# Two Anglican grant-making charities to collaborate more closely

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/26/two-anglican-grantmaking-charities-collaborate-more-closely/
- Published: 2004-05-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and The Friends of the Clergy Corporation,
the two leading charities helping Anglican clergy and their families in times of
need, have reached agreement in principle on a closer collaboration between the 
two grant-making organisations.
It is proposed that a board of trustees common to
both charities should be established, thereby enabling the two Corporations to be
administered together with a unified grant-making process.

 

 

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The aims of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and The Friends of the Clergy
Corporation are broadly similar. They already have many years’ experience of working
closely together. Their combined total grants during 2003 of over £2 million represent
by far the largest source of charitable assistance to clergy and their dependants
nationwide. Naturally, the maintenance of two separate charities with such similar
objectives means that there is duplication of administration.

 

 

By bringing the two organisations together under a single trustee body, there will
be an immediate advantage for beneficiaries in the form of a simplified application
procedure and a unified system of grant administration. In due course, further efficiencies
should be obtained, thereby reducing the total level of overheads and increasing
the amount available for distribution to beneficiaries.

 

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