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UK Scouting
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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UK Scouting posts from 2012
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Pasta Scout Promise (opens in a new tab)
If a court of law has determined that this is a legitimate religion does this mean as scouts if we are members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster we can join.
Hairy Bikers Competition (opens in a new tab)
Food lovers will relish our great new competition - a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Hairy Bikers' live tour.
Scouting for Gold (opens in a new tab)
London 2012 is in full swing and throughout both the lead up to the Games and during it, Scouts have been playing their part in the Olympics.
Tim's Takeover: What's important right now? (opens in a new tab)
Tim Kidd, Chief Commissioner of England, is taking over Wayne's blog for the next two weeks. In this week's post Tim assesses what's important in Scouting right now - staying focused on growth.
Wayne's Blog – Tim's Takeover. (opens in a new tab)
It's the time of year when Wayne takes a holiday and temporarily loses control of his blog. I have only two weeks to make a few comments, so here goes. My hope is that you will comment on my postings and create a good conversation.
Picture Thursday 09_08_12
The picture for today is a photo of my daughters freshly painted bedroom. After many discussions about colour we decided to paint the two colours she wanted blue and green.
Parents Buzzing Around
We are in a society where it seem we are not allowed to let children and young people fail everyone has to get a badge or we have to make sure no one loses.
National Grid - Home Safety Poster Competition (opens in a new tab)
Win great prizes with National Grid's newly-relaunched Home Safety Poster Competition.
Collection of Curiosities
The Little Princess one are often a charm I get them on my Phone after my daughter has taken them on the iPad.
Are you ready for Survival Squad? (opens in a new tab)
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.
Jabbering – Get involved
So are your sat at home on your computer, or maybe your on the bus looking at your mobile device of choice.
New Scouting advert now available for download (opens in a new tab)
Our first television advert is now available for members to download and use in local promotions to attract new volunteers to Scouting.
Thoughts of a Little Bluebear – Teeth
As a toy bear of a certain age teeth are something that has baffled me. It has got nothing to do with my age I have never had teeth, come to think of it I am not sure I have a mouth.
A Soldier Writes (opens in a new tab)
I got this message sent to me the other day - Hello, I'll always remember my time with the Cubs and the Scouts because I reckon that it set the foundation for the man I am today. You may not know it but the time and effort you, (and the other Leaders) put into the Scouts…
Jabbering Elsewhere
So in News of the day Jabbering all Day Long now has a Facebook Page that can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Jabbering, If you happen to be a reader of the blog and also someone who uses Facebook it would be much …
Scouting's high standing (opens in a new tab)
This week, Wayne visited the newest international camp, BrumJam 2012. He also took the opportunity to explore ways of capitalising on the continued high standing of Scouting.
POR updates (opens in a new tab)
We will soon be launching our amendments to POR (Policy, Organisation and Rules) in order to improve the culture of Safety in Scouting.
Photo Challenge 02_08_12
I have not received a single photo for the photo Challenge this time and while I could just post my own photo and claim I have won that seem a bit pointless.
Photo Thursday 02_08_12
I thought I would share a picture with you today that was taken over 5 years ago. This picture was taken on the 1st August 2007 at about 6:30 as the sun rose
Who are You
I have found there are a number of ways to get (almost) free cards from Moo. I say almost cause you have to....
Scouts lead Bookbridge (opens in a new tab)
Scouts collect 40,000 books for Bookbridge charity.
Keeping safety a priority (opens in a new tab)
The August/September issue of Scouting magazine should be dropping through your letter box over the next week, and it's packed full of vital safety information.
Birthday Badge 2012 Winners (opens in a new tab)
The votes have been counted and the winners of the 2012 Scout Birthday Badges are revealed. Steve Backshall, Frank Skinner and Miranda Hart are among the winners.
Ask Kiff Anything Part 1
Here is my first response to the questions posted
If your Knees aren't Green #iScout
Some days Calvin just hits the nail on the head.
