Markethill Community Festival
Charity no. 103138
Trustee Annual Re
ort I" Jan 2020- 31" Dec 2020
The Markethill Festival Committee organises and oversees the funning of the
programme of Cross Community events whith provide a range of social and cultural
events during the festival. The eommtttee hokl planning and review meetings monthly
throughout the year. The Main FestNal events take pla￿ during the last w￿k in July
and the first week in August. followed by a cOn￿rt in September and a Senior Citizen's
dinner in early De￿Mber.
Our vision is to increase participation by all inhabitants in the locality in community
activities, to encourage social interaction without fear of discrimination and to join with
those providing entertainment. It is also an opportunty for young people to gain some
social education that will be of benefrt to the whole communty. Our purpose is to
raise social awareness and funds for charitable causes as chosen by the committee.
Festival 2020
During January and February, the committeewere busy planning events for our annual
Festival. However, during March as restrictions due to Covid-19 emerged, the
committee can￿lled the festival, therefore no events were held The Committee
where pleased to be able to support the local Communty appeals during periods of
lockdown easements.
In non-pandemic times we are successfvl in bringing people together in the
Community throughout all our events. The Committee are committed to continuing this
good work once nomalty might retum. Our objective is to promote good communty
relations for the benefrt of Markethill and further afield in Northem Ireland through the
organisation of cross-communty events. promoting a neighbourly spirit and facilitating
the constructive exchange of view3 between all communiiies.
In pursuit of our objectives and planning our activities the Trust*s consider the Charity
Commission for Northem Ireland's guidan￿ on public benefft to ensure our activities
will help to achieve the Charity's purposes and provide benefrt to the beneficiaries.
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Markethill Community Festival
Charity no. 103138
Our Trustees for the 2020 Financial year were: _
Mrs Helen Graham
15 102 12021
Mrs Roberta Barron
15102r2021
Mrs Betty Stewart
15102 r2021
Mr Victor Houston
15 10212021
The Markethill Festival accounts dosed the financial year with a balan￿ of
£ 2144
credit
The Trustees confirm this report by their signatories atx>ve.