Ethos & Governance

The Dulwich Festival

Dulwich Festival is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission, charity number 1048164.

The objectives of the Dulwich Festival as stated in its Constitution are:

• The advancement of education of the general public in the arts
• The provision, or assistance in the provision, in the interests of social welfare, of facilities for recreation, physical education or leisure -time activities for the public at large, being facilities of which those persons have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances and will improve the conditions of life for such persons by promoting their physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

The Trustees and Management team work together in a spirit of collective responsibility to deliver these.

In accordance with its constitution, the affairs of the CIO are managed by the Trustees. These, numbering between four and ten, are listed on the Charity Commission website. The organisation of the annual Festival in May is undertaken by a Management Team, for which the Trustees annually appoint the Festival Director, Festival Deputy Director and Festival Treasurer. Other members of the Management Team are appointed by the Festival Director.

In organising the Festival, the Trustees and Management Team have regard to good practice set out in its policies, of which the following are available to the public:

• Health & safety policy
• Diversity, access and inclusion policy
• Privacy and data protection policy
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

For a copy of the these, please contact the Festival team on info@dulwichfestival.co.uk