Concessions & Booking Policy
We offer a Concessionary rate for some of our activities, to people in the following categories:
those in receipt of a universal benefit (such as Universal Credit, Disability Living Allowance or PIP),
those whose sole income is a State Pension,
full-time students.
NEW: concession for young people (18-25) for drop-in classes and Buddhism courses
Our mission is to enable as many people as possible to have access to teaching on meditation, Buddhism, mindfulness, yoga and related activities. We therefore aim to make our classes as affordable as we can. However, we are a small independent charity so we also need to generate enough income that we can continue to offer classes and events.
Our payment and concessions policy is therefore to ask people to pay the full price for our activities if they are possibly able to do so. This has become even more important in these challenging financial times of Covid-19 because the Centre’s income has dropped hugely. If you are able to pay the full cost this then helps us be able to offer concession prices to those who cannot otherwise afford to attend, so it is part of the fundamental Buddhist principle of generosity.
Our Concessionary rate is based on a policy of trusting people, so we choose to trust that people will only claim the concession price if they are genuinely eligible for that and are living on a low income.
If you do not fit the categories for a concession but you are still finding it very hard to afford to attend our classes, please do contact the Centre Team to discuss if there is a way we can help you to attend.
North London Buddhist Centre’s Terms and Conditions for Meditation and Buddhism classes, workshops and courses
Full payment is needed for all bookings
All bookings are non-refundable
Bookings on Ticket Tailor (deposits and donations) are non-refundable and non-transferrable
Unfortunately we are not able to give a credit note
If not otherwise specified we can only make transfers:
For weekly Meditation and Buddhism classes:, we can only transfer a booking to another class if you give us a minimum of 24 hours notice.
For Retreats, courses and (Meditation, Buddhism and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy courses or workshops): we require a minimum notice of 2 weeks to transfer a booking
We will only transfer a booking once.
Cancellation by the Centre
We endeavour to run all the events we advertise. However, if in exceptional circumstances we may have to cancel an event we will offer you a full refund.