Girls' Brigade
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The Girls' Brigade is an international, interdenominational Christian youth organisation founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland.[1] The modern Brigade was formed as the result of the consolidation of three organisations: the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The international headquarters are currently based in Derbyshire, England.[2]
The organisation operates internationally and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific.[3] International conferences have been held every four years since 1998.[2] Conferences were held in Australia in 1988, Thailand in 2002, Northern Ireland in 2006, Malaysia in 2010, Australia in 2014, and Zambia in 2018.[4]
The Queen Mother and Princess Alice were Girls' Brigade patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004, respectively. From 1983 until her death in 2020, Olive Hilda Miller was Vice-Patron of Brigade International.[5]