Chap-Aid is the charitable arm of the Anglican Chaplaincy of Aquitaine, France.  This is the organisation the Chaplaincy has created to enable us to express our Christian faith in practical terms to people throughout the world who are in need. In the 5 years of our existence we have been able to send approximately €60 000 to various charities around the world. The Chaplaincy cannot give money to any outside person or organisation directly as the law requires it to pass such monies through a separate entity. So, to make its giving possible and legal, in 2006 the Chaplaincy created the necessary charitable body – known as an ‘Association Caritative’ or an ‘Association Cultuelle’. Called CHAP-AID, the charity’s objectives are to collect and distribute funds to enable it to provide relief to those in need, to support outreach, and to care for individuals in France or elsewhere, and to collect and distribute funds to those ends in a spirit of Christian concern.

Chap-Aid is managed by an annually elected Council.

The Council of Chap-Aid recommends one or two charities that the whole chaplaincy should support and also encourages local sectors to adopt one or two additional charities according to the interest of local members.
(The Chaplaincy is currently divided into six sectors.)

The Council also recommends that the Chaplaincy sets itself a target of 10% of the current running costs of the chaplaincy for its level of charitable giving. (With a current annual budget of around €100 000 we hope to raise at least an additional €10 000 for charity. In fact in 2010 we were able to raise over €20 000!).

The Chaplaincy of Aquitaine is an Association Cultuelle and is governed by the Law on Associations of 1905.

CHAP-AID is the Charity Association of the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine under the law governing associations

of 1901 No. W3320060028.

The registered office, or Siège Sociale, is Le Presbytère, 1 Lotissement la Caussade, 33270 Floirac.