Richard Cloudesley Commemorative Grants
From July 2017 until June 2018, Cloudesley celebrated the 500th anniversary of Richard Cloudesley’s bequest. To mark the anniversary, up to £635,000 of additional funding has been made available for eligible Church of England churches in Islington through the Sustainable Church Buildings Project and as Richard Cloudesley Commemorative Grants.
During 2017/18, all 27 eligible churches were invited to apply for a Richard Cloudesley Commemorative Grant of £5,000 to mark the 500th anniversary of Richard Cloudesley’s legacy. Churches needed to spend the £5,000 award in line with Cloudesley’s Church Object, which is:
‘towards the upkeep and repair of the fabric of, and the maintenance of the services in, any churches of the Church of England in the London Borough of Islington’
The full list of Richard Cloudesley Commemorative Grants is set out below.
| Church | Purpose | ||
| St Mary Islington | Towards a new piano | ||
| St Andrew Thornhill Square | Towards fire safety/health and safety measures | ||
| All Saints Church | Mission Praise books and Bibles; new laptop for church office | ||
| Church on the Corner | Stacking chairs | ||
| St Augustine Highbury New Park | To replace carpet in lounge area | ||
| Christ Church Highbury | Redecorate toilets and install a new basin; towards kitchen redecoration | ||
| St George & All Saints | Repair glass doors | ||
| St James Prebend Street | Stacking chairs | ||
| St Jude & St Paul Mildmay Grove | To upgrade lobby area (including new glass doors) | ||
| St Luke West Holloway | Refurbishment and redecoration of church vestry | ||
| St Mark Tollington Park | To build new office in worship area of church | ||
| Emmanuel Hornsey Road | To install secondary glazing; towards keyboard upgrade | ||
| St Saviour Hanley Road | To upgrade music equipment and computer used for projection | ||
| St Mary Hornsey Rise | Replace current lighting fittings | ||
| St Andrew Whitehall Park | Lighting at front of church | ||
| St John Upper Holloway | To redecorate church hall | ||
| Hope Church - St Mary Magdalene | Updating IT for the maintenance of services | ||
| Hope Church - St David's | Updating IT for the maintenance of services | ||
| St Silas Pentonville | Enhance lighting in sanctuary and sound system | ||
| St Stephen Canonbury | To install a fire alarm system throughout the building | ||
| St Thomas Finsbury Park | Black altar frontal; repair of a historic banner; to replace the Sacred Heart frontal | ||
| St James Clerkenwell | To repair and restore several items of furniture in the church that are on the Official Church Registry | ||
| Our Most Holy Redeemer | New church choir | ||
| St Mark's Clerkenwell | Install handrails to enable access via West Door; replace broken lights in West Porch | ||
| St Clement's | Kitchen refurbishment | ||
| Trinity Church | New Bibles and PA equipment | ||
| King's Cross Church | New PA and AV equipment |