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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£63.9K
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Spending
£62.6K
Public benefits
Northern Ireland Piping and Drumming School Public benefit statement Our beneficiaries are both children and young people aged 8-25 years and the general public in Northern Ireland without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, race, ethnic origin, political, religious or other opinion. We have 4 charitable purposes:
1) The advancement of musical education, theory and practice in the art of Bagpipe Playing and Snare Drumming; 2) the promotion of arts, heritage and culture; 3) to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants; and 4) any other charitable purposes. Our purposes interlink with each other and therefore the benefits will overlap between purposes: 1)The direct benefit which flows from the advancement of musical education, theory and practice in the art of Bagpipe Playing and Snare Drumming is that people, especially young people, are educated in highland piping and drumming and highland dancing. Through the provision of teaching, instruction, examination, training, performance, production, practice and study of highland piping and drumming the beneficiaries will be learning new musical skills and will also be able to seek accreditation through graded certification as their musical proficiency increases. This is evidenced by the number of students who attend our classes and the number of students that progress through the eight grades of progressive and sequential learning for drumming and piping. For example, students can attain certification for NIPDS own certificates, CCEA Qualifications (Piping/Drumming), PDQB, SQA, Duke of Edinburgh’s and London College of Music (Performance). We also hope to be able to provide scholarships or grants to students when we become financially capable to advance and develop their education. 2) The direct benefit which flows from the promotion of arts, heritage and culture is that the public’s knowledge and understanding of the highland bagpipe, snare drum and highland dancing and related musical, cultural and artistic activities will be improved and they will be able to enjoy these traditional musical artforms through various performances. NIPDS puts great emphasis on not only performance and musical understanding but also on history and cultural appreciation of Scottish, Irish and Breton music. So it is our hope that these musical art forms will be preserved for generations to come. This will be evidenced through the number of presentations of pipe band, solo piping and solo drumming competitions, public concerts, recitals and other related musical, cultural and artistic activities that we carry out. 3) The direct benefit which flows from the provision, or assistance in the provision, of facilities is that the conditions of life for the beneficiaries will be improved. We want in the future to have a permanent physical centre of our own, in addition to using outreach centres across Northern Ireland, so that we can provide facilities for educational, social and recreational activities also so that educational traditional music instruction and performance, are not isolated activities on their own but rather can be a cornerstone in a centre for other social and recreational learning and activities in the community. This will be evidenced by the number of additional activities that take place in promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants. 4) The direct benefit that will come from being able to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose in connection with the art of highland piping and drumming and other related musical, cultural and artistic activities is that the directors will have the scope to pursue other charitable purposes in the future and not be restricted to the three above.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Northern Ireland Piping + Drumming School is an education body in teaching and learning, encompassing Scottish and Breton Music. NIPDS delivers tuition for bagpipes, snare drumming, bass and tenor drummers, drum-majors and highland dancing. NIPDS puts great emphasis on performance, musical understanding, history and cultural appreciation
within the School’s certificate programme. This structured approach covers eight grades of progressive and sequential learning for drumming and piping. Students can attain certification for NIPDS own certificates, PDQB, SQA, Duke of Edinburgh’s and London College of Music (Performance). NIPDS successful collaboration to teach drumming in Clifton School Bangor for pupils with Additional Educational Needs (AEN) is being extended to develop confidence and encourage mainstream integration. The school places great emphasis on standards in both the theory of music and practical playing and appoints an external examiner annually to monitor and report on the performances of students undertaking school examinations. The school currently premises at Laurelhill Community School, Lisburn and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen.
... [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
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Older people
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Heritage/historical
- Youth development
