What a difference a week makes (opens in a new tab)
Well done to the thousands of Scouts who did their bit for local communities during Scout Community Week.
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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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Bear pays flying visit to Scouts in Northern Ireland and Scotland (opens in a new tab)
Bear Grylls, Chief Scout, takes to the skies in the fifth instalment of Bear in the Air, his mission to meet as many Scouts as possible during his five years as UK Chief Scout.
Do you look after your customers
The young people involved in scouting are our customers and if we as adult tell the young people they are wrong they will spend their time in places they feel valued.
Pi and Scouts (opens in a new tab)
Yesterday, I managed to place my order for a Raspberry Pi. For those of you who don't know what that it is, it's - … a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It's a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC
Picture Thursday 17_05_12
I did however have enough time while there to visit my all time favorite sandwich shop, I use to live in Cardiff some 13 years ago and I use to go to the New York Deli Sandwich shop most weekend
Volunteers make Community Week a reality (opens in a new tab)
Scout Community Week (14-20 May) has prompted thousands of volunteers to do their bit for local communities while raising awareness for local Scouting.
Scouting for the community (opens in a new tab)
Scout Community Week has inspired thousands of Groups from all over the UK to â
Getting to know Manchester (opens in a new tab)
Wayne learns more about the three Manchester Scout Counties and how we can help to develop Scouting opportunities there.
Do we Focus too Much on Empowerment of Women/Girls
Yeah Yeah, I know start slagging me off now as some sort of male chauvinist who knows nothing, however before you do let me just have my say. Feel free to tell me I am wrong in the comments
Scouts take Parliament (opens in a new tab)
Beavers and Cubs took Scout Community Week to Westminster yesterday (15 May).
Scouting Themes 4 WordPress on Scouting+
You may have seen (and it may be how you got here!) that Scouting Themes 4 WordPress has been mentioned in the last Scouting+ email nationwide. This was to announce the launch of the Scouts 4 WordPress theme and encourage new people to make use of the resource.
Its Scout Community Week
What one thing are you doing for Scout Community Week
Scout Community Week hits its stride (opens in a new tab)
Scouts up and down the country have been hard at work for Scout Community Week (14-20 May).
Scout Community Week is here! (opens in a new tab)
Scout Community Week, Scouting's epic community and fundraising project, is finally here.
Big weekend (opens in a new tab)
Not arrogant, just better.' This strap-line for the Mumbo Explorer Scout Unit, Preston District, sums up my busy three days in West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
Scouting supports Deaf Awareness Week (opens in a new tab)
Scouts will be joining millions around the country to support Deaf Awareness Week, taking place from 7-13 May.
50 Things to do Before
We have all seen the 50 things to do before your.... list, however I came across this new one from the National Trust. - I have done 48 of the 50 how many have you done.
Cub Scout's footsteps for the future (opens in a new tab)
A Cub Scout has raised over £2,500 to help rebuild his Scout HQ by completing a 32 mile walk, just another example of Scouting's impact in local communities.
Immensely proud moments (opens in a new tab)
Whilst the highlight of Wayne's week was undoubtedly the annual Windsor parade and service, before then he had a very full week with meetings, catching up with the website consultants and a full days meeting of the Operations Committee discussing...
Picture Thursday 03_05_11
I am not sure about where you are, but in my part of the country there is not a hosepipe ban yet. However the weather following the hosepipe ban is causing all sorts of havoc for my poor veg plot.
The Commonwealth comes to Gilwell (opens in a new tab)
Reflecting on a successful weekend as the UK Scout Association hosts the Commonwealth Scout Forum 2012.
Don't be Fooled April did happen
A look back on April for Jabbering All Day Long
Scouting Catchup – You might have been in a bubble for a week
Did you miss what happened this week, here is a round up of some of the great media coverage that happened.
Top achievers honoured by HM The Queen (opens in a new tab)
Scouts meet HM The Queen and Chief Scout Bear Grylls during St George's Day National Queen's Scout celebrations at Windsor Castle.
Captain Picard Likes Scouting (opens in a new tab)
I came across this video on Youtube from 4th Golcar Scout Group today. Being a bit of a Trekkie, I was very impressed that they had managed to get Patrick Stewart to record it for them. I wonder if we could get someone famous to do a video for us??
