Christian Projects Grant

The Christian Projects Grant programme supports projects that provide a means for Anglican Clergy to be supported or take preventative measures to ensure they remain healthy and effective in their ministry.

Grants from this programme are made to churches or charities, not to individual members of the clergy.

Examples of the type of project that is likely to fit are

• A programme of peer support, for a group of local clergy
• Retreat houses providing restorative time for clergy
• One-to-one mentoring
• Online or in person pastoral care

Under the Christian Projects Grant programme, we accept applications from churches, small charities and not-for-profit organisations. They only support work that comes from churches within the Anglican Communion in the UK, or that is fully ecumenical.

They fund established organisations (by this they mean at least 18 months old and have published their first set of annual accounts) that have a track record.

They are looking for applicants that have the necessary expertise and experience and are well placed to deliver the work for which funding is sought.

They prioritise smaller organisations and are unlikely to make a grant to organisations with an income of over £1 million.

Applications can be made for funding of up to three years. The minimum grant you can ask for is £10,000 per annum. There is no maximum but, due to restrictions on the budget, grants of more than a total of £70,000 are unlikely to be awarded.

There are no deadlines and applications can be submitted at any time during the year.

They do not make grants to applicant organisations which have:

• Reserves (net current assets plus investments) covering more than 12 months’ expenditure
• An annual income above £1 million (in exceptional circumstances they are willing to consider applications from organisations with an income over £1 million subject to discussion with a member of staff)
• Applied to them unsuccessfully within the previous 12 months
• Another application under consideration in any of their grant programmes
• An active grant from them under any of their grant programmes

They will not support:

• Applications for less than £10,000 per annum
• Proposals for grants of more than 50% of the annual running costs of an organisation
• Work that will take place overseas
• Grants to individuals, or to other causes, that will benefit only one person, including student grants or bursaries
• Capital grants of any sort
• Work whose sole focus is heritage or conservation
• Sabbaticals or holidays

£10,000 and over per year up to 3 years (most grants are for 1-2 years).