The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) is closed
The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) is no longer accepting applications from new or returning applicants.
The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) is no longer accepting applications from new or returning applicants.
All award decisions within the £23 million budget for the 2025 to 2026 financial year have now been finalised. If you’re still waiting for a decision on your application, you should receive the outcome by Wednesday 15 April 2026. There will be no further funding rounds.
Other sources of funding for places of worship
Although LPWGS has now closed, other sources of funding are available which you may be eligible for, subject to meeting the criteria.
The Places of Worship Renewal Fund (England only)
The Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF) is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and delivered by Historic England, designed to support the repair and maintenance of England’s treasured places of worship and targeted at places of most need. A total of £92 million has been allocated to the fund over a four-year period. The fund applies to England only.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (UK-wide)
If you are seeking funding from elsewhere in the UK please be advised that The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) offers grants for all types of heritage and is open to applications from places of worship from across the UK.
Contact us
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will retain data and information about past applications to LPWGS in line with departmental records policy. These information retention periods begin from the date that a grant application was submitted and last for:
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2 years for grant applications that were not successful
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7 years for grant applications that were successful, payment records and other records related to expenditure of public money
For information about a past grant application that you submitted or about the closure of the scheme, contact:
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
Email: enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
Data privacy notice
Purpose of this privacy notice
This notice is provided to meet our legal obligations as set out in Articles 13 and 14 of UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport’s personal information charter explains how we deal with your information. It also explains how you can ask to view, change or remove your information from our records.
What personal data is
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural living person, otherwise known as a ‘data subject’.
Who your data will be shared with
Your information may be shared internally, including with project staff and managers and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles.
We will let you know if we are going to share your personal data with other organisations – and whether you can say no. You can ask us for details of agreements we have with other organisations for sharing your information.
How long your data will be held for
We will retain your personal data for 7 years in line with DCMS retention policy if:
- it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
- the law requires us to
Your data protection rights
You have rights over your personal data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the supervisory authority for data protection legislation, and maintains a full explanation of these rights on their website
DCMS will ensure that we uphold your rights when processing your personal data.
Complaints
If you’re unhappy with the way we have handled your personal data and want to make a complaint, please write to the department’s Data Protection Officer or the Data Protection Manager at the relevant agency. You can contact the department’s Data Protection Officer using the details below.
The contact details for the data controller’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) are:
Data Protection Officer
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
Email: dpo@dcms.gov.uk
How to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office
If you believe that your personal data has been misused or mishandled, you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator. You may also contact them to seek independent advice about data protection, privacy and data sharing.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Website: ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Any complaint to the Information Commissioner is without prejudice to your right to seek redress through the courts.
Changes to our privacy notice
We may make changes to this privacy policy. In that case, the ‘last updated’ date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately.
If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, DCMS will take reasonable steps to let you know.
This notice was last updated on 31/3/2026.