Category: News
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Scouts throughout the United Kingdom are preparing to join people around the world in remembering the sacrifices of ordinary people who served in extraordinary ways in two world wars.
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Today Scouts throughout the United Kingdom join people around the world in remembering the sacrifices of ordinary people who served in extraordinary ways in two world wars.
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Wayne’s week starts with 2 trips to London, kicking off on Wednesday with a meeting with the Chair and staff support for the Youth Involvement Working Group.
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On Monday, Scouting Ambassador and top satirist, Ian Hislop launched a new film made by four Scouts this summer that showcases what Scouting looks like in their local community.
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Llandrindod Wells is described as being equally inconvenient for everybody in Wales to get to and so it tends to be the venue for most All-Wales meetings. This weekend was no exception as it played host to an Explorer Scout gathering and the Welsh AGM.
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The Mayor of London has called for 3,000 adults to step up and volunteer to help young people fulfil their potential.
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The week started off like so many others recently with Monday morning in the office at Gilwell, this week to catch up Debbie Bainbridge and Kester Sharpe.
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With events that mark the festival of remembrance on the horizon, and the Poppy Appeal in full swing, one Scout Group in Cambridge is taking members of the Scout Troop to Amsterdam to pay tribute to one brave former member.
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Richard Bolt, a Cub Scout Leader from Milton of Campsie, near Glasgow, has just returned from the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where he took to the stage as part of a cast of 352 people in the closing ceremony. The eight-minute spectacle took plac…
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This weekend, more than half a million Scouts worldwide will come together for the annual Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) and Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).
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It was off to Slough in Berkshire for the latest of our regional weekends, starting with the Development Advice and Support (DAS) day on the Saturday and the latest of the DC and GSL conferences on Sunday.
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If you still think Scouting is just about boys, tents and woggles, then take a look at our brand new video – you might just change your mind.
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Hundreds of Scouts engaged politicians on issues that matter to them during the three main party conferences.
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Chief Scout Bear Grylls flew, biked and hiked in stage two of his plan to visit the whole of the UK in the next four years. At a series of events in London and the south east, Bear was on hand to inspire the current generation of young Scouts and say t…
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We have recently received a number of calls from Group Scout Leaders and District Commissioners in various areas of the country concerned about increases to the ground rent they are charged by their local authorities.
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After the fun and excitement of last week, this has been a week meetings, seeing new colleagues and quiet reflection.
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A multi-faith service with the Pope, an action-packed day in Hampshire, the first of the national DC conferences, a wedding reception, three renditions of Happy Birthday and far too much cake!
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… Blog that is, rather than my age before anybody asks!
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Wayne’s holidays were quickly forgotten as he got home at the end of August and began to get into the swing of all things Scouting.
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2,000 adults in Scouting gathered under the famous oak tree for the 84th Gilwell Reunion, which took place at the weekend. A mix of volunteers, young and old, filled the campsite and got to take part in a range of activities, workshops and entertainments.
