The 1st Redditch

1st Redditch Boys’ Brigade

Our Company is affliated with the Bridge Church (69 Evesham Rd, Headles Cross, B974AX), We meet on a Friday night at Headless Cross Methodist Church, Evesham Road, Redditch B97 5ER.

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The 1st Redditch Boys’ Brigade was founded on Monday 19th September 1960 by Mr Allan Sealy the then Captain. In 1964 Mr Sealy handed over a growing Company to Mr Bert Harris who to this day is the Captain of our Company.

At 1st Redditch boys can expect to make new friends, learn and experience new things and have plenty of fun. We also have a short time of bible based devotions, learning more about God. When the boys reach Junior Section age they can attend weekend and annual holidays with the rest of the company and our sister organisation the 1st Redditch Girls’ Brigade.

We are part of the Worcestershire Battalion who arranges various inter Battalion events through the year such as, five-aside football matches, fun days, Kwik cricket tournaments, PE competitions, quizzes and much more. The Battalion also organise camps and worship activities for all the Companies in Worcestershire.

Fundraising and subscriptions

We charge a weekly subscription of £1.50 which can now be paid for in advance to make it easier, the money raised helps pay for badges, awards and towards offsetting the costs of some trips and events. In addition to this we organise fund raising events throughout the year; some are in the form of social events such a skittle evenings or discos and others are collecting in supermarkets or in Redditch town centre.

Meeting times

• Anchor Boys (5-8yrs) - Friday 6:30-7:30 pm
• Junior Section (8-11yrs) - Friday 6:30-7:30 pm
• Company Section (11-15yrs) - Friday 7:45-10:00 pm
• Senior Section (15-19yrs) - Friday 7:45-10:00 pm

Success

At the 1st Redditch Boys’ Brigade we have had much success at both Battalion and national level, we are the current winners of the annual Battalion single line drill competition (marching) which we have won no less than 13 times out of the last 14 years! We have also had much success in PE, athletics, cross country, football, swimming, draughts and soon they will be attempting a triathlon.