Cancellations
If you wish to cancel your booking for an event, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing bookings@lbc.org.uk or calling us on 02087099978 (10am-5pm weekdays).
Retreats
Our retreats are not transferable or refundable, however if you cancel your place on a shorter retreat (up to 4 days) more than a month in advance, then the amount paid minus a £50 cancellation fee will be returned to you. If you cancel your place on a longer retreat more than a month in advance, then the amount paid minus a £100 cancellation fee will be returned.
Courses
Our courses are not transferable or refundable, however If you cancel your place on a course more than 7 days in advance, then the amount paid minus a £25 cancellation fee will be returned.
Weekday Yoga Classes
Weekday Yoga class bookings cancelled at least 2 hours in advance can be transferred or refunded. Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to cancel your booking so that we can offer the place to someone else.
Weekend Yoga Classes and Workshops
Weekend Yoga classes and Yoga workshop bookings cancelled before 4pm on the Friday preceding the event can be transferred or refunded. Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to cancel your booking so that we can offer the place to someone else. You can email bookings@lbc.org.uk or ring 020 8981 1225.
Bookable Weekend Events
If you need to cancel your booked place at a weekend event, please let us know before 4pm on the preceding Friday, then the amount paid can be returned. After 4pm on the preceding Friday before an event, we will not be able to return the amount paid.
Deposits and Balance Payments
For some retreats, you can book with an initial deposit and pay the remaining balance closer to the start of the retreat. The due date of the balance will be shown when you book the place and will be detailed in a confirmation email after booking. If we do not receive the balance payment by the due date, we may remove your place on the retreat. Deposits are not refundable or transferable.
Disclaimer
We endeavour to run all the events that we publicise. However, in exceptional circumstances we may have to cancel an event - in this case we shall, of course, refund all of your payment. The London Buddhist Centre accepts no responsibility for any damage or loss to property on retreat (or during your journey to/from the retreat).
Our Retreat Rates
The London Buddhist Centre is committed to making the Buddha’s transformative teachings available to as many people as possible. That’s why all our regular classes are free of charge, and those who teach or support them do so voluntarily. To be able to run retreats and maintain Vajrasana, we depend on the generosity of those who attend and need to ask for a certain amount when you book.
Full Rate:
By giving the full rate, you not only cover the basic costs of your own retreat – you also help us continue offering the conditions for growth to as many people as possible.
Low Income Rate:
This option is available to anyone whose financial circumstances prevent them from being to attend at the full rate. We don’t ask for proof – just that you choose the full rate if you’re able to.
Bursary fund:
We have a bursary fund called the Ratnasambhava Fund which is generously supported by our sangha and enables us to offer further support for people to get on retreat. If you’re not in a position to give the low income rate, we may still be able to offer you a place for an amount that would be within your means. Before contacting us, it may be helpful to have a think about the amount you are able to give, perhaps factoring in what you’d normally spend over that period. Could you offer, for instance, 80% of the low income rate? Or 60%?
To explore this option, please call our bookings manager on 0208 70 999 78 (10am–5pm weekdays – leave a message if we don’t pick up), or email bookings@lbc.org.uk.
