Broxburn & Livingston Future Brass is the latest youth band to benefit from the Scottish Brass Band Association's Youth Band Start-Up' Scheme funded through its partnership with Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative, 'Access to Music Making' programme .

Engaging

SBBA is already proactively engaging with bands to spend some of the £90,000 of funding it received for six targeted project initiatives — with Broxburn & Livingston Future Brass now able to use new instruments supplied by SBBA to attract and develop their next generation of young players.

In the photo is band conductor Jim Bone and organiser Laura McMahon with some of the latest intake of talent.

The enthusiasm and commitment at grass roots level is something which we are determined to help succeed, and we're delighted that Broxburn & Livingston Future Brass is leading in this waySBBA

Determined

SBBA Education Officer John Boax told 4BR: "This initiative is just one of the strands by which SBBA is helping bands throughout the country.

The enthusiasm and commitment at grass roots level is something which we are determined to help succeed, and we're delighted that Broxburn & Livingston Future Brass is leading in this way."