Monday, June 13, 2011

Concerning the Umbrella (Constitution)

 This sheet the essence of the constitution of the Coventry Arts Umbrella Ltd - A company limited by guarantee and not having share capital set up in 1968 and registered as a charity. The Umbrella had of course being going since 1955 but obviously achieved charitable status in 1968. This may have coincided with them achieving West Midlands Arts funding - I'm not sure. This site gives details - http://opencharities.org/charities/255821 It ceased to be one in 2001 according to this site.

It's charitable objectives were
Charitable objects   

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO RAISE THE ARTISTIC TASTE OF THE COUNTRY AND TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS GENERALLY, AND DRAMATIC ART, MUSICAL ART, LITERARY ART AND VISUAL ART IN PARTICULAR. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMO. & ARTS.)" 

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