President: Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael
Graydon GCB CBE
The Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust
Promoting welfare funding through the performance
of live music by RAF musicians
The Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust
was established in December 2003 by Malcolm
Goodman (former Public Relations
and Marketing Manager for the RAF Music Services and serving
RAF musician at Royal Air Force Cranwell).
Under
its President, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE
(former Chief of the Air Staff), the charitable trust was subsequently
registered as a service charity with the Charity
Commission in January 2004.
The charity is administered by its Board
of Trustees to promote welfare funding through the performance
of live music by Royal Air Force musicians, and routinely
provides welfare donations to other service charities, whilst
offering its support towards the development of other
charity fundraising concerts both in the UK and overseas.
The charity also provides welfare
support for Royal Air Force musicians who now routinely undertake
'Out of Area' deployments in Afghanistan and other operational
theatres.
The Royal Air Force Music Charitable
Trust also provides online sales facilities for the purchase
of RAF music CDs and gifts through this website in support
for the Royal Air Force Music Services.
The Board
of Trustees...
In accordance with its governing document
and the Charities Act 1993, the Royal Air Force Music Charitable
Trust is administered by a Board of Trustees who meet regularly
throughout the year at Headquarters Music Services, Royal Air
Force Uxbridge.
To ensure a wide and open debate on all development
plans, the Board of Trustees also invites representatives from
the established Bands of the Royal Air Force along with independent
advisors to attend committee meetings whenever possible,
If you would like to offer any proposals for
discussion at the next meeting please use the 'Contact Us'
page to submit your comments.
The Board of Trustees
Wing Commander Duncan
Stubbs BA FRSM ARCM
LGSM RAF (Chairman) Principal Director of Music, Royal Air
Force Music Services
Malcolm
Goodman MBE ARCM (Founding
Trustee / Honorary Administrator) Music School Manager (Uppingham School)
and former PR & Marketing
Manager for the RAF Music Service
Trevor McDonald LTCL MGCI (Honorary Secretary) Former Bandmaster, RAF Music Services
Squadron Leader Chris Weldon LRSM ALCM RAF Director of Music, The Band of the RAF College
Flight Lieutenant Matthew
Little GTCL(Hons)
LRSM DipTCL RAF Director of Music, The Band of the Royal
Air Force Regiment
Flight Lieutentant Richard Murray BMus(Hons) LRSM LLCM RAF Director of Music, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Under
its President, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE
(former Chief of the Air Staff), the charitable trust was subsequently
registered as a service charity with the