Our Leaders

Equipping Leaders

We help Churches to identify volunteer BBNI leaders to provide a modern, relevant, flexible children and youth ministry for the children and young people in their local communities.

We train, equip, inspire, and encourage BB leaders by:

– Running BBNI leader training courses – to equip with knowledge and skills to run a good BBNI Night.
– Running events – to inspire and create opportunities for BBNI leaders to network and share ideas.~
– Providing advice and guidance on policies and procedures to keep children and young people safe and ensure the local group meets legislative requirements.
– Providing programme material, competitions, and events for young people to have fun and achieve.

There are over 2,000 volunteer leaders in BBNI who run local Boys’ Brigade companies, welcoming children and young people from their local community. We recognise the value that our volunteers make in leading BB companies and the impact that they make on the lives of children and young people.

Leaders are appointed by the local church and must be registered with The Northern Ireland Boys’ Brigade (BBNI). BBNI works with the church to ensure safeguarding procedures are followed.

We equip, inspire and encourage leaders by:

• Designing and delivering BB leader training, equipping leaders with knowledge and skills to run a great BB company
• Running events to inspire and create opportunities for BB leaders to network and share ideas
• Providing advice and guidance on policies and procedures to keep children and young people safe and ensure the local group meets legislative requirements.
• Providing resources and running competitions
• Offering opportunities for leaders to get involved in panels which work with the staff team to develop initiatives

Our Boys’ Brigade companies are split into sections and leaders can work across any section.

The sections are:

• Anchors: P1 – P4
• Juniors: P5 – P7
• Company: Year 8 – Year 10
• Seniors: Year 11 – Year 14

We created this “How the Pieces Fit Together” guide to show how each part of BBNI works together to support our companies and deliver valuable resources and competitions throughout the year.