Queen's Badge Candidates Meeting

There will be a Queen's Badge Candidates Meeting at Drumachose Presbyterian Church Hall, Limavady on Tuesday 25th September 2012, at 7:30pm. The meeting will last approximately an hour.

All boys starting their Queen's Badge this session should attend. Boys cannot embark on their badge or attend the Skills for Queen's Badge Training Course unless they have met with me and agreed their Action Plan, and have it signed off.

Boys attending this meeting must:

bring along their Queen's Badge Book
have an Action Plan in mind, based on the guidance in the book.

Please discuss this with your Boys before they attend.

Also, please bring along a filled out copy of the Registration Form - Skills for Queens Badge and I can sign this at the same time. This form can be downloaded or obtained from BBNI [pdf].

Please forward number of boys from your company planning to attend this meeting to coleraine@boys-brigade.org.uk

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