Category: News
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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.
