The number of applications for grants is increasing. The pilgrims applying for grants are finding it more and more difficult to pay for their pilgrimages. Some are able to raise funds themselves, for example by sponsored activities, but some are not.
A group leader recently wrote telling us that ‘The cost now is such that the pilgrimage is becoming cost prohibitive for many students’.
People who stand to gain greatly from pilgrimage – disabled people, nurses, students – are among those finding it hardest to raise funds.
You can support our work and help people make extraordinary journeys of pilgrimage in three ways:
- making a single donation
- making a donation every month
- leaving the Trust a legacy in your will (please contact us directly for the legal wording)
A good part of our income is donations from members of the Grand Priory of Knights Templar in the United Kingdom, the Trust having been founded by members of the Order in 1982.
The Travel company McCabe Pilgrimages has supported the Trust for many years.
We are fortunate to have had support from these donors but the interest in pilgrimages is increasing and, with it, the number of applications. In the first three months of 2020, we received more applications that in the whole of 2019.
We need more donors to meet this growing need.
