Dorothy Kerin Trust

The Dorothy Kerin Trust carries forward Dorothy Kerin's pioneering vision of Christian healing ministry through holistic whole-person care that integrates physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Rooted in compassion, faith, service, and Anglican tradition, it advances the Christian faith while preventing and relieving physical and mental illness. Funding decisions prioritize transformative partnerships with aligned organizations, emphasizing sustainable Christian ministry, capacity building, and ethical stewardship to foster enduring spiritual and health restoration for communities in need.

It supports chaplaincy services providing spiritual care and comfort to the sick and sorrowing, counselling and medical therapies addressing mental health challenges, anxiety, depression, and chronic physical illness, therapeutic healing activities blending faith-based interventions with emotional support, outdoor spaces and recreation programs promoting holistic wellbeing and recovery, and community-led initiatives offering peer support groups, befriending, and pastoral outreach for individuals experiencing isolation, spiritual disconnection, or faith crises. Interventions focus on person-centred holistic approaches, preventative spiritual care, trauma-informed chaplaincy, and integrative therapies that heal body, mind, and soul, targeting people with complex health needs, mental health conditions, those seeking faith renewal, families facing illness-related sorrow, and communities building resilience through Christian-led therapeutic services, residential retreats, day services, and wellbeing training.

Exclusions encompass non-Christian initiatives, secular health projects lacking faith integration, and activities unrelated to holistic healing or spiritual ministry. Distinctive for its explicit Christian ethos, legacy-driven focus on healing the faithless and comforting the sorrowing, and niche emphasis on Anglican chaplaincy and therapeutic faith practices, it prioritizes beneficiaries in local communities including those with mental illness, physical disabilities, elderly individuals facing isolation, carers needing spiritual sustenance, and faith communities advancing whole-person recovery through trauma-informed, community-led pastoral care.