/get-involved...

Did you know that you can spot a rare example of post-Reformation figurative painting at St. Nicholas’, Freefolk, Hampshire? Can you spot the figures of Time (with a scythe) and Death (digging) in the images? St. Nicholas is open daily. #wallpainting #visithampshire #History

Today @histenvforum.bsky.social publishes the Historic Environment Overview 2024-25, celebrating the impact of England’s heritage sector in the last financial year. Produced with support from Historic England. Read the new report: historicengland.org.uk/research/her... #Heritage #Resilience

We were thrilled to win an award for the project to repair North Hill, St Torneys last night at the Cornish Buildings Awards. This work has allowed us to open the church for the local community again. Thanks to the Cornish Building Group and all the wonderful craftspeople involved! #Heritage

Great news! Thanks to your generosity, we've reached our fundraising goal for the 'Raise the roof' campaign at St. Bartholomew's, Lower Basildon! Thank you to everyone who donated. Work set to begin this year. More info here: visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/n... #Conservation #berkshire

Did you know you can nominate CCT for the #MovementforGoodAwards? Every year the Benefact Group gives away over £1 million to charities and good causes. This is a great way for you to help us protect historic churches and keep them open for communities: movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...

Find out about the swift rise and demise of the St. Paul family in our June #monumentofthemonth blog about the amazingly colourful effigies at St. Lawrence's, Snarford, Lincolnshire: www.visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/b... We've got zealous protestants, greedy husbands and clever wives! #Tudor

We are thrilled to announce that St. Torney's Church, in the care of CCT, is shortlisted for the prestigious Cornish Buildings Group Award! Huge thanks to the wonderful craftspeople who worked to transform this #historicchurch. Learn more: visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/n... #Cornwall

You don't have to live in London to experience art, culture and #FamilyFun this summer! Find #concerts , theatre, markets, talks & family days at a #historic church near you and beat the heat thanks to #medieval masonry! Find events near you: visitchurches.org.uk/whats-on/eve... #summerevents

Time travel this #WallpaintingWednesday at St. Thomas a Becket, Capel, Kent! See C12th consecration crosses, rare C13th scenes of Cain & Abel, C15th and C16th religious texts, plus decorative details. Check out our website for more info: visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-ch... #Kent #medieval #history

This #WallpaintingWednesday take a look at Whitcombe Church, Dorset. This lovely church evokes the rustic atmosphere of old Dorset life and hosts colourful medieval wallpaintings that were uncovered during the restoration of the church in 1912. More info: www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-ch...

Join CCT for just £3.50/month & access amazing lectures like Anna Keay's May 2025 talk on "The Restless Republic"! Learn about Britain's 11-year republic & the lives of those who lived through it in our latest blog. Discover more: visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/b... #HistoryLovers

Thank you to @marshawards.bsky.social for your support! And of course our main thanks goes to all of our community supporters and volunteers. You are simply amazing and we’re lucky to have your support. #VolunteersWeek #VolunteersWeek2025 Pics 1) Team @ St Augustine Norwich 2) Team @ Vange

And we have our Volunteers of the Year for our different regions announced! Congratulations to Brenda Owens at 1719, Barry Wadeson in Northants and Tony &Lindsay Davies at Hartley Wintney, who are the winners of this years @marshawards.bsky.social for Volunteer of the Year. #VolunteersWeek

The @marshawards.bsky.social Volunteer Team of the Year is always hotly contested and this year the winners are the Friends of St Benedicts, Paddlesworth, congratulations! The team have organised an annual events programme including community walks, concerts &history talks. #VolunteersWeek

What a delightful surprise, we have joint winners for the Fundraising @marshawards.bsky.social : St Bartholomews, Lower Basildon and St Marys, North Huish are sharing the award. They both worked miracles to help raise funds, and the churches have a brighter future now. #VolunteersWeek

We have just heard from Emma, one of our volunteers from St Anthonys in Cornwall. What a find to see the photo from the 1950s of volunteers back then looking after the church. The community has really taken it to heart and continues to do so. Thanks so much Emma. #VolunteersWeek

The winner of the Marsh Awards for Achieving Impact is Victoria Simkin from St John’s Chapel in Chichester! In early 2024, the Friends of St John’s Chapel faced possible dissolution, but Victoria helped to recruit 25 new event volunteers! #VolunteersWeek

The winners of the Marsh Awards for Digital Initiative are The Friends of St Peters Wolfhamcote! Their strong digital presence has helped to raise the profile of the church, and they have recently recruited a social media volunteer and secured a new grant for a fundraising video. #VolunteersWeek

We are hearing from volunteers, and have been moved by the story of the Yarburgh Team, who won the Achieving Impact Marsh Awards last year and spent it on craft supplies. It is clear how much the recognition has meant, and how much the team are able to do with the prize money. #VolunteersWeek

