Become a Friend of the New Room

Support the work of John Wesley's New Room by becoming a member of Friends of the New Room and making a regular donation. This is usually done by Standing Order and if you are a UK tax payer you can make your donation go further with Gift Aid, with no additional cost to you.

The annual subscription is £35 per person or £500 for lifetime membership. Money raised in this way also supports the work at Charles Wesley's House in Bristol, the other important heritage site in our care.

Member Benefits

As well as enjoying the satisfaction of knowing that you are contributing towards the ongoing care of these unique buildings and the mission work that takes place here, Friends of the New Room receive:

Exclusive content exploring our collection and archives in Friends communications
Invitations to Private Views of our temporary exhibitions
Invitations to Friends events and fundraisers
Early bird access to certain ticketed John Wesley's New Room events

Members receive exclusive access to articles about John Wesley's New Room collection, archive and history, exploring the lives of important people from our history, profiles, photos and items from our collection, and delving deeper into social issues, prayer, hymnody and more.

Here is a taster of articles from previous Friends newsletters which looked at the life of 18th century preacher Joseph Benson and the origins of the UK's most popular hymns "Jerusalem" and "How Great Thou Art".

How to become a Friend

To become a Friend, please download and complete the Friends of the New Room Registration Form.

Please return the signed form, your details and payment for the attention of the Secretary of Friends at the New Room to friends@newroombristol.org.uk or by post to The New Room/John Wesley's Chapel, 36 The Horsefair, Bristol, BS1 3JE.

Payment can be made by Standing Order, PayPal or by cheque (made payable to 'John Wesley's Chapel' and not to John Wesley's New Room, due to bank account identification requirements).