{"id":83,"date":"2016-09-28T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:36:04","slug":"friends-and-patrons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=83","title":{"rendered":"Friends and Patrons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2quxr-f9996961e1690757d5fc204d55108a3e\">\n.flex_column.av-2quxr-f9996961e1690757d5fc204d55108a3e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2quxr-f9996961e1690757d5fc204d55108a3e av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1vg87-d52501d4baba55b51177a9a081815a7d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>You can support the Choir and enjoy preferential treatment by becoming a Friend or Patron.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of arts-based charities depend on voluntary financial support. Our singing members pay an annual subscription which roughly covers our overheads but income from the sale of tickets is rarely enough to cover the cost of hiring the concert hall and paying for the orchestra and soloists.<\/p>\n<p>By becoming a Friend or Patron you can help us to close the funding gap and at the same time receive a guaranteed preferential choice of a \u201cbest seat in the house\u201d for our Autumn, Christmas and Spring and Summer concerts. Friends and Patrons also receive periodic Newsletters, are invited to attend choir members\u2019 social events and are eligible to have their names printed in concert programmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friends<\/strong><br \/>\nFriends are currently asked to pay a minimum of \u00a375 a year to receive all the benefits listed above. This amounts to only a few pounds more than the price of the best seat for all three concerts, but in most cases also allows the Society to claim a Gift Aid refund from HM Revenue and Customs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrons<\/strong><br \/>\nPatrons are those supporters who feel they would like to donate a little more than the basic Friends subscription. Silver Patrons are those who make a contribution between \u00a3110 and \u00a3250. Most Gold patrons contribute over \u00a3250, and receive two free tickets rather than one.<\/p>\n<p>Applications to become a Friend or Patron can be accepted at any time by contacting the <a href=\"mailto:patrons_secretary@tempdomain4.co.uk\">patrons secretary<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Gerald Chew,\n26 Delves Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5DR\nTelephone: 01892 527958\nemail: <a href=\"mailto: patrons.secretary@tempdomain4.co.uk\">patrons.secretary@tempdomain4.co.uk<\/a>\n\n--><br \/>\nWe do hope that anyone who regularly attends the Choir\u2019s concerts and values the contribution that it makes to music in Tunbridge Wells, will consider becoming a Friend or Patron, or by simply making a donation. The Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society is a charity and donations can be treated as gift aid for tax purposes. Details of our charity registration can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.charitycommission.gov.uk\/Showcharity\/RegisterOfCharities\/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=273310&amp;SubsidiaryNumber=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We are most grateful to our current patrons and friends whose names are detailed below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Gold Patrons<\/strong><br \/>\nMr G Grant<br \/>\nMrs E Phillips<br \/>\nMr W Rutherford<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Patrons<\/strong><br \/>\nMr T Hurrell<br \/>\nMrs E Lewis-Grey<br \/>\nMrs P Maxwell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friends<\/strong><br \/>\nMrs H MacNab<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1f7yv-30fe91d6a2803c428513b80ac61ee3e8\">\n.flex_column.av-1f7yv-30fe91d6a2803c428513b80ac61ee3e8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1f7yv-30fe91d6a2803c428513b80ac61ee3e8 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-z00n-85240869474e94cf08b914c4df5044b6\">\n.avia-image-container.av-z00n-85240869474e94cf08b914c4df5044b6 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-z00n-85240869474e94cf08b914c4df5044b6 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-z00n-85240869474e94cf08b914c4df5044b6 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-84 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-84 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dvk011-45-300x200.jpg\" alt='' title='dvk011-45-300x200'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3756,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/3756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}