Planned Giving
For disciples of Jesus, giving is an essential part of spiritual life and thanksgiving is at the heart of our worship, as everything we have is a gift to us from God. Giving provides us all with an opportunity to reflect and share in this generosity from God.
"Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38
Our goal and purpose in this life is to open our hearts to the Lord so that the resources of His love can flow through our hands directly into the lives of others. Christian giving is also a duty laid on us by God, and to give cheerfully and liberally is to put scriptural principles into practice.
Lichfield Cathedral does not receive any direct government funding and needs to raise £1.8 million a year just to stay open for worship and for the benefit of all those that visit us. This does not include the costs associated with our duty to care for the Cathedral Close, to reach out, pastorally support and spread the word of God to our wider community and to preserve all the treasures that have been place in our stewardship.
Planned Giving is the term we use to describe a committed, regular donation to Lichfield Cathedral, usually by standing order or weekly envelope. Some churches refer to this type of giving as stewardship. Planned giving, as part of Lichfield Cathedral’s voluntary income, enables us to better plan and budget for the running and continued care of the Cathedral.
Our congregation and supporters are at the heart of our Cathedral and if you are already part of our planned giving scheme, we would like to take this opportunity to deeply thank you for your generous support and for the difference you are already making to our work. If you are not yet a planned giving donor, we ask you to consider joining our scheme as an expression of your thankfulness for all that God gives to you.
The Power of Giving to Lichfield Cathedral
Gifts from those who support our planned giving scheme are essential in enabling us to administer and develop our mission and ministry so that we can continue to provide a daily cycle of prayer and worship, maintain our excellent standards of music, deliver a varied programme of outreach and learning activities, conserve the beautifully unique fabric of the Cathedral, and, above all that we can remain open to everyone.
A gift through planned giving can be transformational for the Cathedral, ensuring that we are in a strong financial position to rise to the challenges that we may face in future years.
How to Give
Standing Order
This is an instruction from you to your bank to pay Lichfield Cathedral a set amount of your choice every month, quarter or year. This is the easiest and most cost effective way to give to the Cathedral. You will need a form from the Development Office.
Please consider Gift Aiding your donation
Whichever way you choose to support Lichfield Cathedral, if you are a UK tax payer please consider completing and returning a Gift Aid Declaration. This enables us to reclaim the tax on each of your donations at no cost to you but which does mean that we receive an additional 25p for every £1 you donate. For example, a gift of just £5 a week is worth £260 a year to the Cathedral, but this becomes £325 with gift aid.
To make a regular gift to Lichfield Cathedral please contact the Development Office on 01543 622460 or email development@lichfield-cathedral.org