‘Lifeline for a new curate’
When Covid happened, I ended up living in a motor home for six months. I’d been at college and went to live with mum and dad while I waited for my curacy house, but they needed to shield, and I had to find somewhere else to go.
With all my things in storage I didn’t have anything to cook with, I didn’t have anything to wear, or anything to wash with.
I was really struggling. The money from my final maintenance payment was all gone. I was really desperate.
It was difficult mentally and emotionally. I was so isolated.
Help for emergencies
Then one day I saw on Facebook that Clergy Support Trust might help.
I rang Clergy Support Trust and even though I wasn’t ordained yet, they made an exception and awarded me an emergency grant.
Right from the start they were looking for a way to help and support me in a time of real need. I wasn’t a statistic or a number, I was a person.
It was a lifeline. It was the difference between me being here doing what I’m doing, and me not being here doing what I’m doing.
I genuinely wouldn’t be here without the help of Clergy Support Trust.
Matt, Purbrook