St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick

In December 2022, our longstanding client, the grade 1 listed Collegiate Church of St Mary’s in Warwick, successfully completed a £1.2m campaign for the restoration of the church’s iconic tower. This included a £250,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the repairs and the installation of a Virtual Reality exhibition display of interactive 3D representations of the church’s 900-year history viewable through smartphones and tablets. A local games company developed the application with input from the young people of Warwick through focus groups, workshops, and partnerships with local schools, scouting groups, youth centres and voluntary organisations.

Craigmyle led a project team of church staff, professional services and volunteers during a 16 month-long campaign which saw, apart from the NLHF award, an engaged community giving campaign, a £115,000 grant from the local authority and a trust campaign achieving £700,000.