The area we cover is the Anglican Diocese of Sheffield, which extends from Southern Sheffield up to Goole.

The Trust meets 4 times per year

Our capital came from the sale of a mother-and-baby home that belonged to the Diocese of Sheffield. We currently hold shares and a deposit fund with the Central Board of Finance. These investments created about £8,000 during 2002. It is this annual interest from capital which we use to fund projects.

In a typical year we are able to provide small amounts of funding for between twenty and thirty organisations. Our compass has been broad, including all kinds of social and community initiatives, supporting churches' work with families and children, older people, people with special needs and people with problems of mental health or homelessness.

Grants are normally for up to £500, as our policy has been to help as many organisations as possible with the funds available. Exceptionally, grants up to £1000 can be made. Some grants have contributed to the funding of a new scheme; others have paid for furniture and equipment or training, or helped with the costs of parish audits.

As for many other charities, our income in 2002 reduced because of the falling levels of our income from investments.(£8145 compared with £11,630 in 1999)

Despite this we were unable to distribute all the funding available last year, as we had fewer applications. We appreciate that this may be because organisations starting major initiatives have applied to Trust funds with larger sums at their disposal.

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