JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF REGULAR SUPPORTERS
MEMBER BENEFITS
Foundation Friend: £6 per month
Core Friend: £12 per month
Keystone Friend: £25 per month
By donating £12 or £25 a month you will also access our monthly walking tours of London. These tours are free and are drawn from our public tours programme.
You can also support our work by making a one off donation
Where your donation goes?
Your support will help us fund the following programmes:
2024 Friends Events Programme
Open City Friends Rewards
As a thankyou for your support, you will be entited to the following gifts
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Annual programme of events, tours and workshops featuring some of London’s most exciting architecture
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Special Open House Key Badge
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This year’s gift is a print commissioned from Lucinda Rogers
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All Friends get discounts off our shop products, along with the courses we run and subscriptions to Pocket London
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Core and Keystone Friends get access to a free monthly tour drawn from our exceptional public tours programme
Open City’s 2022 Social Impact Report
Open City’s work is made possible thanks to the generous support of our Open City Friends, who share in our belief that engagement with and conversations about the future of London and the urban landscape should not be open just to a privileged few, but to everyone.
Donations from our community of Friends is vital to the production of our ambitious programme of events, tours, films, podcasts, books, models, education programmes and the Open House Festival.
If you value our work and believe in the cause of a more open, accessible and equitable city, then please stand by Open City and support us by becoming an Open City Friend. By donating just £6 a month, you can help produce engaging, propositional work about the future of London and help create a truly open city, protecting the future of Open House Festival, Accelerate programme and much more.
As a thank you, we’ve made some great rewards for everyone who signs up, from limited edition prints to our new Friend’s Events Programme.
Here’s what we’ve accomplished during the pandemic thanks to the support of our Friends
We staged the Open House Worldwide Festival, bringing together people from 40 cities around the globe for a 48 hour online programme
We’ve created over 70 free design-led activities for children and families to download online.
We made a series of 16 model kits of iconic London buildings to make at home.
We’ve relaunched Accelerate, the only architecture course for teenagers from under-represented backgrounds.
The Open House Festival mixed over 600 tours, events and workshops all over London
We’ve made 33 films opening up buildings and landscapes across the city.
FAQ
Why does Open City need donations?
As a registered charity, Open City relies on a mix of events and philanthropic income to support our work. We don’t receive regular government funding. We have a small staff team supported by tireless volunteers but the generosity of our donors is critical to the delivery of our programmes.
Are donations tax deductible?
Yes. Open City is a charity so all donations that support our work are tax-deductible. This means if you donate to Open City you can lower your tax bill.
What do I get in return for becoming an Open City Friend?
We’ve made some gifts to say thank you to everyone who signs up as a Friend. You can explore these gifts above.
You can support us in other ways too
One-off donations
If you would prefer to support our work with a one-off donation please visit our one-off donations page.
Click here to make a one-off donation.
International Friends
For our Friends who aren't based in the UK but would still like to donate and be a Friend, you pay in Euros.
Click here and become an International Friend.