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<p>Bat roosting remains a significant and costly issue for around 100 churches, where
large roosts mean constant cleaning, damage to significant artefacts and delays to
repair work, all of which reduce the use of the building by the congregation and community.
Our experience is that bat boxes are not always the best solution, since there is
no guarantee that the bats will use them.</p><p>The Church of England has recently
secured Heritage Lottery funding as part of a partnership led by Natural England for
a project to mitigate the impact of bats in churches. This work will include looking
at ways that bats can be moved to more suitable locations when the roost has an adverse
effect on the congregation. More details of the project can be found at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.batsandchurches.org.uk%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ccaroline.spelman.mp%40parliament.uk%7Cce2d399c7fb44acf61a608d4c786a2c4%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636352828440490556&sdata=nB8DRan2yfmUY2JOhTRkJHRuAKwISw7xGnNjYiRZ%2Fi4%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">http://www.batsandchurches.org.uk/</a></p>
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