NAME:

DAVID PICKETT

ADDRESS:

140 BOWER STREET. MAIDSTONE. KENT

ME16 8BE

TELEPHONE NO:

01622 681889  M 07763 073600

NAME OF ORGANISATION APPLYING FOR:

MAIDSTONE AREA ARTS PARTNERSHIP

REASON FOR APPLYING:

To continue the work that I have undertaken with the group for the last 10 years. To promote the arts, culture and heritage in the Borough.

The group is a force for helping to unite the various art, dance and music groups in the town and local area and it works closely with Town Centre Management, the HCL Committee and the Destination Management Plan.

It supports the Councils aims of the well-being and health of the residents in the Borough.

The group have a proven track record of initialising projects that promote the various groups that make up the partnership and ensures that Maidstone has a varied and multicultural offering.

I wish to continue to offer my help and assistance to this body and thus helping to ensure that Maidstone continues to have a varied and quality cultural offering.

WHAT BENEFITS COULD YOU BRING TO THE ORGANISATION?:

I have been a member of MAAP for a number of years and have contacts with many of the groups that make up the partnership.

I have been a member, Chairman and now President of Maidstone Choral Union – a major choir.

I serve on the Committee for the Maidstone Wind Symphony.

At present I serve on the HCL Committee and serve on the board of the DMP for Maidstone.

Past member of the River Festival Committee.

Promoted and staged the re-enactment of the Battle of Maidstone in the town centre in 2008

My natural interest in History and Heritage and my flair for organising events.

Management and organising skills

Flair for promotional activity and the drive to put Maidstone on the Leisure, cultural and Heritage map.

To help seek to obtain a “Multi-purpose performance Venue” in the Borough for the benefit of performers, residents and visitors to Maidstone.