education and community - the arts changing lives

The Henley Festival Trust is the Henley Festival's parent charity dedicated to providing in depth and quality experiences of the arts for the young, talented and under privileged of all ages.

The Trust funds a year round music therapy service for the brain injury charity Headway, and one of the country's most respected and large scale education projects in schools in and around Henley. It funds its own 'start-up' children's orchestra, the Henley Festival Youth Orchestra, and supports young, up and coming performers and artists across the board.

The Trust additionally seeks out groups of the disadvantaged where music and performance can be of therapeutic, developmental or transformative value. All net proceeds generated by The Henley Festival go directly to the work of the Trust.

The Festival profoundly believes that the arts have the power to transform lives at every level by

• Unlocking talent
• Raising aspirations
• Improving self-esteem and confidence
• Developing intellectual, social and emotional skills
• Developing physical skills
• Encouraging creativity, experimentation and fun
• Changing behaviour and attitudes to learning

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