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Archive for May, 2009
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009Inspired to volunteer?
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Scouting is more popular than ever, with adult volunteering increasing at the fastest rate for 23 years and just as many girls as boys now joining Scouting.
New Chief Scout leads to flurry of interest in Scouting
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009TV Adventurer Bear Grylls was named the UK’s new Chief Scout on Monday. A mass of media interest followed as did a boost in the numbers of people wanting to volunteer for Scouting.
Experience the outdoors through Scouting
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Over the next few days, The Scout Association will be at the Outdoors Show promoting the many opportunities available through volunteering for Scouting.
Dan Beacon of the Scouts explains, ‘A show like this is a great opportunity for talking to people with the kind of skills that are typical of great Scouting. We can start conversations with people who can potentially become skills instructors in activities such as kayaking, climbing, orienteering and much more.
‘Many people don’t realise how flexible volunteering for Scouting can be. Even if someone only has a few hours a month there are opportunities for them to get involved and get something out of Scouting.’
Bear Grylls announced as new Chief Scout
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Bear Grylls will be the new Chief Scout of the UK Scout Association. The famous adventurer takes over when current Chief Scout, former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan, completes his five year tenure in July.
When asked why he chose to volunteer for the UK’s largest mixed youth movement, Bear said: ‘In short, because I love adventure and I love hanging out with good friends. For me this is what Scouting is about.’
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
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Scouts assist in emergency Snowdon rescue
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Scouts aged 13 and 14 have been commended by Mountain Rescue teams for their handling of an emergency situation during an expedition in Snowdonia.
The Scouts, who are all Patrol Leaders and Assistant Patrol Leaders in the 1st Midsomer Norton Scout Group, encountered a group of hypothermic walkers who had collapsed during a DofE expedition in the mountainous terrain. Along with their leaders, they erected temporary shelters to keep the casualties warm and waited with them until the Mountain Rescue Team arrived. Leaders Adrian Miles and Scott Whittaker gave emergency aid on the scene. Weather conditions prevented the rescue helicopter from landing, so the Scouts assisted rescuers by carrying the casualties down the mountain on stretchers.
Updated Home Page
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
We have just updated the home page to add some more new cool buttons to help make navigation better.
Scout wins ‘world’s best job’
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Ben Southall, 34, a former Scout from Petersfield, Hampshire, has beaten over 34,000 applicants to become the new caretaker of an Australian tropical island.
The six-month position was the first prize in a competition launched by Tourism Queensland in January. Ben’s new job will require him to live and report from Hamilton Island, on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef.
The competition was dreamt up by the tourist board as a headline grabbing global marketing campaign. Social network sites were quick to pick it up and within 48 hours more than 7,500 people had applied. Even better, over 200,000 people visited the site in the first weekend alone.
Scouting census records record growth
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Scouting has grown for the fourth year running. Adult volunteering is increasing at the fastest rate for 23 years and there are now just as many girls as boys joining the Movement.
This year Scouting has seen an increase in adult volunteers with growth up from 1.6% to 2.6%. There have only been two other occasions in the last 23 years where the growth of adult leaders has exceeded 2%.
Female membership is up 11% across the UK, smashing the 50K barrier. A surge of over 5,500 new girl Scouts means that over the past 12 months almost as many girls as boys have signed up to the adventure of Scouting.
Girls have been part of the adventure since 1976 and this year female membership pushed well past the 50,000 mark to a record 56,470.
