Friends of North Devon Youth Music

The Friends of North Devon Youth Music are responsible for the music centre and its activities. We:

• are the governing body for the North Devon Music Centre;
• are the trustees of the registered charity;
• meet regularly to set policies and guide the management of the Music Centre;
• raise most of the money needed to run the Music Centre;
• provide practical assistance at weekly meetings and concerts.

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Who we are

The Friends of North Devon Youth Music are led by a committee which forms the governing body and the trustees of the charity. Other members provide practical support. The committee members are:

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 5 pm on Wednesday 26th September 2012 at Park School, Barnstaple.

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Practical assistance

As well as raising most of the money needed to run the Music Centre, the Friends of North Devon Youth Music provide essential practical assistance at weekly meetings and concerts. Some examples of the help provided by friends are:

• taking registers at weekly meetings
• collecting fees
• helping and befriending members
• giving information to members and their parents
• supervising at rehearsals and workshops
• selling tickets, programmes and refreshments at concerts
• stage management
• running raffles
• administration

We are very grateful to all our friends who make Music Centre possible by their help and support.

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Please help!

If you share our conviction that music-making is a priceless experience for young people, we would welcome your support and friendship. Please contact us if you might be able to spare a little of your time to help on Wednesday evenings (not necessarily every week) or at concerts; or might consider joining our committee; or could be involved in fund-raising activities.

If you would like to help but are not sure how, or do not have much time to spare, please talk to us anyway - there will be something useful you can do!

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Council funding

North Devon Music Centre is supported by Devon County Council. The Next Steps Ensemble is funded by the Devon Learning and Development Partnership.

Friends of North Devon Youth Music is a registered charity.

Registered charity number 1041980

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