But It's Boring….. (opens in a new tab)
…is the kind of response you get when asking the Scouts (etc.) to go to St. George's Day Parade on a Sunday afternoon. And in a sense, they are right! It's not the same as hanging off a rock on a rope, paddling down a river in a canoe or even spending the night in…
Moving on together (opens in a new tab)
The theme for Wayne's weekend has been working together, whether in a new District, with two neighbouring Districts or making new volunteers feel welcome and supported.
Marathon success on London's streets (opens in a new tab)
A team of i.Scout runners complete the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, cheered on by The Scout Association and other supporters
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It is amazing what you can do with a glass of beer and a phone, when you are bored waiting for your dinner.
Celebrating two books by two Chief Scouts (opens in a new tab)
Nearly 105 years on from the publication of first Chief Scout Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys, Bear Grylls' own book, Scouting for All, is now on sale.
What does camping have to do with boosting CV points? (opens in a new tab)
Youth unemployment is undoubtedly one of the challenges of our time - we can play our part in equipping young people to overcome it. Not just because we want to do our best - but so they can too.
Scouting Grows In Numbers (opens in a new tab)
It was very pleasing to read yesterday that the number of Scouts in the UK had risen again for the seventh year on the trot ( see here ). It was also pleasing to see that the number of 14 – 18 year olds showed a 6.8% increase.
Scouts App – Secret Island Adventure (opens in a new tab)
Scouting sees the distribution of this game as a way of putting the Scouting adventure in front of more young people than ever before.
16,408 reasons to be cheerful (opens in a new tab)
With total membership going above 525,300 and some stunning increases in the number of Explorer Scouts (teenagers) and especially young leaders the past 12 months has been another great one for Scouting in the UK. Thank you.
New adventures, new centres (opens in a new tab)
Crawfordsburn and Yr Hafod are added to the network of National Scout Activity Centres.
My Duty to God
The Scout Promise is a core part of the movement. But the National Secular Society (NSS) is claiming that atheist children are being excluded. But that is not the case. This is the Scout Promise: On My Honour, I promise that I will do my best To do my duty to God and to the…
Membership numbers increase (opens in a new tab)
Census results report a seventh successive year of growth
Scout clothing hits the catwalk (opens in a new tab)
Our latest additions to the i.Scout activity clothing range were showcased at the Alternative Fashion Week event, with Scouts modelling the new range.
More Scouting Themes 4 WordPress resources released
Over the last few months, I have been working on a secret project with Gilwell. We are now able to launch a brand new Scouting Theme 4 WordPress, called Scouts 4 WordPress , to add to my existing stable of themes available for download .
Inclusion and challenging perceptions (opens in a new tab)
Wayne ponders on some of the comments made in response to the recent media coverage following our very successful launch of a new clothing range designed for Muslim girls and others in the movement, and what these mean about us.
On the buses thanks to the Robert Hall Foundation (opens in a new tab)
Four new minibuses delivered to Scout Activity Centres thanks to a generous donation from the Robert Hall Foundation
Boy Scouts Vs Zombies (opens in a new tab)
It seems like it is only just out of concept but I do hope they make it and it comes to the UK
Picture Thursday 12_04_12
There has been little post activity on the blog because I took four days off work following the Easter Bank Holidays to do some jobs around the house.
Picture Thursday 05_04_12
Todays Picture Thursday is more of wishful thinking
Spreading the word (opens in a new tab)
No surprise that a theme of Wayne's last week was volunteering, and some very creative recruiting techniques at a careers fair provided quite a talking point in the local community.
A muddy brilliant challenge event (opens in a new tab)
Team i.Scout survived a tough endurance race to raise funds for Scouting
March Madness
Here is the Round Up of Jabbering in March
My Group's Drums (opens in a new tab)
Following on from my last post about something from the past of my Group, comes something very up to date! Last night our Drum Corps had their first annual Band Inspection. All Scout Bands have a yearly inspection to ensure that they uphold the correct standards for a Scout band which performs in public.
When a "new uniform" is just new casual active Scouting-wear…
Sometimes I just have to wonder if journalists even read press releases properly before writing a story based on them. Just look at the headlines from reputable news sources below: The problem with these stories? They're wrong. There is no change to the Scout uniform at all – that remains the same.
Picture Thursday 29_03_12
I am not sure why but gnarly trees and the shapes they make always intrest me and I do like to take photos of them.