C of E’s historic slavery fund – worth £100m but how far will it stretch across communities?

Clerical leaders hope for lasting legacy' to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and Caribbean

The Church of England's decision to set up a 100m fund for communities adversely affected by historic slavery is the latest - and biggest - step it has taken over the past few years to address past wrongs" relating to its links to the slave trade.

The report on the origins of the C of E's healthy 9bn-plus endowment fund correctly describes the 17th century slave trade as abhorrent" and a source of misery and injustice.