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Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and the Network. Posts from UK leaders and The Scout Association bring a different flavor of the same movement, with plenty to borrow for any troop.
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Hello Readers, I though it share this guiding event with you BRISTOL MONOPOLY RUN SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER Come along for a fun filled day, discovering parts of Bristol you may never have seen before. Following the Bristol Monopoly board (or …
Well all the schools have broken up for the summer holidays and the pupils / students and MOST of the staff (only 4 weeks until MY holidays – but that's a rant I don't want to go into here!) now have six weeks off.
Jack makes it to the delegation meeting on time, we're off to an excellent 'thought for the day' from the Flemish Government Youth Minister and the main business of the conferences - consider the resolutions...
On Thursday, BBC Radio 2 Breakfast presenter, Chris Evans, was presented with the inaugural Scouting Entrepreneur Challenge. This celebrates the skills on show when Scouts demonstrate a mind for business.
Time to look forward today, with consideration of the future work plan for the next three years, presentations on future world events, a chance to share good practice across Europe and several receptions.
Hello again readers Its twice in one day, I've posted below are details of the different locations that the last 100 readers have come from. if yours is on their please feel free to post. USA LA, California 5,359 Aus Bunbury, Western Aus 9,151 USA …
Hello reader's, As you can see on my fundrasing page, you can see that the auction we well, we have also have a fund day that made more money than a number of years b and have a quiz night …
A visit from members of the 1st Brussels, a reception for Friends of Scouting Europe, solidarity for Scouts in Africa and celebrating the re-election of Craig to the European Scout Committee, and appointment as its Chairman for a further 3 years.
International Evenings are a superb feature of international Scout and Guide gatherings; a chance to experience the culture of each of the Countries participating - well, in reality share lots of food and drinks. But before we get there, we have a day of business to get through...
No, not another holiday or business trip, but the 13th European Scout and Guide Conference where 400 Scouts and Guides from across Europe, and a few guests, have gathered for five days to review work over the past three years, discuss future work and topics of mutual interest.
Doing a full 24 hours of activities on one of the hottest days of the year is quite a challenge but the soaring temperatures were no barrier to the adventure-seekers who attended Gilwell 24 last weekend.
At the Family Camp we held back in May, as well as taking a load of still pictures – see here , I managed to take some video with my little hand held Flip Video camera . I've finally got round to editing it all together and you can see the short version below (YouTube is limited to…
Challenge of the week: Thinking of something interesting and relevant to say to 3,000 Explorer Scouts at the opening of Gilwell 24 when they're itching to get on and enjoy over 200 adventurous activities.
Last night was my Group's Annual General Meeting. As well as the 'formal' stuff, awards were given out. It was pleasing to see three Beavers get their Chief Scouts Bronze Award and the Cub of the Year Award presented (we really need to have Beaver and Scout awards as well!).
A varied weekend joining more than 2,000 Beavers for the Kent Kaleidoscope Fun Days, having a chat with seven Scout Network members visiting Guernsey and a couple of Centenary camps. Oh yes, and viewing a steam driven television in Brede, nr Hastings - the home of television so they kept trying to assure me.
Six parents from Ide Hill in Kent make it from Arch to Arc in 50 hours, in an attempt to raise £50,000 for a new Scout hut.
Hello readers, Today was the 2nd patchway Scout group fate/funday, we had race's for all, bouncy castles, there with there up and over slide and the multi coloured roofed castle, along side the castle we had games and stalls with a BBQ …
Beaver and Cub Scouts create the world's worst Where's Wally? as part of a record breaking sleepover.
Thousands of parents are getting their first taste of Scouting this summer, as part of a Big Adventure event.
On Tuesday I travelled to Berkshire, the Royal County of, to be precise. Not to check out Windsor, but because I had invited myself to a Celebrating Success evening, which subtly included their AGM. And some success they are enjoying in Berkshire...
Thousands of parents are getting their first taste of Scouting this summer, as part of a Big Adventure event.
Six Scouting parents from 16th Sevenoaks Ide Hill are attempting a unique fundraising challenge - running, swimming and cycling from Marble Arch in London to the Arc de Triomph in Paris. Follow the escapade as it happens via their blog.
What a weekend, around 3000 people attended this years Malvern challenge,Some of my scouts were among them. They had fun at the Friday night party watching duke. Both teams were entered in to the Malvern challenge and came 138th and …
It's pleasing to know that one of my ex Scouts will be representing his Country, County, District, Explorer Unit and Scout Group at next year's World Scout Jamboree in Sweden (no pressure then!). To attend this exciting event is going to cost him about £2100 or $3145 or kr24,375.
It was the unmistakable combination of fun and friends that abounded at the Gilwell Park Fundays for Beavers and Cubs last weekend. Over 8,000 young people and their leaders attended the event, held over two days at the home of UK Scouting.
