# Embracing Arts

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1162812
- **Other names:** C4K, CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS, Christmas for Kids
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 23, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1162812


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Barrel Lane, FAVERSHAM, Kent
- **Postcode:** ME13 7FL
- **Phone:** 07927022904
- **Email:** info@embracingarts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.embracingarts.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGHOUT THE UK BY MEANS OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND PUPPETRY.

**Activities:** Founded in 2009, Embracing Arts provides interactive, multi-sensory musical theatre experiences for children with special educational needs and life limiting illness. The charity works with SEND schools and hospice services to improve the wellbeing of children who have limited access to the arts and cultural provision. We provide interactive Christmas shows, Inclusive parties and School Workshops.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £243491 | £224905 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £155367 | £153578 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £113386 | £93800 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £69175 | £69685 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £48948 | £54199 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Keogan — appointed May 16, 2022
- Bar Huberman — appointed Feb. 8, 2021
- Charlotte Selene Pym Cornish — appointed Jan. 25, 2024
- Dave Hearn BA Hons — appointed July 4, 2018
- David Equality Hull-Watters — appointed Feb. 21, 2024
- EMMA JANE REEVES — appointed July 23, 2015
- Rebekah Catherine Hughes — appointed March 3, 2025