HAVE you helped to train a priest this year? Have you given to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal? If you have not, please consider doing so: it is not too late.

Nevertheless, time is running out to boost the 2013 TAP grand total, which will be announced next Friday, in time for Whitsunday.

Please get your donation into the post as soon as possible, or visit our easy online giving page at www.hymnsam.co.uk/train-a-priest.aspx.

If you are organising a special collection this Sunday, there is a leaflet to print out here. This will do all the explaining for you, and includes a Gift Aid form.

Although we urge you to give to this year's appeal, all is not lost if your donation arrives too late: it will be added to the opening total for next year. But every donation is a vote of confidence in, and much-needed support for, today's ordinands - and not a penny is spent on administration.

How to give

. Please send cheques, postal orders, charity cheques, and cash to: TAP Fund, Church Times, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR. For an acknowledgement, please enclose a SAE. Please use a covering note if you wish to earmark all or part of your donation for the TAP Special Hardship Fund. To enable Gift Aid to be claimed on your donation, use the form printed here.