Hello readers Well its been a while in know so here goes:- In the last few weeks recruitment has been a good , Last week we had one new started, and this week we were joined by another four new scouts. …
The Scout Association's successful Stop the Rain Tax campaign won recognition from the Public Relations industry this week.
Chief Scout Bear Grylls has sent a personal message of support to Cumbria's Scouts.
Whenever you write a post on a blog or an article on a website, you want people to read it and hope that they find it interesting. Recently there has been a post on here that has proved to be quite popular.
This weekend Scouts are at the Isle Of Wight Music Festival hanging around with Paul McCartney, Jay-Z and The Strokes. Follow the fun on The Scout Association Twitter now.
Another video message from the Chief Scout, this time thanking the adult volunteers.
Last week I 'attended' an online course on internet safety for parents ( previously mentioned here ), which was set up by the Scout Association, but run by Microsoft. Ok, so I'll get my grumbles out of the way first. It was held at either 13.30 or 17.00 in the afternoon on a Tuesday, which is not…
Hello Readers, Well I popped in to great tower today, well the site looks amazing, but it all seamed to of stoped there. For 1st impressions the member of staff I spoke to on reception wasn't the most help full, more off-putting for a group possibly …
On the weekend of 28th – 30th May the Group held its second Family Camp ( our first was for our Centenary in 2008 ). This time we stayed at Barnswood Scout Camp , which is near to Rudyard Lake . Everyone arrived on the Friday evening (the majority of families having put their tents up the previous nights) and…
Hello readers, As I'm sat here looking over Windermere (the lake that is), I'm thinking that it could be a good place to take scouts on a camp, but with so many places in Cumbria to take scout to but having a …
In April 2006 I started this blog as a bit of an experiment to see what all this blogging stuff was about. Since then I have managed to write 500 posts which I'm quite impressed at! Back then it was very general, but now it's just about Scouting.
One of the items on my weekly update email from the Scout Association caught my eye this weekend. The SA in association with Microsoft are running an online training session on internet safety for young people. This is aimed at Leaders who can then pass it onto parents so they are aware of the dangers…
I came across this video of Scouts of the 2nd Kenton Scout Group, North West London, who set up a help bureau in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War. It's really fascinating to watch. Enjoy!
A couple of weeks ago the Scout Association released the figures from this year's census and the reported that the youth membership was up by 3.45% year on year. These figures are very promising and show the greatest year on year increase since 1972!
If you want a piece of really special Scouting memorabilia, tomorrow you have the chance to buy, at auction , Baden Powell's Scout hat! According to an article on the BBC , Gilwell sold the hat some time ago and now its owner wishes to sell it on.
Here are a couple of updates on the last two posts I've done. First of all, here is a message from Bear Grylls, the UK Chief Scout, about the recent increase in numbers of Scouts in the UK. Secondly, there is a report about the 350 new Queen's Scouts meeting Prince Charles and Bear Grylls…
Today hundreds of Scouts will parade through Windsor to meet up at Windsor Castle , will then inspected by Prince Charles and finally attend a service in St. George's Chapel where they will renew their Scout Promise led by the Chief Scout , Bear Grylls.
Great news from the Scout Association today. The results of the 2010 census are in and the number of young people Scouting in the UK is up again! The membership now stands at 499,323, which is 3.45% up on last year!
Two of my favourite things! There has long been a tradition of naming locomotives with Scouting related names. In the 1930's the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) named 2 of their Royal Scot engines The Boy Scout (6169) and The Girl Guide (6168).
Back in October I mentioned that the Scout Association was setting up a Brand Centre for all the things we would need to be able to promote ourselves in a unified and professional way. Well it was launched a few weeks ago and as well as being able to download logos and letter templates, if…
It was nice to note the other day that Escouts was celebrating its 9th birthday (so its a Cub then!). Escouts provide free web hosting to Scout Groups, Districts etc. in the UK and have some great forums. Its grown to be a great resource for UK Scouter and if ever someone has a question…
On of the most useful skills a person can gain from Scouting is the ability to read and use maps. This skill is not only used when hiking, for example, but when going to a new place in the car.
Last weekend, we took the Group to one of the local supermarkets (M & S) to raise some funds by packing the customer's shopping bags (if they want us to!). We pack their bags and they give us a donation – at least that's how we hope it goes!
I give my time freely as a Scout Leader because I enjoy it, benefit from it, and am able to give back to the community through it. No-one who volunteers is doing it entirely selflessly; all volunteers gain from their volunteering in at least one way.
I've just watched the below video from Cheshire's Network (18 – 25 year olds). It's an excellent advert to show what they get up to and is very professionally put together. Very impressive! Just a shame that our County's Network (Cheshire is less than 10 miles from where I live) isn't as organised or proactive.
