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Holywood Music Festival

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £12.9K

  • Spending

    £11.0K

Charity no. 102098 Date registered. 01/06/2015

Public benefits

Holywood Music Festival contributes to the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and community development. Through the teachers who enter pupils in the Festival and through every entrant, Holywood Music Festival is instrumental in the advancement of their education - primarily their music education but also touching on history, geography

and culture through the composers and their music that they are studying. Preparing for and performing at a festival involves group activity and individual achievement and performers gain a deeper appreciation of their repertoire. The inspiration gained from skilled adjudicators raises standards and all should leave with a sense of achievement. Holywood Music Festival attracts visitors to the town which stimulates the economic growth of the town. It brings 3000 extra people to Holywood during the festival which encourages the growth of tourism and benefits the businesses in the town. The festival gives the town the opportunity to bring communities together and instil a sense of community pride as well as a greater developed knowledge of music history. Due to the strong volunteer investment in our festival, this sense of community pride is fostered and encouraged to grow, strengthening relationships. New skills are taught or upgraded through our volunteer training programme. The intended beneficiaries are the students who attend our lessons and all those members of the public who attend our performances. There is no harm or private benefit flowing from our purposes.

What your organisation does

It organises and promotes an annual Music Festival in Holywood each November, whose purpose is to provide opportunities for the community to enjoy engagement with music, whether as performer, member of the audience or volunteer. Through this engagement and resultant interaction with the community, Holywood Music Festival strives to ensure that

music is recognised as essential to the well-being of society.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Education/training
  • Volunteer development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 28 February 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 28 February 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 28 February 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The objectives of the Festival are to encourage the study, cultivation and promotion of the Performing Art of Music and such other Performing Arts as may be determined by the Committee and for those purposes to hold one or more Festivals in each year as the Committee may determine and for any of those purposes to conduct such fund raising activities as the Committee may determine.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

HMF
  • 12 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 50 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Holywood Music Festival, 6 Knockdarragh Park, Belfast, BT4 2LE

Trustee board

Trustee
Marianne Underwood (Hon. Sec.)
Gillian Pitt
J Jane Fox-Roberts
Kim Marston
Hilary Warnock (Chair)
Caroline Rowan
Debbie West
Mr John West (Hon. Treasurer)
Rebecca Lawrence
Wei Jing Goh
Mr Gary Mills
Mr Colum Mcginn

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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