REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 01672419 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 326227 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 FOR NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES MHA Statutory Auditor Elfed House Oak Tree Court Cardiff Gate Business Park CARDIFF CF23 8RS NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Page Report of the Chalr Report of the Trustees 2 to 17 Report of Ihe Independent Auditors 18 to 20 ststement of Flnanclal Activities 21 Balance Sheet 22 Cash Flow Ststement 23 Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 24 Notes to the Financial Statements 25 to 38 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE CHAIR FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 2023124 has been an exaling. challenging and inspiring year for NDCW. The artistic development has continued at pace. with new choreography by the Artistic Director Matthew Willsam Robinson and innovative collaborations with amazing Welsh talent and a range of people from across the UK and as far as Korea. The collaborations extend lo the music. costsjme design and staging. The breadth of work has inspired and excited the daneèrs. company and audiences, winning accolades both in the UK and internaEionally. More young people than ever belore have been inspired to apply to join the Young Associates programme targeted at 14-21 year olds, supporting those with aspirations for a career in dance, providing a pre-vocatsonal training platform. and enhancing the physical and mental health and wellbeing of young people. We are delighted to have widened engagement on diversity and across Wales. The focus on young people has continued wth Above & Beyond, the ambitiou5 co-crealion project which brings arts and non-arts partneis together with the community of Penrhys. The pro9ramme is in ils 5th year and the positive effect on the community can be seen. lives changing for the better, anecdotal evidence that crime among young Feople in the estate has gone down, and respe¢t amffig the community in￿astn9. For the young people in the Amped Up academy their ability lo focus, maintain concentration and commit to the process and workshops has seen them glow in confidence, togelhemess and resilien￿. This year the young people worked towards a perfcrmance they o)-¢realed called Dreams. about their aspirations, hopes and dreams for the future. The piece encompassed beat boxing, song. and dance. and wll be perfomied three times in the coming year (at Unity Festival. Rhondda Arts Festival and the National Eisteddfod). We are defighled to work wth new partner Cardiff Melropolllan University this year. Together we have explO￿d the challenges that teachers a￿ facing in delivering the Dan￿ element of the CurrFculum for Wares and considered how we can best support this, delivering lectures, podcasts and shaping teacher tools as a consequence. We are also the lead arts organisalion working w7th Cardiff Met to help them develop an MA in the Expressive Arts, and have developed a partnership with the Welsh Government Curriculum Team resultfftg in an invitation to present and run a dan￿ workshop for Cardiff Hub Teachers at an ExpressTrve Arts OFen day. Our work focused on leveraging the wellness benefrts of Dance thriyjgh our long funning Dance for Parkinson's programme, expanded with the support of the Awen Cultural Trust to pilot new Dance wth Pathinson's classes in Porthcawl, alongside existing provision in Cardiff. Bangor and Wrexham. The year has also seen sadness ￿th the death of our highly esteeffled tnjstee Eleanor (Elli) Chapman, an inspirntional leader in arts for young people. Her family and Elli will always be in our thoughts. The challenges faan9 the arts sector on finance and building back audiences after Covid did not escape us. We. under the leadership of Paul Kaynes spent a considerable lime in shaping the investment review submission for Arts Council of Wales, and we were pleased to receive a stsnd still funding level for 2024 onwards, plus support to wrsue new commercial revenue ideas. The year ahead continues to be a challenge as we aim to build financial sustainability. Paul has now moved on to an exctting post with Arts Council England and we would like to thank him for his nine years of commitment. innovation and support to NDCW. As we shape the delivery of the Strategy and Business plans, we look forward to seouring a strong leadership to Tealise our ambitions. We have an exab'ng range of new programmes to present to audiences in 2024. and are proud to be able to continue our work with young people and in the fields of education and health. With a full touring programme planned across the UK we look forward to opportunities to meet wth you and share our love of dance. Alison Thome Chair of Tntslees, National Dance Company Wales Page 1 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The Iruslee5. who are also direGtors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The tnJ5tees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Flnartial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) leffeclive 