Other Connexional Funds

• Fund for the Support of Presbyters and Deacons (FSPD)
  This fund exists to provide additional assistance to supernumeraries; individuals who have been permitted or directed to become supernumerary; presbyters, deacons, probationers, widows or widowers and their dependent children who are in need; presbyters and deacons who are in need as a result of illness or impairment, for the purpose of enabling them to continue in or resume active work. The Fund for the Support of Presbyters and Deacons also makes grants to the Methodist Ministers’ Housing Society. Click here for further information about how to apply for grants from the FSPD.
  
  
• The Fund for Property
  This fund exists to provide support to trustees of Methodist properties in the Districts in relation to property matters. It is often in the initial stages of exploring potential options for a property where significant funds can be spent without any guarantee of a return or satisfactory outcome.  As part of the direct support offered by the Connexional Property Support Team, it has been agreed to make finance available from the Fund for Property in these exploratory stages. Click here for more information on how to apply.
  
• The Fund for Training
  The fund has three main purposes: (a) to provide initial and further training for presbyters, deacons, lay employees and other lay persons; (b) the provision of maintenance grants for persons undergoing such training and their dependants; (c) the maintenance, management and staffing of the Learning Network, and the Methodist contribution to the cost of joint theological colleges. Click here to read more about projects and initiatives supported by this fund.
  
• The Methodist Medical Benevolent Fund (MMBF)
  The purpose of this fund is to provide financial assistance to ministers suffering from stress and exhaustion to enable them to pay for appropriate recuperative treatment to facilitate recovery. This fund also helps ministers to pay for initial medical consultation, if it is not immediately available through the NHS, to facilitate speedy diagnosis and periodic health screening. Click here for information about how to apply for grants from the MMBF.

For information about all the Connexional funds, please refer to the Financial Accounts & Trustees Report.