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Benedict Eccles, SSTYP's Artistic Producer has recently been appointed to the Board of Assitej - the World Theatre Network of theatre for children and young people. ASSITEJ was established in 1965 by a global alliance of professional theatre companies, and links thousands of theatres, organisations and individuals through national centres in more than 82 countries. Benedict said "I have been attending international theatre festivals organised by Assitej for several years so as to help increase the quality of the work we make for children in Swindon . The organisation's members consist of some of the best theatre companies in the world and I was very flattered to be asked to join the UK Board of about 12 members''.

Benedict was also nominated and elected to join the board of directors of the UK's leading arts management association, The Independent Theatre Council in December. The ITC represents 700 arts organisations across the UK and provides members with the comprehensive package of services including government lobbying, legal representation, industrial relations advice and professional development opportunities for arts professionals- it's quite a big responsibility to represent the interest of such a large and important membership of arts organisations that actual create work for audiences throughout the UK.