1 January 2019). OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims The obJ￿t$, as slated in the goveming documents, are to educate the public in the arts and sciences and in p8rtÈcular fhe art and sdence ofdance, muslc, drama and mime. Nattonal Dance Company Wales, INDCWales) prinapal ots'ective is the advancement of. and education in dance. The Company tours lo theatres across Wales, the UK and intemationally. It creates dance projects, one-off everrts and ongoing programmes in Wales that give to(zl people the Chan￿ to dance. working wth NDCWales dancers and dan ambassadors. We believe that dance is for everyone ~ people of all ages, backgrounds and abililies. To achieve that, we work with schools, colleges and communilies lo give people an experience of dancing for themselves. Progfammes such as Discover Dan￿ and assoc¢ated workshop programmes are designed to encourage young people, whilst our VK)rk in the health a￿na explores how we can ena￿e older and disabled people to dance, to alleviate health conditions and to inspire creativity. The Compary seeks to diversify and build new audiences and participants for dan￿, as we deepen conne¢lions in every corner of Wales and other place5 we tour. fostering co-creation projects in pla￿5 where there is litle opportunity to see or watch dan￿. In order to diversify who watches and participates in our work, we want to reflect the people ot Wales, who we commisslon and worf( wtth as artists. board members and staff. We ale also tmproving a¢￿5$ to dance for Deaf and disabled people. As a national company ot Wales. we advoL3te for dan￿ as an artform. for its abil￿￿ to transftjrm the worfd around us. Our work values perfomiance and engagement equally. inleTweaving the opportunity to dance wth the Chan￿ to wtness dance relecting many Vol￿5. NDCWales is just one part of an active Welsh dance community. sharing its kno￿edge and connections with arbsts. dance piomoters and those who work in participatory dan￿. Collaborations wlh other companies and artists enable the Company lo create new and different kinds of work and reach new audiences. By wothing atongside the wider dance sector of Wale& NDCWale5 fosters innovation and ambition. investing in Wales-based artists and people's experience of dance in Wales to help create a vibrant dance culture for the natson. Current and fubjre collaborative projects include work wtth communty dance artists. with other national companies of Wales, writers and with communib.es on co4esigned projects. The C(xnpany's home al the Dan￿ House at Wales Millennium cent￿ in Cardiff is a place where independent We15h dan Companies and artists can a¢￿$$ creative inspiration through residencie& ￿searCh and mentoring. The Company offers a world-dass facil(ty for the creation of new dance which ts ￿ntral to the Company's leadership role and as a resource for the dan￿ sector in Wales. The Company works with artists from Wales offering a￿8$ to leaming and other resources, such as offerFng residencies and ac￿$5 to rehearsal space to our I￿0 Artistic A5soaates. Through multiple training programmes the Company invests in the aspirations of young people, developlng and supporting young dancers in Wales. Dance has a unique role to play in education through creative leaming programmes which c£pitalise on its abrlity to develop rx)nfidenTr and tsam-working, to overcome language communication bafftets, and develop self*steem. enhancyng learning experiences and life chantss of young people across Wale5. Our local and intemational collaborations wth artists increasingly reflect the INed experien￿ of many different communities. As we diversify Ihe atthsts we work with, we are ensuring that our operational structu￿$ support change and equity. Volunteers play various roles in the Company's work, including a5 trustees and In supporting and delivering dance lo health programmes such as Dance for Parkinson's. The Company monltors its progress using a number of Impact measurès. including: Page 2 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 - Audience and participation numbers and demographics - Monitoring the critical response to the woik created and performed - Achieving the change set ￿1 in our Equality and Diversity Action plan - Diversifying and increasing income - Financial perfomiance Monitoring stsff retention and Satisfaction levels. 