Long Service Awards

NEMBBA offer long service certificates to players (and conductors and non-playing band officials such as secretaries, librarians and treasurers) for 25, 40, 50, 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80 cumulative years of membership of brass bands. This includes time playing in school, training brass bands and non-contesting bands (and for non-NEMBBA bands). Awards can be made retrospectively if you have, for example, players who have been playing for 30 years.

Players should be nominated by their band secretary and currently be a member of any brass band within the NEMBBA geographical area (even if your band is not actually a paid-up member of NEMBBA) or of a brass band from outside our area, but who has become a member of NEMBBA by entering one of our contests.

Certificates are usually publicly presented at our February and Autumn contests or can be posted to you by our administration manager, Robert Stansfield (please supply a self-addressed, stamped, A4 envelope). Please email Robert at admin@nembba.org.uk for further details.

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards are made by the NEMBBA Executive Committee at the recommendation of an annual general meeting to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the brass band movement over many years, particularly as teacher and band trainer.