We’re excited to announce that our Monopoly Challenge will be returning for 2026, with us hosting the challenge across six different cities throughout England & Scotland!
This challenge is based on the popular board game of ‘Monopoly’, with teams of 3-6 people being challenged to visit as many properties as possible on your chosen city’s Monopoly Board. The event is for the Company and Seniors age groups and will take place on Saturday 3rd October 2026 across six different cities – Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Inverness *, London and York.
* Please note that the Inverness challenge will take place one week earlier than the others, on Saturday 26th September.
In 2023, we had over 700 young people and leaders take part in our first Monopoly Challenge, which saw us visit the four cities of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Aberdeen. You can look back at some of the highlights from that event on our blog post here. We hope that with an increased number of locations to choose from in 2026, as many Companies as possible across the Brigade will be able to get involved.
Find out more about the challenge below, and to enter your teams please click here.
The Challenge
Our Monopoly Challenge tasks teams to visit as many properties on the standard Monopoly Board for the city as possible in 5 hours (11am to 4pm). As teams visit a property, they will be asked to take a team selfie at the specified location and ‘check in’ to the property by uploading their picture via an online form. This means that we can keep track of progress and scores as the event progresses. Teams will also get bonus points for being the first team to check in at a property.
For each property on the board a specific location will be given on the day. An example would be on the London Monopoly Board, for ‘Whitehall’ the clue for the location would be ‘An appointment with the Prime Minister’, which would be a photo on Whitehall outside gates to Downing Street (Prime Minister’s residence).
In addition to the standard properties on the board, there will also be additional challenges based on the Monopoly board spaces of ‘Free Parking’, ‘Go to Jail’, ‘Income Tax’, ‘Water Works’, etc.
Teams
Teams must be a minimum 3 persons, with maximum 6. Teams can consist of young people in the Company and Senior age groups.
Any teams with Company members only should have a leader to accompany them. Leaders are included in maximum team numbers. Teams consisting of Seniors are allowed to go without a leader, based on a risk assessment being carried out at a Company level.
Teams must stay together at all times. All teams will be provided with some practical guidance to help keep everyone safe and leaders will be provided with a risk assessment in advance of the event. An emergency contact number and central meeting point will also be provided, where support will be available from the organising staff team.
Company leaders will be responsible for all young people participating and even where they are not accompanying teams, they should make plans to check in with the teams during the event. Further guidance on this will be included in the risk assessment.
The cost to enter a team is £20, however this is discounted to £15 if the booking is made before 31st August 2026. The booking deadline for entering teams will be 20th September 2026.
To enter your teams please click here.
Meeting Location
In each city there will be a central meeting location where all teams will start from at 11am. Teams will be expected to arrive by 10:45am for a briefing before setting off. The meeting location will be notified a number of weeks before the event, but it will be a central location within the playing area for the city you are in.
Modes of Transport
This will depend on the city, but acceptable modes of public transport (as applicable) including bus, train, tram, subway/underground and also walking. Teams are NOT allowed to use bikes, e-scooters, cars (including taxis/Ubers/etc). Teams will be responsible for purchasing their own tickets for relevant modes of transport, guidance on this will be provided to teams on a city by city basis. Expected cost for tickets is approximately £10 per person.
Finish Location
All teams will be expected to be at the finish location by 4pm. At the finish there will be access to toilets and light refreshments for all participants. The results will be announced shortly after with prize giving for the top 3 teams and all participants will receive their Monopoly Challenge Badge.
Organisers
The event is being organised by the Brigade with a team of volunteers managing each location. This team will be available at the start, finish and at a fixed location during the event. The team will be able to answer any specific questions you may have leading up to or during the event including dealing with any emergency situations.
Full details on how to contact the team will be provided to participating Companies 2 weeks prior to the event. Prior to this HQ Programme Team will deal with any enquiries by email at programme@boys-brigade.org.uk
Final Details for Participating Teams
Full details will be issued to participating teams prior to the event to enable final preparations to be made.
The online entry form will be available once all six cities for this year’s challenge have been announced.
Running Your Own Monopoly Challenge
Can’t make it to one of our six event locations? Could you complete the Monopoly Challenge in your local area instead?
Groups are welcome to come up with their own Monopoly Challenge, as part of this national event. To help guide you in putting this activity together, we’ve produced an Activity Card with instructions and tips that you can use.