2023124 Objectlves The new Business Plan 2023-27 delivered its first year of objectives duiing this accounting period. Our vlslon is a world enriched by dance. We dance lo express ideas beyond words. exploring what it means to live in Wales and the wortd now. We are of many voicEs, in many places. worknng togetherto ￿nnect and transfom. Part of the role of a contemporary national company of Wales Is to shape Wales. We help it lo imagine itself. enabling the nation to recognise the parts of Ftself that are not often seen. Our international work reflects the idea that Ihe wodd is already in Wales - not least through our Colonial history - so our inteinalional working relates as much to our environment as it does lo othe￿. Our priorities are: - Widen engagement across our work by placing justice at the heart of everything we do - Champion innovation and excellence in dance, nuriuring lalent and enabling change - Advocate for dan￿ as an essential platform for human eXp￿$s1on and wellbeing Build on our agilty. sustainability and financial resilien¢e. Our values are: Curlous - to discover new ideas. to learn and innovate Collaborative - in the way we connect with eaGh other, artists. communities. audience5 and partners in and beyond the cultural seclor Courageous - in our ambition for dance in Wares and the world. thampioning thange Generous- by sharing our passton. knowledge and resources The executive team during the year was made up of Chief Executive Paul Kaynes, Artisti¢ Director Matthew William Robinson, Operations Director Kelly Twydale Imatemity18ave sinrR O¢tober), Executive Producer Chris Rtcketts and Head of Development Becky Wright (from May)- The Board meets quarterly and is 5UPPOrted by two subJraphed by Lea Anderson MBE. it brought together a number of her long-standing collaborators to create a piece that younger and older audiences have been enjoying. 'An amusingly offoeat creation from an artist as imaginative as ever., The Guardian PULSE continued through the autumn and into eady 2024. with performances at the Jerwood Dance House in Ipswith. Ihe Dance House in Cardiff, the Musikè festival in Padova. Italy, Obertheinhalle in Offenburg, Germany and Stadttheater Fi)rth, Germany. PULSE touring culminated in ear￿ March 2024 with four sell out performances at the Schrtt_trnacher festival in Aachen, Germany. Discover Dance featured at two dlfferent points in the year. Accompanylng PULSE. and wlth Edward Myhill's piece Are People Clapping.1? a5 part of the perfomiance, it toured venues in April and May 2023 alongside PULSWS and was performed at the Dance House in Cardiff. In March 2024 a remodelled version with extracts from Say Somelhing was successfully presented at Galeri in Caernarfon, Neuadd Dwyfor in Pwllheli, The RNerfront in Newport, The Welfare in Yslradgynlais and Penrhys Primary School. Page 4 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 November 2023 and February 2024 also saw us involved in a research collaboration, supported by the Cultural Bridge programme. with Of Curious Nature, a repertory Cotnpary based in Bremen. Germany. Forjjssed on socially engaged practice il was a mafker for how we want to shift our ￿ternational presence and develop longer term, collaborative relationships. Our proje¢l wilh KNCDC was significant in this respect too and the momentum generated by both is something we wll seek to Continue. Over the year the company gave 51 perfomiances to an audience of over 14,000 people. Works performed during the year. Waltz by Marcos Morau Performed extensrvely as part of the PULSEIPWLS double bill. Say Something by S8rah Golding and Yukiko Matsui With music by MC Zani and Dean Yhnell, costume designs by George Hampton Wale and lighting design by Joshre Ha￿lette. Performed extensively as part of the PULSEIPWLS double bill and excerpts as part of Discover Dance in March 2024. SEPTEMBER by Matthew William Robinson Ih music by Torben Sylvest and costume designs by George Hampton Wale Perfomied a5 part of Gathering. May 2023 4x10, August 2023 Akln/Perthyn by Daisy Howell GO by Matthew Wlliam Robinson Imprlnt by June CampbeN-Davies UN3D by Osian Meilir With costumes by Layla Zheng Catachory by Boram Kim Wth music by Jang Younggyu A collaboration with Korea National Contemporary Dance Cumpany performed at Seoul Arts Centre as part of Wales Connection Zoetrope by Lea Anderson MBE With music by Steve Blake. designs by Simon Vincenzi and lighting design ty Maty Langthome PreMIe￿d in December 2023. with perfomiances at the Dance House. Cardiff Creating work and performing al differenl points through the year have been a wonderful o)mpany of dancers - Maya Caroll. Luca Chiodini, Ays Davies, Samuel Gilovitz. Jill Goh. Sarah 'Riz' Golden. Niamh Keeling. Marla King. Mario Manara, Pielro Mazzotta, Bianca Mikahil, Edward Myhill. Ai5ha Namaani, Tom IYGorman. Paulina PoNolik, Euan Stephen. Faye Tan, Vilo Vidow Bintchede and Tim Voifeman. Dance Partlcipatlon and Learnlng Engagemellt is key to who we are as a Company and what we do, enabling us lo deliver social impact and long-lem) change for the people we engage. Our creation. perfomiance and engagement prcgrammes inform each other. putting artists and their work in dialogue with communitses, audIer￿S and participants. Page 5 NA TIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Strategically. our engagement works ensures.. We Involve By inviting collaboration and encouraging parttdpalion. we work wlth people where they are. We aim to broaden access and enhance wellbeing for all ages by promoting physical activity and creative engagement. Across Wales we engage a netsvork of freelance artists WI￿ are embedded in place. This network develops ongoing community re1ation5￿ps. collab)rabvely deVelo￿.ng long and short-term projects. Embracing cwreation, Gommunilies steer the diredion of share