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Clergy Wellbeing

Clergy Appointments and Conduct and Clergy and Lay Employment

  • Appointment of Overseas Clergy and Religious Workers
  • Appointment of Workers: undertaking necessary checks
  • Automatic Enrolment – Guidance note
  • Clergy Holiday & Time Off guidelines
  • Clergy Personnel Handbook
    • Clergy Wellbeing
    • Continuing Ministerial Development
    • Personnel Policies
    • Remuneration, Housing and Expenses
    • Retirement
  • Minimum Standards For Clergy Housing
  • Pensions – Automatic Enrolment
  • Pensions Consultation
  • Professional Conduct of Clergy
  • Standard Stipend
  • Vacancy Procedures

Resources for Clergy wellbeing

Organisation Website Phone Description
Mind www.mind.org.uk 0300 123 3393 Mental Health Support
Anxiety UK www.anxietyuk.org.uk 03444 775 774 Anxiety Support
Bipolar UK www.bipolaruk.org.uk Providing peer support services to empower people affected by bipolar to live well
CALM www.thecalmzone.net 0800 585858 Mental health helpline and web chat
No Panic www.nopanic.org.uk 0300 772 9844 No Panic offers advice, support, recovery programs and help for people living with phobias, OCD and any other anxiety-based disorders.
Papyrus www.papyrus-uk.org 0800 068 4141 Youth suicide prevention
Men’s Health Forum www.menshealthforum.org.uk 020 7922 7908 Provides 24/7 stress support for men to text, chat and email.
Rethink Mental Illness www.rethink.org
Samaritans www.samaritans.org.uk 116 123
Alzheimer’s Society www.alzheimers.org.uk 0300 222 1122
Cruse Bereavement Care www.cruse.org.uk 0808 808 1677 Offering support with grief
Mencap Charity www.mencap.org.uk 0800 808 1111 Working to support people with learning disabilities and their families
Relate www.relate.org.uk Providing relationship support
Sheldon Hub www.sheldonhub.org A safe place for people in ministry to meet and share. Access is by logging into the website. There is a validation process which allows individuals who are in ministry to access a variety of information. It also allows those not in ministry to access certain parts of the hub.
St Luke’s Health Care www.stlukesforclergy.org.uk 020 7898 1700 Charity offering healthcare support for clergy and their families
Place for hope placeforhope.org.uk 07884 580 359 A charity offering a variety of support to clergy

 


 

Financial resources

Organisation Contact
Christians against poverty: Debt counselling and guidance charity www.capuk.org
Scottish Debt Help www.Scottish-debthelp.co.uk/money/advice
Money Advice Service www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
Citizens Advice www.citizensadvice.org.uk

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