The winners of the new CCT Creativity Award have just been announced as Val Jones and Ray from St Martin’s Church, #Exeter! Congratulations! Through their work these two artists have brought visitors and life to St. Martin's. #VolunteersWeek

Chief Executive Greg Pickup has given a quick overview of what the past year looked like for CCT. Going forward we will be focusing on conservation, community & creativity. Interested in joining CCT as a volunteer? Drop us a line on [email protected] #VolunteersWeek

Inayat Omarji MBE, one of our board members and former volunteer, has just welcomed everybody to our online Community Supporter and Volunteer Evening. Did you know that we have over 2,000 volunteers and community supporters, who help us care for over 350 churches? #VolunteersWeek

We are getting ready to welcome our community supporters &volunteers, both new, and longstanding, for our Community Supporter & Volunteer Evening. We are delighted to be joined by Marsh Awards who sponsor the awards. #VolunteersWeek Pics 1) Princetown Gardening &2) Halstead 3) Northampton Team

The altar frontal at St Mary Magdalene's got a much-needed #makeover! Thanks to talented volunteer Wendy, some loose stitching is fixed, and it'll look amazing at the July 20th summer service. A big thank you to Wendy! Find out more about this church: www.visitchurches.org.uk/whats-on/mor...

Tower of the Day Cranford St Andrew is under the care of the CCT, @visitchurches.bsky.social. There are 4 bells, but are unringable. They would be a ground floor ring. The tenor weighs about 360 kg, and has a large piece missing!😮‍ The bells date from between 1624 & 1718. #Bells #BellRinging #Tower

I then explored nearby St Peter's Church in the care of @visitchurches.bsky.social where you can see Roman tiles have been reused in the external walls of the nave www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-ch... #OutAndAboutArchaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Visit St. Martin's, Exeter for #CelebrateCCT Churches Week and Exeter's June Boom, between 8th and 15th June! Find out more here: www.visitchurches.org.uk/whats-on/exe... #visitexeter #ExeterSights #VisitDevon #JUNEBOOM

Read our blogpost this #VEDay80 if you want to find out, which churches overlook historic battlefields, where a rector and his family sheltered in the belfry during the English Civil War and which of our churches was next to an RAF radar test site in WWII: www.visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/b...

Before St Marys, Lambourn Woodlands was built in 1852, there was another church in the village, so poorly built that it fell apart after a few years. Read how gothic revivalist Talbot Bury was commissioned to fix a church built with 'mostly unburnt bricks' cdn.visitchurches.org.uk/uploads/imag...

Join us for an exclusive online members lecture on May 12th at 17:50 with historian Anna Keay, Director of the Landmark Trust. We will explore Britain's unique republican era through the eyes of those who lived it. Find out more and become a member today: visitchurches.org.uk/whats-on/dig...

The Friends of St Georges Portland are working with a local contractor to put the gravestones upright & rotate them. This way they are ensuring that the people who came together at this church before them are not forgotten. Volunteer at a church near you: visitchurches.org.uk/get-involved...

The nave at All Saints, Chadshunt (CV35 0EH) has recently been re-roofed. Roof maintenance is vital to protecting historic churches, but many different roofs bring many unique challenges. Your membership can help us keep churches weathertight. Join today: visitchurches.org.uk/get-involved...

You can find 98 items for St Thomas, East Shefford (RG17 7EF) in the Courtauld National Wall Painting Archive. Among them an article from ~1977, celebrating the completion of initial conservation work by CCT and @friendlesschurches.bsky.social : photocollections.courtauld.ac.uk/wall-paintin...

Have a look at the future of St. Mary's Shrewsbury with us in this short documentary looking back at recent conservation work funded in part by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and looking forward at our hopes for the future of this church: cctdigital.com/videos/cct-s... #conservation #stainedglass

St. Mary's in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset is illuminated by a rare nearly complete 14th Cen wall painting scheme. You can find St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Michael weighing souls and three skeletons to warn princes of the emptiness of earthly wealth and rank: visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church...

2025 brings the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. And you can attend a genuine Georgian church service brought to you by CCT at St. Swithun’s in #WorcesterUK: worcesterstswithuns.org/event-listin... Immerse yourself in a weekend of Austen-themed fun and get your tickets now! #giftideas

Holy Trinity Wensley is a treasure trove of medieval artefacts, from a 14th Cen reliquary, a #wallpainting of St Eloi shoeing a possessed horse by removing &re-attaching its leg, to rare Tudor carvings. Read all about the history of this church in our blog: www.visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/b...

St Marys South Cowton, Yorks. features a 15th Cen. roof, consecration crosses & fine effigies. Built during the #WaroftheRoses, it now stands in a field surrounded by farms & supported by a small community. Help us keep this church open by donating today: www.visitchurches.org.uk/donate.html?...