Sponsor A Chorister
Music plays an integral role in the life and worship of the cathedral. Imagine a silent cathedral; no choir to sing carols at Christmas and all services being said. The end of a 1,300-year-old choral tradition. Without your generosity, this could happen.
Sponsor a Chorister £150 a year/£12.50 a month
Sponsor a Lay Clerk £150 a year/£12.50 a month
Sponsor a Week of Music £500 a year/£42 a month
In return for your sponsorship:
- You will receive an invitation to a private reception and musical event with the choir each year.
- You will have other opportunities to hear the choir sing throughout the year.
- Your name will be recorded in a specially commissioned book each year which will be on display at the annual Benefactors’ Service.
A week in the musical life of the cathedral can be sponsored for £500 per year in the dedication of your choice.
In recognition of your dedication or sponsorship:
- Your name or company logo will appear on the weekly service sheets as the sponsor of the week of music
- You will be invited to attend an annual private reception and Evensong
- Your name will be recorded in a specially commissioned book which will be on display at the annual Benefactors’ Service.
Please contact Margaret Hammond at margarethammond@riponcathedral.org.uk for more information and a membership pack.
Become a Patron
Enjoy supporting the life, music and fabric of Ripon Cathedral and you will be playing a vital part in the preservation and development of this wonderful building.
St Hild Patron
£250/£21 a month joint membership
£200/£17 a month individual membership
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
St Cuthbert
£400/£33 a month joint membership
£300/£25 a month individual membership
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
- Invite you and a guest to the programme of exclusive patrons’ events and visit throughout the year
- Invite you and a guest to receive tickets for reserved seats at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols
St Chad Corporate Patron
£500/£42 a month corporate membership
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
- Invite you and a guest to the programme of exclusive patrons’ events and visit throughout the year
- Invite you and a guest to receive tickets for reserved seats at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols
St Etheldreda Patron
£750/£62.50 a month joint membership
£600/£50 a month individual membership
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
- Invite you and a guest to the programme of exclusive patrons’ events and visit throughout the year
- Invite you and a guest to receive tickets for reserved seats at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols
- Invite you to an exclusive annual musical event
St Wilfrid Patron
£1,500/£125 a month joint membership
£1,200/£100 a month individual membership
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
- Invite you and a guest to the programme of exclusive patrons’ events and visit throughout the year
- Invite you and a guest to receive tickets for reserved seats at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols
- Invite you to an exclusive annual musical event
- Invite you to join the Dean at an exclusive annual private reception at Minster House
- Complimentary tickets to join the Dean as a guest at a special dinner
St Peter Lifelong Patron
A one-off donation £12,000 joint
£10,000 individual donation
Benefits include:
- Keep you up to date with news via the cathedral newsletter
- Invite you and a guest to the annual benefactor service and reception
- 10% discount in the cathedral shop
- Acknowledge your support on our website and in our annual report
- Invite you and a guest to the programme of exclusive patrons’ events and visit throughout the year
- Invite you and a guest to receive tickets for reserved seats at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols
- Invite you to an exclusive annual musical event
- Invite you to join the Dean at an exclusive annual private reception at Minster House
- Complimentary tickets to join the Dean as a guest at a special dinner
Please contact Margaret Hammond at margarethammond@riponcathedral.org.uk for more information and a membership pack.
Legacy
We would very much appreciate your leaving an unrestricted gift because we will be able to use it wherever we believe it would have the greatest impact. But if there is something of special significance for you, then you might choose to leave it to benefit our music, the fabric of the cathedral or our learning activities. Alternatively, a Lifelong Legacy gift of £10,000 or more will enrol you as a St Peter Patron during your lifetime.
Please contact Margaret Hammond at margarethammond@riponcathedral.org.uk for more information.