Christ Church secured an initial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake detailed survey work during the first half of 2015, before applying for a grant for the repair work.

In December 2015, the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the church a grant of £206,000 towards the total costs of £312,000 for the spire repairs project. By the end of the Spire and Heritage project in October 2017 the costs had increased to £350,000, due to unexpected stonework repairs.

We are grateful to Cloudesley for a grant awarded in July 2016 to help meet the additional costs of the unexpected major repairs to the corbels.

We have secured funding from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme which gives grants that cover the VAT incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship.

To help meet the total cost of the project we have provided Partnership funding, as cash from reserves and fundraising activity and in the form of volunteer time. More than 100 volunteers were involved, together giving over 350 days to the project.