Friends

Like to spread the word to friends, family, colleagues? This page contains resources to help our Friends share their enthusiasm for the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

Pdfs of our fundraising and informational materials

Friends brochure 1
 

Make a single donation

Donate online now using our secure donation system

or by sending a cheque payable to OCHS to:
The Bursar
OCHS
15 Magdalen Street
Oxford
OX1 3AE

Set up a standing order

Standing orders are the lifeblood of charities such as OCHS. They enable us to plan ahead knowing that each month a certain amount of money will be going into the account. You provide the financial stability that gives a firm foundation in Hindu Studies in the UK and internationally.

To download a monthly standing order form, please click here

To download an annual standing order form, please click here

Corporate sponsorship

The Centre is always interested in building new partnerships with businesses and other organisations.

Some of the advantages of sponsorship include:

• The OCHS attracts many visitors a year; including important scholars, dignitaries, religious leaders, local families, school groups and other visitors from across the UK, as well as from overseas.
• Opportunities for publicity and promotions at community events.
• Association with an academic institution making a significant contribution to the community.
• Our commitment to working with communities around the world to promote greater understanding and an appreciation of the richness of our cultural diversity.

Donate a book, an object, or a collection

The Centre's archive project is actively collecting contemporary and historical objects, books, newsletters, manuscripts and photographs from around the world. We have always benefited greatly from donations by the Centres's many friends and supporters. If you have an item, book, photograph or collection that you feel would be of interest to the Centre's archive, we would be happy to discuss this with you.

In the first instance we suggest that you email us with brief details of the object or collection. This will allow us to put you in contact with the most appropriate specialist curator who can then advise you further.

Donate time: Become a volunteer

The generous support of volunteers makes a huge difference to the services that the OCHS is able to offer. Are you able to give some time to the Centre?

Offering your skills If you are interested in working as a volunteer in other areas of the Centre, let us know what skills you have to offer and how much time you can give. We do benefit greatly from this sort of assistance.

Like to know more?

For more information on any of these, please email the Development Administrator

Or contact us by phone at +44 (0)1865 304300

You may be surprised to learn that the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies is the only centre of its kind in the world.

Bringing together respected scholars from all over the globe, the Centre is establishing a balanced view of the Hindu heritage and what it means to be a Hindu today. Hindus and non-Hindus are learning together and thus building bridges between cultures, philosophies and worldviews.

Friends and Benefactors

We invite all our supporters and donors to become Friends of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

A donation of £25 per month makes you a Friend of the OCHS.

The OCHS Friends Programme affords an opportunity for the Centre's supporters to share in its success, its progress and in its activities in the wider academic and scholarly community in Oxford and throughout the world.

Friends of the OCHS

Friends receive,

• Regular updates on the progress of the Centre
• Programme of lectures and events
• Opportunities to visit Oxford and see behind the scenes
• Invitations to select functions

Benefactors

Benefactors are donors who give £2500 or more per year.

Since its inception a wide range of generous and broad-minded patrons have come forward to support the Centre. Most of the Centre's funding has come from private benefactors.

Benefactors receive;

• Official Recognition by the Board of Governors
• OCHS Newsletter
• Programme of lectures and events
• Opportunities to visit Oxford and see behind the scenes
• Invitations to OCHS functions
• Naming opportunities for projects, events and positions
• Networking opportunities
• Tax Benefits
• Invitation to Annual Board of Governors Dinner in Oxford

Like to know more?

If you'd like to discuss becoming a Friend or Benefactor please contact Lal Krishna, our Development Administrator.

Telephone: +44 (0)1865 304306or by email

Friends and Benefactors of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies comprise an informed community of people united by a concern for Indian culture and its study at the highest level.

They give of their time and money, they lend their reputation to the work of the Centre, and they give freely of their valuable expertise.

Our Friends and Benefactors ensure that the work of the Centre retains a global focus, serving the communities it engages with.