Funding required to help with participation in the Scottish Festival of Brass in Perth.
Description
We are a community brass band organisation based in Dreghorn. We run 3 bands (a contest brass band, a community and a youth band) and we provide free or low cost after school music lessons for young people. We have over 100 members in our organisation and thousands of people are entertained by us each year at gala days, Christmas events and community concerts. We also support fundraising of other charities. People who participate in our bands and our audiences obtain mental well-being and educational benefits from musical activity.
Each year we compete in several brass band contests and festivals all over Scotland. Any funding obtained would go towards our (2025) travel costs, entry costs, and other costs for competitions such as music, extra rehearsals etc. Participating in these event will inspires, motivates and develops our players, entertains audiences and we also represent North Ayrshire in an important cultural events.
We are applying for £1,000 for our adult groups competing costs
Cost breakdown would be:
Travel cost subsidies – bus hire £600
Entry fees - £200
Music, extra rehearsal costs - £200
Each year we compete at the Scottish Brass Band Championships in Perth (March 2025) and for this contest alone a bus costs c. £700 and other costs (music, entry, rehearsals) c. £500. As we attend 3 - 4 contests per year the costs incurred for all competitions is c. £3,000. Contests / festivals are important for our groups development and the band would fundraise or meet the gap from reserves.
Location: Our building is based in Dreghorn, KA11 4AQ. Our members mainly live or work in North Ayrshire.
Proposed on behalf of: Irvine and Dreghorn Brass is a community brass band and registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC049689). We were formed in 1975 and have been performing at concerts and community events, and teaching brass to young people since that date.
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