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Need convincing to book your tickets for our 370th Festival? 🎵 "The Festival is a wonderful thing. It's rare that I miss it. It's part of my DNA. It's always an event of great interest and excitement and reunion. That #choral #music is my greatest joy." - Luke. www.clergysupport.org.uk/festival

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"It's hard enough knowing someone's going to drill in your mouth for hours - but then you have to find thousands of pounds!" 🦷 Donna was surprised that we could soften the blow of her eye-watering dental bill, after the stress of a nightmare dentist. Read her story: www.clergysupport.org.uk/donna

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You’re very welcome, Andrew! 👍 Taking time away to rest, recharge and gather ourselves is vital to our wellbeing, especially if you’re #clergy serving your community.

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Were you one of the almost 2,800 households we supported with a grant or service last year? 🏠 Check your emails - We'd love it if you'd complete the survey we've sent you. Your feedback will help us to improve what we do, and to better tailor our offering to the needs of clergy and their families.

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"Clergy wellbeing is not a peripheral issue, but essential to the mission and ministry of the Church." 👏 Missed the announcement? @churchofengland.org will provide £2m towards the grants we give to thousands of their serving #clergy who rely on us each year. www.clergysupport.org.uk/announcement

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Forgot to get a gift for that special someone on #ValentinesDay? 💜 Don't worry - Book tickets to our 370th Festival Service on Tuesday 13 May. It's free, one of the oldest choral music events in the world, and brings together three wonderful cathedral choirs. www.clergysupport.org.uk/valentines

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Looking for a job where you can make a difference? ➡️ Head of Charitable Development & Resources - a strategic role, designing online resources for clergy households. ➡️ Fundraising Manager - helping to grow our donations and corporate partnerships. Apply now: www.clergysupport.org.uk/vacancies

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So grateful for the work of @clergysupport.bsky.social Clergy colleagues I know it’s hard to ask for help - we’ve been there. For me it felt as if I was being unfaithful and had failed at my vocation. They loved me, helped me, and then offered even more care ✝️

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@churchofengland.org is set to provide us with £2m in funding, towards the grants we give to thousands of their serving #clergy who rely on us each year. This follows our efforts to advocate for improvements to the stipend, set to be debated at General Synod. www.clergysupport.org.uk/announcement

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We're excited to reveal this year's choirs, as we celebrate 370 years of our Festival Service, one of the oldest choral music events in the world. 🎵 Bradford Cathedral 🎵 Lichfield Cathedral 🎵 St Paul's Cathedral Meet the choirs, and book your free tickets: www.clergysupport.org.uk/choirs

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It’s great to see an inflationary increase to the stipend recommended to @churchofengland General Synod. We’ve been working with the Church for some time to improve clergy pay, and we’re really pleased that our advocacy, including sharing anonymised data showing the scale of our financial support.

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Apologies to those of you who saw our recent typo. 🤦‍♂️ On Tuesday 13 May at 5pm, Clergy Support Trust are hosting one of the world’s oldest “choral” festivals, not “coral” festivals… Book your free tickets: www.clergysupport.org.uk/festival

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"Let's be less frightened of having that conversation. Let's not see loneliness as a taboo. Let's reach out." 💜 Thank you to everyone who tuned in to Premier Radio earlier this month, to hear our Chief Executive talk about the challenges faced by #clergy. www.clergysupport.org.uk/radio

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Tickets for our 370th Festival Service are now available to book! 🎟️ The Service is free to attend, but a donation to support our valuable work with clergy households would be greatly appreciated. St Paul's Cathedral Tuesday 13 May 2025, 5pm https://buff.ly/3PGzH0X

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Could you be our new Fundraising Manager? 📣 Benefits of joining the Clergy Support Trust team include: 🎈 An extra day off on your birthday. 🤝 An annual volunteering allowance. 🎓 A generous budget for training and study. 👓 A contribution towards prescription glasses. https://buff.ly/4h0hVC4

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📡 Radio stations 📺 TV production companies 🗞️ Newspapers and magazines If you're covering a story on the challenges facing #clergy households and would like to talk to us, or to find out more about who we are and what we do, download our Media Pack. Read online: https://buff.ly/3PEmTs9

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Our Chief Executive, The Revd Ben Cahill-Nicholls will be a guest on Premier Christian Radio this morning. 🎙️ Listen to the 'Faith, Hope and Love' show at 10am, to hear more about #clergy wellbeing and how we walk alongside clergy families. Tune in online 👇 buff.ly/3CaBM2e

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We're encouraged to read in the Archbishop of York's letter that #clergy wellbeing is being recognised with the importance it greatly needs. In our meetings with many Church leaders, it's clear they share our concern - that almost 2,800 households rely on our support. 👇

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Applications for our grants and services have now reopened. 👩‍💻 We are expecting a high number of applications in the next few days, following our closure over the Christmas holidays. Thank you for your patience, and we'll endeavour to reply to all queries as soon as we can.

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Congratulations to our Trustee, Jeremy Hargreaves on his appointment as MBE in the #NewYearsHonours List. 👏 "To be recognised in this way is a tremendous honour, especially alongside the many incredible individuals who have also been recognised.” Find out more: buff.ly/40lWg14

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Best of luck to The Revd Lisa Coupland, a priest from Cornwall, competing on #TheTraitors! 🤫 📸 Photo credit: BBC Media Centre

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Happy New Year! 🕛 🥳 🎉 Thank you to our applicants, our donors, our Governors and Stewards for your support in 2024. With your help, we walked alongside over 2,725 clergy and their families, with more than 6,800 grants. Read their stories: buff.ly/41qPo3B

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From the whole team here at Clergy Support Trust, we hope you all have a restful, very Merry Christmas. 🎁 🎄

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The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford, The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will give the sermon at our 2025 Festival. "At a time when the pressures on wellbeing are so challenging, the Trust's work is vital and appreciated by many families. I'm grateful and honoured to be invited." https://buff.ly/3ZCLbaG

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It was wonderful to welcome over 90 guests to our first Christmas Carol Service last week. 🎵 Thank you to The King's Chapel of The Savoy for hosting us, to their choir who led us in song, and to the friends of the Trust who gave readings. Relive the evening: https://buff.ly/4gpdwrD

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Applications and verifications for our grants and services are now closed. ✋ This is to give our hard-working team the chance to rest and recharge over Christmas. However, we will be contactable for emergency situations until our office closes on Tuesday 24 December. https://buff.ly/4gaJWGz

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For #clergy the wonderful Clergy Support Trust @clergysupport.bsky.social has joined Blue Sky. 😀

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Shortly before her 17th birthday, #clergy child, Maddie qualified to represent Team GB at the #Paralympics. 🏅 With less than a month until she travelled to Paris, the family had to work out how they'd afford this once-in-a-lifetime trip... Read their story: www.clergysupport.org.uk/paralympics

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