1st St Neots Boys Brigade & girls Association - 01480 404909

1st St Neots Brigade Club meets and is part of Berkley Street Methodist Church and the wider Boys Brigade.

Boys & Girls can attend from 5+

1st Neots is part of The Boys Brigade

The Boys’ Brigade was the first voluntary uniformed youth movement in the world.

The Boys’ Brigade was founded in Glasgow on 4th October 1883 by Sir William Alexander Smith. From this one Company formed in Scotland the BB has grown in to a worldwide movement.

Over 1,400 Groups (Companies) meet weekly across the UK & Republic of Ireland and members participate in age – related programmes of activity. Most Companies provide activities for children and young people right through from 5 to 18 years. 1st St Neots welcomes girls as well as boys, through membership of The Girls’ Association.

Each Company may be organised into four age groups, with the following core ages:

Anchor Section for children aged 5–8 years
Junior Section for children aged 8–11 years
Company Section for young people aged 11–15 years from September 2016
Seniors for young people aged 15–18 - Not currently at 1st St Neots.

Awards

Anchors/Juniors

The programme is organised into five programme zones of Body, Community, Creativity, Mind and Spirit through which the children have the opportunity to gain awards.

Company

The Discover programme is organised into three programme zones areas of Community, Recreation and Skills through which the young people have the opportunity to gain awards. Towards the end of the Discover programme young people may also get involved in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and gain their President’s Badge, the second highest award in The Boys’ Brigade.

Moving on from Discover, it’s all about young people planning and delivering their own programme. A wide range of topics focus on building life skills, encouraging recreation and leisure pursuits and being an active citizen with the programme split into projects and challenges allowing young people to dip in and out as time allows. Each year young people can gain awards based on their participation in the programme. In addition to this young people can start out or continue their journey through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and also gain the highest award in The Boys’ Brigade, the Queen’s Badge.

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