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Support Us
Make a Donation
You can make a donation big or small at anytime - with your ticket booking, in collection boxes at the bar and cafe or as a stand-alone gift.
Online Shopping
Select Lichfield Garrick as your chosen charity through Amazon Smile or Give As You Live, for a percentage of your spend to go help change a life with workshops, choirs and shows.
Regular Giving
You can play a leading role by giving a regular gift. This can be done as one annual donation or be set up as a monthly recurring payment. In return for your donation, you would be invited to VIP events and receive recognition in show programs, season brochures and on this website.
Gift Aid
If you are a UK tax payer, you can add Gift Aid to your donations in order for us to claim an extra 25p per £1 from the government.
Depending on the amount of tax you pay, you may be able to claim tax relief on charitable donations you make using Gift Aid. You can find more information about this on the government website here.
Any help you can offer is incredibly generous at a time when we are all facing uncertainty, and we can't thank you enough.
For more information on how to support us, please contact Matt Clay, Development Manager - matthew.clay@lichfieldgarrick.com or 01543 412123.
Lichfield Garrick Theatre are extremely grateful to the following public bodies, trusts, foundations and businesses who have supported our work:
- Lichfield District Council
- Arts Council England
- Staffordshire & Business Environment Network (SBEN) - Low Carbon Business Evolution Programme (LCBEP)
- Swinfen Broun Charitable Trust
- Lichfield Conduit Lands Trust
- The Saintbury Trust
- #iwill Foundation
- Film Hub Midlands (British Film Institute)
- McLay Dementia Trust
- Garrick Charitable Trust (Garrick Club, London)
- Persimmon Homes
- Theatres Trust
- People's Postcode Trust
Our business partners:
David Lloyd Health Club, Lichfield
A very special thanks to our wonderful Garrick Circle members:
Ms Lindsay Arnell, Mr David & Mrs Trudie Barr, Mr Philip & Mrs Anne Chamberlain, Mr Andy Coglan, Mrs Deborah Dillon, Mr Keith Johnson, Mr P Johnson, Mr and Mrs P Jones and Milburn, Mr I Law, Mrs Sheila Linger, Mr Andrew Malkin, Ms Charlotte Morley, Mr Anthony & Mrs Patricia Patrick, Mr John & Mrs Valerie Silver, Mr Michael Webb, Mrs Wendy Wilson, Mr Brian Wright.
Our Development Support Group:
Deborah Baker (Chair), Martyn Cheatle, Louise Johnson-Rose, Neil Turner.
With a special thanks to all of our Customers, Members and Volunteers for their support and donations throughout the year.
Sponsorship
There are many opportunities to sponsor an event or space at Lichfield Garrick, and we can offer some exciting promotional opportunities in return. We aim to agree a bespoke package for you to get the most out of your sponsorship depending on what is important to you and the level of support you can give.
“This event is the talk of the town.” The Best of Lichfield
“Our partnership with Lichfield Garrick in a short period of time has brought personal realisation as to what a wonderful asset to Lichfield the Garrick is.” Andrew Lightbown, General Manager at David Lloyd Health Club Lichfield.
Get in touch to find out more or have a chat about how we can work with your business.
Family Tickets
Thousands of families are lucky enough to enjoy the magic of our pantomime each year, but there are some who have suffered trauma, bereavement or illness meaning they can't attend. Each Christmas, local businesses can sponsor a family of four to attend our pantomime, which will be distributed through our charity partners. This year, there will be even more local families who have experience difficulties during the pandemic, and you can help them forget their troubles at a performance of Jack & The Beanstalk.
Family ticket sponsors are recognised in all press and social media coverage of the scheme, and are invited to the VIP performance of the pantomime.
For more information, please contact Matt Clay, Development Manager on matthew.clay@lichfieldgarrick.com
Corporate Membership
Offer your employees the opportunity to enjoy live theatre and film with membership of our new Corporate Circle. You will receive exclusive discounts and the first choice of seats for your staff and clients, as well as use of space at Lichfield Garrick for meetings or special events.
Not only will you receive recognition as a member and boost your profile to our extensive audience, but you will also be offering valuable support to your local theatre.
Our business membership is an ideal way to regularly engage with Lichfield Garrick and includes the following benefits:
PRIORITY BOOKING of one week on all events. Get the best choice of seats and exclusive early bird offers.
LOGO ADVERTISING as a Corporate Member on our website, three season brochures and programmes for Lichfield Garrick Productions.
16 TICKETS across the year for any Lichfield Garrick production, including pantomime, our community musical and Christmas studio shows (selected performances only), plus an additional VIP invite to our press and guest nights.
Use of our CORPORATE FUNCTION ROOM for one evening per year.*
A further 40 DISCOUNTED TICKETS of 10% off for all professional shows Monday-Thursday.
A donation to our PANTOMIME FAMILY TICKET fund, allowing a family who has suffered bereavement, trauma or illness to attend the pantomime.
£1,600 plus VAT per year. (Sign up for three years and receive a 10% discount.)
For more information, please contact Matt Clay, Development Manager on matthew.clay@lichfieldgarrick.com
Lichfield Garrick Theatre is a registered charity formed for the advancement of the arts for the benefit of the public, in particular through the operation of a theatre in Lichfield and the advancement of education in relation to the arts for the benefit of the public.
FUNDRAISING STATEMENT
Lichfield Garrick Theatre needs to fundraise in order to deliver on its constitution and provide services to the community. This is in addition to revenue raised from ticket sales, catering outlets and commercial hires.
Fundraising is solicited from trusts & foundations, corporate organisations and businesses, and individual donors in line with our Ethical Fundraising Policy and Privacy Policy.
ETHICAL FUNDRAISING POLICY
Lichfield Garrick Theatre aims to fundraise in an open and honest manner. We set the following ethical guidelines within which we are prepared to accept money to meet our fundraising objectives:
- As a registered charity, we will always adhere to regulations set by the Charity Commission.
- Funding will only be sought in line with our constitution, objectives and values.
- We will always report to donors and funders within the specified time frames and maintain an honest and open relationship with our donors.
- We will not accept money from organisations that have been proven to have undertaken criminal activity. We will never knowingly accept funds from any source that have been gained through criminal activity. If this is discovered after receipt of funds, then we will take steps to resolve this to the best of our ability. We will ensure corporate funders are registered with company’s house and investigate their own trading policies on their website.
- We will endeavour to assess the ethics and attitudes of each organisation we solicit funds from and will not pursue any fundraising from those that we judge to have acted in an unethical way relating to the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act or the Environmental Protection Act.
- We will not accept funds or sponsorship from organisations for which advertising is banned. All sponsors and funders for events will be appropriate for the relevant target audience.
- Accepting money from any organisation does not align us to their political views.
- We will always assess the level of risk of accepting funding, donations or sponsorships against the potential benefits and consider how the risk (if any) can be mitigated.
- We will avoid over-reliance on one or more key donors.
- Funding will only ever be used and distributed under the terms of our constitution.
