Pay What You Can
What’s the deal?
The cost of climbing can be exclusionary, and that doesn’t sit well with us. In the 3 years since we opened, we’ve tried our best to increase access to the sport. We run kids lessons for local primary schools and youth organisations at-cost, and informally discount recurring membership subscriptions for our community members who might feel unable to keep their membership going.
We would always rather see people climbing than not at all, so if you can’t pay full price, we still think you should be able to climb at Rise.
So, we’re formalising Pay What You Can and want to tell you all about it. We have options to pay discounted entry or membership, but also to pay more for your membership to support us, too. Hence, pay what you can :)
If you want to climb with us, and don’t feel able to afford the entry…
get in touch
The first hurdle is us telling you that this is a thing.
The second hurdle is you telling us if you need it.
If you are considering pausing or ending your membership due to cost -
please reach out and tell us.
You can always come and see us in person, and ask at the desk. If Conor or James are around, they will be able to help you straight away.
If you’d rather message us, please drop us an email in our contact form.
Pay more for your membership
We’re really grateful to some of our members who have offered to pay more on their memberships as a sort of ‘pay-it-forward’.
We’ve set up three recurring monthly add-ons; £5, £10, and £15.
You can add these to your membership in person, or we can add them to your membership if you email us - just make sure you use the same email address as on your membership so it gets assigned properly!
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In all honesty, paying extra for your membership doesn’t exactly directly go to someone else who isn’t able to pay that month - that’s not the kind of rigorous one-for-one system we’re running here. Instead, what it does is allow us to stay open. It means we’re able to keep making and resourcing the conscious choice to maintain cheaper, more accessible memberships for folks who need it.
You could ask why we don’t put our prices up, and that would be a totally reasonable question!
We are really proud of being a comparatively affordable climbing gym in London. We have the cheapest peak-time price, and pretty good value memberships. We think that’s good for providing access to climbing in the first place. We really see the cheaper entry price as our investment into our members and the climbing community. Some people might not see it that way, but this aligns with our values and is really important to us.
Is it fair that some people who already give back to the Rise community in so many ways will actually pay more for their membership, while others choose not to pay more? We don’t know the answer to that, but that’s why it’s called pay what you can. We are really grateful to those people who do choose to pay more - they are making the choice to support indie climbing, and that’s something we should all be thankful for. Actually, we are really grateful to all of our customers for continuing to support us by climbing at Rise.t goes here
if you want to put an add-on amount to your membership, drop us a note in the contact form above and we’ll apply that from your next billing date. A HUGE THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE GYM!
What else can you do?
If you have a membership somewhere else and won’t come to Rise enough to justify a second membership, we can discuss a discounted membership that allows you to support the gym but not pay over the odds to do that!
What are we doing for you?
We’re reinvesting in the gym by building a big old extension.
This doesn’t mean we are raking it in. Far from it! We are scraping the bottom of our pockets (again!) to fund this one.
Under pressure to keep indie gyms alive in the capital, we want to keep improving our offering! So, we’re putting more money into the gym, and building an extension into our next door unit.
There will be:
more climbing - a nice big new slab!
a new TB2 - bringing us up to a total of 3 boards!
an extended gym with more weights and new equipment!
Bear with us, this will all be worth it. And in the meantime, spread the word, come to an event, bring a friend, buy a coffee, post a story of your send, and whatever else you feel able to do to support the gym!
Cheaper days
Off Peak
Before 4pm Mon-Fri
Excluding bank holidays
Tues/Thurs Morning
Super off-peak £7.5
6am-10am
Friday deals
Student fridays £7.5
(incl shoes)
Board Friday £5
(Board climb only)
Membership perks
Bring a friend for FREE once a month (first visit)
FREE Entry for one U18 climber you are supervising
Shoe rental add-on £12 per month
Who’s a concession
Forces
NHS,
blue light services teachers
students, JSA/UC/WTC/PIP
over 65s
Opening Hours
Mon, Wed, Fri
Tue, Thur
Weekends
Bank Holidays
10am – 10pm
6am - 10pm
9am – 6pm
9am - 9pm
Unit 6 Caxton Works
Hoy St
London
E16 1ZA
Location
Our Facilities
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Bouldering is the most straightforward form of climbing. We climb short ‘problems’ over foam matting to protect our falls. Solo, or in a crew, it’s a workout, some time to yourself, or super social.
We have a traverse wall for warmups and full height walls with new problems every week.
We have shoes and chalk for you to buy (or hire) if you are new to climbing.
The best way to get comfortable with bouldering is with one of our intro classes.
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We have a small and well equipped training area - everything you need to be able to train for your climbing goals.
Squat rack, bench, stationary bike, free weights, calisthenics rig & rings, finger boards.
We have a Moonboard 2016 and a 42.5 degree set board (don’t ask ;D). We set this from V4 to V12 every 6 months to give you something really hard to run at.
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We have a small cafe that serves brews and brews*. The bar is open from 5pm on weekdays and 12pm on weekends- but no climbing after beers - they don’t mix well!
*that’s a joke about the words for tea and beer being the same ;) sorry!!!
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We have a shower and changing facilities if you want to come early or have somewhere to go after.