How you can help
From dream to reality...
The great news is that thanks to YOU Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre is now living in its new home in Oakwood - the first owned building for the centre since it was first set up nearly 20 years ago!
With amazing efforts from our community we raised the deposit for the house that seemed most suitable for the Centre.
Now we are continuing with our fundraising efforts to save so we can install a disabled ramp and disabled toilet facilities.
Can You Help?
- Organise a fundraising event: We have raised a massive amount of money so far from individual members and the community organising fundraising events, such as meals, bucket collections and parties.
- Donate Unwanted Items: We have been given a narrow boat, musical instruments, a mobility scooter, a telescope, furniture, antique china and antiquarian books to sell. We also have an ongoing steady monthly income from Amazon where we sell second hand DVDs, books and CDs, so if you have any of these to donate this is also very helpful.
- Make a Donation: Make a donation to the Centre and if you are a UK tax payer, complete the Gift Aid declaration, which gives us an additional 28% on top of your donation. You can do this by contacting us, or send a cheque made payable to ‘Ratnasambhava Centre’ to the address below.
- Loose Change Box: If each of us had a jar that we put £1 of loose change in per week, in a month we could raise £4. If 10 people did this, it would be an extra £40 per month. Every little bit helps.
- Become a Friend of Ratnsambhava Centre: Donate on a regular basis by setting up a monthly standing order. This really helps us as we can forecast what our monthly income will be. If you would like to do this, please e-mail Jane Kaye and she will send you a form.
- Buy a Centre Card: Pay a monthly standing order in return for a Centre Card. There are two types: ‘the deluxe’ (£50) per month that covers General Programme (weekly evening classes) and Foundation Programme (Sunday) and discounted Day Courses; or ‘the standard’ (£25) which just covers General Programme across the city and discounted Day Courses. Both options are a wonderful way to support the centre as we have steady monthly income from these.
- Sell Blank Greeting Cards to Friends and Family: We have pre-made up boxes of beautiful photographic cards that you can take to work and leave on a table in the staff room. They cost £1 each and have been met with much enthusiasm by all.
- Support the Centre Shop: If you can buy any items: books, food or gifts from the Centre Shop, this is fantastic and helps our important work.
- Become a 'Friend of Ratnasambhava Centre' and make regular contributions to support the running and development of the centre.
- Buy On-Line: We have registered Ratnasambhava Centre with www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Select the tab or button that says 'Find A Cause' and type in Ratnasambhava. The Centre should then come up and you can choose it to be the cause you support. You then fill in some details: name, e-mail address and password. Then it should say when you log in to the site: Welcome <Name>, the cause you are supporting is Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre. Then when you want to buy anything, make sure you are logged in and choose the company you wish to purchase from. Buy your item. It should then show up with what you have raised with your purchase. It costs you nothing.
- Join Our Bob-a-Job Team: Can you garden, clean, paint, iron, do DIY, type, etc? We hope to set up a bank of services we can offer to others and then ask friends or members of Centre if they have any work we can do.
- Make an Interest-Free Loan to the Centre: Make an interest free loan of any amount to the Centre, ideally for a period of five years or more.
- If you are having a big birthday – ask for donations instead of gifts
- Make a donation instead of sending Christmas cards
- Walk the Three Peaks and get sponsored for it
- Busking
- Economise: go without some of your usual luxuries and donate what you have saved at the end of the month to the Centre.
Making money meaningful
“Continuous drops of water falling into a pot will make it full. First there is one drop, then two, three, four, until the pot is overflowing.” - Buddha
Thank you for your kindness. 