YOUNG people in West Devon are set to make some exciting noise with a new project run by Okehampton-based arts charity Wren Music.

The Okehampton Junk Band will be inviting eleven to 18 years olds to get creative and make music out of all kinds of recycled objects.

Anything which can be hit with a stick or a ping-pong bat, from shopping trolleys to dustbin lids, will be classed as an instrument.

The Okehampton Junk Band is the latest initiative of the innovative Mix 4 Six project, which brings together the expertise and experience of Wren Music, Devon Education Services and Devon Music Service.

The Mix 4 Six project aims to enable more young people of all interests, abilities and backgrounds to participate in music making through high quality, school and community-based provision.

This year the project will be running in six areas of Devon, one of which is the Okehampton Learning Community.

It is one of five major Department for Children Schools and Families partnership programmes across England.

The Okehampton Junk Band workshops will be on Monday, June 8, Monday, June 15 and Monday, June 22 from 4pm to 6pm at Fairplace Church Hall.

The workshops are free and all the instruments are provided.

Professional musician Paul Wilson of Wren Music will be on hand to get the music going, along with Hannah Whitcombe from Devon Youth Service.

Further information on the Okehampton Junk Band and Wren Music's community choirs and orchestras for adults and for young people, as well as Wren CDs and songbooks, can be found at http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk">www.wrenmusic.co.uk

For more details phone 01837 53754.