scouting

Mark Wakelin has been visiting the Scout Association.
I was a Cub Scout – not a good one - but a Cub Scout. My mother tells me that I came home one evening and proudly announced that I would be ‘Unroled next week’. I had my very own woggle and [...]

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I was very pleased to read this statement from the Scout Association. I’m reproducing it in full.
There has been coverage in the media and on social media of the recent decision by the Boy Scouts of America to uphold their ban excluding gay people from membership of that organisation, either as Scouts or leaders.
We would [...]

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Richard Cohen hits several nails on the head in his analysis of the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to continue its ban on homosexual participation.
The Boy Scouts of America just the other day reaffirmed its policy of banning openly gay boys from being members. The organization also continued its ban on gays or lesbians serving [...]

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I’m very sorry to learn that a commission set up by the Boy Scouts of America has decided to continue the organisation’s ban on homosexuals.
Scouting was founded to be an inclusive movement which would break down barriers of class and race, and it is surely right to extend this to matters of sexuality. In Britain, [...]

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Scouting is an international movement. Although it began in Britain, it very quickly spread to other countries so that now there are more than 30 million members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. (And lets not forget the 10 million members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
From its [...]

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Scouting got a bit of a mention on the BBC programme Empire last night. Here’s the clip:

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Three articles have caught my eye in the last day or two that, though they’re about different subjects, have something of a common thread. First, there’s Benny’s Blog: Same Sex Marriage - who will it really hurt?
The striking thing about including same-sex couples in marriage is that it does exactly that – it includes people [...]

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Interesting article in The Guardian’s The women’s blog: Girl Guiding goes from strength to strength
Girl Guiding may conjure up images of cake sales, songs around the campfire and a myriad other things you’d struggle to believe modern smartphone-carrying girls would be interested in. Yet they rushed to join up at the rate of one every [...]

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Now as I start upon my chosen way,
In all I do, my thoughts, my work, my play;
Grant as I Promise, Courage, Lord for me
To be the best, the Best that I can be.
Help me to keep my Honour shining bright
May I be loyal in the hardest fight;
Let me be able for my task and [...]

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From the BBC
Is modern living resulting in more people becoming disconnected from green spaces and the natural world, at the expense of our health and well-being?
Most concern is centred around children, who - say campaigners - are missing out on opportunities afforded to previous generations, ones as simple as climbing trees or getting their knees [...]

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Not wanting to blow my own trumpet or anything, but last night at our scout meeting the District Commissioner presented me with my wood badge. The 1st Hope blog has pictures.

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My scout group (1st Hope, Wrexham) have applied for a grant from NatWest Community Force. If successful, it will gain us £6000 for much-needed improvements to our headquarters. It seems that the decision is made by public vote, so I’m asking all my friends to vote for us on our project page. (Voting requires [...]

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Can I give a shout-out to all my friends at the 1st Hope Scout Group?

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The Guardian has an interview with Bear Grylls, Chief Scout
Crossposted from the 1st Hope blog

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1st Hope Scouts have a blog.
That’s it, really. Actually, we’ve had it a while, but for some reason the search engines don’t seem to be picking it up. It’s a bit odd: the main site is being indexed OK.
Anyhow, this is a gratuitous attempt to get the 1st Hope Scouts blog noticed by google.

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1st Hope Scouts, my Scout Group. It’s a new website so we’re trying to attract a little search engine action.

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The Scout Association is reporting it’s biggest rise in membership in almost 40 years.
UK Scouting has experienced its biggest growth spurt since 1972, taking total membership to 499,323.
Census results, released today, show 16,568 new adult and youth members in the UK since 31 January 2009. This is 3.45 per cent up on last year (2009: [...]

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Politicians Vernon Coaker MP, Lillian Greenwood and Ewan Lamont joined Scouts from across the country this weekend to launch Active Citizens: Virgin Voters - a special website designed to encourage first-time voters to participate in the upcoming General Election.
Activecitizens.net was unveiled on Saturday at a special event in Nottingham to encourage youth participation in local [...]

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In Australia, the Scout movement is seeing sustained significant growth
The number of Scouts has grown by 6 per cent annually since 2006, and is now at 22,000, Mr De Fries said.
Members have been gearing up for their Australia Jamboree which officially opens today at Cataract Scout Park, at Appin, south of Campbelltown.
More than 10,000 Scouts [...]

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