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To discuss holding your wedding or any event at The Monastery, contact Nancy Bennett to arrange a personal welcome tour.

Call 0161 223 3211 or email Nancy now.

We would love you to visit us at The Monastery! You’ll be sure of a warm welcome, and we know you’ll enjoy the time you spend with us.

For more information, click here.

Keep up to date with the amazing array of events we hold all year around.

How can I

help?

Volunteer
with us

We are always looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers at The Monastery who care about the site as much as we do. Volunteers make a huge contribution to The Monastery and their work is incredibly valued.
We have a variety of volunteering roles available, such as welcoming and engaging visitors, helping in the Gift Shop or Victorian Pantry, helping with our tours and talks programme or asissting us with specialist projects. Please see the bottom of this page for information on our current volunteering opportunities or email emma.bryning@themonastery for more information.

Make a
donation

The Monastery is a charity, operated as a Building Preservation Trust, and relies on your support. No matter what the size, every donation to The Monastery helps us to be able to preserve the building for future generations to enjoy. The Monastery is completely self-funded and we rely on our visitors, customers and clients to support this important heritage site. If you would like to make a donation, please use the Donate Now button at the bottom of this page. If you are able to Gift Aid your donation, we would very much appreciate it. Thank you do much for helping us.

Become a Friend
For Life

With a single kind gesture, you can complete a direct debit for an annual donation of just £21 to help us support our work at The Monastery. As a Friend of the Monastery, you'll get advance note of special events, e-news updates, invitations to Friends & Supports social gatherings and a loyalty card for our Victorian Pantry, as well as an exclusive Friends for Life badge. If you also Gift Aid the donation, the contribution to the Trust will increase by 25%. For more information, please email Emma Bryning using the link below.

Hold your event
at The Monastery

By holding your event at The Monastery you will be supporting the work of the Trust to be able to safeguard the future of this important heritage site. Over the years we have been delighted to host some wonderful celebrations at The Monastery, especially in our spectacular Great Nave. Not only does The Monastery transform into the perfect space for any event, by holding or attending an event here you will be helping to support our work preserving The Monastery so that it can be enjoyed for future generations to come.

Your generosity will help us to continue to help others, while protecting these precious heritage buildings. Thank you so much.
If you would like more information about legacies, sponsorship opportunities or to make larger donations, contact our CEO, Elaine Griffiths.

To find our more about volunteering at The Monastery or for more information on how to become a Monastery Friend for Life, please email Emma Bryning.

Please note, full training is provided for our volunteering roles and lunch is provided free of charge when volunteering. After three months volunteering with us, volunteers are entitled to a Monastery Volunteer Card which entitles the volunteer to 50% off in the Victorian Pantry any time they visit as well as opportunities to attend some of our events for free.

Information on General Volunteering Roles – click here

Monastery Volunteer Application Form – click here for our application form.

We are currently recruiting for the following volunteer roles:

Family Activity and Learning Volunteer – click here for more information about this role.

Documentation Volunteer – click here for more information about this role.

Public Events Volunteer – click here for more information about this role.

Please consider being a Friend for Life

Your support will help us continue our work and ensure our amazing story continues.

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