National Youth Folk Troupe of England
NYFTE the Charity
Since the team’s inception in 1990, the National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE) has existed as a group or club with a passion for teaching and enabling performances of traditional music, song and dance to a group of like-minded young people aged 10 - 18. The current management team took charge in 2019, and has overseen a burgeoning team with a waiting list for the next few years.
Whilst the organisation worked well up to a point as a “club”, it became apparent that it would benefit from becoming a charity. This more formal legal position brings advantages such as being able to apply for grants to support the increasing costs of membership, equipment and tuition (until now, parents meet the whole cost), being eligible for Gift Aid, reducing venue hire costs etc. The National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE – note the subtle difference in the organisation name) was granted charitable status in June 2023 (Charity no. 1203573). Since then, a new panel of trustees has been elected. The new trustees include:
Rhodri Davis
Stephanie Andrews
Sherry Neyhus
Suzanne Ford
Aidan Hansell
Anne-Marie Coomber
Phil Bassindale
Lily Drake
Lucy Skinner
Work has now begun to ensure that the charitable aims and objectives are met.
Our charitable aims and objectives are:
To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art of traditional English dance forms, folk music and folk songs and the culture, history and traditions that accompany such topics through the presentation of public events and performances, workshops and educational activities.
To advance the education of young people in English folk dances, music and songs.
Recent News
NYFTE are excited to announce our partnership with Halsway Manor, see here for further details.
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The dates for NYFTE performances have been released, and include appearances at Chippenham, Ossett Beer Cart, FolkLincs and White Horse Folk Festivals, with a season finale in Sheffield. Watch the News page for more information.
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NYFTE took Sidmouth Folk Festival by storm, performing over the first weekend. Current and past members of the team also took part in many other events, from calling, the John Gasson Jig Competition and the Eye on the Future concert.
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NYFTE is a charity! Whilst this will not outwardly affect the day to day running of the team, it will help us financially and will change things behind the scenes. For more information, please see here.
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