In cases of financial hardship or unexpected expense, the Archdeacon should be contacted.
Limited funds are available via the Bishops and Archdeacons, in cases of special need.
Below are details of trusts and grant awarding bodies that are should and who may apply on your behalf.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings Trust
https://www.ladyelizabethhastingscharities.co.uk/ecclesiastical/
Apply via : Archdeacon or Bishops
The Clergy Rest Fund
Clergy holidays; relief of need
Apply to: Bishop of Leeds PA: lyndsay.horsman@leeds.anglican.org
Clergy Stipend Trust
The prevention or relief of poverty throughout England and Wales by the augmentation of the stipends of parsons, vicars, curates and ministers officiating in the churches and chapels of the Church of England, the relief of poverty among the clergy and the advancement of religion in accordance with the faith and doctrine of the Church of England
Apply to: Jill Marsh (PA to the Diocesan Secretary) / Grants Hardship Committee, Church House, 17-19 York Place, Leeds, LS1 2EX. jill.marsh@leeds.anglican.org
The Darnbrough Fund
The Income can be used for the augmentation of poor benefices within the Archdeaconry of Richmond (as constituted in 1917). The balance of the income is available to give grants to necessitous clergy of the Deaneries of Richmond, Wensley & Ripon. The capital can be spent if the DBF agrees.
Apply to: Archdeacon of Richmond & Craven) - Ven James Theodosius - Archdeacon.RichmondCraven@leeds.anglican.org
or the Area Dean of either Richmond, Wensley or Ripon https://www.leeds.anglican.org/directory
Henry Smith Poor Clergy Fund
Clergy experiencing hardship, particularly when managing on one income (financial or otherwise). Emergency situations. Educational and private health care exempt. Min £500. Max £2,000. Means-tested. Not applicable to single or retired clergy.
Apply to: Bishop of Leeds, Hollin House, Weetwood Avenue, Leeds, LS16 5NG.
Tel: 0113 284 4300 PA: lyndsay.horsman@leeds.anglican.org before the end of October.
Leeds Diocese Charitable Society Trust
The object of the charity is to apply the clear income in relieving the need among clergy, deacons and licensed lay workers who are resident in or have served in the Diocese of Leeds and among persons who are dependent relatives of any members of the clergy by making grants of money. Rapid response to personal needs as and when they arise.
Apply to: Jill Marsh (PA to the Diocesan Secretary) / Grants Hardship Committee - jill.marsh@leeds.anglican.org
The Pyncombe Charity
Clergy under 70 years and their families suffering hardship as a result of serious illness, injury, accident or special circumstances. Education excluded.
Apply to :Bishop of Leeds, PA: lyndsay.horsman@leeds.anglican.org
Tranquility House Trust
Holidays for clergy in particular need.
Apply to: Bishop of Leeds
The Queen Victoria Clergy Fund
The Fund provides relief to serving CofE clergy in financial need. It does not consider individual applications but apportions its annual charitable income among the dioceses of the CofE using an agreed formula. Each diocese applies the Fund's grant on a confidential basis through its discretionary funds.
Apply to:Jill Marsh (PA to the Diocesan Secretary) / Grants Hardship Committee, jill.marsh@leeds.anglican.org
The Rachel Dixon Fund To provide grants for the widows of clergy who have served in the Diocese of Leeds for at least 3 years.
Apply to: Jennifer Robinson, Diocese of Leeds jennifer.robinson@leeds.anglican.org
Rustat Grants
Clergy (particularly those below status of incumbent) with children at school. Help with educational expenses, special needs, school uniforms, urgent and unforeseen needs of a child. Also able to provide bursaries for children who gain a place at Jesus College, Cambridge, to supplement maintenance awards, reducing the need of student loans. Means tested. Apply to: Your Archdeacon or Bishop of Leeds
Other Grant Awarding Bodies
Clergy Support Trust
https://www.clergysupport.org.uk/
Clergy, orphans of clergy and divorced spouses.
Holidays; school clothing; retirement; personal hospital visiting; convalescence; educational grants; bereavement; removals; book book grants for ordinands; school travel; trips; musical instruments;
Foundations of Edward Storey
https://edwardstorey.org.uk/about-us/objectives
Child care
Help with Childcare Costs | The Church of England
Car Loan Scheme
The Churches Mutual Credit Union (CMCU), offers car loans; all clergy and church employees are eligible to join and apply for a loan. Further information and details of the products available can be found on the CMCU website: www.cmcu.org.uk
The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergy
Clergy or licensed lay workers and their dependents within the evangelical tradition, who are in difficult ministry situations, or who have undergone a time of unusual stress, and are in need of recuperation .Download a form to fill in online and email to sec@srpc-aid.com To open the form: SRPC Grant Application form To just download the form: SRPC Grant Application download PDF
The English Clergy Association
Holidays for clergy and their families.
Apply to: The Almoner, Revd G Richard W Hall, MA, LLB, 45 Howard Park, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0TU revrichardhall45@gmail.com www.clergyassoc.co.uk
Frances Ashton’s Charity
One off grants to serving or retired clergy of the Church of England and to their widows and widowers in cases where there is an exception of urgent need. Any kind of need with exception of: school fees, HE costs, sabbaticals, property purchase, credit card debts.
Apply to: http://www.francesashton.co.uk/application.html
Note to applicants:If you apply directly for a grant from any of these sources, would you please let your Archdeacon or Hollin House know the outcome.