The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade (BBNI)

Some reflections on her recent learning experience from our Chief Officer Lisa Keys. #boysbrigadeni #team #learning

🎉 More congratulations! 🎉 So many of our team have been completing courses and certificates in the last number of months. Today we're congratulating our Chief Officer Lisa Keys for achieving the Developing a Coaching Culture certification through Social Enterprise Academy Scotland and CO3 Chief Officers 3rd Sector. The benefits of continual learning and development are immense and enable our organisation to continue to grow, delivering a range of services to our members. We recognise the time commitment from our team in undertaking learning and development and celebrate their recent achievements. Congratulations Lisa. #learning #coaching #boysbrigadeni

🎉 WE'RE CELEBRATING 🎉 Congratulations to our Training and Engagement Manager David Penney who has completed his ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management. Investing in training and development provides a significant return, both for the individual and for the organisation. Equipping staff for their role and providing opportunities for learning and development are so important to us. David completed this course through NICVA (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action) and the learning has helped him to expand his leadership skills, equipping him with best practice techniques for managing his team. Well done David. #leadership #training #investinginpeople

🎉 WE'RE CELEBRATING 🎉 Congratulations to our Engagement Officer Deborah who has completed her ILM Level 3 in Leadership and Management. Equipping staff for their role and providing opportunities for learning and development are so important to us. Deborah's role changed earlier in the year and she now has management responsibilities. This course which she completed through NICVA (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action) has provided her with additional tools and techniques to supplement her existing knowledge and help her fulfil her new responsibilities. Well done Deborah. #boysbrigadeni #alwayslearning #leadership

‘My highlight was just learning new things for being a leader for anchors like different games and how other leaders structure their nights.’ ‘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.’ STEP UP JULY 2024 #boysbrigadeni #leadership

'Delegate, communicate and open up about what you are struggling with.' We really enjoy equipping young leaders for their leadership role in The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade (BBNI). The skills they learn are so useful and we encourage them to use them outside of their leadership in BBNI. We were delighted to partner with Made for More to deliver some leadership training at STEP UP, our leadership weekend for 18 - 30s. #boysbrigadeni #leadership #ShapingYoungLives

Would you like to support the work of BBNI? Then why not join the BBNI Family? We are so grateful to those supporters who regularly pray for BBNI and who contribute with an annual donation. To find out more click here: https://lnkd.in/eSPV4RCV #boysbrigadeni #ShapingYoungLives #APlacetoBelong #bbnifamily

43 young adults STEP UP into leadership. One of the highlights in the BBNI calendar is our Step Up weekend and last weekend did not disappoint. Over the weekend we worked with 43 young adults who have stepped into leadership in The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade (BBNI) and have given up their weekend to get more equipped for the role. With leaders from BB 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. Participants 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. See for yourself a snapshot of the weekend activity! #boysbrigadeni #ShapingYoungLives #training

Everywhere we go we people share their memories of being in BB, or their boys being in BB, or their church having a brilliant BB....the stories are endless. If you've been part of the BB journey in any form, or simply love the work that would do, would you consider supporting us by joining the BBNI Family? Have a listen to this 60 second video from our Chief Officer Lisa Keys and check out more details here: https://lnkd.in/eSPV4RCV #boysbrigadeni #ShapingYoungLives #APlacetoBelong

Team day at Summer Madness. So good to spend the day with young people, leaders, church leaders and christian agencies at Summer Madness. We're sharing the message that we are all part of God's masterpiece and are loving the opportunity to get young people to complete part of the jigsaw and write what it means to them to know that God loves them.