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Our Brigade President, Rev Dez Johnston recently met with Pope Francis. Dez was joining 300 young people at Alpha’s Youth Camp in Central Italy when…

The start of a new session presents a great opportunity to welcome new members to the BB family. In this blog piece, Robert Cunningham (a…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

On Monday 6th June a small group of young people attended a Platinum Jubilee Lunch hosted by Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and…

Congratulations to 1st Buckie, who have been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service! The prestigious award is the highest that a local voluntary group…

This week (1st to 7th June 2022) is Volunteers’ Week – a time to celebrate, thank and recognise the amazing contributions that our volunteer leaders…

Young people from The Boys’ Brigade undertook stewarding duties at a Garden Party held at Buckingham Palace on 25th May 2022. The event, which took…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

For over 60 years, Christian Aid has held a fundraising week in May. This year we wanted to share more about Christian Aid and the work…

Over the past few months Companies across the UK have been busy talking to their children and young people about what’s been happening in Ukraine…

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2022 edition of Sorted Magazine and is reproduced here in full with their kind permission. Launched in 2007,…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

Exams can be an anxious and a challenging time for thousands of young people every year.  But are there things you can do to help…

As part of its ongoing support to leaders, The Boys’ Brigade has launched a range of resources, competitions and ideas themed around HM The Queen’s…

NI District President, David Blevins received an honorary degree from Ulster University on Thursday 31 March 2022, at a ceremony to officially install Dr Colin…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

World Autism Acceptance Week takes place from 28th March to 3rd April. One in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around…

The Boys’ Brigade has launched a special set of new programme resources to support and equip BB groups to explore the current conflict in Ukraine….

We are all aware of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. As a member of European Fellowship of Christian Youth, we will particularly keep the young…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

The government has announced a new National Youth Guarantee, designed to give young people in England access to more activities, trips away from home and…

The Boys’ Brigade has over 10,000 volunteer leaders across the country who support children and young people to learn, grow and discover. Over the course…

The Executive Committee of Global Fellowship of Christian Youth has announced that Lord Griffiths of Burry Port has been appointed as the organisation’s first-ever Patron….

The Boys’ Brigade has today launched a new series of e-learning modules for its volunteer leaders. Three e-learning modules have been launched to leaders across…

Congratulations to our two new members of the Scottish Youth Parliament – Louis Symington from the 56th Edinburgh and Matthew Hunter from the 6th/8th Dundee.  Our…

In recent days thousands of members of The Boys’ Brigade have joined with the nation to remember all those who sacrificed so much for our…

This week (1st to 5th November) is Trustees’ Week – an annual celebration of the role of trustees, celebrating and all their hard work they…

Margaret Pang is a leader at 7th Gloucester and a member of the Brigade’s International Group. She will be attending the United Nations’ Climate Conference…

We are excited to announce that Cumbrae Camp will be returning in May 2022! Camp is a great opportunity for all young people to have…

We love being able to share ideas with you along with you sharing with each other, which is why we have a BB Leaders Group…

The Boys’ Brigade has been represented as a national voluntary organisation at the Scottish Youth Parliament since 2017. This year we will have three candidates…

Today, 4th October, we’re celebrating 138 years of working with children and young people and advancing Christ’s Kingdom! From one group formed in Glasgow on…

The Boys’ Brigade is delighted to announce that Rev Dez Johnston has been elected to the role of President. Dez, an ordained Baptist Minister, is…

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an international treaty which sets out the rights of every child under the…

We’re back and we’re pleased to launch our new-look website which brings together boys-brigade.org.uk and leaders.boys-brigade.org.uk into a single website for all audiences (Parents/Carers, Leaders,…

Education Minister Michelle McIlveen today Wed 21 July 2021, presented the Autism Impact Award to The Boys’ Brigade NI District. The award recognises volunteer and staff training, a ‘best practice’ Autism Toolbox for BB Leaders, an Additional Needs App and Booklet, Autism Awareness Training and other initiatives in place within the organisation. The BB is the first uniformed youth organisation in Northern Ireland to receive the award.  

The Boys’ Brigade is pleased to announce vacancies for an Executive Assistant and a Communications and Fundraising Officer to join our small, dedicated staff team. For more…

It’s safe to say that the one constant we’ve had over the past year or so has been change. The Boys’ Brigade has had to…

The Boys’ Brigade’s monthly programme for May will include activities for young people focusing on the issue of sexual harassment and how we can all…

HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (10th June 1921 – 9th April 2021) For over half a century, the Duke of Edinburgh was at…

With some school pupils in Scotland starting to return to classrooms this week, perhaps we are at the beginning of the end of this extraordinarily…

The Boys’ Brigade in Nigeria has confirmed that, following an attack on a Church in Borno State on Christmas Eve, three young people who were…

Although Coronavirus restrictions meant that Remembrance commemorations couldn’t take place in quite the same way in 2020, Boys’ Brigade members joined with the nation to…

On 27th October, The Boys’ Brigade celebrates Founder’s Day. On this day, we celebrate the vision of Sir William Alexander Smith and the foundations that…

The Boys’ Brigade Northern District has announced the launch of a major new Mental Health project in that will be delivered in partnership with Made for More NI, funded by The Education Authority and uniquely designed for the children and young people in the Boys’ Brigade in Northern Ireland.

October is a special month for The Boys’ Brigade. We celebrate the birthday of this organisation on 4th October, and we also celebrate the birthday…

After a challenging and unprecedented few months, it is brilliant to see smiles on the faces of leaders, children and young people as BB activities…

Our 2019/20 session has been like no other session that we can remember. Yet despite all of the challenges we have faced during the last…

We have developed a Framework in line with guidance issued by the Government and Youth Sector across the United Kingdom to support a safe return…