# BRITISH TEXTILE BIENNIAL

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1194433
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [13228972](https://opencompanies.uk/company/13228972)
- **Registered:** May 12, 2021
- **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=1194433


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 9, Business Development Centre, Eanam Wharf, Blackburn, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** BB1 5BL
- **Phone:** 07734 351534
- **Email:** hello@britishtextilebiennial.co.uk
- **Website:** https://britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN TEXTILES, FABRIC, CLOTHS, THREADS AND YARNS AND THEIR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION AT EVENTS, SUCH AS FESTIVALS; ANDB) SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES, WHICH TAKE PLACE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LANCASHIRE REGION.

**Activities:** Taking place every two years across East Lancashire in public spaces, galleries &amp; historic buildings,  the British Textile Biennial  commissions artists to make &amp; present work in the context of the area. The festival is underpinned by a year-round programme of research, residencies &amp; community engagement projects.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Checinska |  | Nov. 11, 2022 |
| Fatima Vepari |  | June 28, 2024 |
| LAURIE PEAKE |  | Nov. 26, 2020 |
| Ruth Andrea Raban |  | Nov. 26, 2020 |
| Sara Kassam |  | June 19, 2026 |




