|Trustees'|Annual|Report|for the period|for the period|
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04|2021|
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|Names and addresses ofadvisers|Names and addresses ofadvisers|Names and addresses ofadvisers|(Optional|(Optional|information)|information)|information)|||
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|Description ofthe charity's trusts||||||||||
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document|||||||||
||How the chari
is constituted|Charitable||Incorporated|||Organisation|||
||Trustee seiection methods|ApDQin'. Bd||by|the Gxls'bing||Trustees|||
|Additional
governance
issues||(Optional||information)||||||
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|additional
information,
where||||||||||
|relevant,
about:||||||||||
|~|policies and procedures|||||||||
||adopted for the induction
and|||||||||
||training
oftrustees;|||||||||
|~|the charity's
organisational|||||||||
||structure
and any wider|||||||||
||network
with which the charity|||||||||
||works;|||||||||
|~|relationship
with any related|||||||||
||parties;|||||||||
|~|trustees'
consideration
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||major risks and the system|||||||||
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|||||To promote social inclusion
for the public benefit by working
with people|To promote social inclusion
for the public benefit by working
with people|
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|Summary ofthe objects of
the charity set out in its
governing
document||||in Merseyside
who have learning
difficulties,
who are socially excluded
a result oftheir learning
difficulties
and to relieve the needs ofsuch
people and assist them to integrate
into society.|as|
|||||Main activities
include||
|||||The practise and performance
oftheatre,
art, music and movement||
|||||therapy,||
|||||Providing
educational
opportunities
including
visits to art institutions,||
|||||Raising
public awareness
ofthe issues affecting people with learning||
|||||difficulties,
both generally
and
in relation to their social exclusion,||
|||||Providing
workshops,
forums and general support,
and providing||
|Summary|ofthe main|||recreational
facilities and opportunities
for people with learning||
|activities|undertaken||for the|difficulties.||
|public benefit in relation to
these objects (include||||What we do||
|within this section the||||||
|statutory
declaration that
trustees have had regard to
the guidance
issued by the
Charity Commission
on
public benefit)||||Drama
is an established
method for promoting
self-confidence
and a
sense of belonging
and sharing
experiences.
It breaks the cycle of
isolation,
brings people together
and presents
them with challenge
they
can solve collaboratively.
Company of Friends supports
its members
through
the practise and performance
oftheatre, art, music and
movement
therapy.||
|||||Since 2016, Company of Friends Theatre has staged many productions||
|||||(at the Black-E), including
'Dr Who and the Unknown
Dimension',||
|||||'Macbeth',
'Our Will', 'Hamlet',
'Sherlock Holmes and the Wolfman'
and||
|||||'Nothing
to be Done', based on Samuel Beckets work. Also, we have||
|||||collaborated
with
LIPA to stage 'The Red and Black', a factual production,||
|||||involving
the Spanish
Civil War and some Liverpool
Sailors, performed|at|
|||||LIPA and the Anglican
Cathedral,
and more recently, 'The Tam O'Shanter||
|||||Project, performed
at Bidston, The Wirral.||
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