The British Federation of Brass Band’s (BFBB’s) Development Officer, Philip Watson, recently attended meetings in London to help develop and important Arts Participation Manifesto.

Ten year plan

The Manifesto is designed to engage more people in the arts in a positive way over the next ten years.

For once, a project that claims to champion participation has started off by sending out the right signals and, more importantly, involving people in its initial construction processesBFBB Development Officer, Philip Watson

Definitive

Philip Watson told 4BR: "Though a definitive manifesto has not yet been secured, key goals and a means by which its aims will be achieved have been agreed. The process of developing a full blown Arts Participation Manifesto will no doubt take another 12 months or more, but a good start has been made."

Philip added: "For once, a project that claims to champion participation has started off by sending out the right signals and, more importantly, involving people in its initial construction processes."