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Status
Received: 86 days late
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Income
£105.4K
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Spending
£94.4K
Public benefits
Our organisation meets the public benefit requirement as we provide a service to the public through provision of pipe band championship events and also to our member bands who are a section of the public. We also meet the public benefit element through our piping and drumming schools which are open to all members of the public. The public benefits
from our advancement of our artform and also through an understanding of our history through our history project. Another public benefit is access to accredited piping and drumming qualifications through our piping and drumming centres. Again all our activities are open to all members of the public. RSPBANI promote and encourage the culture and advancement of Pipe Band Music and the benefits flowing from the purposes are demonstrated through the outcomes of staging pipe band competitions throughout N. Ireland to advance the standard of Pipe Band Music, the provision of teaching facilities, the bond of fellowship, the devising of rules and the organising of the All Ireland Championships for the enjoyment and benefit of all members and the general public. By providing 4 teaching centres throughout N. Ireland to enhance teaching learning skills associated with each discipline for the benefit of members and the general public. A bond of fellowship is maintained with all Pipe Band Personnel through friendships and fellowships gained at competitions and our education centres. Local contest rules are put forward at our AGM by notice of motion and voted on for the benefit of the membership and general public RSPBANI organises 8 or 9 Pipe Band Championships each year to encourage competition, which are regulated by RSPBA rules. The All Ireland Championships is jointly run alongside the Irish Pipe Band Association and is alternated yearly between the two countries. Members of both associations and the general public benefit from this. The possibility of harm, for example by physical injury incurred by participation in pipe band events is outweighed by the benefit and significantly reduced by the policies and procedures in place to address such risks, i.e. safeguarding and child protection policy, health and safety policy, code of conduct for staff and volunteers. Some private benefit is obtained by traders who sell food and pipe band equipment on favourable terms, but this is ancillary to the main purpose and is greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit. No harm arises from these purposes. RSPBANI is an equal opportunity organisation and membership and all activities and purposes are open to benefit any member of society.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Organising and delivering all Championship Pipe Band and Drum Major Contests in Northern Ireland. • Organising and delivering the Ulster Solo Piping and Drumming Championships. • The promotion of the culture and advancement of Pipe and drum music. • Providing advice, assistance and guidance to the piping community generally on organisation,
governance, education and music development. • Providing a teaching facility across Northern Ireland to nationally accredited standards. Encouragement of arts and cultural tourism across Northern Ireland
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
