The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral work to draw the Diocese and Cathedral more closely together, widening awareness of the Cathedral’s presence and contributing to its ministry and mission.
Members include those with a deep affection for the House and/or the Cathedral.
Friends may live locally within the Diocese of Oxford, elsewhere in the UK or overseas. Many members of the clergy join the Friends because they were ordained in the Cathedral. Some are volunteers, and others are ex-choristers or their families.
The Friends raise funds to support the maintenance, restoration, repair, conservation and beautification of the Cathedral. In recent years our support has helped:
• Restoration of the St Frideswide Shrine
• Lighting and sound systems
• Installation of the glass doors
• New seating for the Crossings and aisles
• Recording projects for the Cathedral Choir
• Support of choristers
• Renovation of the West End of the Cathedral
Friends enjoy:
Friends of Christ Church Cathedral
Priory Room Office
Christ Church
Oxford
OX1 1DP
You will be warmly welcomed as a Friend. If you are already a member, perhaps you might invite someone else to join, or take out a membership as a gift?
6pm Friends Carol Service with the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, directed by Steven Grahl
7.30pm Christmas Dinner in Hall
Invitations will be sent out with the Annual Report.
Further events for 2023 will be added as they are arranged.
The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral have purchased 400 Howe chairs to replace the unstackable wooden chairs and uncomfortable and aged yellow plastic seats bought decades ago. We hope now to recover some of that cost by inviting sponsorship.
Each chair sponsored will bear an aluminium plaque inscribed with a name: your own name, the name of someone you wish to commemorate, or the name of a church or parish, club, school, or other organisation. The cost of naming a chair has been set at £125 per chair (actual cost: £171). If you would like to support the project but can only donate a small amount, this will still be welcome.
For more information download our Sponsor a Chair leaflet.
There is a range of memberships for individuals, couples and parishes on offer. Please see the membership application form. If you would prefer a hard copy or would like any further information about the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, please contact the Hon. Secretary.
FRIENDS OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL PRIVACY NOTICE
Your Personal Data – what is it? Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from the data. Identification can be by information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulations 2016/679 [the GDPR].
Who are we? The Council of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral is the data controller, and is responsible for how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.
How do we process your personal data? The Friends Council complies with its obligations under the GDPR by keeping personal data up to date, by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure, and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
Data processed by the Friends Council in relation to the members: Names – Addresses- Email Addresses - Telephone numbers - Bank details when supplied for standing orders. We use the data to administer your membership of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral which includes being able to send twice yearly mailing to members. The legal basis for processing the data is for the legitimate interest of your membership. Your personal data is treated as strictly confidential, and will only be shared with the Friends Council and administration volunteers. Your express permission will be sought in the unlikely case that Council wishes to share your data with any other party or to use it for any new purpose. We keep the personal data active for the length of your membership in order to operate your membership, and archive details thereafter.
Your rights and your personal data: Unless subject to an exemption order [under GDPR] you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: The right to request a copy of any data held by the Friends Council about you The right to request correction of any inaccurate or out-of-date data The right to request that your personal data is erased when it is no longer necessary for the Friends to retain such data The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy of processing your personal data, to request that a restriction is placed on further processing The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commisioner’s Office
Contact detail: To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints, please in the first instance contact the Membership Secretary, Friends of Christ Church Cathedral
Membership data (names, addresses and subscription records) are now being stored on a PC within the Christ Church firewall. There are no changes to the management of data by the Honorary Membership Secretary except that it will now be more secure and processed more tightly in line with Data Protection legislation. If you have any queries, please contact the Membership Secretary, Glynis Baguley, the first instance, or Christ Church’s Data Protection Compliance Manager, Judith Curthoys.