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BBE announces new partnership link for monthly prizes

Brass Bands England has linked up with Band Supplies, BrassPass.tv and British Bandsman to launch a free monthly competition with membership, prizes and goodies on offer...

Brass for Brass
  The Brass for Brass partnership will see prizes on offer.

Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced a new major partnership project with the launch of a free monthly competition in which individuals you can win their band a year of membership as well as prizes for themselves.

Brass for Brass

'Brass for Brass' is free and easy to enter. After completing a contact form for the first month at https://www.bbe.org.uk/brass-brass-entry, participants will be able to enter each month simply by clicking an email link.

BBE Partnership & Development Manager Alex Parker told 4BR: "Our members are the most important part of Brass Bands England and this competition is our way of saying 'thank you' for all the hard work they undertake."

Charity partner

Alex revealed that BBE has linked up with Band Supplies, BrassPass.tv and British Bandsman to provide a selection of goodies for each month's competition winner and support their charity partner Brass for Africa.

"The partnership is a really great way to support bands as well as the great projects that Brass for Africa works on. Through the competition we will be bring stories about our member bands in the UK and also those benefiting from Brass for Africa's projects."

In addition to winning next year's membership of BBE, each month's randomly drawn winner will receive a subscription to BrassPass.tv and a £25 voucher from Band Supplies. A runner-up will also receive a subscription to British Bandsman.

BBE state that you will also increase your chances of winning each time you enter and during the month BBE will create a league table to show you how many entries your band has collected.

We're really grateful to our partners for the providing prizes and it's great to be able to use the platform to support both bands and our charity partner, Brass for AfricaBBE

Charity partner

Alex added: "We're really grateful to our partners for the providing prizes and it's great to be able to use the platform to support both bands and our charity partner, Brass for Africa."

BBE's Chief Executive Officer, Kenny Crookston, added: "Brass for Brass is our chance to offer something back to all the bands who have either supported our work or joined us as we have grown to 400 member organisations representing over 550 separate bands and in the region of 15,000 players and supporters.

That support has meant that we are now able to offer a free competition like this for our bands and we plan to offer this benefit every month for the foreseeable future."

More details

For more details please visit: https://www.bbe.org.uk/what-we-do/brass-brass-free-monthly-competition

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