TAKING FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	13/10/2023	Taking Flight
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£15,000	30/06/2023	Funding assisted access support & valuable paid work experiences in the live arts sector for young, emerging Deaf & disabled creatives
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Taking Flight Theatre Company
£500	20/10/2022 0	‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Taking Flight Theatre Company
£48,500	02/09/2022	This grant will empower children and young people in Cardiff to deliver Social Action in their communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Road to a Warmer Welcome
£9,900	26/08/2021	Taking Flight Theatre Company in Cardiff will use £9900 to support isolated deaf blind disabled and older people in Rhondda Cynon Taf to participate in community-focused inclusive arts activity.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	08/07/2021	towards core costs over the next 12 months
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Taking Flight Theatre Company
£3,000	02/06/2021	Towards core costs to create three Deaf performer-led (online) outdoor theatrical fully disability accessible interactive adventures.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Taking Flight Theatre Company
£3,040	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund training and technology to support D/deaf children and young people affected by isolation exacerbated by Covid-19. As a result they be better able to express themselves.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,040	25/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Taking Flight Theatre Company
£85,145	26/06/2019 36	This project will provide theatre sessions for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing young people. They will improve their self-esteem, improve their communication skills, and improve their emotional literacy.
National Lottery Community Fund - You've Got Dragons building resilience & wellbeing in young children
£9,990	25/10/2017 12	This project will run workshops to raise awareness of mental health issues in children aged 4 to 10-years-old.
National Lottery Community Fund - Summer Tour of The Tempest
£5,000	22/06/2017 12	Taking Flight Theatre Company will use the grant to deliver inclusive art and craft activities throughout Wales for deaf, blind and disabled young people. The grant for £5,000 will provide sessional staff, pay for participants access costs, craft ....more Taking Flight Theatre Company will use the grant to deliver inclusive art and craft activities throughout Wales for deaf, blind and disabled young people. The grant for £5,000 will provide sessional staff, pay for participants access costs, craft materials and transport.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Taking Flight Theatre Company
£13,394	05/04/2011	Towards the costs of Twelfth Night, a series of workshops and a production that will feature a mixture of physically disabled, sensory impaired and non-disabled facilitators and performers.

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Trustees (8)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2009, number: 1131762
• Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2008, number: 06690647

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Chapter Arts Centre
Market Rd
Cardiff
CF5 1QE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF DRAMA AND THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY RUNNING WORKSHOPS, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, RESIDENTIAL OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY INCLUDE DRAMA, FILM, SCRIPTWRITING, MUSIC, DANCE, PUPPETRY, MASK, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND DEVISING ACTIVITIES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES TO THE PERFORMING ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL