Giving Schemes
Thank you for your interest in our Giving Schemes. We have three main Giving Schemes:
-Our Patron Scheme plays a pivotal role in delivering the restoration projects and the development of our range of educational and community activities.
-Our Choir Supporter Scheme help us maintain an ambitious future for the Choir of Holy Sepulchre, sustaining musical excellence, a commitment to high quality music in worship, and extensive community outreach.
-Our General Giving scheme enables you to contribute when you can and the amount you can (see https://hsl.church/give ).
These all offer a range of opportunities to get more involved, explore and get to know more about the benefice, the church, our choir and our work. A summary of the giving levels for the Patron Scheme and Choir Supporter Scheme is set out below:
All Patron and Choir Supporter Scheme donors in a year will be credited in our annual St Cecilia service programme in November.
Further details on the schemes are set out below. If you would like to join either Scheme please complete the information below and:
You can give via a one off donation, or by standing order, by clicking HERE
If you are a UK taxpayer, please confirm that you would like to reclaim Gift Aid on your donation when completing the forms via the links above. This will add 25p to every £1 you give!
Our Patron Scheme
We have made significant progress in our renewal and regeneration over the last 3 years (See www.hsl.church/renewal-regeneration) and this next phase, our Resounding Future campaign, focuses on four key area of our rich musical and military heritage to enable us to step change our vital role in promoting the value of music, service and sacrifice to support community building and social change.
Our patron scheme is key to us being able to step change our vital role. Donors have the opportunity to designate funds to one of the four programmes or projects within them. Speak to one of the team to discuss further.
Your Impact
The impact you will have by becoming a Patron, includes:
-Urgent repairs of the Grade 1 Building: This includes completing the “Stop the leaks” project; the ceiling Survey & undertake Urgent Repairs; and the installing the railings and grate works around the external crypt.
-Restore the historic instruments and monuments: This includes restoring the “Henry Wood” Organ, the Model D Steinway and the Watts Memorial in Postman’s Park
-Expand our music, military heritage and history programmes: This includes maintaining the highest level of choral music in services; developing our schools / colleges education programmes; continuing the Fusilier film series and digitise Rolls of Honour, and offering a range of regular community events covering Music Education, Music for Wellbeing and Music & Spirituality for all our communities
- Enhance the hardship and chaplaincy support: This includes opening 7 days / week, offering a space & support to local people, musicians, city workers, and the homeless; and Increasing the distribution of hygiene and related products to schools, agencies and charities across City
Our Choir Supporter Scheme
“A central shrine for music and musicians.” Dean of St Paul’s, 1938
When you join our Choir Supporter Scheme you will play a key role in sustaining musical excellence at the National Musicians’ Church and what it can offer musically. “A central shrine for music and musicians.” Dean of St Paul’s, 1938
Details of the scheme
Why support the scheme?
There are many reasons why you should join the Choir Supporter scheme including:
· Maintenance of an important tradition: The English Choral Tradition has for a long time been a world-leader in church music, producing not only outstanding choirs but some of the most talented choral, ensemble and solo singers in the world. It is a musical education of outstanding breadth and quality. As the National Musicians’ Church, we want to be at the forefront of maintaining and developing this tradition, maintaining what is good from the past whilst making it relevant to future generations.
· Education of future generations: Choral Singing is both an exceptional musical training and a discipline that enables young people to develop socially, emotionally and spiritually. Many of our local schools lack access to any musical education. We want to change that, by giving young people the experience of working with our outstanding musical department and the opportunity to learn new skills. These are skills that will enable them to choose a career in music, should they wish, or to enjoy music-making at any level for the rest of their lives.
· The Cultural heritage of the City of London: Holy Sepulchre is the largest non-Cathedral church in the City of London. It is a flexible space with a magnificent acoustic. This makes it a perfect venue for the arts, and choral singing in particular. As the Musicians’ Church, we want to play a role in the cultural enrichment of the City by being a place of musical and artistic excellence and a hub for vibrant choral singing and music making, both sacred and secular.
Your Impact
The impact you will have by becoming a Choir Supporter, includes:
· Supporting Excellence: The Scheme will ensure retention of a world-class choir and organist, ensuring that the National Musicians’ Church is a place of thriving choral singing for years to come.
· Supporting Education: The Scheme will enable us to engage with local schools and educational hubs, support our choral educational programme and enrich the lives of young people through music, as well as developing a Henry Wood school of music.
· Commissioning of New Music: The Scheme will enable us to commission new music from a wide variety of composers and to nurture young compositional talent. This will enable us to maintain a vibrant repertoire and to champion the newest ideas in choral composition.
· Choir Recordings: The Scheme will enable our professional choir to develop their platform globally, attracting people around the world to the work and mission of the National Musicians’ Church. Recordings will promote new composers and unrecorded works by old masters.
Some of the feedback we have received
“Your service was wonderful and the choir and organist are extraordinarily talented…I was transported by their musical abilities.” Visiting Congregant
“Singing as part of the professional choir at HSL is rewarding musically and beneficial to my skills as a singer, for example, in sight reading newly composed works. It is also hugely enriching to my well-being. The team of singers is unique and of the highest standard in London (many of whom have successful solo careers alongside their choral singing) but not only that, they are such a supportive group of friends. It's an atmosphere unlike any other church job I have in London and long may it continue.” Gavin Cranmer-Moralee, Bass
"I was a regular soprano at HSL for 8 years during a very formative part of my singing training. The high standard of the other singers inspired me to develop my consort singing skills and Peter's supportive musical direction helped build my confidence both as an ensemble and solo singer. Having a weekly opportunity to tackle a wonderful variety of repertoire in such a beautiful building was a privilege and a key part in my development as a performer." Hilary Cronin, Soprano
“The restoration of traditional Choral Evensong at Holy Sepulchre, The National Musicians’ Church, could not be more appropriate. The setting is intimate but the musical quality is on a par with that of London’s Cathedrals and the Abbey. Eight young professional singers, an organist and a director: Wednesdays at 5.15pm for 45 minutes, followed by liquid refreshment!” Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor and member of The Hilliard Ensemble.
Details of the Scheme (what you get when you give xx)
There is a membership option designed for every level of contribution. No matter what the amount, your donation will help to support inspiring choral music at the Musicians’ Church for years to come. If you would prefer to make a one-off donation of any amount, you are most welcome to do so. An annual pledge for 3 years, 5 years or 7 years would make a huge difference to the musical life of Holy Sepulchre.