Sexual orientation should not be a bar to membership (opens in a new tab)
An affirmation of The Scout Association's commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
Jabbering Not So Easy
So instead I am going to share something with you that I came across on twitter. This has obviously been set up for the Olympics but hopefully it will remain and could be a great scouting game to play in London.
A flaming finish (opens in a new tab)
The Olympic Torch Relay reaches the finish line this evening, and Scouts all over the UK have helped carry the flame during its 8,000 mile journey.
Funny Scouting T-Shirts
I was on Amazon the other day and I came across these T-Shirts and though I really must show these to you all. I really like the SCOUT - I'll wash when I get home Tshirt and the "Loitering within tent!" one too
Photo Thursday 26_07_12
We have had the back carrier since daughter number one was about 3 months old, and we have got a lot of use out of it. Both girls really loved being up high and being able to see what was going on around them.
Safe camping, happy camping (opens in a new tab)
Camping is one of the single most important activities that Scouts take part in but is, statistically, one that can result in a large number of accidents.
Morally Straight
My morals tell me that everyone has a right to an opinion and everyone has the right to chose even if I don't agree with their choices. However is it right to choose to exclude someone because they are Female or Gay or because they don't have a predetermined Faith.
It's not all about Scouting (well, not quite!) (opens in a new tab)
A busy and largely non-Scouting week as Wayne focused on a couple of his local projects, though these still had a large Scouting component. He also managed to get to Essex and Blair Atholl, Scotland.
In the Newspaper (opens in a new tab)
Earlier this month, my local newspaper, the Sentinel , in its Way We Were section, carried an article about my Group's Scouts who had been in the Troop and had been killed in the First and Second World Wars. I'd originally written to the paper thinking they put something in the letters section and the result…
Quick Thoughts and Rants of Kiff
I have started a second blog on Posterous Spaces, this is going to be for the unformatted unfinished rants of Kiff. It will be the stuff that comes to mind and that I don't want to post here
This Time Last Year
Jabbering all Day long in its current form was born in Jan 2010 and has now been running for 234 posts.Some good, Some Bad, some comment on some best forgotten.
Ask Kiff Anything
Ask Kiff Anything
Photo Challenge 19_07_12_SUNNYDAY
The Photos submitted in the Category of Sunny Day
Photo Thursday 19_07_12
Happy Thursday everyone apart from my dreadful singing today's photos is one of my Daughter hanging on the ground end (just about) of a Classic Box Kite
A better system (opens in a new tab)
The Scout Association is working on a replacement for our online membership system.
A movement shaped by young people (opens in a new tab)
We took advantage of the Operations Conference to practice for the National Conference in November. Wayne then visited Cheshire to see the power of young people in action.
Would you Join
This is not really going to be an easy questions to answer, but if you were to see this advert and you were not involved in the movement in anyway would you feel the urge to Join the Scouts.
Hometown hero (opens in a new tab)
Scouting Ambassador, Julia Bradbury, travelled to her old stomping ground in Rutland to visit a local Scout Group.
Hitting the bullseye by focusing young people through Shooting Sports.
Archery and Air Rifle shooting is a very active sport in the UK and is growing in popularity because of the Olympic Games 2012 and the various youth organisations out there that offer access to the activity. It is even accessible in schools!
Duck Travels
Some of you will know that at times a big yellow duck called Graham lives with me.
Scouting makes TV debut (opens in a new tab)
The Discovery Channel will broadcast Scouting's first ever national TV ad tonight at 8.30pm.
Thoughts of a Little Blue Bear – Dust Bunnies
As a bear who is sometimes, accidentally, relocated down the sides of various bits of furniture I have come across a fair few in my time and it always amazes me that small bits of fluff can collect into such giant structures. Continue reading → No related posts.
Guest Posts
I have now collected all of these post into a Category called Guest Posts and this can be accessed from the navigation bar in the projects section at the top
Cheap Bus Ticket part 2
To follow up on my post about the cheap bus ticket, I had cause to catch the bus today