Airdrie, Coatbridge & District Boys' Brigade

18/06/2026

Good luck to our Battalion President.

We are delighted to welcome Derek Craig to the staff team at BB Headquarters, who has joined as our new Development Worker for the Location CashBack project.

Working together with Youth Scotland, Guides and Scouts, Location CashBack is a three-year Leadership and Participation programme funded by Scottish Government CashBack for Communities Funding. It will support young people aged 10-25 years in SIMD 1-2 areas who may also face barriers including being impacted by poverty, crime and anti-social behaviour.

Building on connections to trusted local youth groups, like the BB, it will offer safe spaces, mentoring, personal development and leadership opportunities that open new pathways for learning, life and work.

Derek is based at our Carronvale House office, and will be responsible for leading support of BB groups in Scotland through the project as well as the delivery of funded targets.

Derek said: "I'm delighted to be starting work at The Boys' Brigade concentrating on the Location CashBack project which will help young people in Scotland to access personal development and leadership opportunities. I look forward to meeting staff and volunteer leaders in the coming weeks and months."

17/06/2026

Both 10th Coatbridge and 15th Coatbridge have their final services at their current churches this Sunday.

Sadly for 10th Coatbridge it is also closure of the Company.

Get along and support both of them as they bring an end to an era.

Evening FB friends and followers.

As you will all know by now the Church of Scotland has completed their Coatbridge Plan to merge 7 Churches down to 4 functional open budlings that are doing community work but only 1 actual Church providing weekly worship.

That Church will be the newly renamed Coatbridge Parish Church, working from what is until next week New St Andrews Church, Church St Coatbridge.

This Sunday will see all the remaining Churches and buildings provide what will be the last services of worship in their own buildings. A quick google search will tell you 'A church has stood on Blairhill Street in Coatbridge since 1892. A preliminary hall was erected on the site in 1878, and the main Gothic-style church structure was built in 1892/1893', The Boys Brigade Company was then formed in 1909 in the Church and with exception of the war years and re starting after both wars, has been a presence in the buildings.

The Company wish to have one final parade to Blairhill Dundyvan, one final time carrying the Colours of the 15th Coatbridge down Blairhill St and into our Church.

The Kirk Session have kindly agreed that while not a youth service and not to distract from the occasion, we will be allowed to present the colours and have them placed at the altar. At the end of the service they will be left in situ as a symbol of the Company remaining in the Church building, there will be no March Past or formal fall out.

We are clearly delighted that BD was chosen as one of the community buildings for Coatbridge, so yes the company will continue to grow and develop and alongside other organisations working from here we will do the outreach work on behalf of the Church.

If we can have all Boys and Leaders who are available, and I know plenty are already on holiday, please meet within Church halls for no later than 10.30am in full uniform.

Service is from 11-12 and the Kirk Session have put on some light sandwiches, tea and coffee afterwards which everyone is invited to attend. The plan is to march down from Lefroy St for one last time. Future parades and services will be at Coatbridge Parish Church.

Best wishes.

10/06/2026

Many companies over the summer will have promotional nights as we all look to recruit and grow our numbers. This week it’s the turn of 15th Coatbridge. Please share the advert far and wide and share your own when the time comes.

30/04/2026

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25/04/2026

Anchor Boy fun day movie time