Want to surprise a loved one with a unique gift that doesn’t cost the earth? Membership of the Friends of Friendless Churches is a sustainable way of giving – and …
Lest We Forget
Sunday 11th November 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the impact of the conflict on Friends …
St Dogfael’s, Meline
St Dogfael’s came to our care late last year. Repairs are currently underway and include: roof repairs to all slopes, upgrading rainwater goods and surface drainage, minor timber and masonry …
Annual Report 2017-18
2017-18 has been quite a year for the Friends. The number of churches we now own – with the additions of Castlemartin, Gwernesney and Ballidon – has risen to fifty-two. …
Celebrate Harvest Festival at our churches this Autumn
St Michael & All Angels, Castlemartin: Harvest Thanksgiving, Friday 5th October Join local friends at our 50th vesting for Harvest Thanksgiving at 6pm on Friday 5th October. The parish vicar, …
AGM 2018
We’re thrilled to welcome members to Llanfaglan Church, Gwynedd for our Annual General Meeting this year on Saturday 13th October 2018 (2pm). St Baglan’s sits in romantic isolation shrouded by …
Drought, drones and missing graves…
Local Friends at Lightcliffe St Matthew’s in West Yorkshire knew there were another twenty gravestones buried somewhere around the old church, but had never been able to locate them. However, …
Gwernesney St Michael & All Angels
We’re delighted that the church of St Michael and Angels, Gwernesney, Monmouthshire, which came into our care in late 2017, is now open for visitors. Gwernesney (‘Gwernesni’) translates as the …
Twitter Photo Competition – Winners Announced!
From 20th-29th July 2018 we ran a photo competition on Twitter in celebration of Church Tourism Week. We asked our supporters to share their favourite photo of a Friends church …
Celebrating our 50th church: Castlemartin
We’ve hit the big 5-0! And we’re celebrating in limestone-rubble style with the Grade I church at Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire coming into our care. St Michael and all Angels is a …