Become a Friend of Castlerigg.
Be with us for as little as £5 a month, the price of a large coffee in Starbucks!
Why it matters
Your gift changes lives.
Friends of Castlerigg is the community of supporters who make our ministry possible. Here's what your monthly gift helps us do.
Support young people
More than 3,000 young people visit us each year, many from quite deprived areas. Your gift helps subsidise places for those who otherwise couldn't come.
Support our young interns
Our Youth Ministry Internship offers some of the best formation out there — raising up the next generation of leaders for the Church.
Support parishes & schools
Through our SPARK programme we plant local youth groups across the Diocese, and we're beginning to support student leadership in schools.
Choose your level
Three options.
Give monthly by card or Direct Debit — and cancel any time. Every level makes a real difference.
Supporter
For the price of one cup of coffee a month, help equip a creative workshop or subsidise a retreat place for a young person who couldn't otherwise afford it.
What you get
- Our Friends newsletter each month, with news straight from the team
- An invitation to join our monthly online rosary
Friend
For the price of a large McDonalds meal each month, you could fund a training day for our team every year — or completely fund one of our interns for a week.
Everything in Supporter, plus
- Our annual Friends BBQ & Mass each summer, and our Friends walk each autumn
- Free entry into every draw of the Castlerigg Lottery
Friend Plus
For the price of a round of drinks each month, you could fund about half the cost of resourcing our retreats — or almost all of our chapel costs.
Everything in Friend, plus
- A two-night stay each year at Castlerigg Manor for up to four people
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
— Matthew 25:40More ways to help
Other ways to give.
Make a one-off gift
Prefer to give a single donation? Every gift, large or small, goes straight into our ministry with young people.
Donate todayPlay the Lottery
Just £3 a ticket — support our work and be in with a chance to win every month.
Play the lotteryAmazon wishlist
Send us something practical from our wishlist to help kit out retreats and workshops.
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Two-night stays are subject to available dates and will be at Castlerigg Manor, not our guest lodge.
Payments are ongoing until cancelled — you're free to change or cancel your gift at any time.
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