## **WAVENEY & BLYTH ARTS** 

Annual report 2023/24 (covering the period 1.2.23 to 31.3.24) 

## **Waveney & Blyth Arts** 

Charity registration number 1199773 Field House, Thrandeston, Diss, Norfolk IP21 4BU 

## **Trustees** 

Hilary Garner, Brian Guthrie, Jade Nice, Simon Raven, Nina Saunders, Philippa Williams 

## **Governance** 

Waveney & Blyth Arts (WBA) has been operating since 2010 and became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in July 2022. Its patch extends from Diss 

to the sea, down the valleys of the rivers Waveney and Blyth; it includes the 

towns of Diss, Eye, Harleston, Bungay, Halesworth, Beccles, Southwold, Great 

Yarmouth and Lowestoft. It has no premises. 

It is a membership organisation operating primarily through regular meetings (about ten a year) of its trustees. There are monthly email newsletters to all 

members and to an email list of people who have registered, having attended an WBA event. Members are also sent occasional emails about specific issues. 

Trustees are recruited when needed through informal contacts and by approaching the membership. 

## **Activities** 

WBA supports the work of artists, musicians, writers and makers in the area, as well as partnering with other arts organisations. Our mission is to build 

connections between people, the arts and places by creating art and engaging 

our communities. We initiate and support events, exhibitions, projects and 

workshops, and collaborate with organisations and artists to bring the arts to a wide audience. 

As well as the newsletter, we produce a regular list of regional job opportunities in the arts sector. 

We have a website which promotes the work and activities of our 



members, as 

well as advertising regional arts events generally. We are active across the range of social media. 

These are some of WBA events in this period. 

- An informal on-site discussion about the nature of art, drawing on a collection of objects 

- A workshop on perspective, led by a established artist 

- Creative beachcombing 

- A ghost walk 

- A poetry workshop 

- An illustrated talk about Roger Deakin from his biographer 

- A screening of _The Swimmer_ , the film that helped inspire Deakin’s eponymous biography 

- An ex-keeper of the Queen’s pictures and a royal portraitist in conversation 

- A screening of Akenfield, with an introducion from the director’s daughter 

- A collaboration with a play reading 

## **Performance** 

The last few years have been difficult, not least because of the contuinuing effects of covid on arts organisations and individuals, and on audience. This has affected 

Waveney & Blyth Arts and encouraged us to review our activities. We have 

continued to serve our members and stage as many events as practicable. 

Feedback from members and the public generally encourage us to think that we 

have a continuing value. 



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