About Us
The Maldon Festival was founded in 2008 by Colin Baldy and Kieran Sampson.
Its mission has been to bring high quality international professional music making to the Maldon District. Each year, two weeks of music making take place in venues across the Maldon District, helping to bring this beautiful and little-known part of the country to a wider audience.
Performers have come from Italy, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, the USA and even Uzbekistan!
The festival started as a purely classical music event. Over the years, whilst keeping classical music at its heart, the programme has grown to include soul, folk, jazz, world music, theatre and visual arts.
Maldon Festival is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).
Meet The Trustees
OUR POLICIES
Policy documents are essential for The Maldon Festival CIO because they provide a clear framework for how the event is planned, managed, and delivered safely and professionally. They the Trustees set consistent standards for areas such as health and safety, safeguarding, equality and inclusion, environmental responsibility, and financial management.
SAFEGUARDING
POLICY
SAFEGUARDING REPORTING FORM
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY POLICY
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Privacy Policy
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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Who we share your data with
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When buying tickets for the Maldon Festival online through Ticket Tailor, you are subject to their terms and conditions and privacy policy. When you place an order through Ticket Tailor we receive a copy of the order summary, which includes your name (as you entered into Ticket Tailor) the email address you used to register with them and details of the tickets you ordered along with a copy of the e-ticket.
We use this data to confirm ticket purchases and is not shared with any other internal departments or external bodies or organisations. We may use the email address to contact you, but only if there is a change to the event that you should be made aware of.
How long we retain your data
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We may retain data collected for legal and administrative purposes. If this is the case data will be used for that purpose only.
What rights you have over your data
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To request a copy of the information we hold about you, please email info@www.maldonfestival.co.uk
Where we send your data
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Your contact information
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If you contact with an inquiry we will retain your information only so that we may respond to your inquiry effectively and will be used for no other purpose. If you have purchased tickets online through Eventbrite we may use the email address to contact you, but only if there is a change to the event that you should be made aware of.
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