As you know The Scout Association helps over 450,000 young people enjoy new adventures, gain confidence and have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Not only does the Movement offer 6 to 25-year-olds fun and challenging activities, we also…
HQ News: Scouting for Skills
Employers should recognise the benefit of employee volunteering and even offer staff extra leave to pursue it, according to the Scouting for Skills report by think tank Demos and supported by The Scout Association. A triple win The report argues that in-house volunteering programmes are…
Scouting in Mersey Weaver continues to grow!
Scouting numbers in Cheshire have grown by more than 2,000 in less than a decade – helped by another increase in Mersey Weaver District. The annual census shows that current membership levels in the county are 11,804 representing another year of overall growth. Mersey…
Scouting launches consultation on considering welcoming atheists as full members
UK Scouting has launched a survey to ask its members whether an alternative version of the Scout Promise should be developed for atheists and those unable to make the existing commitment. Everyday Scouting is guided by a set of Fundamentals, which…
Scouting makes TV debut
The Discovery Channel will broadcast Scouting’s first ever national TV ad tonight at 8.30pm. The advert will promote our need for more volunteers in Scouting. The advert will also be aired on Discovery’s Animal Planet TV channel at around 8.45pm,…
Chester Chronicle: Sea Scouts in Frodsham need to find £1,500 to defend national dragon boat title
ADVENTUROUS Scouts need to raise hundreds of pounds if they are to defend their national dragon boat race title on the River Thames and bring further glory to the town of Frodsham. Last year dozens of sports-mad youngsters from 3rd…
Mersey Weaver celebrates a 7% growth in membership!
The Scout Association reported today that membership had grown for a seventh year in a row and that overall membership is now above 525 000. Mersey Weaver has played its full part in the growth recording a 7% increase in…
Scouting welcomes royal volunteer
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge has become Scouting’s newest volunteer and will help at local cub packs and beaver colonies, Clarence House has announced. The Duchess, who joins 66,000 girls and 40,000 female leaders in Scouting, will help out at…
