Manchester Buddhist Centre

The Manchester Buddhist Centre was built on generosity

In the 1990s a com­mit­ted group of men and women, work­ing for free, trans­formed a run down Victorian ware­house into a beau­ti­ful jewel. Since then, hun­dreds more have given time, skills and money to help the Centre com­mu­nic­ate Buddhist teach­ings and med­it­a­tion to thou­sands of people.

Manchester Buddhist Centre remains a registered char­ity (no. 514937) with no out­side fund­ing or wealthy bene­fact­ors. We get some income from courses, events, room hire and rents, but these don’t cover all our costs. We rely on the gen­er­os­ity of vis­it­ors and sup­port­ers to keep the Centre and its activ­it­ies alive and growing.

Giving Money

We always wel­come dona­tions in the Centre’s dana bowls. Dana is the Pali word for gen­er­os­ity. No amount is too large or too small.

You can also make a credit or debit card dona­tion by tele­phone or in per­son dur­ing our open­ing hours

Regular Giving

Standing orders are par­tic­u­larly help­ful. They enable us to budget effect­ively. Over 150 people are already giv­ing like this. Pick up a form at the Centre.

Gift Aid

If you are a UK tax payer you can gift aid your dona­tion, whether it’s reg­u­lar or a one-off. The gov­ern­ment then adds 25p in the pound, at no extra cost to you.

There is full gift aid inform­a­tion on the stand­ing order form, at the dona­tion boxes on the ground floor, and on the HMRC website.

Online giv­ing

Make a one-off dona­tion through our My Donate page — no need to register, and My Donate charges us no fee or commission