INFORMED
Brigade Conference 2020
LATEST NEWS, REPORTS AND UPDATES FROM BB HEADQUARTERS
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or the first time in the organisation’s history, Brigade Conference took place as a virtual event on 5th September 2020. It was great to have over 200 leaders from across the UK and Republic of Ireland join us for the meeting, which saw all business passed and updates given on various aspects of the Brigade’s work.
We thank those who stood down as Office Bearers following the meeting: Lord Griffiths, who served as President for 9 years and has accepted an invitation to become Honorary Life President, as well as Alistair Burrow (Vice President) and Clifford Bygrave (Treasurer), who served in these roles for 9 and 11 years respectively and have both accepted invitations to become Honorary Vice Presidents.
Capitation Fees for 2020/21 Thank you to everyone that has completed the return and contributed financially. We recognise that this is a challenging time financially for Companies, as well as for the Brigade. We continue to ask Companies to view membership as more than just attending face-to-face meetings and are very grateful to those Companies that have made additional contributions to support the Brigade at this time.
If you haven’t yet submitted the return, the process remains open via OBM, and we would ask that you complete the process as soon as possible. This is a very challenging time financially for the organisation and it is vital that we all contribute what we are able to, so to ensure financial stability for the long term.
Unite 2021 Current circumstances mean that Unite will not be able to take place physically in 2021, however we’re excited to confirm that the event will once again be happening virtually and will be even bigger and better! Unite 2021 will take place over the late May bank holiday weekend, 28th to 31st May 2021. The event is run by The Boys’ Brigade in England & Wales but is open to all. For more details check out unitebb.org.uk
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