Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre
It’s been just over a year since the frinds of Pontardawe Arts Centre launched, and The Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre has taken off and is flying high! The launch night on Thursday 25th January 2018 attracted a whopping 330 members of the public. Grant Duncan (Chairman of the Friends) introduced speeches from Jeremy Miles AM and our very own Area Artistic Manager Angie Dickinson. Entertainment was provided by members of Future Blood, the music development project from the Arts Centre. The evening concluded with a magnificent burst of song from 80 members of Class Act Theatre School with extracts from their forthcoming show Whistle Down the Wind (tickets available from here and the Box Office). If you would like to become a member just click on the link below to download a form. Alternatively you can come down the Arts Centre and pick a form up and fill it in! Annual membership is just £6 but will raise to £10 in 2019 and this contributes to keeping your Arts Centre the vibrant community hub of Pontardawe. The Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre is in the process of being constituted as a charity and this will enable fund raising, accessing grant aid and generating ideas for raising income. A Friends Association will help promote the centre and its programme of events, including lobbying for support when needed. We welcome support and feedback from anyone interested in the sustainability of Pontardawe Arts Centre. In particular the Friends are looking for the following expertise within the committee – marketing, social media, data-protection, finance and business planning. If you would like to volunteer for these roles we would welcome hearing from you on pacfriends1@gmail.com. We already have some lovely video testimonies but we are keen to hear your stories of ‘Why Pontardawe Arts Centre is important to you’. If you would like to add your voice please send a clip to a.dickinson@npt.gov.uk
for all up to date information please visit their website but pop back to us for everything else.
www.fopac.com
Christian Patterson and Gareth Bale, two giants of the Welsh theatre scene, are patrons of the Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre. This season both of them will be performing in The Arts Centre. Christian is appearing in National Theatre Wales’s Peggy’s Song on 26 and 27 September Gareth will be part of the cast of Black Rat Theatre production in their tour of Art on 16 October.
The next upcoming friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre event!
Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre Fundraiser
Friday 15 November 2019 7.30pm Tickets – £5
Studio Sounds, Music Quiz & “Anthill” – live
Soul, R & B & Blues from the 60s & 70s
Tamla Motown, Stax, Atlantic & more
new forms for 2019- please click on the text to view…
DATA PROTECTION declaration FOPAC
Gift Aid Declaration Vs B FOPAC
Membership 2019 with GIFT AID Vs b FOPAC
Notes for downloading2019 vs c _gift aid_FOPAC
Standing Order 2019 Version C FOPAC
Please note the views of the Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre may not reflect the views of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrGWEVvhs4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZAmsItvYE Please note the views of the Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre may not reflect the views of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
