Do you know someone who loves heritage, history and art?

How about giving them a Gift Membership to the Friends of Friendless Churches?

It’s a unique and thoughtful gift that makes a difference, as seen in The Times’ round-up of ‘The best art to buy for Christmas 2023, from 65p to £15 million’.

What's included?

A Gift Membership to the Friends of Friendless Churches includes:

One year of membership to our charity
Our highly regarded 65-page full-colour bi-annual magazine packed with articles and updates about our historic churches, and the most interesting Heritage news
Member welcome pack with national A to Z guide to all of our churches, a set of beautiful postcards and a complimentary Christmas card
An invitation to attend our Annual General Meeting and evensong service, held in a different FoFC church each year and followed by our Members’ Tea

Buy Gift Membership

Three great reasons to buy a Friends of Friendless Churches Gift Membership

Your gift helps support the work that we do 365 days per year to rescue, repair and protect beautiful and historic places of worship in England and Wales, and to keep them open wherever possible so that everyone can enjoy them. We simply couldn’t do this without you!
This gift membership is eco-friendly — it creates experiences, not more stuff.
A membership to the Friends of Friendless Churches is a thoughtful and original present that provides inspiration all year round.

How to purchase a Gift Membership

A one-year membership costs £30 for an individual and £50 for a household.

It’s easy to purchase:

Click the green Buy Gift Membership button below.
Complete the purchase form, selecting ‘Gift Membership’ and entering details for you (the purchaser) and your lucky recipient (the member).
You’ll receive a purchase confirmation email with a link to an editable electronic gift certificate, which you can email or print for your recipient if you wish.
Within 10 working days, your recipient will receive a new member Welcome Pack (or you can request the pack to be sent to your address if you prefer).

Please note, the last day to order Christmas Gift Memberships is 13 December.

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Who are the Friends of Friendless Churches?

We rescue and protect historic places of worship in England and Wales.

Over the centuries, churches have fallen out of use for many reasons. But we believe that these buildings represent the spiritual and artistic investment of generations, that they belong to all of us, and should be preserved for the future. We currently care for more than 60 places of worship in England and Wales. Learn more

We’re rescuing two Welsh medieval churches!

Thanks to a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, we will be able to take two redundant but beautiful medieval churches into our care: St Lawrence's in Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire and St James's, Llangua, Monmouthshire.

St Mary’s, Mundon reopens after months of repair

The Grade I listed church of St Mary in Mundon, Essex has reopened following 8 months of repair. The structural works involved underpinning and piling of the medieval church, and cost just under £345K, largely funded by the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.