Funding for the work of the Great Hospital comes primarily from two sources -

• Income from endowments made to the Great Hospital during its long history
• Weekly Maintenance Contributions paid by residents towards their accommodation

The Trustees have to carefully balance the finances of the Great Hospital to meet the costs of maintaining and preserving a complex of medieval buildings. Recent expenditure includes:

• £650,000 - Central and West end of the original church building (1992)
• £750,000 - East Window of original church building (2003)
• £100,000 - Derlyngton Tower

Grants
English Heritage has made grants towards some of this work. In order to qualify for EH grants the Great Hospital has been required to raise matching funding much of which has come from donations from charitable trusts. We are particularly grateful to:
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
Headley Trust
The Mercers' Company
Paul Bassham Charitable Trust
The Pilgrim Trust
all of whom have made donations of £10,000 and above.


Legacies
Competing with the cost of maintaining the historic buildings is the ever increasing cost of providing housing and care services appropriate to residents' needs. Upgrading of accommodation is an on-going process, as is staff training to ensure that our staff are equipped to provide the best possible care.

We are extremely grateful to the many individuals who have left legacies to the Great Hospital to assist us in continuing to offer support to the older citizens of the city of Norwich.

If you would like to help in this way please contact:

The Master
The Great Hospital
Bishopgate
NORWICH NR1 4EL

Telephone: 01603 622022