The churches in our care are sanctuaries. Places to breathe, to contemplate. The air inside them hums with history, and we need your help to keep them safe.
For just £30 a year, you’re actively ensuring that forgotten churches across England and Wales survive for future generations. These aren’t grand cathedrals with gift shops and guided tours, they’re the quiet, overlooked churches that tell the real story of how people lived, worshipped, and built their communities across centuries.
Your membership transforms you into an active protector of history. Join us today and help rescue, repair and protect these landmark sites full of art and architectural wonders.
Receive a printed copy of our acclaimed magazine twice a year. From our Director’s Report to articles written by heritage specialists who bring you deep historical investigations and ongoing insight across the sector, our publication uncovers the remarkable insights you simply can’t find anywhere else. Each issue contains compelling stories from England and Wales’ most fascinating churches and histories of people whose lives are entwined with these buildings, from medieval mysteries to forgotten Victorian tales.
“Your magazine really is a unique insight into an un-monitored realm of conservation and accompanied by excellent illustrations. It is first class.”
Sir Simon Jenkins, author of ‘England’s Thousand Best Churches’.
New members receive a thoughtfully assembled welcome pack – our latest magazine, a practical pocket guide to visiting all our churches, and three beautiful postcards from our collection. Consider it your starter kit for discovering England and Wales’ most intriguing historic buildings. You will also receive invites to exclusive members-only events, where you can learn from experts and meet other enthusiasts.
When you walk into one of our churches, you can feel the weight of all the lives that came before – the hands that carved the stone, the voices that filled these spaces with song, the quiet moments of prayer that soaked into these walls over centuries.
Your membership ensures these sacred stories don’t end here. Churches like St Andrew’s, South Runcton , Norfolk, were on the brink of losing all those stories forever.
As a Friend, your membership fees could help fund the repair of churches like St Andrew’s, South Runcton, Norfolk, or St Twrog’s, Bodwrog, Anglesey. Much-needed repair work at both of these churches would never have happened without the support of many Friends.
Every membership creates a lifeline for buildings that have witnessed births, deaths, celebrations, and sorrows across generations.
The Friends of Friendless Churches is a company limited by guarantee. By becoming a member, you agree to pay to the Friends of Friendless Churches an amount of up to £1 if the company is wound up while you are a member or for up to twelve months after your membership has ended.
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