The Duchess of Cambridge joins the Scouts
The Chief Scout, Bear Grylls, welcomes HRH The Duchess of Cambridge as a Royal volunteer to Scouting and tells how you can be involved as well. Continue reading The Duchess of Cambridge joins the Scouts
Category: Volunteering
FLAGS: continuing the good work…
As many will know, I was elected chairman of FLAGS, I’ve been outlining some of my thoughts on this election. It is important that all adult volunteers in Scouting feel valued and supported. We are looking at holding more weekend events in the coming year to assist with that support. It is my hope that some of these events will be able to introduce new skills and activities to members of FLAGS who are active leaders with Scouts up and down the country. This is one way in which we can actively support the youth section of our Movement. Read … Continue reading FLAGS: continuing the good work…
Scouting is…
Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. At the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receiveth. written by Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB as the Preface to Aids to Scoutmastership Continue reading Scouting is…
can you join Bear Grylls and me in providing an adventure?
In recent weeks, I’ve started on a new adventure within Scouting. I was elected Chairman of FLAGS,
which actively supports the recruitment, retention and ongoing support of LGBT adults within Scouting in the UK.
This is an ongoing challenge, but with the assistance of other members of FLAGS, commissioners and leaders up and down the UK, together with help from UK Headquarters based at Gilwell Park, I know that we will be
Doing Our Best to Be Prepared to be Of Service.
It’s not just me that has taken on a new role within Scouting, Continue reading “can you join Bear Grylls and me in providing an adventure?”
Snow, Sunshine, and Scouts: part 2 – FLAGS does Snowdon
The first FLAGS* outdoor weekend event was held in Snowdonia last weekend. Four members of FLAGS attended from Shropshire, Birmingham, and Northern Ireland. With the campsite at Dôlgam between Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed on the A5 road, we woke up on Saturday morning to a great view of Snowdonia, which we were set to climb that day.
We rose, pooled the resources for making breakfast and got going in Eddie’s car to Rhyd Ddu via Beddgelert. We climbed up the Rhyd Ddu path to the summit with lots of stunning views. Continue reading “Snow, Sunshine, and Scouts: part 2 – FLAGS does Snowdon”
Building Peace Together – a message from 1998 for today
Yesterday, Northern Ireland lost a brave 25 year old officer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, when the criminals and terrorists of the past came back to haunt us. Immediately our thoughts and remembrances were of the awful bomb which came after the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Ronan Kerr would have been about 12 when the Omagh bomb exploded in August 1998. As a Scouter, thinking back to 1998, I remember that many Scouts from Northern Ireland travelled to Chile for the 19th World Scout Jamboree in Picarquín. The theme for that event was Building Peace Together This year … Continue reading Building Peace Together – a message from 1998 for today
NI plays catch up criminal records review
As the English & Welsh Criminal Records Bureau procedures are being revised, so Northern Ireland catches up – let’s hope they can get them to being along the same lines. Continue reading NI plays catch up criminal records review
ending the stigma: guts needed to tackle it head on
cross-posted from positive hivblogger World AIDS Day 2010 It’s World AIDS Day 2010 today, another year has gone past, those of us living with HIV are still here – and still the stigma is being broken by some of us that are courageous enough to tell our friends, our family, and other people that we are here, living with HIV. “Coming Out” That’s right – telling others. So, today, I’m ‘coming out’ publicly on this blog as to I am. Complete with photo. Unsurprisingly given my job and other interests, I was at a political conference a few weeks ago. … Continue reading ending the stigma: guts needed to tackle it head on
It’s Friday night so….
It’s Friday afternoon and think that there should be some fun. So, Think you know about Scouting? Think again. I’m involved with Scouting in a number of roles, all of them as a volunteer. And having gained much as a Scout – even gaining my Queen’s Scout Award back in December 1997 – it feels like I am giving something back to the movement. If you want further information on how to volunteer with Scouting, please click here. Continue reading It’s Friday night so….
Gyronny Herald 