Allchurches Trust [Alliance member], one of the UK’s major grant-making trusts, has appointed James Laing as Director of Grants and Relationships.
Currently General Secretary of the Council of Lutheran Churches (CLC) in London, James will advise Allchurches Trust’s board on the strategic development of its grants programmes, develop the Trust’s relations with an increasingly wide range of beneficiaries and lead its team of grants officers. Last year, Allchurches Trust gave more than £13 million to churches, charities and communities across the UK and Ireland.
At the Council of Lutheran Churches, James has brought together Lutheran Churches from across Europe and Scandinavia for mutual support and collaboration in serving the needs of British society and Lutheran communities in particular. He has given the CLC a coherent Lutheran voice, developed relations with other Churches, and strengthened its grant-giving for parish ministry, social justice and welfare.