projecls that are rooted in pla￿ and community ambillon. We Develop Oui ialent development programmes support those wlh aspirations for a career in dan￿, on and off stage. Specifically for young people we seek to nurtu￿ p)tenlial and encourage physical and mental wellbeing lo enable sustainable development a5 individual artists. in an evolvlng dan￿ sector. Our Audience Insight programmes open up dance and ueative pro￿$$. offering opportunities lo understand how and why we do ￿at we do. We aim lo reach new audiences and deepen existing audiences, appreciation of dance. We Enable We want to be part of a thrivlng, diverse Welsh dance ecology. We enable artistic innovation and development through ongoing and proiect-based progfammes, developed in dialogue and collabofalion with others in the Welsh dance sector. We enable Welsh and Wales based ¢horeo3raphic artists to fulfil their artistic aspirations with space and time, supporting work which aligns with our strategic aims and purpose. 2023124 has been a very productive year. Highlights have induded the expansion of wr work with Young Assoaate dancers across Wales, the addition of a 5th Dance for Parkin50n'$ hub in Porthcawl, sold out and popular youth dance event in Launch. and the fiourishing of our community WOFk in Penrhys. The projects deliVe￿d during 2023124 included= Young Associates PfO9ramme Launch Youth Dance Night Zoetrope school and family activtty School workshops Curriculum for Wales Development of S¢hool Teacher Support in Dan Engagement Artlsts Training Day Above & Beyond Amped Up Academy in Penrhys Dance for Parklnson's 4XIO Page 6 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Young Associates Programme The programme this year for 14-21 year olds has SUPPOrted those wth aspirations for a career in dance. provlded a pre-vocational training platform, supported the physical and mental health and wellbeing of yourw people, helped young people develop life skills teyond the physical such as soaal and communication ski115, and advocated for the transfo￿natiVe power of dance to enrich people's lives. 21 auditioned for the programme in July and 19 slgned up for the start of the autumn tsrm in Cardiff. This year our strateglc aims have been to address the issue of equity. diversity and inclusion in dance. Thanks to funding from the Gaffjeld Weston Foundation. we have undertaken stralegic work this year to seek and engage with and encourage male identifying flancers. dancers from the global majority, and dancers from underrepresented groups. Our Lead Engagement Arti51 Jad( Phelp and Freelance Engagement Artist Liam Wallace have undertaken a series of workshops in secondary sGhools. especially those in socially disadvantsged areas. in privatelcommunity dan￿ s¢hools where there are male identifying danceis, and in other social Settings. These workshops have taken Place across Wales. We invited those that we foufftl IhroLvJh these wot1(shops to join the programme from J8nu8ry and of the 199 dan￿rS that we met, an additional 10 young dancers joined Ihe progr8mme. We offered free 24ay intensive workshops in Cardiff for the dan￿TS scouted and open to the general publio These workshops helped the new dancers integrate into the Young Asso¢iales group. Spring 2024 offered a special workshop day with Northem Contemporary School ol Dance on 21 January. In February half term the team delivered a twday inlensNe WOTkshop to pilot Young Associates potential in Wrexham. This is to meet our aim to Inspi￿ dancers nalionwde. In November our Young Associates created a new work to perforn in Launch. This element of the Young As50oyates programme created an opportunity for our dancers and dancers in communilies to perfomi together and to foster a sense of community through crealive engagement. LAUNCH Youth Dance Ni9ht Launch is a programme that brings together dance ma¢Je by young people of various youth dance programmes. Launch helps foster a sense of community through creative engagement in perfonning alongside one another. This year 63 participants took part. and we reached an audience of 204 across fhe two performances hdd on Saturday 25 November 2023. Engagement Artlsts Tralnlng Day We inMted Engagement Artists from all over Wales and also from ¢)ur English touring venues to The Dance House lo watch a dress rehearsal of Zoetrope and to develop a workshop for Key Stage 2 Primary School children around the piece. In lola18 Engagement Artists attended. Zoetrope School & Family Activity The team developed a Teacherfs Resource Pack for primary schools around some of the thernes in Zoetrope with six detailed lesson plans and worksheets. Schools attending Ihe December perfonnances eryoyed Zoetrope dance worksh)ps alongside. For the Salurday performall￿ we p￿sented a Zoetrope prop making workshop and a family dance workshop in the foyer of Wales Millennium Centre pre matinée performance for family audiences. Across the seven performances in December 2023. we reached an audience of 551 and we ￿ached 55 participants for the Saturday family aolivity day of prop making and famity dance workshop. Page 7 