Benefactor Scheme

Become a Benefactor

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection's Benefactors are an exclusive group of supporters who share our commitment to the Collection.


Help us to make a difference

Since its establishment in 1959, the charity has existed to deliver its powerful founding vision focused on education, public access to the collection for all and the promotion of wellbeing.

 

GTC operates from the Gawthorpe Hall Estate in Padiham, Lancashire, family home to founder Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth MBE (1886- 1967), a life long collector of global textile and craft items.


Your support will help us to develop a robust and sustainable future for the collection and will help us provide:

 

Collection Care & Management

Care for the collection by professional museum staff alongside trained volunteers to approved museum standards.

Learning 

Workshops and online courses which open up the collection to those interested in crafts and to create pathways to further education and employment.

Access

Community engagement to support wellbeing, skills development, cultural exchange and diversity.

About our Benefactor Scheme

Become a Benefactor from just £42 per month 

With an annual gift of between £500 (£42 by monthly Direct Debit) and £5,000 our Benefactor programme offers many opportunities to support and get involved with Gawthorpe Textiles Collection including: 


  • Unique events Invitations to a programme of social events, including exhibition launches. 

  • Acknowledgement on our website and with your permission we will take photographs of you with your Benefactor certificate outside of Gawthorpe Hall or your business premises. We will write up a press release about your kind support and how it will help Gawthorpe Textiles Collection.  This will be sent to local and business news publications as well as shared on social media. 

  • Quarterly e-newsletter You will also hear directly from GTC Director Charlotte Steels who will give you the inside track by sharing news in a quarterly e-newsletter 

  • Brand association We will also acknowledge your support on our dedicated Benefactors page, including a description of your business and logo. 


For annual gifts of £2,500–£5,000, we also offer:


  • Curator Experience Our Silver and Gold Benefactors behind-the-scenes tours of our archives. Choose an archive box to peek inside to see the treasures within and have them explained by our resident expert Rachel Midgley.


Gold Benefactors only

  • Gawthorpe Textiles Collection Lunch and Tour Gold Benefactors are invited to a lunch for up to 10 guests with a tour of the collection and Gawthorpe Hall with the GTC Director and a trustee.


A number of our supporters give more than £5,000 annually, particularly those providing in-kind support. If you would like to support us at this level, we would be happy to discuss a package of benefits to suit your needs.
Please email our Fundraising Development Officer Christina Cope c.cope@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk


Benefactor Scheme Overview

Please use the links below for Direct Debit payments.  Click the amount you would like to pay and our GoCardless system guides you through the payment procedure. 


Gold Benefactors

Annual Contribution Level £5000 

or Monthly Direct Debit* £417

Benefits include:

  • Tour and Lunch for up to 10 guests
  • Curator Experience
  • Donor's Party
  • Acknowledgement on our website
  • Regular e-newsletters
  • Invitations to Special Events and online sessions


Silver Benefactors

Annual Contribution Level £2500 

or Monthly Direct Debit* £209

Benefits include:

  • Curator Experience
  • Donor's Party
  • Acknowledgement on our website
  • Regular e-newsletters
  • Invitations to Special Events and online sessions



Bronze Benefactors

Annual Contribution Level £1000 

or Monthly Direct Debit* £84

Benefits include:

  • Donor's Party
  • Acknowledgement on our website
  • Regular e-newsletters
  • Invitations to Special Events and online sessions


Benefactors

Annual Contribution Level £500 

or Monthly Direct Debit* £42

Benefits include:

  • Donor's Party
  • Acknowledgement on our website
  • Regular e-newsletters
  • Invitations to Special Events and online sessions


For Gift Aid and VAT purposes your contribution is split as follows:

Gold Benefactors                       £190 benefit value £4810 donation

Silver Benefactors                     £70 benefit value £2430 donation

Bronze Benefactors                 £20 benefit value £980 donation

Benefactors                                 £20 benefit value £480 donation


If you would prefer to pay by Standing order or if you would like to make a bank transfer, please contact Fundraising Development Officer, Christina Cope c.cope@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk

Amber Butchart

"I often look to the past for inspiration for my books and TV shows.

Gawthorpe Textile Collection has over 30,000 unique pieces on display and in its archives. Each piece from the collection is of historical importance and has its own story just waiting to be told” 

 

Amber Butchart is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in the cultural and political history of textiles and dress.

Our Bronze Benefactor

We are delighted to have Pennine Community Credit Union as our first business on our Gawthorpe Textiles Collection Benefactor Scheme. I was delighted to be invited to give a talk about our Collection at their AGM, and to explain how the very kind donation of £1,000 will be used. Thank you to all the members of PCCU for supporting us this year!

 

“On behalf of everyone at GTC and the participants of our Community Outreach projects I would like to thank the members of Pennine Community Credit Union for their very generous donation of £1000. I really enjoyed attending the AGM and it was a great opportunity for me to explain about our charity and how use the collection through exhibitions, artist collaborations, workshops, talks, tours, research, and study visits. We offer activities at Gawthorpe Hall and community outreach through Valley Street Textiles Studio, Burnley (which is a joint initiative with Calico Homes). Donations such as this enable us to continue caring for the collection for future generations”

Christina Cope, Fundraising Development Officer at Gawthorpe Textiles Collection.


https://www.pccu.co.uk/

Share by: