OF Society

Welcome to the OF Society pages, which we hope will provide you with everything you want to know about what we do, how we operate, our Honorary Members, and how you can provide financial support to the Society and its associated Charity

Donations

Since 1 January 2015 the College has funded the operational costs of the Society, illustrating the close and cooperative relationship which exists between us.

We had previously asked for donations from members to help fund our operational costs and we are most grateful to over 400 who regularly gave in order for us to balance our books. Notwithstanding the College’s support for our operational costs we still encourage OFs to make donations to the Society to help fund one or more of the following:

  • Capital improvements at the College
  • Scholarships and bursaries to enable future and existing pupils to receive the benefit of education at the College
  • Benevolence for those OFs who have fallen on hard times, an area where our Trustees have been called on twice in the last couple of years

Donation Options

By Standing Order

Complete a standing order form yourself with the following details:

Account
SOF Trustee Charitable Trust
Address
HSBC, 12 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3AZ
Account Number
62314576
Sort Code
40-25-31

Donation with Gift Aid

If you would like to make a donation, together with any Gift Aid, then please print a Gift Aid Form (found on the right) and send it to the Hon Treasurer.

Donate regularly

If you wish to donate on a regular basis, then please print a Banker’s Order (found on the right) and send it to the Hon Treasurer.

 

COMMUNICATION DONATIONS

We launched an appeal in 2023 to meet most, if not all, of the cost of production (both online and physical) and delivery of annual publications to all those UK-based OFs who have expressed a preference for a printed newspaper. It is our hope that adopting a donation-based approach will allow the more eager, or able, members amongst us to support this publication reaching as broad an audience as possible.  Whilst we would appreciate a contribution of at least £10 per annum, we would of course welcome a little more to help meet the approximate £10,000 annual cost to the Society.

To make such a donation easy, we now offer three different ways to donate:

Via online banking:

Account name: Society of Old Framlinghamians

Account No.: 81299824

Sort Code: 40-25-31

Ref: Your Surname and Initials

Via Stripe (where you can also use ApplePay, Google Pay or Paypal): We offer 3 straightforward ways to contribute (please make sure to add your Surname and Initials):

    1. Make a one-off donation of your choice;
    2. Donate £10 per annum via Stripe; or
    3. Donate £20 per annum via Stripe.

 

Via this QR code: scanning this QR code on your smartphone will allow you to donate a one-off donation of any amount you wish:

 

Please do NOT send your standing orders direct to your own bank!