Entries by Daniel Cowie

140th Celebrations – Company/Senior Sections Monopoly Challenge

On Saturday 30th September, over 700 young people and leaders came together across four cities to kick start our 140th celebrations. 140 teams took part in the Boys’ Brigade Monopoly Challenge in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Aberdeen, with teams racing around these cities trying to visit as many properties as possible on that city’s Monopoly […]

140th Celebrations – Juniors 140 Sleepover

Over two thousands Juniors continued the 140th celebrations on Saturday 8th October, with the national 140 Big Sleepover. This involved sleepovers in over 100 locations across the UK, including church halls, trampoline parks, adventure centres and castles. One company from South Africa took part, too. Our own Junior Section at 25th Stirling took part in […]

Raise the Roof – Sponsored walk and Swim

We are delighted to report that thanks to these boys’ efforts walking and swimming for miles in 2023 – and the donations of all their generous sponsors – we have reached our target of £6,500 to support our friends at Nansato Primary School in Likhubula, Malawi. Due to changes to the value of the Malawian […]

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Ceremony

We were delighted to see six of our former BB boys (three of whom are now officers) finally being presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Holyrood Palace on Thursday. They were pleased to tell HRH The Duke of Edinburgh all about their award (and, it appears, some other banter!) during the event. […]