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Faith in Maintenance
Faith in Maintenance ~ Helping volunteers look after their historic places of
worship better.
Places of worship are among our most important buildings, representing centuries
of faith, craftsmanship and design as well as playing a vital role in the life
of their local communities.
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Faith in Maintenance is a new initiative which aims to help volunteers who look after historic places
of worship by providing free training days to help them understand how their building works and how to solve
problems caused by leaky gutters and blocked drains. Faith in Maintenance courses are open to volunteers from any faith group with an historic building to care for, listed or unlisted.
Faith in Maintenance is a 5-year project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage and
others and run by the SPAB. In its first two years the scheme has provided 45
training courses throughout England and Wales and will be offering a further 30
courses each year until 2011.
Venues for 2009 will include: Slimbridge, Braddan (Isle of Man), Wellesbourne,
Dewsbury, Ely, Todwick, Lampeter, Whitland, Cheltenham, North Creake, Sheriff
Hutton, Shepshed, Higham Ferrers, Merton (Okehampton), Paddington Green (London),
Newcastle, Brackley and West Chiltington. You can find all our course dates listed
in our course calendar.
As well as the one-day training courses the project offers a monthly email maintenance
bulletin service, an on-line discussion forum and, new in 2009, a Maintenance DVD.
More information about all aspects of the project including all current courses
is available on the Faith in Maintenance website or by phoning 020 7456 0913 or emailing info@spabfim.org.uk. |
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