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The Manchester Buddhist Centre was built on generosity

In the mid 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 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 of cash or cheques in the Centre’s dana (dona­tion) bowls. Dana is the Pali word for gen­er­os­ity. So, next time you visit the Centre please con­sider mak­ing a dona­tion. No amount is too large or too small.

There are many other ways to fin­an­cially sup­port the Centre:

Reg­u­lar Giving

Stand­ing orders are par­tic­u­larly help­ful. They enable us to budget effect­ively. Over 150 people are already giv­ing like this.

Down­load and print out a stand­ing order form here, or pick one up at the Centre. Please post the com­pleted form to us rather than dir­ect to your bank.

Gift Aid Declar­a­tion and Bankers’ Order Form

(to view this pdf file you will need Adobe Reader which you can down­load here for free)

Dana bowl for putting donations in

Give as you earn

For people on PAYE, this is a very tax-efficient way to give, par­tic­u­larly if you are in a higher tax band. Check if your employer is part of the scheme and ask them to sign you up for a reg­u­lar tax free pay­ment to the Centre. Some employ­ers may match your dona­tion pound for pound.

Online giv­ing

You can make fast and secure credit or debit card dona­tions through the Char­it­ies Aid Found­a­tion website

Monk and dana bowl

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 28p in the pound, at no extra cost to you.

There is full gift aid inform­a­tion on the stand­ing order form, at the dana (dona­tion) bowls on the walls of the recep­tion area, and on the Char­it­ies Aid Found­a­tion website.

Other Ways of Giving

Volun­teer your time and skills
You might be sur­prised to know how many volun­teers work away here, from dec­or­at­ing and diy to clean­ing and leaf­let­ing. Go to the volun­teers page for fur­ther information.

Legacies
If you are mak­ing a will, please con­sider a bequest to the Centre. A soli­citor will be able to advise on wording.

Donate items we can sell
Volun­teers raise over £150 a month from the ground floor second hand book stall. Please leave any books you no longer need with the recep­tion­ist. Maybe you would like to help us sell other donated items online?

Give us your old mobile!
Just remove the sim card and drop the phone off at recep­tion — it will be reused or recycled, saved from land­fill, and the Centre receives £3 a phone.

Be sponsored
Choose the Buddhist Centre as your char­ity if you are tak­ing part in a run or other event.

How much does it all cost?

giving

For our fin­an­cial reports please see our Char­ity Com­mis­sion returns

There is also inform­a­tion on the Centre’s income and expendit­ure in our sup­port­ers’ news­let­ter, The Big Thank You

Down­load The Big Thank You News­let­ter here as a pdf

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