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Dlscover Dance In Spring 2023 we perfomied our Dlscover Dance production of Clapping in Cardiff. Aberyslwh 2nd Swansea reaching a school's audience 01290. In Autumn 2023 we perfonned a new Discover Dan￿ production around Say Something in Caemarfon, Pwllhell, Newport, Ystragynlais and Penrhys reaching an audience of 377. Amped Up Academy in Penrhys IAbove & Beyond Above & Beyond is our ambitious Co-creation project ￿lch brings arts and non-arts partners together with the community of Penrhys. The programme is in its 5th year now and the positive effe¢l on the community has been reported. For the young people in the academy their ability lo fows, maintain concentratson and commit to Ihe prO￿$S and workshops has seen them grow in confiden￿. togelhemess and resilien￿. Weekty sessions for babes and lots, heallty movement for adults. after school dub and evening café (parkour and dan￿ and vatious arts-based activiliesl have taken place throughout the year. There was also a Fun Day in the summer holiday5 and Inlen5ives in half term. This year the young people have been ready to work towards a perfomance that they co-crealed called Dreams, all about their aspirations and hopes and dreams for the future. This year we had 1,646 attendances at our sessions. Dance for Parklnson's We continued this year w71h our re9ular weekly offer of Dan￿ for Parkinson's sessions over three tetms in Cardiff, Bangor and Wrexham. However. our numbers in Blackwood continued to be low in the summer and autumn teTms this year and so we made a deasion to pause on delivery in Bladfw¢)od from January this year. We initiated a new wllaborative partnership with Awen Cultural Trust and thanks to their ftmding delivered taster sessions in POrth¢a￿ in November and De￿mber and delivered a full 10-week temi trom January to March. The sessions were well attended. Our Dan￿ for Parkinson's programme is very much partnership led and we have worked tojether wlh the foll¢)wing partneTS to deliver our extensive programme of 102 sessions awss Wales this year resulting in 861 attendan￿S- English National Ballet Pontio. Bangor Coleg Cambria. Wrexham Caerphilly Cauncil and Blackwood Minerfs Institute Awen Cultural Trust, Porthcav Curilculum for Wales l Dance support for teachers This year saw us develop a strong partnership bmth Cardiff Metropolitan Unive￿Ity. Together we have explored the challenges that teachers are facing in delivering the Dance element of the Curriculum for Wales and how we can besl support. For Cardiff Met we have delivered a lecture on the benefits of Dance to students. delivered a podcast on why Dance is featured in the Curriculum for Wales. and are in dis¢u5sion with the University using our Zoetrope teache¢s reswrce pad as a leachin9 modevtool for their trainee teachers. We are also the lead arts organisation working with Cardiff Met to help them develop an MA in the Expresstve Arts. We have also developed a partnership the Welsh Govemment Curr*culum Team and were imiited lo present and run 8 dance woikshop for Cardiff Hub Teachers at an Expressive Arts open day. We have also begun the work of developing leachevs support pack and 5ertes of films to help support primary school teachers. 4x10 4XIO, one of our landmark 40th year anntversary projects, enables the production and presentation of distinctive new work by our Associate Artists (June Campbell-Davies, Daisy Howell and Osian Meilir) and gtjest artists. The four new work5 are from arttsts who are shaping perceptions of conlemForary Wales- each in different ways and from different perspectives. It is a150 a platfomi to elevate the young talent that exists in our Young Associates programme, placing them alongside our professional company of dancers, and providing the unique opportunity to cooeate wth our Artistic Dire¢lor, Matthew Wlliam Robinson. Page 8 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Re9ular Engagement Opportunltles that are ongoing Workshops Open Rehearsals Post Performance Discusslon Join company class Residency & Space Play Welsh Ballroom Community Wales Dance sector support We continued to support the wider dance sector in Wales through the year. We recognise the resource5 we have available. particularly the studios at the Dance House, mean we are in a unique position to help support arti51s and companie5. Our role though is also about supporting artists more broadly through oppoTbJnities such as company class and mentoring. Use of Dance House space is made available to artists and companies on a frequent basis. wth few weeks in the year when other practitioners arenl in the building at some point. Often the time we can allocate is used as in-kind support lo help secure investment in projects and productions, other times space is made available on a standby basis for art4sts who want lo ￿Search an idea or spend creative time in the studio. Regular studio use is also made available to a number of groups and community prO1￿ts Ihat help support our wider strategic inte￿$ts. increasing the diversity of participants involved in events at the Dan￿ House