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This charity was removed from the register on 17 Dec 2019
Public benefits
The benefit which flows from the purposes will see greater access for the people of of NI to quality cultural programming and participation. It will also ensure that the public investment already made in Derry’s cultural infrastructure is maximized and the benefits fully realized. The benefit will be demonstrated through ongoing evaluation of the
social impact of the projects carried out by a partner research organization who will work alongside Culture Trust. The beneficiaries of this purpose are the citizens of Derry, the North West and, citizens across NI as the cultural programming is scaled. A private benefit may be to any of our directors who live in Derry or other places that the programming will happen, this is incidental as they will benefit to the same degree as other citizens by coincidence of living in the area. Further benefit which flows from the purpose will see creative practitioners from NI and overseas become more active citizens in contributing ideas, projects, solutions, towards conflict resolution, equality, human rights and racial harmony. In turn the NI public will benefit from new approaches and a creative problem solving approach to issues such as commemoration, story-telling, emblems, segregation and dividing walls. The benefits will be demonstrated by evidence of cultural practitioners on boards, cross-sectoral working groups and policy making bodies; a new body of work and practice will be created; continued progress towards a shared peaceful future in NI, a parallel programme of evaluation with a research partner will demonstrate impact. The beneficiaries of this purpose are cultural practitioners in NI who will gain more of a voice in the region’s future. More so the beneficiaries are the general public in NI whose chances of experiencing a peaceful future are enhanced by this activity. Other benefits of the purpose are a strengthening of NI’s vulnerable culture and arts sector and their creative output. In turn NI will benefit reputationally as a place that values creativity and cultural vibrancy, attractive for its own people and for tourists and investors. The beneficiaries of this purpose are, in the first instance, the arts and cultural sector in Northern Ireland as it will directly support their ability to deliver. The long term beneficiaries will be the NI public who will benefit directly from improved cultural services and a strengthened sector, firstly through access, experience and participation. Secondly, cultural vibrancy will make NI a more attractive place both for its own people to stay live and work and for potential inward investors. Evidence of this benefit will be demonstrated by feedback from the arts sector, and the level of shared services created. Additional benefits will be in the collation of research documents, evaluations, reports, visuals and moving image, and compelling case studies that articulate the social value and impact of arts and cultural practice in post-conflict NI. The evidence will be collated in ways that can be presented, shared and taught in other parts of the world. The beneficiaries will be other divided societies who see arts and culture as a driver for transformation, global societies in or emerging from conflict. NI will benefit from being perceived as a caring place that is interested in helping other parts of the world by sharing its own learning. NI could be a global thought leader in this arena. The benefit will be demonstrated in the number of invitations/presentations from NI creative and cultural sector at international conferences, events, workshops, seminars. There is no harm.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Culture Trust will contribute to the advancement of education in NI by supporting and developing proven arts-based learning initiatives. It will advance citizenship and community development by providing a route for arts producers to contribute to policy and peace-building and ensuring multi-disciplinary solutions to our society’s complex
problems. It will contribute to the advancement of the arts and culture through commissioning new work, advocacy and sourcing new resources to develop and strengthen the sector. Our work will actively advance human rights, conflict resolution, reconciliation and religious/racial equality and diversity by placing these issues at the heart of the organisation’s creative challenge function. The Culture Trust is propelled by the belief that Northern Ireland’s best chance of developing as a mature and prosperous 21st Century society is if its citizens have the possibility of fulfilling their creative and cultural potential. At least people should have the opportunity to participate in diverse cultural experiences that stimulate new thinking, approaches and conversations. The Culture Trust aims to provide a service to the NI public by ensuring that high quality, cultural participation and individual and collective creativity is a strong feature in our education sector, neighbourhoods and public realm. It also aims to ensure that the NI cultural sector has a positive profile and engagement nationally and internationally. Culture Trust will commission, produce, create and support new cultural productions/education programmes/social impact projects and national and international collaborations of scale and ambition. The work will be predicated on active participation and involvement of ordinary people from NI; it will explore how art, creative learning and participation in creative processes can contribute to dealing with the complex legacies of conflict and apply this learning to support more work.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Research/evaluation
Charitable purposes
40. The Company is established with the following vision aim & objects: The organisation is established for the promotion of the arts, culture and heritage and the promotion of reconciliation for the public benefit in Northern Ireland by charitable means only but in particular by: 1. Ensuring that there is a sustained cultural legacy from the approach and programming principles of ‘Derry~Londonderry City of Culture of 2013’ for Derry and other parts of NI. 2. to provide a platform for arts and culture to contribute to the search for solutions to the remaining challenges to lasting peace in Northern Ireland. 3. to add value to existing arts and cultural organisations in NI. 4. to ensure that learning from bridge-building arts and cultural experience in Northern Ireland is shared with other parts of the world.