Clergy Support Trust was a sponsor and exhibitor at the recent Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park.
The new Clergy Support Trust name and branding were launched at CRE Manchester in March 2019 and we returned to CRE in October, this time to the National event at Sandown Park. It was a great opportunity to highlight our new approach to grants, launched in July.
Six of our staff took turns to be on the stand, and enjoyed meeting many past and potential beneficiaries, and explaining the range of grants and services we provide. Several attendees expressed their thanks in person for our past support; others were surprised to hear that our beneficiaries included self-supporting and retired ministers. Applicants can of course check their eligibility via our online eligibility checker.
The new grants which generated significant interest were:
Also exhibiting at CRE were several or our partners, including SPCK Publishing, which provides the Clergy Support Trust Library, and the College of St Barnabas.