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Make a gift to the cathedral

Join thousands of people who, over the centuries, have given what they can to make Durham Cathedral the amazing place it is today.

A cathedral for future generations

The life and work of a cathedral is incredibly diverse. We combine daily worship with looking after historic buildings, improving the River Wear, training apprentices in heritage skills, and much more.

Your gift will contribute to every aspect of cathedral life - and every gift, large or small, makes a difference. Regular gifts (monthly or annual) play an especially important role in helping the cathedral to plan for the future.

Make a gift to support our life and work

Leave your mark

Durham Cathedral is one of the world's architectural treasures and is a part of the Durham UNESCO World Heritage Site. It takes lots of time and specialist skills to ensure its cared for properly. A gift to the cathedral's Heritage Endowment Fund enables conservation work to look after the cathedral's buildings and the priceless things within them - from the magnificent rose window at the East end to the font with its towering 460-year-old wooden cover at the West end. 

Gifts to the Heritage Endowment Fund help to maintain all of this, and more, for future generations.

Make a gift to the Heritage Endowment Fund

Fill the cathedral with music

Music is powerful and it can often lift our spirits. Durham Cathedral has been making and performing music for nearly 1000 years, with talented organists to choristers who love to share their gifts with you.

Supporting the cathedral's music fund, Raising a Voice, is an investment in musicians. Your support to this fund will help to realise our vision in widening access to the choir with means-tested bursaries for young people in the North East and  engage with local communities with music.

Make a gift to Raising a Voice
Choir singing at a Christmas service

Be part of an international community

Durham itself may be a small city in northern England, but its reach is global.

The cathedral is precious to local people, but also to generations of students and visitors who take away memories to cherish. During the Covid-19 pandemic (2020-22), the cathedral touched the lives of people across the world through livestreamed worship and a new online Community of Prayer.

Supporters from across the world ensure that we continue sharing the cathedral internationally.

Gifts, of any size, may be made in US dollars, euros, Canadian dollars or Australian dollars. For the benefit of supporters in the USA, the cathedral is an approved partner of the British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF), a not-for-profit organisation supporting tax-efficient giving to the UK and the Commonwealth.

Make a gift from abroad Make a gift from the USA via BSUF

Contact us

The cathedral's Development team would love to hear from you to discuss your existing support or making a new gift. Email us at development@durhamcathedral.co.uk

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