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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2023
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
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Status: Director
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for the Period Ended 31 March 2023
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Luton Literature delivered its first Book Festival on 24 September 2022, which took place across two town centre venues, The Hat Factory and Luton Central Library, as well as streaming many of the activities live online. The festival featured 8 nationally renowned authors and illustrators of children’s and young adult literature, two skill development workshops for ages 16+, a poetry workshop for ages 6 – 9 yrs, a career development talk from a local published illustrator, free craft activities for children, a writers drop-in session, a small press fair and information stalls from local literary organisations and services. There were also 6 community-based storytelling workshops in the lead up to the festival.The festival had an online audience of 269 and 536 in venue attendances, of which 356 attended ticket events and workshops, with 34% attending more than 1 activity. A further 100 attended the free small press fair, 80 participants took part in the free children’s craft activity and 3 took part in the writers’ drop-in session. Of the 356 tickets sold, 49.7% were child and 50.3% adult.The project was successful in working with 14 Luton partner organisations, receiving in-kind support from 12 companies/individuals and recruiting 11 volunteers. It engaged 58 creative practitioners (65% from Luton), of which 39 were paid for their contributions and 19 were able to platform their work for free at our authors, illustrators and poets Luton Small Press Fair.
The main stakeholders in this company are the people of Luton. The project was successful in attracting families, young people and adults from Luton, and presenting a programme that was relevant to Luton, while also being engaging, inspirational and accessible. Feedback from the attendees was gathered after the event and was overwhelmingly positive.It has enabled Luton Literature CIC to gain recognition and the experience to run future book festivals.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
6 October 2023
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mariana Brown
Status: Director