The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech

Registered charity 213125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q111087458 · also known as BIFF, BRITISH FEDERATION OF FESTIVALS FOR MUSIC DANCE AND SPEECH, BRITISH FEDERATION OF MUSIC FESTIVALS, PERFORMANCE, THE BRITISH & INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FESTIVALS, THE BRITISH & INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FESTIVALS FOR MUSIC DANCE & SPEECH

The lead organisation of the amateur festival movement for the performing arts of music, dance and speech. Offering stages for performance to amateurs locally, regionally and nationally, always combined with educational feedback from an experienced professional adjudicator. Membership: UK & International amateur festivals; professional adjudicators; friends who support the educational work.

Objects

To advance, promote and encourage generally, and by means of the amateur festivals movement in particular, the study and the practice of the arts of music, dance, speech, literature and acting in all their branches.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND COMMONWEALTH

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Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annette Brown
• Christopher Philip Blurton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Damien Anyasi
• Fiona McLean-Buechel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jill Elisabeth Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Logan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neill Oldham · trustee of 3 other charities
• Priscilla Louise Morris
• Rebecca Mary Olga Vines · trustee of 1 other charity
• Verity Leah Williams

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Operates in: Gibraltar · Guernsey · Hong Kong · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Malta · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Throughout England And Wales

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