• His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, President of The Scout Association, visited Scouts in Bradford on 17 October.

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  • A massive thank you to all the runners who tackled the Royal Parks Half Marathon on 7 October to raise money for Scouting.

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  • Opening a high ropes course in Guernsey and joining ‘Team England’ for one of their regular meetings in Leicester illustrated why teamwork is important at all levels.

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  • Another busy week saw Wayne joining 300 leaders in Essex, 50 young leaders in Derbyshire and 500 Rotarians at their convention.

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

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

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

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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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  • 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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