Friends of Towersey Festival

What is The Friends Of Towersey Festival?

A Registered Charity (No 299636) who's purposes are:
To support the education of people in music, dance, song, theatre, arts and crafts.
To encourage the young to encompass performing and visual arts at an early age.
To support the careers of people, developing their skills and even taking them on to a fully professional level.
To support people in later life who decide perhaps they missed out and now turn to the arts in their leisure time or new careers.

The strong links with Towersey Village Festival are very evident as many of the recipients of grants from The Friends, both young and old, return to the Festival year after year to perform and share their experience.  With your help, this good work can continue. The fund has its principle donor in the Festival itself,
but it is your vocal and financial support that will put the icing on the cake and give the trustees of The Friends the opportunity to support more people in the Arts as a hobby or career development.  The Friends Of Towersey Festival is a fund separate from the Festival itself. It holds charitable status and is carefully monitored by the Charity Commissions.

How Can You Help?

To become an individual supporter we ask you for only £20 per year. 
Alternatively, you could include the whole family for just £50 per year.
For a company or small business we suggest £75 per year and of course larger donations are always welcome and certainly put to good use.
In return, The Friends will recognise your support through the publicity of Towersey Festival and welcome you to a Friends Gathering each August Bank Holiday at the Festival. Finally, if you are a UK tax payer, please make your donation through Gift Aid, meaning that for every £1 donated under the Gift Aid scheme, the Friends Of Towersey Festival will receive a further 28pin support of education in the arts.

To make a donation and join The Friends, please fill in the form from the link below

Thank you for your support. If you need more information about our work and our aims then please drop us an email care of the Festival office.

Some of the feedback The Friends have received since granting support include:

“A huge thank you for your generous funding for me to complete another year in the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra . . . and the opportunity to fill another year with exciting performances and the chance to get closer to fulfilling my lifetime ambition of being a successful musician” Becky Redwood

“Thanks to the generosity of [The Friends] I was able to purchase a far better instrument than I had thought possible… After a successful year at University I graduated with a First Class Honours degree in music” Sarah Stuart

“This funding allowed us to invite Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley back to run workshops, which we opened up to a much wider audience.  In all 20 young musicians and a few equally enthusiastic adults attended” Footloose Festival