Frequently asked questions on the Church of England’s reparations fund

About the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice

How will the fund work?

How can I apply for a grant from the fund?

What is the £100 million supposed to do?

What will the money be spent on?

How did you arrive at the sum of £100 million? What methodology did you employ?

Is the Church paying £1bn in reparations?

Why aren’t the Church Commissioners just giving the money directly to descendants of enslaved people?

Background and research findings

What prompted the Church Commissioners to look into its history?

What did the research reveal?

What is your response to concerns about the reliability of the Church Commissioners’ research on the historical investments of Queen Anne’s Bounty in African chattel enslavement?

It has been asserted that Queen Anne’s Bounty did not buy shares in the South Sea Company

It is asserted that investments made by Queen Anne’s Bounty in South Sea Annuities represented, at one remove, claims on the Government with no connection to African chattel enslavement

Some argue it is misleading to suggest that all South Sea investors were consciously investing in African chattel enslavement voyages

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