The Friends of the Clergy Corporation is the principal charitable organisation assisting clergy in times of financial difficulty. They also help retired clergy and clergy widows and widowers, separated and divorced spouses and dependent children. Grants can be considered for whatever the need is. Here are examples of some of the things for which grants are given:- school uniforms, school trips, school travel expenses, music lessons and instruments, for help towards the cost of travelling to hospital, for extra heating expenses when there is family illness, for help towards the cost of a spouses funeral, sometimes for help towards the cost of a family holiday.
At St Michael’s we think it is important to support this charity which supports our clergy in times of difficulty. Helen Boswell