Company

Company membership includes teams of voluntary leaders, selected by the local Church, and girls of all ages, from 3 – 18 years old.

District

Companies are grouped together in local areas to form Districts. Officers from local Companies are appointed to run the District, providing activities and events for girls and leaders where they can meet, have fun, compete and share friendship.

There are 15 Districts in Northern Ireland:

Each District is co-ordinated by an officer in charge called a Commissioner, supported by others including an Assistant Commissioner, Secretary and Treasurer. Districts elect officers to represent the views of members in that District on NI level decision making teams.

Northern Ireland level

A Board is appointed to oversee the work of Girls’ Brigade NI on behalf of its members. The GBNI Board meets 3 or 4 times each year, making decisions regarding all aspects of the organisation’s work. This may be anything from finances to uniform. For practical reasons, the Board works with sub-groups that are set up to focus on various aspects of Brigade work. These include Executive, Spiritual, Training, Activities, PE, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and Programme Teams. These Teams meet regularly throughout the year providing a valuable service to all GB Companies. Volunteers from the membership are elected into key positions to lead up the work of the organisation.

Northern Ireland Office Bearers

President Miss Pearl Hassard MBE	Chairperson Rev James Simms	Vice President Margaret Ming

GBNI Chaplains - Rev John Parks and Rev Colin McClure - photos to be added soon

GBNI Headquarters

Staff at Headquarters provide a range of services to members including resources and information for leaders, administrative support, co-ordination of training, events and other activities. Through our Supplies department uniforms, awards, resource materials and various gifts are sold.

Staff Team

Girls’ Brigade Internationally

Girls’ Brigade is working in 60 countries and islands around the world, each working towards the same aim. Girls’ Brigade around the world is organised into groupings called ‘Fellowships’. There are 5 Fellowships:

• Africa
• Asia
• Americas/Caribbean
• Europe
• Pacific

Girls’ Brigade NI belongs to the European Fellowship, along with England & Wales, Ireland, Palestine, Romania and Scotland. For further information on GB internationally, visit www.gbic.org or use the country links

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