Support for the Cathedral

Annual Grants

We provide in the region of £70,000 each year in regular grants to the Cathedral. This year we have provided grants for:

• The Girls’ Choir.  We pay the expenses of the Girls’ Choir each year, plus the costs for each of the girls to learn a musical instrument.
• Two scholarships for boy choristers
• The maintenance of the trees in the Close
• Cathedral Flowers.  We pay for the flowers in the Cathedral throughout the year.
• The Cathedral Christmas tree.  The Friends provide the funding for the large Christmas tree at the West End of the Cathedral each year.
• Broderers.  The Friends fund the work of the Broderers