# BERWICK LITERARY FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168860
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 22, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1168860


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Berwick Community Trust, 56-58 Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
- **Postcode:** TD15 1JT
- **Phone:** 01289 302913
- **Email:** info@berwickliteraryfestival.com
- **Website:** www.berwickliteraryfestival.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION,UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS,IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN BERWICK-UPON-TWEED AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

**Activities:** The Berwick Literary Festival is an annual event held in October of each year, focussing on the presentation of words, written, spoken and performed. It includes events for all ages, a number featuring local talent and authors. The Festival is also engaged in work in schools and care homes.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Scotland
- Northumberland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Stephen George Platten** | Chair | July 15, 2021 |
| Dr Nolan Dalrymple |  | May 18, 2020 |
| George Freeland Barbour |  | Nov. 17, 2024 |
| Helen Wright |  | Aug. 24, 2022 |
| Sarah Lucy Baxandall |  | Nov. 25, 2022 |
| Valerie Margaret Bistram |  | Nov. 25, 2022 |




