York Minster

Substantial donation from York Civic Trust

Published Thursday 8th November 2007 by Alix Peacock

Sir Ron Cooke of the York Civic Trust has today presented a cheque for £27, 353.75 to the York Minster Development Campaign.  Sir Ron Cooke, and Darrell Buttery of the York Civic Trust organized a wonderful exhibition of privately owned pictures of York Minster to raise money for the York Minster Development Campaign.  This exhibition ran in the York Minster Library during September and October this year.  The cheque presented today reveals the full and substantial amount raised by this exhibition.

Sir Ron Cooke said: “The York Civic Trust was determined to make a significant contribution to the Minster’s Development Campaign, and to do so through an exhibition which uniquely showed York’s iconic building in a new light.  We hope that the many hundreds of people who visited the exhibition enjoyed it: they, and all the members of the Trust who made it possible, have certainly helped to ensure that the Minster will be restored for future generations to enjoy.”

Dr Richard Shephard, Director of Development at York Minster said “The art exhibition was a splendid idea. The upper hall of the Minster Library provided an elegant venue, and the event was enjoyed by a large number of people. Our thanks must go to Sir Ron Cooke and his team from the Civic Trust who worked tirelessly on the Minster’s behalf. Of course, to receive such a large cheque is a wonderful thing, and of enormous help as we continue to seek match-funding for our Heritage Lottery grant, but the exhibition was more than a money-raising venture. It gave a clear message that many people throughout the City and beyond are willing to give of time and talents to help York Minster. And for this I am profoundly grateful.”