Brass Bands England (BBE) has made a welcome visit to the Welsh Regional Championships in Swansea this weekend to introduce themselves to the banding movement.

They have made the visit to the event to explain how the organisation can benefit Welsh bands at all levels through their Body of Persons Approval (BOPA), as well as their Bandsafe Training programmes.

Training dates

Three new training dates have been announced in bandrooms from 21st-23rd April, covering north, mid and south Wales.

To book on the training band should visit www.bbe.org.uk/events.

Say hello

BBE Partnership & Relationship Development Manager Alex Parker will be at the Great Hall at Swansea University today to answer any questions and offer advice to bands wishing to find out more about these important aspects.

The BBE BOPA allows bands to cover their events for Child Performance Licensing with a significant administration-saving application process.

Alex told 4BR: "It's great that, after applying for a Welsh BOPA to support our English members as well as our existing 15 Welsh member bands, our services can now be used by all Welsh Bands.

With BBE membership costing just over 1p per day per band member, we have great benefits to help members, such as as savings on insurance, discounts on making their PRS returns and access to our development events."

Work together

He added: "It's exciting to be able work with and support even more bands, so to help bands find out what is available we thought it would be good to go to Wales to be able to answer any questions directly."

It's exciting to be able work with and support even more bands, so to help bands find out what is available we thought it would be good to go to Wales to be able to answer any questions directlyAlex Parker

Bandsafe

Meanwhile, Alex confirmed that the BandSafe Training dates covering Wales will be:

Tuesday 21st April
Menai Bridge Brass Band
Mount Street
Menai Bridge
LL59 5BP
6.00pm — 9.30pm
https://www.bbe.org.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D71%26reset%3D1

Wednesday 22 April
Porthywaen Silver Band Hall
Porth-y-waen
Oswestry
SY10 8LS
6.00pm — 9.30pm
https://www.bbe.org.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D72%26reset%3D1

Thursday 23 April
The Salem Vestry
Coychurch Road
Pencoed
CF35 5LY
6.00pm — 9.30pm
https://www.bbe.org.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D74%26reset%3D1

Find out more

To find out more about the BBE BOPA, please visit https://www.bbe.org.uk/bopa where you can also find out the other benefits of BBE membership.