Arts Charities

Promote interest and research into the Peninsular Wars and The Waterloo Campaign. Support Waterloo 200.Support an annual conference and relevant visit.Hold AGM (spring) and autumn meetings. At each meeting there is a relevant public lecture.Publish 3 journals/year containing original articles.

A- To promote and advance the study of family history and genealogy with particular reference to the county of Oxfordshire. B- To locate, preserve, publish where applicable and make available relevant documents and archival material. C- Hold regular meetings, produce three journals per year and attend other societies and organisations fairs.

Provision of musical entertainment

Watford Philharmonic Society promotes the art of music by the study and public performance of choral and orchestral works of the highest quality. The society's membership, comprising both choral and orchestral members, totals approx 170 persons. In a typical season it promotes four major choral and orchestral concerts at the Bushey Academy Great Hall.

Bromley and Downham Youth Club provides a safe, secure environment for young people of the area. The building has a Sports Hall for football, basketball, dance, keep fit and gymnastics. Separate Boxing Gym with an active Boxing Club.

To provide a place of worship for the Hindu Community, hold Hindu festivals and offer full facilities to all shades of thought within the Hindu religion.To advance education in Hindu Culture by offering facilities for reading, social and cultural activities.To provide day care to the elderly and community facilities for the local community.

The Trust has significant permanent collections including fine art, decorative art, furniture, social & industrial history, steamboats & historic vessels and archival material. The collections are on loan to Lakeland Arts (charity no. 8162578) which operates Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House and the Museum of Lakeland Life and WIndermere Jetty Museum.

King Edward's Hall is a facility that is available for hire by either individuals, groups or institutions, for the purpose of private functions, indoor sport, public/private meetings, educational purposes and for use by Local authorities as a polling station etc.In addition the trustees organise a variety of events, including theatre, light entertainment, cinema, themed events

Provision of facilities : Guides, Brownies, Rainbows, Dance, Art , Drama ,Sr & Jr Football , Cricket , & Keep Fit. Various other private functions - Weddings, Family Celebrations, Educational purposes for young Children by Surrey Wild Life & schools. We hold Fetes, Fun Days & Shows etc to assist in maintaining premises.

Musical Comedy Productions

Training and education within the Dramatic Arts

Amateur Theatre and Community venue

Badminton, Table Tennis, Art. Bridge, Yoga, Zumba, Ballet, Ballroom Latin and Scottish Dancing, Cornhole, Public meetings and AGM's for community groups, Karate, Thai Chi, Cardiac Fitness, Lunch Club for over 55's, Pilates, Floral Club, Horticultural Shows, Festival events, Parish Council Events, Craft Fayres, Childrens clubs, Children's parties, Private Events. Community events.

The Society is the designated Neighbourhood Forum for the Dore Area, with responsibility for preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for Dore. The Society also aims to foster the protection and enhancement of the local environment, amenities and facilities within Dore, to encourage a spirit of community and to record its historic development.

Bridgend Male Choir a larger Welsh male choir which performs concerts to assist in fund raising for charities throughout the UK and to promote choral singing

The Trust promotes knowledge, understanding and appreciation of all matters of artistic, architectural, historic or aesthetic interest by inter alia promoting visual education in schools; organising an annual award; organising lectures and seminars; publishing books and occasional papers; and instituting research and disseminating the results of it.

Presenting plays, youth drama, providing performance venue, hosting films.

Use of Turton Tower for any or all of the following purposes:museum, library, reading room, meeting room or offices for the work of the Trustees, or a public park or recreation grounds, or such other public purposes as the Trustees shall from time to time determine

The provision of facilities for the community of the village and surrounding areas. Facilities offer educational events from pre-school to the elderly. E.G. slimming, fitness, karate, badminton, football, dance, crafts, WI, AA, music, wellness, floristry, weddings, and parties. Also used for local Parish Council meetings, conferences and public charity events. Facilities disabled/baby friendly.

To provide facilities to local organisations eg badminton-drama, WI T.WG's horticultural society - groups, AA, senior cits, curious arts.

We welcome visitors,by appointment, to utilise resources in the library and provide help with travel costs.The Bookmark UK is now incorporated into the foundation and provides, on request, copies of material in the library free of charge.We give grants to other Christian Scientists whose work is furthering the objects of our trust.Library cataloguing and archiving is work in progress.

Funding Christian music ministry

Production of operatic performances for the public both on stage and in concert form.

Performances of musicals, pantomimes and junior section performances. Concert party performances for various charitable organisations

The maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge, understanding, improvement and appreciation of music, dancing, elocution, literature and acting, particularly by the holding of music and arts festivals in Eastbourne, East Sussex.