1. Make a Gift

In order to ensure the long-term survival of the Cranston Library, substantial sums are spent each year restoring and conserving the books in our collection. This is highly skilled work, for which we employ a professional conservator, and is the main responsibility of the trustees.

We are very grateful for the financial assistance we have received from many sources, including the Girdlers’ Company, and those supporters who make donations to the library each year. If you are interested in sponsoring the conservation work on a specific volume, for which your support would be acknowledged in a bookplate, please contact the trustees to discuss the possibilities.

The Cranston Library is a registered charity (No. 237990) and is therefore able to reclaim the tax on most donations, thus increasing the value of donations by 25%. If you would like to support the Cranston Library and you are a UK taxpayer, please consider making a donation under the Gift Aid Scheme.

To make a donation please download the form below and send it with your cheque (payable to The Cranston Library) to:

Mrs Andrea Thomas
80, St George’s Manor
Mandelbrote Drive
Littlemore
OXFORD
OX4 4TW

For the Donation Form: please click here.

2. Join the Cranston Library’s Circle of Friends

The Circle of Friends is a group for supporters of the Cranston Library who wish to make a regular annual contribution to meet its running costs.  As a Friend, you will receive updates on the library and its news and activities, and the opportunity each year to take part in a social event, and a visit to a historic library or other relevant site.

To join our Circle of Friends, please click here to download the application form, and return it to The Cranston Library, c/o Mrs Hilary Ely, 9 Windermere Way, Reigate RH2 0LW

3. Make a bequest to The Cranston Library.

Please consider a gift in your Will, large or small, to support the survival and preservation of the Cranston Library.  You can specify that the bequest be applied to a particular purpose, such as the conservation of a book or books, or to the general purposes of the charity, to support the costs of the care, security and insurance of the collection.

If you wish to discuss making a bequest to the Cranston Library, please contact the Trustees at cranstonlibrary@gmail.com, or by post, c/o Mrs Andrea Thomas or Mrs Hilary Ely, addresses above.