Priorities Fund
Priorities Fund News - Allocations 2001
2001 Allocations from 2000 Fund
| MINISTRY | |
| CACTM - Support and training of men and women for the Ministry | £25,000 |
| Theological College - Recruitment and selection of Ordinands | £6,500 |
| Theological College - In-service training of Clergy and Laity | £5,000 |
| House of Bishops - In-service training in each Diocese | £35,000 |
| Church's Ministry of Healing - Extension of Ministry and conferences for clergy and laity | £6,000 |
| GS Council for the Church Overseas - To assist with the funding of a Mission Resource Person for the Church of Ireland, for the opening 3 years of the new Millennium | £10,000 |
| Sub-total | £87,500 |
| RETIREMENT | |
| C of I Pensions Board - Additional income for most needy | £12,708 |
| C of I Pensions Board - Retired Chaplain | £441 |
| Sub-total | £13,149 |
| EDUCATION | |
| GS Board of Education (NI) - Funding to enable the development of Children's Ministry | £7,500 |
| GS Board of Education (RI) - Funding for the development of a new primary religious education programme | £20,000 |
| The Girls' Friendly Society - On-going education for the children and young people of the Church of Ireland | £3,000 |
| Church of Ireland Youth Department - To help with the development of plans to facilitate and deliver a youth ministry to the Church of Ireland nationally (The above grant to CIYD is given with the proviso that up to 50% is allocated for youth projects at a Diocesan/Parochial level, the balance being for CIYD's own projects.) | £45,000 |
| Education Sub-committee Sectarianism Committee - To assist with the funding of a proposed Education Programme on Sectarianism | £20,000 |
| Dublin Diocesan Church Music Committee - To assist with the training of church musicians | £2,000 |
| The Mothers' Union - To assist with funding for community based parenting courses throughout Ireland, facilitated by Mothers' Union members | £6,000 |
| Recorded Church Music Committee - Funding for the provision of CD's/tapes of hymns from the revised Church Hymnal, to assist in the general worship of the Church | £6,500 |
| Hymnal Revision Committee - To help with the costs of producing a Braille edition of the Church Hymnal, in the Braille Department of H.M. Prison, Maghaberry | £2,500 |
| Diocese of Meath and Kildare - Funding to assist applicants to participate in the Pastoral Studies Course | £2,000 |
| Magnificent Seven - Derry and Raphoe - To help with the development of the Magnificent Seven Youth Initiative in the cross-border diocese of Derry and Raphoe | [£10,000]* |
| New Beginnings Ireland - To alleviate deficit on youth mission trip to Florida during summer 2000 | [£1,000]* |
| Central Communications Board - Financial assistance for the posts of Director of Communications in Dublin and Media Officer in Belfast | £22,500 |
| Sub-total | £137,000 |
| COMMUNITY | |
| PACT (Protestant Adoption Society), Dublin - Provision of an adoption and post-adoption service for the Protestant community and a non-denominational unplanned pregnancy service | £12,000 |
| C of I Board for Social Responsibility (NI) - To allow social work services to be maintained, covering adoption, counselling and training courses for clergy | £17,000 |
| The Mageough Home, Dublin - To assist with funding for the upgrading of houses for elderly ladies | £7,500 |
| St John's House of Rest, Dublin - Funding for the installation of a new gas main and modification of boiler | £2,500 |
| Harcourt Home, Dublin - To assist with the cost of overhauling or replacing heating system | £5,000 |
| C of I Gazette - Funding to maintain and develop the website and help with distribution costs in the Republic | £7,000 |
| Corrymeela Community, Belfast - To help with the cost of publishing a new Worship Book, for use in cross-community programmes at the Centre | £3,500 |
| PAKT Lurgan - To assist with the provision of an efficient volunteer training programme, enabling the reduction of paid staff | £10,000 |
| Care in Crisis, Lurgan - To obtain funding for the 'Love for Life' education programme for young people | £2,500 |
| Central Belfast Contact Centre - To obtain essential seed funding for a Contact Centre, where children of separated families can meet with one or both parents, in a safe and compatible environment | £5,000 |
| C of I Association of Deaf People - To help sustain the needs of deaf people, especially in the education area | £2,400 |
| Sub-total | £74,400 |
| AREAS OF NEED | ||
| Armagh | St Mary's Parish, Aghavilly - To assist with the building of a new parish hall beside the church | £5,000 |
| Clogher | Magheracross Parish - To assist with the cost of setting up a Youth Drop-in Centre | [£5,000]* |
| Connor | Glenavy Parish - Funding for the purpose of developing opportunities for Christian witness, in an area of tension | £5,000 |
| Connor | Greenisland Parish - To help with the provision of new kitchen facilities in the Parish Centre, for use by both parish and community | £5,000 |
| Cork | Kinneigh Union - To assist with the purchase of a 'Portakabin' for the sole purpose of providing Sunday School accommodation | £2,000 |
| Derry | St Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry - To assist with funding for the Two Cathedrals' Festival | £5,000 |
| Down | Ballyholme Parish - To give assistance towards the cost of sending a team of young people to Capetown, to work on a reconciliation project | [£1,500]* |
| Dromore | Christ Church, Kilkeel - To finish the building and setting up of a new drop-in Centre, providing a safe environment in which young adults of all communities may meet | [£2,500]* |
| Dromore | St John's Parish, Moira - To assist with the cost of establishing a community based drop-in Centre, to provide a safe environment for young people | [£2,000]* |
| Ferns | St Iberius Church, Wexford - To assist with the provision of much needed kitchen and toilet facilities, in a church that is a centre for community and reconciliation | £5,000 |
| Ferns | St Mary's Church, New Ross - To help with the alterations of a store room at the rear of the church, for use as Sunday School accommodation | £2,000 |
| Glendalough | Dunganstown Union - Funding for a parish mobile home, to provide free holiday accommodation for clergy and their families | £2,000 |
| Ross | Ross Union - To assist with the renovation of a coachman's cottage at the Deanery, to facilitate its use for the development of the ministry, life and outreach of the church | £5,000 |
| Sub-total | £36,000 | |
| RECONCILIATION AND OUTREACH | |
| Derry and Raphoe Action - This group exists to create self confidence and encourage community development processes within rural Protestant communities in the counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Donegal. | £5,000 |
| Kill O'the Grange Parish, (Dublin Diocese) - To build upon and further reconciliation/peace building, on a North/South and Church of Ireland/Roman Catholic framework | £2,500 |
| Sixmilecross & Termonmaguirke Parishes, (Armagh Diocese) - To assist with funding for an annual Community Festival, which will celebrate both Protestant and Roman Catholic expressions of music and culture | £5,000 |
| Sydenham Cross Community Group, (Down Diocese) - To help with the development of a drop-in centre and community cafe, where the local churches can work together with the community to tackle the many problems in the area | £9,000 |
| Think Again - Diocese of Down & Dromore - To help finance the 'Think Again Initiative' (Renewing the Church 2000-2005), in its outworkings in the parishes of the Diocese. | £12,000 |
| Sub-total | £33,500 |
ALLOCATIONS GRAND TOTAL | £381,549 |
| * See Church of Ireland Youth Department allocation |