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Festival Guidelines
The Festival Guidelines document provides guidance and practical assistance for Provinces to use when planning and running a Festival in support of one of the four central Masonic Charities.
The guidance contained in the document is not intended to be prescriptive or constitute firm recommendations from the Charities. Instead the Guidelines document was written using the experience of a variety of sources such as the members of the Festival Working Party established to create the document, feedback from the Festival Forum, the staff and officials of the Charities and input from external bodies such as the Institute of Fundraising.
Each Province must make its own decisions – this document offers guidance only.
Download
Click the following link to download the Festival Guidelines:
Festival Guidlines (PDF)
The guidelines are divided into five sections, each corresponding to a particular part of the Festival process. These sections, together with the Introduction and the Appendices, are available to download separately:
The objective of this section is to help prepare for the detailed planning stage.
The objective of this section is to help plan and launch the Festival Appeal.
The objective of this section is to plan and execute a successful launch.
The objective of this section is to enable the Province to manage the Appeal from the Launch up to, but excluding, the Festival Event.
The objective of this section is to plan and deliver a successful finale to the Festival Appeal.
Keeping the Guidelines up-to-date
Comments and suggestions, based on your experiences of running Festival Appeals and Festival Events, would be gratefully received. Please send feedback to festivalguidelines@rmtgb.org
Background and Further Information
Following the Provincial Grand Charity Stewards’ Conference in 2009, two working parties were established by the central Masonic Charities. Firstly, the Charity Stewards Working Party chaired by Eric McConnell and, secondly, the Festival Working Party chaired by Conrad Donaldson (Provincial Grand Charity Steward - Devonshire).
The former is currently producing a manual for Lodge Charity Stewards which will be published in mid-2011. The Festival Working Party has produced the Festival Guidelines document.
