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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£11.6K
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Spending
£8.9K
- Charity no. 103852
- Date registered. 10/09/2015
Public benefits
Our organisation meets the public benefit requirements in a number of ways - Firstly we perpetuate the traditional musical practice of brass bands and provide musical tuition and performance opportunities to our members. Our membership is open to all those who share the aims and ethos of the organisation. Currently membership ranges in age from 9 -
80 years. We place no membership fee on those who wish to join therefore we do not exclude those in poverty or the socially excluded. We provide free musical instruments and all uniform and equipment to our members. Members benefit by gaining musical knowledge, performance and competitive experience and many related social skills. The wider public benefit from our activities in that we perform widely in our locality and throughout Northern Ireland. Each year we perform at approximately 20 public performances including parades, concerts, church services and charity events. Our organisation creates a sense of civic pride both among its members, our supporters and families and the wider community in the Crossgar and Saintfield areas. Currently our membership is around 30 playing members but the area of benefit is much wider and includes wider families, audiences at events and the general public of the area. The benefits are demonstrated through verbal feedback from the public at our events usually via our conductor saying that they enjoyed the bands program or a particular performance, and numbers attending the events.
What your organisation does
Our principle purpose is to teach and perform brass band music repetoire. To do this we tutor members in musicianship and practice weekly to maintain high standards. We also run separate classes for learners and improving players. In addition, we perform at approximately 20 public performances each year. We enter formal competitive music contests
and compete against other similar bands from throughout Northern Ireland. In order to support these activities we fund raise through a range of initiatives and apply for suitable grants from funders when available. We raise funds for chairities - eg. at Christmas the band performs carols in a number of public spaces and raises money for various chosen charities. To date we have raised around £25,000 for local charities.
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
- General public
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Cultural
- Education/training