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    • Emergency grant

      Unexpected expenses, up to £500

    • Wellbeing grant

      Promoting your health and happiness

    • Health grant

      Physical/mental/neuro-diverse needs

    • Financial support grant

      Larger needs, means-tested

    • Debt support

      Unsecured debt support

    • Wellbeing support

      For households with specific needs

  • Services
    • Coaching

      A space to think and reflect

    • Counselling

      Talking therapies and counsellors

    • Long-Covid support

      Summary of available help

    • Sleep support (Sleepstation)

      CBTi for poor sleep and insomnia

    • Visiting Caseworkers

      Supporting applicants from home

    • Write your Will for free

      Peace of mind for the future

  • Resources
    • Benefits Calculator

      Access appropriate state support

    • Eligibility Checker

      Ensure you meet our thresholds

    • Wellbeing Workshops

      Training offering for dioceses

    • Diocesan support

      Text, logos, leaflets, etc

    • Research

      Relating to clergy household wellbeing

    • Organisation grants

      Activity days, retreat centres, care homes

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      Alternative grants and support

    • Networks & Services

      Support networks for the household

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  • About
    • Overview

      About the charity and who it serves

    • Governance

      Learn about and become a Governor

    • History

      Est 1655, Royal support and six charities

    • Key documents

      Reports, statistics and policies

    • People

      Staff, Trustees, Presidents and Patron

    • Organisations

      That we support with a grant

    • Partners

      Who help us deliver grants and services

  • Events
    • Annual Assembly

      9 October 2025, 10.30am - CCLA offices

    • Festival Service

      12 May 2026, 5pm - St Paul's Cathedral

    • Festival Dinner

      12 May 2026, 7pm - Plaisterers' Hall

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Matt is wearing a grey shirt and a white clerical collar. Esther is wearing a black dress. The two are holding one another, while looking at the camera and smiling. They are stood in front of a garden hedge.

Esther's story

"It makes me tear up. I can't verbally express my gratitude."

23 Jul 2025 | Story
A vicar, wearing a black shirt and a white clerical collar, standing in front of a meadow of trees.

Major funding announcement offers hope to serving clergy

The Church of England intends to increase the basic stipend for parish clergy by 10.7%

10 Jun 2025 | News
The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford, dressed in a golden robe.

Bishop Guli's sermon at our 370th Festival Service

"May we grow in understanding how to accept our shortcomings and our pain, whilst refusing to be held back by these."

10 Jul 2025 | News

Guidance for newly ordained clergy

An overview of the support available to you, once you receive your first full Stipend slip.

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The silhouettes of six people, holding their hands together in the air, against a sunset at the top of a mountain.

Over £160,000 in grants awarded to clergy projects

Our Trustees have recently approved a new wave of funding, for projects which seek to improve the wellbeing of clergy and their families.

12 Aug 2025 | News
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Proposed Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing Consultation response

We have responded to the draft consultation paper 'A Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing' with a letter to the working group.

18 Feb 2019 | News
Theo is giving his mother and two younger sisters a piggy-back.

Becca's story

"Our journey started when we realised both of our girls were demonstrating signs of neurodiversity, in particular not being able to cope in school."

01 Jan 2020 | Story

Trusts and Philanthropy

Larger gifts - such as those made by philanthropists, Livery Companies and Trusts & Foundations - can have a tremendous impact on the lives of our applicants.

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Gifts in Wills

A gift in your Will is an opportunity to make a lasting impact, for countless generations of clergy and their families in need.

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Other ways to give

Church collections, payroll giving and donations using our partners, like CAF and Stewardship, help us to walk alongside thousands of households in need.

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