Our ‘Talents Fund’ provides small grants of up to £500 to Church of England churches in financially deprived areas for new work focused on learning, growing and developing in Christian discipleship.
This includes…
- Deepening learning about Christian faith and practice in a way which makes sense in your neighbourhood
- Developing new approaches, activities or resources for exploring Christian discipleship within or beyond your worshipping community or in the places where ‘church’ and ‘community’ meet
- Supporting the deepening of Christian discipleship amongst adults and/or children and young people and/or intergenerational groups
- Doing something to deepen understanding/practice of Christian discipleship which you wouldn’t otherwise be able to do.
To be eligible to apply, your parish should…
- Be situated within the Dioceses of Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Lichfield and Worcester.
- Be amongst the 20% ‘most deprived’ parishes within your diocese, according to Indices of Multiple Deprivation statistics for Church of England parishes (please check ‘Eligible Parishes’ table below).
- Have a clear appetite to do more to help people learn more about Christian faith and go on a deeper journey of discipleship (this shouldn’t only be the incumbent’s desire but also that of others within the church community too)
- Not currently be receiving significant investment in a project with a focus on growing/deepening discipleship from another source (e.g., SMMIB)
- Be in a position to make use of a grant over the coming 6-12 months
Please see Information and Guidance for Applicants document below for full details of what costs are/not eligible, and how to apply.
Hear about a parish with Talents funding here:
8 x small grants of £500 remain available in 2025-26. The remaining grants will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis. See below for real-time information about how many grants remain available:
Please do ask (director[at]saltleytrust.org.uk/0121 427 6800) if you have any further questions.
Download Short Flyer about the Talents FundDownload Is my Parish Eligible? If you see your parish name on this spreadsheet, you are eligible to apply.
Download Information and Guidance for Applicants
Download Word version of Application Form
You can also apply online here. We look forward to reading your application!
If your parish does not appear on the list, but you have a project you have a project idea you’d like to share with us, please get in touch. Our general Small Grants fund re-opens in in 2026 – application deadline 1st April 2026).