Ransom grants
Our Ransom Grant is a fund dedicated to supporting parishes in need of funding, especially those working on evangelistic and formative projects.
Applications open 3rd July 2023
Applications close 6th November 2023.
Decisions will be given by email before the end of November and successful applicants will receive their funds by December.
Applications for a Ransom Grant may only be submitted by the parish priest of a Catholic parish of England & Wales. All applications should be made on behalf of a parish and must meet the following criteria:
Your parish’s annual Sunday collection is below £30,000 (including standing orders and Gift Aid)
You will use the Ransom Grant for your own parish and in one of the following ways:
Formation for evangelisation (e.g. training or a parish mission)
Resources for evangelisation (e.g. digital media or books)
General parish development, which may enable evangelisation (creative use of the grant is permitted here)
You have not received a grant from The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom in the past 24-months.
A parish priest may make an application on behalf of another parish within this timeframe, if their appointment has changed since their previous successful application.
Please note that no applications can be considered for the funding or partial funding of a salary.
If your application is successful, we ask that you commit to fulfilling the following objectives within 12 months of receiving your grant:
Celebrate at least five Masses for the forgotten dead in your parish.
Promote the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom in your parish with the aid of promotional material sent by the Guild.
Submit a testimony of how you used your grant and how this helped your parish. This testimony may be used to promote Ransom Grants in the future.
Be willing to be interviewed on camera about your experience with the Ransom Grants. This footage may be used in future promotional material for our grants.
Applications for a Ransom Grant can only be submitted by the parish priest of a Catholic parish of England & Wales.
Unfortunately, The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom is a charity registered to serve England & Wales only.
We ask that you share how much funding you are seeking for your project, which may be any amount. If your application is successful, we will determine the size of grant available to you based on the number of applications received and the funds available in a given year.
Applications for 2023 open 3rd July 2023 and close 6th November 2023.
Decisions will be given by email before the end of November and successful applicants will receive their funds in December.
If you have any questions about Ransom Grants, please contact grants@guild-ransom.co.uk