Funding the Future
There is growing interest in the Trust's projects from those involved in the church, business, education and the community.

Further financial support is needed if this ministry is to continue its extraordinary growth and make a positive contribution to the community.

If you would like to support this ministry, donations may be made to The Quiet Garden Trust by cheque or you make like to make use of the Charities Aid Foundation online facility by clicking the secure link below.

Your contribution would help ...

A Growing International Movement
This is a world-wide ministry of hospitality and prayer with over three hundred venues. Quiet Gardens offer local, occasional days of refreshment and retreat in private homes and gardens and other venues in both urban and rural settings. They provide a context for prayer and reflection with opportunities for learning about Christian spirituality.

Since the first Quiet Garden opened in 1992 The Quiet Garden Trust has helped to meet the social and spiritual needs of local communities.

The Development of the Quiet Garden Network
The administration of this international trust is handled by two part-time staff, who actively promote this ministry of hospitality and prayer, respond to and follow up enquiries, and produce the biannual newsletter and other publicity material. As people affiliate to The Quiet Garden Trust they both welcome and require ongoing support. Such encouragement is crucial in this ministry of hospitality, but with recent growth  it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide an effective service from one small centre.

Building up Networks
We are now building up a regional network so that individuals will have access to the necessary support more locally. In order to do this, key personnel need training and equipping by the Trust staff to act as regional co-ordinators and to enable them to communicate effectively with the gardens in their areas of responsibility.

Our resources are stretched to the limit, nurturing the existing network and responding to enquiries.  In addition we wish to raise awareness of this work and promote quiet spaces in institutions such as prisons.

The Overall Funding of the Trust
Each Quiet Garden is a stand-alone financial unit, which pays a modest affiliation fee to The Quiet Garden Trust, but which receives no funding from the Trust. Visitors to Quiet Gardens generally make a small donation, and in some instances part or all of this is forwarded to the Trust to help with core funding.

Keeping this ministry low cost at the local level is at the heart of the vision, but clearly affiliation fees and these individual donations do not cover the costs of nurturing this work.