Scouting

by Chris | 19 Nov 2009 | No Comments

This year’s Queen’s Speech was an obvious and shameless electioneering event by a government on the way out. Most of these bills have little or …

by Chris | 17 Oct 2009 | No Comments

World Scouting Jamborees – the name being derived from “jambo”, the Swahili term for “hello” – of which there have been 21 since 1920 the …

by Chris | 9 Jul 2009 | No Comments

Yesterday I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons – simply because they’re not old enough to …

by Chris | 8 Jul 2009 | No Comments

Cub Scouts, 8-10 year olds, have been banned from protesting in the House of Commons – because they aren’t old enough to vote. The Cubs …

by Chris | 17 Jun 2009 | No Comments

Guess who wins? The Scout Association!

An advert showing a scout leader as a nerd without friends was pulled by a phone company after complaints from …

by Chris | 1 Jun 2009 | No Comments

Politics and Scouting isn’t something usually mixes very much – or at least shouldn’t. After all, the Scout Association is a non-political charity. However, the …

by Chris | 18 May 2009 | No Comments

The Scout Association have announced that the person taking over from Peter Duncan to become the 10th Chief Scout is adventurer Bear Grylls – the …

by Chris | 25 Apr 2009 | No Comments

I’m going to Cadbury World with my Scout Group!

by Chris | 19 Apr 2009 | No Comments

Today I shall be taking part in a parade and service to celebrate St George, with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts or my group and …

by Chris | 30 Mar 2009 | No Comments

An important part of childhood is learning what is safe and what isn’t, and how to minimise such risks – but still take them. As …