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The Berwickshire Youth Piping and Drumming Foundation

Also known as: Bypdf

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC049105
Status
Active
Registered
March 7, 2019
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
The Berwickshire High School
Langtongate
Duns
TD11 3QG

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

We offer tuition to primary and secondary pupils across The Berwickshire High School and its five feeder primary schools on chanter and Highland Bagpipe. We now have a successful pipe band which performs at concerts and other events. Our continuing goal is to get more children learning the pipes to a standard where they can perform in public and benefit from using the bagpipes for SQA Music exams.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are to: 4.1 advance the musical education of the young people of Berwickshire. to promote our national heritage and culture. and to increase public exposure to, appreciation of, and involvement in music and the performing arts. This will be done by: 4.2 Encouraging participation, nurturing talent and providing musical tuition and activities. 4.3 Providing opportunities for the people of Berwickshire to come together to participate in, experience, learn from and enjoy musical performance opportunities of the highest standards. 4.4 Providing young people with the opportunity to engage with, learn and perform traditional Scottish music and associated instruments. 4.5 Providing opportunities for people to engage with professional musicians and performance through attending concerts, shows and the like (in Berwickshire and beyond) and participating in workshops. 4.6 Provide opportunities for young people in the community to take part in a youth pipe band.

Geography

Main operating location
Scottish Borders
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
June 30, 2025 £0 £0
June 30, 2024 £14,335 £10,317 PDF 861.6 KB
June 30, 2023 £14,160 £14,391
June 30, 2022 £16,540 £10,119
June 30, 2021 £8,550 £11,591