Church of Scotland Housing and Loan Fund – offers loans to support separated or divorced spouses and separated civil partners of ministers of the Church of Scotland.
Clergy Support Trust (formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy) – provide specified grants to separated and divorced Anglican clergy spouses or partners, with special support caseworkers, including good professional and legal advice. Here is a bespoke page for those in our situation. Phone 0800 389 5192
The Foundation of Edward Storey – awards grants to women or men who are widows, widowers, divorced or separated spouses /partners of clergy who have served in the Church of England, the Church in Wales or the Scottish Episcopal Church; as well as to clergywomen, deaconesses, missionaries or other women professionally connected to the Church of England. It also provides sheltered accommodation to women over 60 who meet any of these criteria.
St Andrew’s Society for Ladies in Need – give regular and special one-off grants to retired ladies or those unable to earn through illness or disability who have had a good education, live alone and are in need of some assistance.
Smallwood Trust – mission is to enable women to become financially resilient by equipping them with the skills they need to secure a confident financial future .
Deakin & Withers Fund – for women nationwide aged over 40, who are a member of any denomination on the Churches Together list, “single/divorced/widowed and experiencing financial hardship”
Turn2Us – a national charity providing practical help to people who are struggling financially. Includes an in-depth grants search tool.
Children:
ButtleUK – may help with school fees and expenses for under 16s in crisis situations; applications through support workers.
The Rustat Trust makes hardship grants for the maintenance of school-age children of clergy ordained according to the rites of the Church of England. There are no restrictions on the clergy who may apply including: stipendiary or self-supporting clergy, clergy in parish or non-parochial roles and the families of deceased clergy. Grants are not made towards the payment of school fees except in special circumstances. Applications from parents of children with disabilities or learning difficulties, single parents, clergy ministering in areas of deprivation or in other circumstances of hardship are particularly welcome. Applications for grants are usually invited during Autumn. For more information contact chapel@jesus.cam.ac.uk.