GRANT-MAKING TRUSTS FOR CLERGY
There are literally hundreds of Trusts, many of which make grants to individuals. The only way to ensure that you have reviewed all of them is to go to the local Reference Library, and scour through The Directory of Grant-making Trusts or search on the internet.
Below are listed a number of Trusts which provide grants for clergy. Some are general in their purpose; some are restricted, either to the sort of clergy to which grants may be given, or to specific purposes (education, holidays, etc).
All Trusts, before parting with their Trust money to an applicant, will want to know some detail of that applicant’s financial circumstances. Clergy without dependent children and whose spouse brings in a full salary are less likely to qualify for grants than those with several dependent children and a non-earning spouse. Some of the smaller charities may want to know whether or not an applicant has already tried to access income from the larger ones. Many charities may well ask for an endorsement of an application from the bishop or archdeacon.
CHARITIES FOR GENERAL PURPOSES
The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and The Friends of the Clergy Corporation
Clergy Charities, 1 Dean Trench Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3HB
Tel.:020 7799 3696, Email: enquiries@clergycharities.org.uk
These two charities work together with a single body of trustees. They give financial help to clergy of the Anglican Communion who work in Great Britain, Ireland and the Diocese in Europe, and to Anglican clergy missionaries who are working abroad, provided they are sponsored financially by a UK based missionary society. They can also assist such clergy in retirement, as well as their widows/widowers, their separated or divorced spouses and their dependent children under the age of 25. In certain circumstances help can also be given to the unmarried elderly daughters of such clergy.
The Charity gives grants to clergy and their dependants for the following: educational expenditure, book grants for ordinands. Also for clothing, nursing home fees, professional counselling, child maintenance for divorced and separated clergy and spouses, bereavement expenses, medical expenses, towards cost of cars for the disabled, help towards debts, financial management courses for clergy, holidays, sabbaticals, removals expenses, as well as for other needs. See www.clergycharities.org.uk/ (the Grants page) for further details and how to apply.
The Buttle Trust – Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HS
Tel.:020 7828 7311 Web: buttlehq@buttle.dircon.co.uk
Child support grants – for an item or service which is critical to the well being of the child.
School fees grants – to help meet the costs of schooling for children with acute needs that cannot in practice be met with the state education system or where there is a strong need for the child to be found a place in a boarding school.
Grants for students and trainees – to provide assistance with the acquisition of academic, trade, professional or vocational qualifications to young people facing severe social, emotional or health problems.
Pyncombe Charity –Mrs Rita Butterworth (Secretary), Wingletye, Lawford, Crowcombe, Taunton, Somerset TA4 4AL
Tel.: 01984 618388 Email: joeandrita@waitrose.com
Income of about £10,000 applied to assist needy serving clergymen in financial difficulties due to illness or other special circumstances within the family. Applications to be made through the Diocesan Bishop.
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL CHARITIES
The Oley Trust – The Bursar, Clare College, Cambridge CB2 1TL
Tel.: 01223-333200
Most grants are made to clergy in the Diocese of Ely, to help meet educational costs
The Rustat Trust – The Dean’s Secretary, Jesus College, Cambridge CB5 8BL. Email: k.conway@jesus.cam.ac.uk, Tel: 01223-339699.
Grants are awarded in cases of hardship for the maintenance of children of clergy whilst at school. The Trustees particularly like to help clergy below the status of incumbent whose children attend maintained schools. The Rustat Trust also provides bursaries for children of Anglican clergy who gain a place to study at the College.
In addition, a number of independent schools may offer bursaries for children of clergy to help with costs of tuition and boarding. It may be worth trying
The Church Schools Company
Tel. 01832-735105 Email: admin@church- schools.com Web: www.church-schools.com