UK – How can disused historical churches be saved?

UK – How can disused historical churches be saved?

Inayat Omarji has led a project to turn a run-down church into a multi-purpose community centre

Inayat Omarji has led a project to turn a run-down church into a multi-purpose community centre

From the BBC news website:

“A charity charged with looking after disused churches is seeing its collection of beautiful, but high maintenance, buildings grow. In the face of funding cuts and rising costs, how can these churches be saved?

As a boy growing up in Bolton, Inayat Omarji watched a street parade with a “carnival atmosphere” outside his local Anglican church, but his overriding memory of All Souls is of a run-down, empty building in the middle of the bustling Muslim community.

All Souls is among hundreds of churches which have been closed by the Church of England as a result of declining congregations, population movement and other factors.”

Read the full article here.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29696977

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