Role type: Volunteer (flexible commitment)
Location: Remote / Hybrid (meetings held on a 3 weekly basis, either online or in-person as needed)
Reports to: Head of Operations (Working Group Lead)
About Bandiau Pres Cymru // Brass Bands Wales
Bandiau Pres Cymru // Brass Bands Wales is the national representative body for brass bands across Wales. We exist to promote, support, and advocate for the brass band movement, celebrating its rich heritage, strengthening its future, and amplifying the voice of Welsh bands on both national and international stages.
About the Role
The Safeguarding Lead will provide guidance and support on all safeguarding matters for Brass Bands Wales, helping to ensure safe, inclusive, and supportive environments for young people and vulnerable adults. The role will also assist individual bands across Wales in understanding and meeting their own safeguarding responsibilities, guiding good practice and signposting appropriate policies and procedures.
This is an important volunteer role that will help embed strong safeguarding practices across programmes, events, and partnerships, supporting the wellbeing of musicians and participants. The role is intended to support and guide bands rather than to police or enforce compliance, helping to build confidence and good safeguarding practice across the movement. Brass Bands Wales is committed to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for all participants in the brass band community.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a PR and social media strategy aligned with BPC // BBW’s aims and campaigns.Act as the primary safeguarding contact for BPC // BBW.
- Provide advice and guidance to the Working Group on safeguarding policy and best practice.
- Support the development, review, and implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Ensure appropriate safeguarding considerations are in place for events, programmes, and activities delivered or supported by BPC // BBW.
- Provide guidance and signposting to brass bands in Wales to help them understand and meet their own safeguarding responsibilities and adopt good safeguarding practice.
- Maintain appropriate records of safeguarding concerns and ensure these are handled confidentially and in line with policy.
- Signpost safeguarding concerns to appropriate statutory agencies where necessary.
- Promote a culture of safeguarding awareness and good practice across the organisation and the wider brass band community in Wales.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of safeguarding principles relating to children and vulnerable adults.
- Good judgement, discretion, and the ability to handle sensitive matters confidentially.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide clear advice and guidance to a volunteer-led organisation.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a small volunteer team.
Desirable
- Experience of safeguarding roles within education, youth organisations, sport, or the arts.
- Knowledge of safeguarding requirements within Welsh cultural or community organisations.
- Relevant safeguarding training or professional experience.
- Welsh language skills (desirable but not essential).
Governance Requirements
As this role involves responsibility for safeguarding oversight, the successful applicant may be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, or the Welsh equivalent, where appropriate. Any offer of appointment may be conditional upon satisfactory completion of the required checks.
The successful applicant will be expected to undertake appropriate safeguarding training relevant to the role. Where necessary, Brass Bands Wales will support the individual in accessing suitable training to ensure they are equipped to carry out the responsibilities of Safeguarding Lead.
Time Commitment
Flexible, approximately 4 to 8 hours per month, depending on activity level and events.
What You’ll Gain
- The opportunity to play an important role in ensuring safe and inclusive participation in the brass band movement in Wales.
- Experience supporting governance and safeguarding practice within a national arts organisation.
- The opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing and protection of young musicians and participants across the Welsh brass band community.
- The satisfaction of supporting the continued growth and sustainability of brass bands in Wales.
How to Apply
If you’re passionate about communications the arts, and particularly Brass Bands in Wales we’d love to hear from you. Online application form to ask the following questions;
- Please provide a short summary of your career/experience and any professional qualifications.
- Please summarise any public or voluntary service you have undertaken (e.g. magistrate,
chairman of school governors, councillor). - Please name two referees, one from a professional capacity and one from a personal capacity,
whom we can approach now or later. Please indicate if we can take up the reference prior to an
offer being made. - Personal statement. Please use this to give us any other information you feel may be relevant or
to explain what you can bring to the role (max 350 words).
We welcome applications submitted in Welsh or English.
Submit your completed form by 14th April 2026
Help us celebrate, promote, and grow the brass band movement in Wales!