Dear friends of Canterbury Cantata Trust,
We held the AGM on the 25th February at St. Paul's church with all trustees present and Grenville, Matt Shipton and Emily Renshaw-Kidd also. I presented the Chair's report and information on the sponsors and donations during 2022 as detailed in the newsletter.
There was a very low turnout but we were extremely pleased to be able to present the annotated accounts summary, prepared by Joanna Heath, and to announce that the position of Artistic Director will be passed to Emily Renshaw-Kidd, now that Grenville is standing down after his establishment of the trust and ten year guardianship of the position. We all believe that this offers wonderful continuity for the Trust due to the long established musical relationship between Grenville and Emily, and over the next few months they will work together to ensure a smooth handover. Emily is already truly embedded in the Trust, running both Skylarks Canterbury and Cantata, fully exemplifying the ethos of the Trust. The liaison between SImon Langton School for boys and the new PCFIT (Parkinson's Centre for Integrated Therapies) centre nearby will soon be cemented, offering further opportunities to extend the reach of the "Sing to Beat" programme to those with MS who use the centre.
Thanks as ever were given to all the facilitators, accompanists, trustees and volunteers who keep the wheels of the Trust turning to ensure singers can continue improving their wellbeing.
The accounts summary and newsletter will soon be uploaded to the CCT website to accompany the full accounts that are already there in the governance section.
Wishing you all a healthy spring and the rest of 2023,
Roshna Ahmad.

Canterbury Cantata Trust was established as a Registered Charity (no. 1163197) in 2015. Its charitable objects are as follows:

To advance the education and training of amateur singers of all abilities by offering an opportunity for anyone to sing with others without an audition or former experience of choral singing, in particular but not exclusively for those with a disability to help relieve their condition. To advance the health and well-being of the public by participating in research and education in singing and musical activities, in particular but not exclusively for younger people and those with a disability or long-term illness. To promote, sustain and increase the personal development and skills of individual musicians and their performances of music and other cultural and educational activities in order to make music more accessible to the public. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving need amongst those who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purposes of this article socially excluded means being excluded from society or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: youth or old age; physical or mental ill health; substance abuse or dependency including alcohol or drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship or family breakdown; poverty; homelessness.

Full details of the people involved in running the charity, including our trustees, artistic director and patrons can be found here.

Our full set of filed and published accounts and other key information can be viewed on our Charity Commission page.

Canterbury Cantata Trust Trustee Meeting Minutes - September 2023

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Canterbury Cantata Trust - AGM Minutes February 2023

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Canterbury Cantata Trust

Canterbury Cantata Trust Registered in England and Wales
Company No. 8293466 (Limited by Guarantee)
Registered Charity No. 1163197.

Registered Office:
April Cottage, Cherville Lane,
Bramling, Canterbury,
Kent. CT3 1LZ

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