Founded in 1722

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Support and Resources

Christians Against Poverty - https://capuk.org

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a national debt counselling and advice charity working in partnership with local churches.

Clergy Support Trust - https://www.clergysupport.org.uk

Clergy Support Trust (formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy) is the UK's oldest and largest charity focused exclusively on supporting the wellbeing of Anglican clergy and their families, including clergy spouses/partners, retired clergy, clergy widows/widowers, other dependants, and ordinands. It offers many categories of grants under the broad headings of financial support and health and wellbeing, as well as emergency grants to assist with urgent and unexpected costs.

Crosslight Advice - https://crosslightadvice.org

Crosslight Advice is a community-focused debt and money advice charity, which works to combat poverty and hardship. It offers open-ended advice, money education and budgeting support. With several branches in West London, it is experienced in offering advice to clergy.

English Clergy Association - https://www.clergyassoc.co.uk

A source of views, news and information, including grants for holidays.

Frances Ashton’s Charity - http://www.francesashton.co.uk

Provides one off grants where there is urgent need to clergy of the Church of England, serving or retired, and the widows or widowers of such clergy.

Rustat Trust - Email: chapel-clerks@jesus.cam.ac.uk

Administered by Jesus College, Cambridge, to provide assistance to clergy with children of school age with small grants for any educational purpose, including uniforms, school meals and transport costs.

St Boniface Trust - http://www.stbonifacetrust.org.uk

Provides grants for clergy who are planning a sabbatical or to take study leave.

St George’s Trust - https://fsje.org.uk/the-st-georges-trust

Awards grants for stipendiary clergy who are taking sabbaticals. For self-supporting clergy grants are available for recognised study. Grants will customarily contribute towards travel and accommodation costs involved in study.

St. Luke’s Healthcare for Clergy - https://www.stlukesforclergy.org.uk

St Luke’s seeks to improve clergy health and wellbeing. It offers clergy and their families access to medical expertise through its network of over 50 eminent clinicians.

The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergy - https://www.srpc-aid.com

Grants are made to evangelical clergy, their widows and widowers, to help meet the following categories of need: bereavement, illness, removals, repairs to property, family support to enable children to attend Christian camps and for young people to participate in a ‘ministry experience’ during a gap year before university, other special needs.

The Society of Mary and Martha - https://www.sheldon.uk.com

The Society’s specialist work is to support people in Christian ministry, especially at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown. This rather discreet aspect of their work sits within a much more broadly based retreat and education resource open to everyone.

The Women’s Continuing Ministerial Education Trust – https://www.churchofengland.org/more/diocesan-resources/ministry/wcmet

The Women's Continuing Ministerial Education Trust (WCMET) exists to support the ministerial development of women in the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church. It administer the provision of grants to female clergy, female accredited lay workers, and religious sisters in England and Scotland in need of financial support for their continuing training.

Labyrinth Technology Ltd - https://www.labyrinthit.com

The trustees are grateful to Labyrinth Technology Ltd for their assistance in setting up this site. Labyrinth have a close association with a number of religious organisations in the City of London and are very happy to give help and advice to such organisations and their staff.