25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys' Brigade

06/09/2026

We were delighted with the success of our ‘Bring a Friend’ Night at Junior Section BB on Friday. Ten new boys came along with their pals and swelled our ranks for a fun night of games and challenges. We hope they’ll come back next week: we have a uniform waiting for you!

05/09/2026

We don’t normally do much with devices at BB but last night it was a virtual Monopoly challenge for the P7-S3 boys, racing through a series of challenges in navigation and critical thinking in Google StreetView! A nice warmup for our participation in BB UK’s Monopoly Challenge in Edinburgh in October. Who’s up for it?

05/09/2026

Thanks for your support and help this morning. Our book sale raised £567.50 for Nepal/Tibet flood relief efforts.

05/09/2026

Loads of great book bargains down here! We are in the High Street until 1.30pm raising funds for the Nepal disaster fund through Red Cross. There’s a great selection for all ages and interests and more stock to come shortly! 🇳🇵 ⛑️ 🙏

03/09/2026

Just brilliant to have the Anchor Boys back last night for the first night of their new 26/27 session!
We are really keen to get more P2 and P1 members though, so please help spread the word!

01/09/2026

We’ve decided to hold another BB Book Sale to raise funds for Nepal disaster relief this Saturday (5th Sept). We’d be delighted to receive donations of good quality, sellable books of all genres. And of course, please come along to browse and buy.
We’ll be supported by Guid Reads in Alva. Please see picture and first comment for more details.

29/08/2026

It was a super first night back for the Junior Section boys last night. We have boys from six different schools now so getting to know each other was the order of the day, as well as getting the boys’ ideas for activities and values to work on this year. They’re all away with 3 invites to our ‘bring a friend’ night next Friday!

27/08/2026

New beginnings and clearing out the cobwebs tonight as our chanter and piping classes got under way. All boys from P5 upwards can learn an instrument free of charge with BB!

25/08/2026

We at 25th are very sad to read of Willie’s death. Many of our members - current and former - will remember Willie fondly as the ‘bird incident man’ from the Kilbryde Hike but he was so much more than that, having instituted the whole event back in 1969. We send our condolences to his family.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Willie Brownlie.

Willie was an incredible man who many will have fond memories of. He founded the Kilbryde Hike in 1969 and was heavily involved in the planning and organisation of it for over 50 years. He was well known and respected by all and it was often referred to as ‘his hike’.

He is pictured here in 2019 with now First Minister John Swinney when we presented Willie with the original Kilbryde Hike trophy and replaced it with the ‘Willie Brownlie Trophy’ in his honour.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this sad time.

24/08/2026

Swinging into another new week like a BB boy at camp… and it is the week that BB starts up again, of course, so if your boy still wants to sign up and get involved in activities like this, get in touch!