# WHITBY LIT FEST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1217571
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 13, 2026
- **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=1217571


## Contact

- **Address:** 89 MAYFIELD ROAD, WHITBY, North Yorkshire, YO21 1LT
- **Postcode:** YO21 1LT
- **Phone:** 07596948413
- **Email:** info@whitbylitfest.org.uk
- **Website:** https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY CONNECTIONS IN AND AROUND WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF A LITERATURE FESTIVAL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE WITH AUTHORS, POETS, AND OTHER LITERARY FIGURES;B) ORGANISING TALKS, WORKSHOPS, READINGS, AND PERFORMANCES THAT PROMOTE LITERARY UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT;C) SUPPORTING NEW LITERARY WORKS AND OFFER A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING WRITERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT;D) PROMOTING LITERATURE AND CULTURE WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF WHITBY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS;E) CELEBRATING THE RICH LITERARY HERITAGE OF WHITBY AND ITS ENVIRONS; ANDF) PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS TO FURTHER LITERARY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION AMONG DIVERSE AUDIENCES.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- North Yorkshire




## Trustees

- **Lois Cheryl Kirtlan** (Chair)
- Adele Margaret Duffield
- Fiona Duncan
- Jack Barber
- James Patrick Wallis
- Mark Lewis Williamson