16th Nottingham Boys' Brigade

31/10/2026

🌳 Did you know we have a tree in Walter Parker Memorial Square?

Next time you’re out and about in Stapleford, why not take a moment to stop, look down and have a read of our plaque?

It’s a lovely little reminder of our presence in the community and our commitment to inspiring young people through the Boys’ Brigade.

01/10/2026

The last two Thursday evenings have been busy ones! 🌟

🚤 Our Anchors have been getting creative, making soap-powered boats and taking part in a themed evening all about “My Superpower: Peace.” 🕊️

🧁 Our Juniors have been busy baking scones, celebrating Boccia Week, and even having a go at blind football! ⚽

🥞 Our Company & Seniors have embraced their adventurous side, cooking pancakes on a tin can with a tealight and discussing the UK’s favourite takeaways. 🍽️

We love offering such a varied programme for our young people, giving them the chance to learn new skills, try something different and, most importantly, have fun!

There’s plenty more to come over the next few weeks — we can’t wait! 🙌

16/09/2026

🎉 We’re back!

Last Thursday, we were delighted to welcome our young people back for our first night since the summer holidays! 🙌

It was a fantastic evening of fun, friendship and adventure across all our sections.

⚓ Anchors made chatterboxes to help the boys get to know each other, before getting active with Head, Shoulders, Knees and Cones and Colour Cone Dash.

🔎 Juniors enjoyed an Alphabet Hunt around the church, followed by some fun hula hoop challenges.

🔥 Company & Seniors got to know each other better through Would You Rather and Knowing Me, Knowing You, before looking at their programme priorities to help shape their programme and adventures for this session.

We were also delighted to welcome 3 new members to the group! 👋

A brilliant start to a new session, and we can’t wait to see what adventures lie ahead! 🚀

23/07/2026

Last Thursday we had the opportunity to celebrate a fantastic year!

We came together for our Annual Awards Evening where our young people got the chance to be rewarded for all their hard work.

The Mayor of Stapleford Cllr Si Frost joined in the celebrations and presented the young people with all their awards.

We’re so proud of each and every one of our members 🙌🏼 Congratulations to all of our award winners, we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve next year!

09/07/2026

They look great, 4 of our young people helped design these, so please do go along and have a look.

I mentioned before that Stapleford Town Council undertook a fabulous project for the Queens Platinum Jubilee and involved a lot of people in designing and developing a series of 7 mosaics to be displayed in Queen Elizabeth park. We finally managed a mini launch on Wednesday 8th July, a photo opportunity - with one of the creators, Jacky and a teacher representing the children from Fairfield School plus the Mayor Cllr Simon Frost to formalise our launch.

Children from George Spencer Academy, Fairfield School, and local artists came up with designs. The winning children's and adult designs (following a competition), were developed into the 7 mosaics on display. One of the winning designs, is featured in the photo. Do pop along to the Queen Elizabeth Park (back of the tennis courts) to see the 7 mosaics. A super community project!

09/07/2026

Over the last few weeks, our members have been having great fun with lots of different activities:

⚽️ Our Anchors and Juniors have been celebrating the start of the World Cup
🍃🍂 they also got adventurous and went to the nature hair salon
🧋the Company & Seniors have been helping in other sections and also had an evening making healthy smoothies, that turned into how close can we get to a healthy J2O 😂

Just a few weeks left until our summer break.

21/06/2026

Today we wish a very happy Father's Day to all fathers and fatherly figures out there! 🙌

01/06/2026

It’s Volunteer Week!

This week we’re celebrating the amazing volunteers who make our Boys’ Brigade possible. From leaders to helpers and everything behind the scenes - thank you for everything you do 💙

19/05/2026

Last Thursday was a great evening, lots of fun and learning happened:

🫧 Anchors has bubbles themed evening, which they loved. They took part in a bubble relay, bubble dodgems, made a bubble wand and then played with the bubbles.
🌍 Juniors took part in activities to celebrate David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday. Included quizzes and making an earth shaped seed bomb.

We can’t wait for this Thursday. 🙌

16/05/2026

Come and see us today at St. Helen's Church supporting their community day. We are there with lots of activities from 10.30am until 4.00pm.

Lots of stalls, activities, food and drink to enjoy.