We’re excited to announce that our Social Media Awards are back for 2025!
Our groups across the country are doing fantastic work in using social media to share the opportunities that are being provided for children and young people to experience “life to the full”.
Whether it’s a captivating photo or a short video about activities that are taking place, or a post about how the group gets involved in the local community, there are lots of great examples out there of sharing the BB story.
These awards aim to celebrate the creativity, dedication and hard work of our volunteer leaders and young people, and are our way of saying a massive ‘thank you’ for your efforts to keep our community vibrant, connected and growing.
The Award Categories
We’re looking for nominations across four categories:
- Best Use of Social Media: For accounts that engage our community.
- Best Use of Video Content: For the most engaging and inspiring videos that capture the essence of The Boys’ Brigade.
- Best Use of Photography: For visuals that tell our story.
- Best New Account: For any new social media account launched in 2024 that has made an impact in a short time.
How to Nominate
The nomination process is quick and easy. Whether you’re a leader, a member or a part of our wider BB family, you can nominate a group for an award – feel free to nominate your own group! Just fill out the form below with the group name, leader’s name, category and reason/evidence for your nomination.
Submit a Nomination
To submit a nomination please complete the form below:
This is your chance to highlight the hard work and creativity of our leaders who are making a difference through social media. Let’s show our appreciation for their dedication and help inspire even more growth in our groups.
Nominations are now open and will close on 18th May 2025. We can’t wait to see your nominations and celebrate the incredible work happening across the organisation.
Terms & Conditions
- Award categories are open to any group associated with The Boys’ Brigade UK & RoI, and can be nominated by any individual.
- Entry into the Social Media Awards is free of charge.
- All entries must be received by 18th May 2025.
- Entries must adhere to the specified criteria outlined for each award category.
- Entry is via the online form only. Applications cannot be submitted via post or any other means (e.g. Dropbox, social media messaging, Word document).
- All entrants agree to cooperate with the judges and organisation team from The Boys’ Brigade.
- All details submitted on the online form must be true and accurate.
- By submitting entries, participants grant The Boys’ Brigade the right to use and display their content for promotion purposes.
- Entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by The Boys’ Brigade.
- Winners will be notified and awarded according to the discretion of The Boys’ Brigade.
- Three-quarters of the total mark is made up of scores given by the judging panel.
- A quarter is decided by an online vote via The Boys’ Brigade. The same person cannot vote twice for the same group.
- In the event of a tie, the winner will be the group who scored highest from the panel of judges.
- The judges’ decision is final.
- The Boys’ Brigade reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time.
2024 Winners
Our Social Media Awards took place for the first time in 2024. Congratulations to our winners!
- Best Use of Social Media: 2nd East Kilbride (Gold), 11th Northampton (Silver), 7th/16th Motherwell (Bronze)
- Best Use of Video Content: 11th Northampton
- Best Use of Photography: 1st Rainford
- Best New Account: 4th Bournemouth