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Architecture & Conservation
Architectural Heritage Fund: Scotland’s Churches: A Scaling Problem: https://ahfund.org.uk/news/blog/scotlands-churches-a-scaling-problem/
Architects Accredited in Building Conservation: https://www.aabc-register.co.uk/
Owen, O, ed, HEACS Report with Recommendations on the Long-Term Conservation of the Ecclesiastical Heritage in a Time of Demographic Change (Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland, Edinburgh, 2009): ecclesiastical.pdf (hrballiance.org.uk)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Building Conservation Accreditation): https://www.rics.org/surveyor-careers/career-development/accreditations/building-conservation-accreditation
The Institute of Conservation (Conservation Register): https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/conservation-register.html
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (Accreditation in Conservation Architecture): https://rias.org.uk/for-architects/conservation-accreditation
Community
Community Ownership Support Service: Your Church, Your Community: https://dtascommunityownership.org.uk/sites/default/files/DTA%20Scotland%20Your%20Church%20Your%20Community%20Guidance.pdf
National Council for Voluntary Organisations: Closing your charity: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/help-and-guidance/closing-your-charity/
Stewarding Loss: https://www.stewardingloss.com/
Contents & Interiors
Church Monuments Society: https://churchmonumentssociety.org/
Church Recording Society: https://www.churchrecordingsociety.org.uk/
Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (Mediaeval Stained Glass in Great Britain): https://www.cvma.ac.uk/
“Historic restoration of 19th century organ” in Ecclesiastical Heritage World: https://ecclesiasticalandheritageworld.co.uk/news/1392-historic-restoration-of-19th-century-organ
“How Scotland’s church organs are on the brink of being lost forever” by Sandra Dick in The Herald: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24154220.scotlands-church-organs-brink-lost-forever/
Sowne of Organe: Historic Organs of Scotland: https://sowneoforgane.com/
The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: https://www.ascorpus.ac.uk/index.php
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland: https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/
Ecclesiastical & Theological
Church of Scotland: Disposal of Redundant Churches https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/3020/disposal_redundant_churches.pdf
Church of Scotland: Legacies of Slavery: https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-group/legacies-of-slavery
Church of Scotland Ordinal & Service Book (including Closure of a Church Building)
Learning from Loss: Reflections on Futures for Fife’s Former Churches
Methodist Church in Scotland: Updated Guidance on Closed Churches: https://methodistchurchinscotland.net/2023/11/updated-guidance-on-closed-church-buildings/
‘No congregation, no church’: How Scotland Lost the Faith, John Lloyd (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/a690a5b6-7c4a-4501-9974-a7502327b5c8
Places of Worship Forum: https://www.befs.org.uk/policy-topics/places-of-worship-forum/
Presbytery of Fife (Church of Scotland): Historic Churches Working Group Report
Sacred Landscapes of Fife Project: https://sacredlandscapes.org/
Stewarding Loss: https://www.stewardingloss.com/
Funding
Architectural Heritage Fund: Scotland’s Churches: A Scaling Problem: https://ahfund.org.uk/news/blog/scotlands-churches-a-scaling-problem/
Benefact Trust: https://benefacttrust.co.uk/
Ecclesiastical: Fundraising: https://www.ecclesiastical.com/church/fundraising/funds/
National Churches Trust: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/support-organisations/scottish-redundant-churches-trust
National Churches Trust: Large Grants: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/large-grants
National Lottery Community Fund: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/
Pilgrim Trust: Grants: https://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/preservation-and-conservation-grants/places-of-worship/
Heritage & History
Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment: https://canmore.org.uk/
Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment (Contributions): https://canmore.org.uk/contributions
Dove, Giles W, “Saints, Cults & Dedications in Mediaeval Fife”, University of St Andrews MPhil Thesis, 1988: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/96709406.pdf
Fife Council: Built & Natural Heritage: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/planning-and-building2/built-and-natural-heritage
Fife Historic Buildings Trust: https://fifehistoricbuildings.org.uk/
Fife Historic Buildings Trust: Churches Viability Report
Future for Religious Heritage Conference September 2024 – Religious Heritage in Transition: Challenges & Solutions: https://www.frh-europe.org/events/conferences/frh-conference-2024-religious-heritage-in-transition-challenges-and-solutio
Future for Religious Heritage Survey of Attitudes to Religious Heritage: https://www.frh-europe.org/european-citizens-support-religious-heritage-81-of-europeans-believe-that-religious-heritage-is-key-for-the-present-and-future-of-their-community/
Haynes N, HEACS Research Report on the Extent of the Ecclesiastical Heritage in Scotland (Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland,2008):https://www.frh-europe.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2008-Ecclesiastical-Heritage-of-Scotland-Haynes.pdf
Heritage Trust Network: A Future for Your Church: https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/a-future-for-your-church/
Historic Churches Scotland: https://historicchurches.scot/
Historic Environment Scotland: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/
Historic Environment Scotland: Places for Prayer: New Life & Changing Spaces https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/online-exhibitions/places-for-prayer/new-life-and-changing-spaces/
Historic Religious Buildings Alliance: https://www.hrballiance.org.uk/
Learning from Loss: Reflections on Futures for Fife’s Former Churches
‘No congregation, no church’: How Scotland Lost the Faith, John Lloyd (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/a690a5b6-7c4a-4501-9974-a7502327b5c8
Sacred Landscapes of Fife Project: https://sacredlandscapes.org/
Scotland’s Churches Trust: https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Scotland’s Churches Trust (Recording Scotland’s Closing Churches): https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/recording-scotlands-closing-churches/
Scottish Church History Society: https://www.scottishchurchhistory.org/
Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum: https://www.sprf.org.uk/
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (Scotland’s Churches: History of Closure): https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/lectures/scotlands-churches-history-closure-0
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Scottish Archaeological Research Framework: https://www.socantscot.org/research-projects/scarf/
The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: https://www.ascorpus.ac.uk/index.php
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland: https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/
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