One of the highlights in the BBNI calendar is their STEP UP weekend.
Over a weekend they worked with 43 young adults who have stepped into leadership in The Northern Ireland Boys’ Brigade and have given up their weekend to get more equipped for the role.
With leaders from Boys’ Brigade companies throughout Northern Ireland, new friendships were made, ideas were exchanged, and the craic was mighty.
The weekend focused on equipping the young leaders with skills and techniques that will assist them with programme planning, working with children and young people, story telling, and sharing faith, in addition to the important compliance elements including safeguarding and risk assessments.
The leaders told us:
‘My highlight was just learning new things for being a leader for anchors like different games and how other leaders structure their nights.’
‘I have enjoyed being equipped with great skills to help me as a leader.’
‘I liked how Christian orientated it was and very real and how each speaker linked what they were saying back to God and what he can do for us.’
‘My highlight was the fun and fellowship with everyone. I love that we have been equipped over the weekend to step up for our Lord. The Christian model from the leaders made it so special for me.’
Thanks to our volunteer trainers who invest so much in this training and to our friends at Made for More for leading some of our sessions.
Investing in younger leaders is such an important part of ensuring that we can continue to work with children and young people through Boys’ Brigade in Northern Ireland and Donegal. Thank you to everyone who completed the training, we really enjoyed getting to know you and look forward to hearing great things about how you put the learning into practice.
BBNI works with over 11,300 children and young people through BB companies in churches in Northern Ireland and Donegal. If you are interested in finding our more about your local BB company, or interested in getting involved in the work of BBNI, contact one of the team at BBNI – hello@boysbrigadeni.org
You can find out more about the Northern Ireland Boys’ Brigade on their website.