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Free Bandsafe Seminar a must for all bands

A free Bandsafe seminar is being supported by the NWABBA in Rochdale — so get along and make sure you get to know the benefits.

Bandsafe
  Bandsafe will help inform bands how to minimise risks and develop safeguarding policies

Bands are being invited to attend the first Bandsafe seminar given by Brass Band England's Safeguarding Officer Heidi Bradley.

The seminar, which will take place on Friday 23rd June (7.30pm to 9.30pm) at St. Patrick's RC Primary School, Foxholes Road in Rochdale (OL12 0ET) will provide essential advice and support on the BandSafe, which is a free online self-assessment toolkit for brass bands.

Minimise risks

It has been specifically designed by Heidi, and is based upon a set of standards written by the NSPCC for youth organisations. The aim is to support bands in the development of procedures that minimise risks to the members and develop a robust integrity of safeguarding policies.

The group seminar will provide a brief run through the BandSafe site and give the opportunity to consider its four main sections and the way they can be applied to individual bands.

Important opportunity

Shirley Woodward, General Secretary of the North West Amateur Brass Band Association (NWABBA), who are hosting the event told 4BR: "This is a very important opportunity for bands to effectively utilise an important on-line tool.

We wish to help bands to put Safeguarding at the heart of their organisation."

The event is free to all NWABBA members and members of BBE.

This is a very important opportunity for bands to effectively utilise an important on-line tool. We wish to help bands to put Safeguarding at the heart of their organisationNWABBA

Further information

For further information and to book your place contact Shirley Woodward at: skwnwabba@aol.com

Further information can be sought at:

http://www.brassbandsengland.co.uk/bandsafe/

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