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 who are applying for a home mission grant for 2009. Your association will provide you with the username and password that you need.

The other 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.

Home Mission Grants

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 Home Mission Grant then please contact your Association. You may also like to download the leaflet 'A Guide for Churches applying for a Grant' as this will give you some idea of what is involved.

If you have already been sent a copy of the 2009 form and are looking for the electronic version, use the Churches 'related link' on the right to access the appropriate page, or click here. You will need the username and password provided by your Association.

Click on the links below to download the appropriate document
GD3: A Guide for Churches applying for a Grant
GD4: Guidance Notes for Churches
GD5: Guidance Notes and Information for LEP churches
GD13B: Guidance Notes for Special Ministries

Visitors

If you have been asked to be a Home Mission 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)
GD14 - Guidance Notes/Report Form for Visitors visiting non-church situations

Associations

To access all the documentation you need use the Association 'related link' on the right or click here.
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)

From June 2008, Against the Stream grants and Green Shoots grants will be replaced by our new Mission Project Grants. These will be 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 will be available from Associations from the end of June. If you would like more information please contact your Association or the BUGB Grants Manager (grants@baptist.org.uk). Please note though that application packs 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.