£100, £1,000, or make a major gift or donation

The reinstatement of a fine pipe organ is a significant aspect of the Wesley Centre project after the former instrument had to be removed in the 1990s. The Hollins Organ will grace the east wall of the historic building, directly above the new minstrels gallery.

With the exception of the organ at Ampleforth Abbey to the north, once fully restored it will be one of the finest instruments in Ryedale within a 20 mile radius of Malton from York to the Yorkshire east coast. It will be widely used for the accompaniment of choirs and orchestras, and will be a magnificent instrument for recital performances.

The historic 1877 Forster & Andrews organ is a large three manual and pedal instrument of 31 stops originally built by the Hull firm for the Concert Hall of the Royal Normal School for the Blind and Music Academy, in Upper Norwood, South London.

It is the organ on which Alfred Hollins, the blind-from-birth Yorshireman, first learned to play, before teaching others on this same instrument and going on to become the global virtuoso superstar of his age, dubbed 'Alfred the Great'.

Please watch a film by our Patron, broadcaster Selina Scott.

Sponsor a pipe: for £100, make a gift by sponsoring one or more of the 2,500 individual organ pipes and have your name beautifully inscribed for posterity on a dedicated tablet adjacent to the organ.

Sponsor a whole rank of pipes: for £1,000, make a gift by sponsoring one of the 31 complete sets of pipes within the instrument, for example, the Harmonic Tromba, the Hohl Flute, or the romantic Orchestral Oboe and have your name beautifully inscribed for posterity on a dedicated tablet located close to the organ.

Sponsor the conservation and restoration of the 45 decorated front pipes: this highly skilled conservation and restoration work is being undertaken by one of the finest specialist pipe decorators and craftsmen in the country; the richly decorated front pipes will soar almost to the ceiling of the Wesley Centre and will forever remain one of the most visible aspects of the organ, immediately upon entering the Wesley Centre. This painstaking and precious conservation work will cost £25,000 to complete. If you'd be interested in donating 50% or more of this cost, your own name, personal dedication or memorial to a loved one can be forever inscribed on the front of the organ on a beautiful brass plaque.

Sponsor more than 50% of the total cost of the organ restoration: by making a major gift for the organ restoration and rebuilding, the whole organ will be named and referred to for evermore after you, or as a memorial to a loved one. An especially inscribed plaque will be permanently affixed to the organ console for posterity.