East Ayrshire music students have raised £720 for the Kris Boyd charity after taking part in the ‘100 Days of Practice’ initiative.

From Wednesday, March 17 until Friday, June 25, the young people participated in a series of weekly music themes set by the East Ayrshire Music Service.

Emma Tomlinson, a tutor with East Ayrshire Music Service, who created the initiative, said: “The ‘100 Days of Practice’ initiative was designed to encourage our students to practice every day, to bring the musical community together, to have fun while learning and raise money for charity.

“And we really did have lots of fun. We had special themes, like practice in fancy dress or in the garden and we shared videos and photos on the East Ayrshire Music Service and Youth Music Initiative social media. All of our young people were sponsored by friends and family and the support our young musicians received was just incredible.”

Emma gave Kris Boyd a £720 cheque at an event with colleagues Julie Carrie, Krista Donelly, Josip Petrac and Stewart Forbes and music students Sophie Henry, Erin Judge, Arrah Chalmers and Beth Patterson.

Councillor Fiona Campbell said: “I am so proud of our young people who showed such commitment to their practice and also managed to raise £720 for such a worthwhile local charity. Kris Boyd’s charity does great work locally, supporting young people and raising awareness of suicide prevention, I know that he will have been delighted with this wonderful donation.”