Amicus

Age group:

15-22 years of age

Weekly meetings:

Tuesday evenings from 7:15pm-9:00pm

Uniform:

None, however Amicus members are expected to wear appropriate clothing when we meet. During formal occasions, the group does wear the Boys’ Brigade official dress uniform and on only certain occasions wear a burgundy polo shirt and/or hoodie with the Amicus logo on it.

Officer-in-Charge:

Ian  (Lieutenant)

 

What does Amicus do?

Amicus is our senior group in the Company and caters for youngsters aged 15-18 years old. The nature of Amicus is to develop lifelong skills and a sense of belonging for all our young men through the programme they help plan and deliver with support from their leaders.  You can find out more information about Amicus from the Boys’ Brigade national website.

Our Amicus group began in 2005 and since then has developed into a successful group providing our older lads the opportunities to be empowered in what
they want to do during their last years as members of the Company. A majority of the programme that Amicus undertakes contributes to the Boys’ work towards gaining the highest award in the Boys’ Brigade: the Queen’s Badge. The Boys are invited to take the choice if they wish to undertake the training and work expected of them to gain this prestigious award. Since our Amicus group started all of our members have been awarded the Queen’s Badge. They’re expected to undertake a number of tasks. This includes leading within the Company, volunteering with an organisation outside of the Company and Church and developing their skills/talents in a particular area of interest (e.g.: a musical instrument, a particular sport, etc.)

We are very fortunate with the members we have as so many of them go on to become Non-Commissioned Officers (Young Leaders) working in our younger Sections and later on have the opportunity to become members of Staff or go on to train as Officers. Unlike in our other Sections, our Amicus leaders provide a facilitating (mentoring) role to support our Amicus members in their weekly programmes as well as providing pastoral care at all levels.