St Paul's Cathedral

Become a Friend of St Paul's

If you would like to help St Paul's to inspire future generations, please consider becoming a Friend. 

St Paul's receives little regular or significant funding from the state, but the cost of maintaining it is very great. Your contributions as a Friend - now, or through a gift in your Will - will assist the Friends to support specific cathedral projects for which Chapter seek funds. Over past years, the Friends have helped fund the dome altar, choristerships, a grand piano and new vestments for the cathedral.

If you are interested in joining the Friends of St Paul's Cathedral, you can contact Heidi Le Grange, Friends Membership Manager, on 020 7246 8308 or .

Your support would be greatly appreciated.

The Friends Today
As a Friend of St Paul’s you will enjoy free admission to the cathedral, reserved seats at a number of specified annual cathedral events and a copy of the Dome magazine twice a year to keep you updated with cathedral news. Friends also qualify for a 10% discount on purchases in the cathedral shop. 

Each summer there is a Friends' Festival. The next Festival will be held on Wednesday 3 July 2013 with an AGM, choral Evensong, a short recital by the choirboys, and a reception. There will also as always be an allocation of seats for Friends at the Advent Procession Carols on Advent Sunday 1 December and also at ‘Messiah’ on Thursday 5 December. Other social events are arranged for the Friends from time to time.

Today, there are over 3,000 Friends who provide both financial and practical support to St Paul’s. The majority of our Friends are UK-based, but others come from 25 different countries. Around 130 of our Friends are Working Friends; volunteers who give their time to welcome visitors, sell guidebooks and answer visitors' questions. A few of these become guides, taking a six-month training course and passing an examination before they start guiding. There are normally between 8 and 15 Working Friends on duty between 10am and 4pm every day of the week.

Roger Walkinton
Secretary to the Friends of St Paul's Cathedral
T. 020 7246 8333
 
Heidi LeGrange
Membership Manager
T. 020 7246 8308

The Chapter House
St Paul's Churchyard
London
EC4M 8AD
 
Registered charity 261905 
 
For a copy of the 2011 annual accounts, please click here; for the 2010 annual accounts, please click here.
 
For a copy of the 2011 AGM minutes, please click here.
 
For Dean Ison's sermon on the 60th Anniversary of the Friends, please click here.
 
For the Secretary's 2012 report, please click here. 
 
Patron
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO
 
Joint Presidents
The Bishop of London, The Lord Mayor of London
 
Council
The Dean (Chairman)
Canon Pastor (Vice Chairman)
Registrar (Hon Treasurer)
Mr Roger Walkinton (Secretary)
Mr Patrick Buckingham
Mrs Maureen Bonanno-Smith
Mr David Hooper
Mr Raymond Jewkes
Ms Helen Johnston
Mrs Penelope Rafter
Miss Jacqueline Ross
Mrs Jane Sladdin
Professor Rodney Taylor

The Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul's, and Dr Jonathan Foyle of the World Monuments Fund at the 1st Annual Friends Lecture   Enlarge

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron of the Friends of St Paul's   Enlarge

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester with the Very Reverend Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul's   Enlarge

The Very Reverend Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul's, at the 2012 Friends AGM   Enlarge

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester with Roger Walkinton, Secretary to the Friends of St Paul's   Enlarge