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What are the Company and Senior Sections?
The Company and Senior Sections are for young people aged 11 to 18 years of age (School Years 7 to 13).
How long do they meet for?
The weekly section meeting is held on a Monday evening from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the BB Centre, Bexleyheath Broadway, between Christ Church and Asda.
What do they do?
The Discover Award Scheme has been designed to give each young person an active role in choosing the activities which will make up the Company and Senior Section Programme.
This allows our members to develop their interests, learn new skills and acquire a deeper knowledge of life, the world and other people.
Within certain practical limitations each young person can choose whatever it is they feel is most relevant for them, whether it's improving football skills, podcasting or recycling. As an example our current activities include cooking, fair trade and darts.
Leaders will ensure that everyone gets a say and that a fair and varied programme of activities is developed for the group which tries to cover all interests and abilities.
The Discover Award Scheme covers three programme zones and there is a badge available for each of them:
- Community
- Recreation
- Skills
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There are four levels available for each Badge starting at 1 and progressing to Level 4. To attain the Badge a young person has to achieve a certain number of points with one point awarded for each activity. Mostly the only requirement is for participation and their best effort. Other activities will require each young person to set their own target or objective before starting and with the Leaders' help will work to achieve that.
It does not matter what age your child joins us at since they will join in with others their same age and participate in the same activities, the only difference is they would gain the badge at Level 1 where others who already have Level 1 would achieve Level 2. |
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In addition to the above there are several higher awards within the Discover Award Scheme.
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The Compass Badge is awarded during the first year in the Company and Senior Section and requires 6 points from the Discover programme, 2 points from each of the three zones. This provides an early opportunity to recognise what a young person has achieved. |
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The Discovery Badge is awarded from the second year in the Company and Senior Section and requires 30 points from the Discover programme with at least Level 1 achieved in each of the three zones. In addition a young person requires a good attendance record, taking an active role in a Company event and taking part in an Adventure activity. |
There are also opportunities to work towards . . .
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The President’s Badge
is the highest achievement in this Section and can be awarded from year four. It requires a high level of points and badges from all three zones; however it is not necessary to fully complete the Discover programme and this means that late joiners are not prevented from being able to achieve the President's Badge. They will have to work harder but it is not impossible.
In addition to this a young person requires a good attendance record, participation in a teamwork event and a Christian Faith development course, 10 hours of practical service for the Brigade or church, taking part in an Adventure activity and a recommendation from the Company Captain |
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The Queen’s Badge
The Queen is the Patron of the Boys' Brigade and The Queen's Badge is the highest award that may be gained by a member of The Boys' Brigade.
It aims to challenge and equip the individual, provide new opportunities and expand horizons while remaining accessible to candidates of all abilities.
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
The Boys' Brigade has a strong association with The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and Seniors & Leaders up to the age of 25 can choose to work towards earning the DEA Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards. |
In addition, Company Section and Seniors will earn a service badge which shows how many years they have been a member for. A member who has been with The Boys' Brigade since he was 5 years old can earn up to 13 years service. But we do also provide 14 and 15 year service badges which may be presented in special circumstances.
What else do I need to know?
Uniform
The Senior Section has a special uniform that they can wear. As everyone wears the same thing they feel as though they belong. They wear a Navy Blue sweatshirt and blue polo shirt which is supplied to you by us.
The Sweatshirt costs between £10.50 and £12.25 and the Polo shirt between £11.75 and £12.50, depending on size.
Subscriptions
We charge a yearly subscription fee of £35.00 (equivalent to £0.88 per week for a 40 week session).
You can pay in full at the beginning of the Session or pay £25.00 at the beginning of the Session and £10.00 in February 2011 or pay weekly, a payment card will be given to you which should be brought each time, you attend for signature by the Treasurer or Section Leader. Or for families with two or more members, you may be able to pay by arrangement, please speak to the Treasurer or Section Leader.
For more information, please call us on 020 8303 1324 (answer phone) or use the Contact Us form at the top of this page and select Seniors.
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