Trustees Annual Report
The purposes ofthe Twst are exduS￿Chal1ta1￿e nan*the education ofthe wblic
in Nortt￿M Ireland in telaiion to the ofcthrnl (fNer5ity. and so. to PTDmote
improved understsnrfingof cu￿rallY3d1[1OnS th[￿. in particu&r. the lnn(réatl￿ use
ofthe perfonning art& In ￿lt of ourobieclives ￿ cha¥ityshalL.
l Facilitate contact between in(fMduals and ￿0up8 in a crealive and
3. Encouwage dialogue and deffl￿￿ arts individuats to ieam
4. Pr(Nide training and education to existing arts skius and help indi￿dUaL8
to leam new skius in the perfrring arts
individuats to diflerent cultufes and traditions
songwriters. musicians and artists.
In recent years we focused ourmwk on enc(￿ragIng membern of the public to get
Involved in the arts ￿th particuknf emphasis on songvKiting. previous year 2021
had been a very chal{en￿ngtirne for Panarts due to the Cowd-19 pandemic. Wrth
changing levels of infection arml govemment restrictions. planning our charitsble
activitses vtas very difficulL Each year ¥￿ had held songwriting panel discussions.
workshops. seminars arKI perfomiances but tsid led to multiple cancellations.
Duringthe year 2022 we moved to I￿line training and featured many ofthe cr&￿1Ve
people we ￿￿ked with through our **bsite. www.panart&or& We attempted to keep
our intemational exchange programme alive but the overs&% sonylriters could not
plan with any certainty. making fiights impossible. We h￿1 brought twen￿five staff and
students from Belmont University. Nashville Tennessee. to Belfast on many occasions.
but thls had regrettably come to an end due to Ciwid uncertainty.
At the end of March 2022. V•T h&1 secured a COVKI Reomry Pwamme Award from
the Arts Council of Nl. From April 2022 orN￿rdS V•* V•we then able to use these funds to

designers such as ￿ P4cConnell Nick Martin. We filmed unreleased music with
Northem Ireland including&wna TohiiL W O'NWIL Peter Mcveigh and Noel
Mclean. to name just a fe￿.
succesthl as artists. A good example of this is Chris t*ffoKd ofthe acclaimed band.
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