for exampfe. Over the year. 541 hours of in-kind studio time was made available to artists, companies and community groups, and a further 192 hours hired at a reduced rate for rehearsals arHI perfomiances. The number of guest attendan￿S al Company dass totalled 388. Access We are extending how we make our work available lo more, especially those who aE Dldeaf or disabled. There are a number of ways in which it has been done this durlng 2023124. We have continued to tncrease our use of British Sign Language (BSL) supported events. with BSL provided as standard at events Sn Cardiff al post show talks, as well as increasing our use of BSL supported soaal media. AudiTrdescription was available for all PULSE I PWLS and Zoehwe performances as a pre-recorded element available vkg the loop system where possible. or through people's phones alongside performances. For PULSE and GA THERING in Cardtff, audio description was available live and induded an invitation to audiences to lake part In a touch tour prior to the perfomance. A relaxed version of Zoetrope was trailed at Dance House in December for family audiences and was a good leaming experien￿ and followed by an ackn¢)wledgemenl of fijrther work needed betore this is offered as standard. We have also made a commitment to accessible recruitrnent in order to diversify our staff base. ensuring that all jobs, opportunitie5 and call outs are advertised with BSL, large print and audio options available. and that PDF downloads are screen reader compatible. Across our marketing materia15 and projects. accessibility was made a priority, extendlng audio options on all most wdety used web pages, and digital programmes as well as producing audio and BSL flyers for all performances. We also im￿eMented 'ac¢esslBe' on the NDCWales website- a widget ￿tch supports various needs for those using OUT srte Including changing colour, slze. contrast and highlighting for easier focus. The marketing team ￿ntInueS to undertako regular accessibility training. AII NDCWales wdeos are caplioned bilin9ually. and we have given support lo other Welsh dan￿ OTganisations by offering training on how to do Ihis, and by captioning othevs videos when they are unable lo do so themselves. Attendan￿ by audience members at the Dance House who use a wheelthair has increased, with a focus on making the space as a￿Ssible as possible and providing personal service when able. Page 9 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Sustainablllty and Support The challenges and increased competition for private funds has been felt across the charitable sector during the 202312024 financial year and especially by Arts organisalions. Changes lo spending and priorities across all aspects of giving. compounded by the impact of the pandemic and cost of living uisi$, made for an extremely challenging year in securing lundraised income. The focus for NDCWales was predominatety grant income in this finanaal year and we are thankfvl to all those who have provided much valued and necessary support lo enable the continued delivery of our arbstic and strategic priorities. We are extremely gratefijl to our Lifft individual donois whose suppo¢ financial and ambassadorial, is so vi121 to our present and fvture. We were delighted and grateful to secure a hvo-year pledge from the Colwnston Charitable Trust. This Tenewed and increased support. follown9 SUPPJrt for NDCW21es in Ihe Pfesenlation of ils 40th year season, has prov¢de¢J critical core investment to support the delivery of NDCWales' artistic programme ¢)ver tsvo years (2024 and 20251. A grant trom the Garfield Weston Foundation enabled the development and expansion of opportunities for young people to access NDCWales Young Associates more widely across Wales. This vital investment facilitated the trial of new approaches in different parts of Wales ￿lCh has provided essential leaTning to inform a framewo￿ lo deliver a broader Nocwa￿S Young Asso¢iates programme across Wales in the long tem. A grant from Ihe Noèl CO￿ard FourKlation supported bursaries and travel expenses for three new dan￿[$ to join NDCWales' Young Associates company and contributed towards the C￿$t of engaging Young Associates dan teathers who are representative of the global rnajorityldiverse dance styles and skills. Support from Ihe John S Cohen Foundation contributed towards the presentation of PULSE at The Place, London The Leche Foundation supported the delivery of 4x10 whth enabled four choreographers to create four ten-minute dane£ works. p￿sented for an audien￿ at the Dance House on four sides. in May 2023. Support from the Hodge Foundation and Abderrahim Crid(may Charitable Settlement provided investment towards the p￿Sentation of Zoelrope, a specially comffli5sioned work for youry peO￿e and families wilh the aim of expanding our repertoire for a broader audience. We offer our sincere gratitude tt) the Ratcliff Foundation. The Eyoyty Carte Charitable Trust and Oakdale Trust for supporting the continued delivery of our Dan￿ for Parkinson's programme in Wales during this financial year. We continued to deliver Above & Beyond, a co