The Londonderry Bands Forum has been featured on a BBC Series which explores Marching Bands in Northern Ireland.
In the episode, Andrew Lynch and his band take part in the annual Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry. Andrew is the Forum’s co-ordinator and throughout the episode you get to follow his inspirational journey. Initially, Andrew started with the organisation as Schools Outreach Worker before progressing to currently being co-ordinator.
The Londonderry Bands Forum is supported by the Community Relations Council’s Core Funding Scheme.
The series, entitled The Band, is available to watch on iPlayer, and you can view the episode with Andrew from the Londonderry Bands forum here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vc1w
The series was produced by DoubleBand Films for BBC Northern Ireland and was supported by the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund.