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Join our Circle of Giving
The future of Traigh Bhan is sustained by the generosity of those who value this sacred place and want to help secure its future.
Your contribution will support essential restoration, environmentally responsible facilities for guests, and bursaries for people who face financial barriers to retreat.
We welcome conversations with individuals, trusts, foundations and organisations interested in partnering with us. We also invite leaving a Legacy, as well as contributions to our Bursary Fund (the Gift of Sanctuary). Through your contribution to our Circle of Giving, you help preserve Traigh Bhan as a place of peace and inner listening for those who follow. Please get in touch.
Giving from the United States
US supporters can help sustain Traigh Bhan through the Hygeia Foundation, supporting our charitable work on Iona while potentially benefiting from a US charitable tax deduction.
Your gift helps care for this much-loved retreat house and supports its continuing role as a place of spiritual renewal, reflection and connection. Eligible donations through Hygeia may reduce your US taxable income, depending on your personal circumstances and applicable tax rules.
When donating, please indicate that you wish to support Traigh Bhan. For payment options and assistance, visit the Hygeia Foundation’s website.
Our Fundraising Priorities
Every gift makes a difference, no matter how small. Regular donations provides the stability needed to plan ahead, undertake significant capital improvements and care for Traigh Bhan with confidence.
Traigh Bhan is more than 100 years old and requires essential care and maintenance to remain safe, warm and welcoming. These are some of the projects that need support.
£3,000 • $4,000
will install one of 9 windows needed to improve warmth and energy efficiency.
£3,000 • $4,000
will improve insulation in the Sanctuary.
£5,000 • $6,800
will improve drainage of rainwater in and outside the garden.
£6,000 • $8,100
will rebuild the stone wall, collapsed due to weather and sheltering cows!
£7,000 • $9,500
will get an engineer/architect to assess the house for possible improvements.
£12,000 • $16,300
will add a bothy outside for a host, so guests can use the whole house.
£15,000–£28,000 • $20,300–$38,000
will replace our coal-fired heating with a more environmentally sensitive option.
If you’d like to support maintenance and Traigh Bhan Iona in its vision of shining the Light of Iona in planetary service, your donations and support will be deeply appreciated.
Give the Gift of Sanctuary
Iona’s location and the travel costs involved can place it beyond the reach of people who would benefit deeply from a place of safety, welcome and renewal.
Our dedicated Sanctuary Bursary Fund will help make a stay possible for people from marginalised and underserved communities, refugees and others fleeing conflict, and charity workers supporting people through difficult circumstances.
Donations will help meet retreat and accommodation costs and, where possible, travel expenses. Every contribution will help offer someone in genuine need a place to rest, recover their strength and reconnect with hope.
We do not want financial hardship to be a barrier to sanctuary – we want to ease connection to sanctuary. By supporting this fund, you can give the experience of renewal to someone who might otherwise never have the opportunity to visit Traigh Bhan and Iona.
A Bursary Fund to help those who need renewal most
Leave a Legacy
A gift in your will is a lasting way to help preserve Traigh Bhan and its spirit of sanctuary for generations to come.
Your legacy can help care for this historic place, support people who could not otherwise afford to visit and ensure that Traigh Bhan continues to offer welcome and renewal far into the future. Our intent is to create an Endowment fund for this purpose.
We invite you to consider including Traigh Bhan Iona Limited in your will. If you would like to explore leaving a legacy, please contact us for a confidential conversation.
Gift Aid
If you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid allows Traigh Bhan Iona to claim an additional 25p from HM Revenue & Customs for every £1 you donate—at no extra cost to you.
To qualify, you must have paid at least as much UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax in the relevant tax year as all the charities you support will reclaim on your donations. You are responsible for paying any difference. Please notify us if you cancel your declaration, change your name or home address, or no longer pay sufficient tax.
Other ways to give
If you would like to explore other ways to support, or a gift for a particular aspect of our work, please contact us. We would be glad to discuss the most appropriate way meet your wishes.
Thank you for helping us create and sustain a place of sanctuary, reflection and renewal on Iona.