Please note that BUGB Mission Grants are only available to churches in membership of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the appropriate regional association.

On this page you will find information about the grants that we provide and how to apply for them. You will also find links to two password-protected pages. One of these is for churches/other ministries who are applying for a grant for 2011. The Application pack provided by your Association will give you the username and password that you need. The other page contains all the paperwork that associations need to assist them in the grant application process.

Note that the documents are all in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel format.

BUGB Mission Grants

BUGB Mission Grants (previously known as Home Mission Grants) are given to help churches support a Minister who will lead them forward in their mission by helping them to reach out to their local community with the love of God in whatever ways are appropriate. The decision on the making or withholding of a grant lies with the national grants committee. Whilst this is a national grants scheme it is facilitated through the regional associations and, consequently, all applications must be made through your local association. Your association will be able to tell you the current procedures and timetable for applications.

Churches (and other ministries)

If you are thinking about applying for a BUGB Mission Grant then please contact your Association. You may also like to download the leaflet GD3: ‘An introduction to BUGB Mission Grants’ as this will give you some idea of what is involved.

If you have already been sent a copy of the 2011 form and are looking for the electronic version, use the Churches link on the right to access the appropriate page. You will need the username and password provided in your application pack.

Click on the links below to download the appropriate document
GD3: An introduction to BUGB Mission Grants
GD4: Guidance Notes for Churches
GD5: Guidance Notes and Information for LEP churches
GD10A: Guidance Notes – Mission through Congregation Grants
GD13B: Guidance Notes for Special Ministries

Visitors

If you have been asked to be a BUGB Mission Grant Visitor then the document you are looking for will be one of these. Click on the appropriate link to download it.

GD6: Visitors Report Form (Church Visits)
GD7: Guidance Notes for Visitors (Church Visits)
GD10B: Guidance Notes/Report Form for Visitors visiting churches applying for Mission through Congregation Grants
GD14: Guidance Notes/Report Form for Visitors visiting Chaplaincies and Special Ministries

Associations

To access all the documentation you need use the Association 'related link' on the right. You will need the username and password that has been sent to the Association Grants Contact person.

Mission Project Grants
(previously known as Against the Stream and Green Shoots Grants)

Mission Project Grants are given in order to encourage and enable Baptist Churches to respond to the mission needs of their community as part of their ongoing work and ministry. They are one-off grants of up to £3000 for new projects or new initiatives within existing projects. These projects must have a mission focus, in that their main aim should be to benefit people from the community which the church is seeking to serve. Projects that we have helped include drop-in centres, lunch clubs, debt counselling, equipment libraries, after-school clubs, outreach at events such as the Notting Hill carnival, cafes and coffee shops, holiday clubs, puppets, mission weeks and church in a pub.

Approximately 2% of the money given to the Home Mission appeal is allocated for Mission Project Grants. Grant applications are considered four times a year and application packs are available from Associations. If you would like more information please contact your Association or the BUGB Grants Manager (grants@baptist.org.uk).

You can also download a copy of the Guidance Notes by clicking here. Although these are designed to assist in completing the form they do give further information about these grants which you may find helpful. Please note that application packs (including application forms) are only available from Associations and not from the BUGB Grants Office.

Association contact details can be obtained using the ‘More information on Regional Associations’ link on the right of this page.