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Coventry Historic
Churches Trust

RIDE & STRIDE 2020

Many thanks  to everyone who took part in our ‘socially distanced’ Ride and Stride on Saturday 12th September 2020. We would love to see any photos that you can share, so please email them to admin@warwickshirechurches.org.uk

If you have any outstanding donations from Ride and Stride, please send them to our Treasurer at the address on our Contacts page. We are very grateful for all the donations we have received and are looking forward to Ride and Stride 2021 when hopefully all will be back to normal. We are starting to plan Bard’s Ride 2021 too and will be in putting information on our website in the early part of next year.

 

The Warwickshire and Coventry Churches Historic Trust is a registered charity, non-religious and self-supporting.

We maintain churches, chapels and meeting rooms in Warwickshire – and areas of the West Midlands that are also within the Diocese of Coventry – as centres of worship and of local community. Regular upkeep of the fabric of our historic buildings is vital to their preservation as an essential part of our architectural and cultural heritage. To preserve our churches for future generations to enjoy, our Trust Fund provides grants for works of repair and maintenance and can include conservation of fixtures and fittings and chattels.Our main fundraising events each year are Ride and Stride wand Bard’s Ride which take place on the second Saturday of September.

If you have any queries about Ride and Stride, the Bard’s Ride or the work of the WCHCT, please get in touch with us at admin@warwickshirechurches.org.uk .

Thank you very much for your support.

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    May 9, 2018

    Due to Covid-19 we have had to cancel Bard’s Ride this year. We are very disappointed that we are not running it, but we are planning one for 2021 and…

  • WCHCT GIVES £5000 GRANT TO ALL SAINTS’ PARISH CHURCH, LEAMINGTON SPA

    February 1, 2018

    All Saints is a large Anglican Grade II listed Church, dating from 1842, which is on the southern side of the town of Leamington Spa. It dates from 1842, but…

  • Judi Dench and the Bard’s Ride

    February 1, 2018

      In 2019, Judi Dench, our Patron, sent a message of support for the Bard’s Ride : “Churches and chapels are at the heart of our British heritage, and Shakespeare Country –…

  • RIDE & STRIDE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2020

    February 1, 2018

    Information about Ride and Stride 2021 will be available on this website in the early part of 2021. More information about Ride and Stride can be found here. If you have…

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