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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£72.3K
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Spending
£63.8K
Public benefits
The benefits which flow from our purpose include access to and engagement with world-class arts & cultural provision that otherwise would not exist in the area, to advance the education of the public in the understanding, awareness and value of the work of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett, and to showcase the heritage and natural beauty of
Fermanagh generating civic pride. These benefits are evidenced through the delivery of activities, numbers of people engaging, feedback from participants, volunteers, audience members & funders, profile in local, regional and national media and the independent evaluation of festivals. In encouraging significant number of people to some very rural &/or environmentally sensitive outdoor venues, there is a risk of unintended low-level environmental damage. However, we promote the ‘Leave No Trace’ ethos and we can show that this harm is outweighed by the benefits. The charity’s beneficiaries are the general public in Fermanagh, arts audiences from across the island of Ireland, Europe and beyond.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We deliver a world-class arts & cultural festival programmes celebrating literature in the borderlands, in particular the life and work of Samuel Beckett in Co Fermanagh and other places related to him for local, regional and international audiences. Our main focus is the Enniskillen International Beckett Festival held every summer in the island
town of Enniskillen and surrounding area. We also celebrate other writers including Brian Friel and Oscar Wilde. The festivals features world-class theatre, music, visual art, comedy and talks with events taking place in a number of unusual venues including uninhabited islands, caves, cliff tops, abandoned buildings, churches and many others. In 2015, our festival delivered 97 performances of 37 events, attracting an audience in excess of 6,800. We engaged 117 artists, 23 from NI and involved 143 volunteers who provided more than 1,000 hours of voluntary activity. The festival received rave reviews from British, Irish and international media.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Arts
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Heritage/historical
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
