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Teaching Remembrance

As the nation’s custodian of Remembrance, the Royal British Legion strives to ensure that all who serve and sacrifice to defend our democratic freedoms are always remembered.

An important part of the RBL’s work is to encourage younger generations to engage with Remembrance. Its free Teaching Remembrance Learning Programme – a comprehensive range of resources for children and their teachers, youth groups and families across the UK – is integral in achieving this.

The programme provides free downloadable learning resources that are available on the RBL’s website all year round and include Remembrance lessons, assemblies and book club activity packs. Linked to the National Curriculum and aimed at Key Stages 1 (ages 4-7), 2 (ages 7-11), 3 (ages 11-14), it reaches hundreds of thousands of children every year. It explores the reasons why we remember and who we remember, and encourages young people to make their own connections to Remembrance.


Details about the free resources for the Teaching Remembrance Learning Programme are available from rbl.org.uk/teachingremembrance


There are also online and in-person events, which include the Remembrance Live Assembly every November and the Teaching Remembrance Days held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire over the summer. In addition, resources are available for youth groups and the various uniformed organisations.


With few exceptions it is acknowledged that most Church Lads’ & Church Girls’ Brigade units are located more than thirty miles from the National Memorial Arboretum. Nevertheless, units might consider an occasional day out to visit the Arboretum, possibly including family and friends or perhaps the church community, to explore over four hundred memorials at this wonderful parkland site which is our nation’s year-round centre for Remembrance. Such visits may be arranged formally or informally except that the Arboretum would like to know if groups are coming in advance. At the heart of the Arboretum, next to the Millennium Chapel is the CLCGB Memorial Garden and in the chapel itself you will find the Lectern Bible donated by the former CLCGB Brigade Association. Every year the Brigade holds its annual Service of Remembrance in the Millennium Chapel on the 1st Saturday in November and the next service will be held on 2nd November 2024. Full details are available about the Arboretum at thenma.org.uk and about the Brigade Annual Service from NHQ. The National Memorial Arboretum is part of the Royal British Legion family of charities. When teaching Remembrance it is important for units to learn about the Brigade’s own military history over two world wars. Our Brigade Historical Group has all the information you need on this.


The next Remembrance Live Assembly will be broadcast virtually on Monday 11th November at 10.20am. The RBL has partnered with the National Literary Trust to create a free Remembrance Live Assembly for children aged 9-14 (Years 5-9). This live-streamed event brings students from across the UK together to engage with Remembrance through art, music, poetry, veteran interviews and more. The event takes place on Zoom and includes a two Minute Silence. To register for the assembly, fill out the form at rbl.org.uk/liveassembly.


Maynard Scott
Former Deputy Governor
October 2024

Bishop Dale Visits NHQ from St Helena

NHQ were pleased to welcome Bishop Dale Bowers from St Helena, where we have an active Brigade Unit.  Canon Nicholas Turner of Barnsley also attended, and Governor Andrew, and National Coordinator Perry held a meeting to discuss Growth, Activities and Training amongst other topics.  Helen also met the visitors and welcomed with coffee and biscuits.  To mark the visit we flew the St Helena flag from our roof at NHQ.

Announcement: The Archbishop of York

The Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade are pleased to announce that The Most Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Lord Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has accepted our invitation to become a Vice President of our organisation.
 
 
Stephen Cottrell is the 98th Archbishop of York.
 
He has previously served as the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Bishop of Reading, Canon Pastor at Peterborough Cathedral, and Diocesan Missioner for the Diocese of Wakefield. He has served in parishes in South London and Chichester.
 
He is a member of the Church of England’s Committee for Minority Ethnic Concerns, and the House of Lords.
 
He is a well-known writer and speaker on evangelism, spirituality, and catechesis. His latest book, “P is for Pilgrim” - the A to Z of Christian Faith, explores and explains near 80 key Christian terms, ideas, people, events and occasions clearly and concisely.
 
He is married to Rebecca who is a potter. They have three sons, two grandchildren and a dog.
 
We look forward to working with the Archbishop of York to further the mission of The Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade, along with our other Vice Presidents the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Wales, and our President the Archbishop of Canterbury.

St Crispins Braunstone, Fence Project

Craft Project for Members of St Crispins CL&CGB

The Object was to create a fence

The idea of this fence was taken from the internet and adapted for us as we have adopted a small piece of land on the church property and are putting our mark on it as our bee and bug garden.

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Materials needed    a few good quality pallets to dismantle

                                    Some 3 x 2 lengths of timber (rails)

                                    Screws

                                    Paint and brushes

                                    Pots

There was a fair bit of preparation needed before brigade activity i.e. dismantling pallets and cutting to appropriate lengths, we also assembled the rails to where the fence was going to be sited.

Although we didn’t, in hindsight we would advise to predrill the wooden top caps in correct places.

The centre part of the fence was made using two pieces of ¾ marine ply (scavenged)

The name was printed out a letter at a time by the computer and each letter was cut out and placed in appropriate place drawn around.

The next job was to use a jigsaw fitted with a scroll saw blade to very carefully cut out the letters.

This cutout was then fastened to the other piece of ply.

On Brigade night each member had one upright, one cap, one pot of paint, one predrilled plant pot, and appropriate screws

  • 1 First task was to attach top cap to the upright (we didn’t and ended up screwing them together while some were still wet)
  • 2 Each member than selects a colour to paint the upright (our members only painted the front and sides and not the back as this is the neighbour’s side)
  • 3 Swap paint pot and brush with another member to complete painting the cap a different colour
  • 4 Screw plant pot to the front of the upright.  (we used terracotta pots, but these are very fragile (metal pots would be better)
  • 5 Pot up whatever plants you have
  • 6 Fasten to fence rails (we used a spare upright to get the spacing)
  • 7 the neighbour’s side was then painted black.

This concludes the actual fence build.

The next task was to paint the inner parts of the wording on sign so each member would use their pot of paint to carefully fill in the letters in the various colours.  There was a little bit of work done by adult member  i.e., fastening uprights to rails although this could be done by competent seniors and finishing the painting of the rails and/or back of fence.

Altogether a very satisfying project which for one showed the area that the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade is active in that area to church members and passing public (depending where activity is taking place)

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