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The Boys' Brigade has been going for over 125 years and one million children and young people around the world are members of The Boys' Brigade.
BB is open to all children and young people aged from 5 to 18 of any faith and background. Above all, we seek to make a positive contribution to the lives of young people through the programme of activities that we offer young people.
Our programmes are balanced to provide every child and young person opportunities to take part in a wide range of activities, learn new skills and develop existing skills.
1st Stewarton Boys' Brigade News
Whithaugh Park Camp 2011
The Company and Senior Section have have started the session with their camp. This year we went to Whithaugh Park in the Scottish Borders, where the boys stayed in log cabins. Activities included over the weekend were sports, swimming, Zip Wire, Open canoeing and mountain biking.
32 boys and 3 staff had a great time ... all be it may took a day or so to catch up on much needed sleep ... (probably take us longer to dry out after the amount of rain that fell on the Saturday, rain which however did not bother us one bit .....!)
East Ayrshire Battalion Celebrate Queens Badge Success
Boys from Stewarton joined the rest of East Ayrshire Battalion who held a Civic Reception, hosted by East Ayrshire Council recently. This was held to recognise the work that the boys had carried out over the last 2 years to gain their Queens Award.
Certificates were presented to the boys by Provost Stephanie Young and Lord Lieutenant John Duncan.
Along with boys from Stewarton, boys attended from 2nd Kilmarnock, 3rd Kilmarnock, 1st Cumnock, 1st Dundonald and 3rd Galston.
Pictured here are the boys with provost Young, Lord Lieutenant John Duncan, Battalion President Crawford Sloan, Battalion Vice-president Jim McGinn and Battalion Queens Badge Adviser Derek Walls.
1st Stewarton Boys' Brigade Annual Report Available Online
The 1st Stewarton Boys' Brigade have made their Annual Report available for download from their webpage. Simply click the link 
1st Stewarton Boys' Brigade Support Clic Sargent
1st Stewarton Boys' Brigade Company and Senior Section during this session decided to raise money by putting aside some of their tuck shop money for a charity.
Basically instead of spending all their money they would put their loose change in to a charity. Each week the money built up and the sum of £200 was raised for their selected charity which was Clic Sargent.
Clic Sargent is a charity which specialises in the care for children and young people with cancer and their families. The boys visited the facility and met the staff. Picture taken with some of the boys presenting the cheque to the staff at CLIC Sargent's Malcolm Sargent House in Prestwick. (More information on the charity can be found at www.clicsargent.org.uk.
BBs at Ship Launch
Some of the Company Section boys recently attended the ship launch in BAE Govan for the launch of latest Destroyer HMS Duncan. Pictured are the boys during the launch.
You can read about the launch on the Royal Navy Website.
See more Boys' Brigade News on our News Archive Page.
Anchor Boys
Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm
St. Columba's Church Hall
Stewarton
The Anchor Section is the youngest section in the BB and is for children aged between 5 and 8.
The Anchor boy programme includes games, crafts, badgework and outings. We take part in all the East Ayrshire Battalion events which include Colouring/Soft Play, Fun day and Halloween Themed event. The Anchor boys are attending the pantomime in Stewarton - hopefully a yearly occurrence. The Anchor boys will again be joining the Junior Section for their summer trip in June to Loudoun Castle Theme Park.
Wednesdays 7.15pm - 9.00pm
St. Columba's Church Hall
Stewarton
Juniors is our second section and is for children aged between 8 and 11.
The Junior Section will continue to go swimming once a month, which is still proving very successful. Our general programme includes, quizzes, games, arts and crafts, sports, outings, visits etc. East Ayrshire Battalion events this year include a Treasure Hunt, Crafts Evening, Supergroup, Unihoc and Cross Country. We are attending the pantomime at Christmas again this year at the Palace in Kilmarnock.
Company Section and Seniors
Fridays 7.30pm - 10.00pm
Stewarton Academy
The Company Section is for young people aged 11 to 15 years of age. Seniors is for young people aged between 15 and 18.
Our Friday programme includes badgework, circuits, sports, quizzes, games, drill and Squad Challenges.
Outwith a Friday our activities include swimming once a month, Laserquest, Go Karting, Bowling, BBQ, Football and many more. The East Ayrshire Battalion activities this year are Alton Towers trip, outdoor Incidents, Badminton, Volleyball, Quiz and Cross Country.
We also attend all Home International Scotland football matches as well as visits to see Glasgow Rocks Basketball and a visit to Glasgow Tigers Speedway.
The Senior boys have now started the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and also enjoy an occasional hill walk
This year we had our Annual camp in August at the Abernethy centre near Castle Douglas which was a great success where we took part in Kayaking, tree climbing, ropes, team building course and mountain biking as well as the general programme activities.
The Company Section is also taking part in National Competitions where we compete with other Companies on a knock out basis - This year we have 2 football teams, 2 badminton teams, 2 Table Tennis teams, a Masterteam (Quiz team) and 2 Chess teams.
The Boys' Brigade enjoys an excellent reputation for providing a safe environment for its children and young people to enjoy activities. All our adult leaders follow clear safety guidelines and undertake training appropriate to their role.
The BB's 'Code of Conduct' is a pocket sized card that all leaders working in The Boys' Brigade have a copy of. It contains information about how to report concerns or allegations of abuse and a code of behaviour for all adults working in The Boys' Brigade.
We also encouarge our volunteer leaders to undertake further training throughout their time in the BB to enhance their skills and understanding of childrens and youth work.
All of our leaders go through a proceedure of registration and as part of this will complete a Criminal Record Disclosure Check.