Category: News

  • Our Public Affairs (PA) team attended each of the political party conferences over the past month; Wayne caught up with them at the Conservative conference in Birmingham.

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  • In the final Scouts Speak Up event of this year, Scouts took the opportunity to quiz MPs at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

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  • In the sixth part of his mission to visit Scouts across the UK, Chief Scout Bear Grylls took to the skies this weekend for a whistle-stop tour of Wales and the West Midlands.

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  • Wayne shares his latest experiences, which neatly sum up why Scouting is so special.

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  • This weekend, Scouts took the debate to the Labour party conference in Manchester.

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  • Scouts from across the UK attended the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton this weekend, where MPs received a gentle grilling from young people.

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  • After 16 years as an integral part of the leadership team for The Scout Association, Chief Executive Derek Twine CBE is retiring from his role.

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  • Wayne takes a look back at a hectic (but great) month for Scouting and considers what this might mean for us as we look ahead.

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  • On Wednesday 22 August Scottish Scouts kindled a Paralympic Flame on Britain’s highest peak, Ben Nevis in Fort William, to help start the Paralympic celebrations.

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  • Earlier this week Gwynedd Scouts kindled a Paralympic Flame on Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales, to herald the start of the Paralympic Games celebrations.

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  • Northern Ireland’s National Flame, created by UK Scouts, will reach Belfast today as part of the celebrations ahead of the Paralympic Games.

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  • Scouts were present in Trafalgar Square, London, today as the the capital’s Paralympic celebrations began.

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  • We have teamed up with E.On to take camping into the 21st century.

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  • Back in June, groups across the UK took on a range of projects for our groundbreaking fundraising initiative, Scout Community Week.

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  • The Paralympic Games are just two weeks away and Scouts all over the UK are standing by to get the ball rolling.

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  • Claire Weston, an Assistant Cub Scout Leader, and Richard Neville, an Assistant Explorer Leader, were just two of the volunteers selected as part of the 70,000-strong team of Games Makers.

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  • To celebrate another year of Birthday Badge Awards, we’ve teamed up with our Chef badge winners, Si and Dave (aka the Hairy Bikers) to bring you a fantastic competition.

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  • The world is still in the grip of Olympic fever and Scouts have been there from the beginning to help make this the greatest sporting event ever.

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  • Tim Kidd, Chief Commissioner of England, is taking over Wayne’s blog for the next two weeks. In this week’s post Tim focuses on growth.

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  • Survival Squad: Out of Bounds and Search and Rescue are the first two in a series of four adventure novels for 9-13 year olds.

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