Gift Aid Declaration

Gift Aid Declaration

The Arts Society Lunesdale

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Membership Renewal Letter

Membership Renewal – 2026

November 5, 2025

Dear Member,

This is your subscription request for the next season i.e. January – December 2026. All current members wishing to renew for the coming year are therefore asked to do so by 1st December 2025 at the latest.

New membership/programme cards will be available for collection at the next lecture following receipt of your payment.

THE BIBLIOPHILES OF BOWDON

During the winter months a small group of Bibliophile volunteers from the Bowdon Arts Society meet on Thursday mornings to work in the important book collection at Tabley House. This varied and exciting collection, built up by successive generations of the Leicester family, contains works in a variety of languages including Latin, Greek, French as well as English, many of which date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There are nearly four thousand books here, many leather bound and some in a fragile state having been originally kept in the earlier house on an Island.

Newsletter March 2026

Newsletter

Community Grant Donation

On Monday 9 February, Sandra Steeves & Elizabeth Harding, co-chairs of The Arts Society Royal Tunbridge Wells, were delighted to present a cheque for £250 to the children’s charity Demelza. This was made possible by our successful application for a Community Grant from The Arts Society Head Office.

Katie Hook, Demelza’s Area Fundraising Manager, kindly attended our lecture at The Trinity Theatre and accepted the cheque. She spoke movingly about the work at Demelza and we hope that this small donation will help towards providing art therapy for the children in their care.

THE ARTS SOCIETY MACCLESFIELD IN ACTION AT EAST CHESHIRE HOSPICE

The ‘Patients Supporting Patients’ project, led by The Arts Society Macclesfield, is making a real and lasting difference to East Cheshire Hospice, raising valuable funds while celebrating the creativity of its patients.

At the heart of the initiative are beautiful coasters featuring delicate watercolour paintings created by patients attending the Hospice’s Sunflower Centre. Each design reflects not only artistic talent but also the therapeutic value of creative expression.

The Arts Society Greenwich are arranging a trip to Trieste

Tuesday 29 September - Saturday 03 October 2026 Visit to Trieste

A Pre-Christmas Visit to Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

A group of about 30 members took up the invitation to enjoy a visit to Stanford Hall on 17 December 2025 for a tour of the hall and a Festive Afternoon Tea. We were greeted by the owners Nick and Lucy Fothergill and given an amusing introductory talk about the family’s history and how they came to be at Stanford Hall, which was built in 1697 to replace the old manor in Stanford which they had previously occupied.

Forthcoming Schedule 2026

The Arts Society Lunesdale

Programme of Lectures 2026

17th February

Opium – Seduction, Greed, Art

Amanda Herries

17th March

There´s More to Life than Lowry : Painting in Northern Britain in the 20th Century

Ed Williams

21st April

An Ideal Partnership : Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll

James Bolton

19th May

Salvador Dalí : Deluded and Dangerous or Daring and Different?

ART BAGS FOR YOUNG CREATIVES IN APPLEBY- IN- WESTMORLAND

Art Bags for Young Creatives in Appleby-in-Westmorland

In December 2025, around 60 art bags were delivered to Appleby-in-Westmorland Food Bank to be shared with children aged between 3 and 16. The bags were created to give young people the opportunity to explore their creativity at home, particularly at a time of year that can be challenging for families.

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