66th Muirhouse Boys Brigade started back on Friday 27 August. Here’s some important information for returners and for young people interested in joining the BBs:
We start at 6pm, please do not arrive early. All parents/guardians must come in to the hall to sign the annual consent form. If a young person turns up without a parent or guardian we may have to send them home.
We welcome boys and girls who are in primary one, two and three in our anchor section, primary four, five and six in the junior section and Primary seven and all secondary pupils in our company and senior section.
We finish at 7.45 for all children in Primary one to six. For young people in Primary 7 and secondary school we finish at 8.30. All young people will be in the church at the same time as the government no longer limits numbers for youth groups.
Cost
We do not charge a joining fee. We do charge subs each night. This pays towards capitation fees for Boys’ Brigade locally and Nationally along with insurance. The subs also pay towards resources, equipment and awards for presentation night.
This year we need to increase the subs. This was not a decision taken lightly. For the last 20 years we have had the same fee, however with the capitation fees continuing to rise each year we have made the difficult decision to increase our nightly fee.
This session it will be £3 a night.
Uniform – for the first few weeks we ask that all young people do not wear uniform as we settle back in.
We will post in the future the information for new parents along with information for parents who have existing uniforms that most likely will be too small now.
COVID specific guidance to protect all young people and our volunteer leaders:
We must follow all government guidance for youth work.All adults must wear masks when coming in to the church building. All our leaders will be wearing masks for the full evening.
All young people who are 12 and older must wear a mask at all times inside the church building. Younger members can wear masks of they wish. Anyone with an exception should bring their lanyard along and this should be discussed when the parent fills in the annual consent form.
There are hand gel stations at the doors that should be used at entry and exit. We will also have hand gel available throughout the evening.
Please bring your own pen for filling in the consent form.
Subs will be collected as the young people enter.
Please as much as possible bring the correct change, we do not hold petty cash in the church.
If you have been told to self isolate you must not come along to Boys’ Brigade until the self isolate period is over.
If your young person has any symptoms of COVID you must not send them to Boys’ Brigade.
Any young person who develops symptoms during the night will be isolated and a patent/guardian will be called to collect them immediately.
Parents are asked to maintain distancing when inside the building.
Leaders will be remaining 2m away from young people as much as possible.
Any failure to follow the COVID guidelines could lead to us having to stop meeting face to face for an extended period of time.
We will not be running a tuck shop at this time.
Our first few nights are all about reconnecting and embedding the routines.
We really look forward to seeing all the young people back in the church halls!