Support from the USA

Donate from the United States

Thank you for your support of The Blake Cottage Trust, we are so grateful to our friends around the world. 

The trust is a registered UK charity dedicated to conserving and restoring William Blake’s historic Felpham home located in Sussex on the south coast of England - an internationally important landmark where Blake lived from 1800–1803 and wrote the immortal words that became Jerusalem.

Tax-efficient giving for supporters in the United States

US taxpayers can support the restoration of William Blake’s Cottage through the Chapel & York US Foundation, making a gift in a way recognised for US tax purposes while helping to secure Blake’s home and future centre in Felpham, meaning your gift stretches further allowing us to accomplish even more. Chapel & York has been facilitating tax effective cross-border giving through their Global Family of Foundations for almost thirty years.

You can donate online:

• By card

• By wire transfer

• By stock donations

You can also donate gifts of property (Please contact info@chapel-yorkukfoundation.org to discuss specific arrangements).

When filling out the online donation form The Blake Cottage Trust (not Blake Cottage Trust) is listed in the drop down list of donees.

Gifts are made through the Chapel & York US Foundation, giving US-based supporters a clear and compliant route for charitable giving. 

All donations are receipted by email for US tax purposes. 

Organisation Name: The Blake Cottage Trust

UKCC Number (our UK Registered Charity Commission No): 1160716

NEED HELP?

Speak to Chapel & York or to us

If you are considering a major gift, a stock donation, a legacy, or would simply like guidance on the best route, please get in touch.

Chapel & York US Foundation: info@chapel-yorkusfoundation.org

The Blake Cottage Trust: info@blakecottage.org

Thank You for Your Support

We are profoundly grateful for every contribution. Your support will play an important part in helping us restore Blake’s Cottage in time for the 2027 bicentenary of William Blake’s death—ensuring that this creative sanctuary is preserved for generations to come.

Thank you for helping us to safeguard this extraordinary place and to bring William Blake’s legacy home two hundred years after his death.