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

There are some things so stupid that no-one, no matter how thick, should ever utter. One of these things has been uttered today:

“Compulsory volunteers”

The concept …

Via the excellent, amusing, and ever-entertaining Tory Bear, I’ve come across what CF seems to regard as social action:

As part of the National Social Action …

This week is Volunteers Week.
Volunteering is massively important, both to society and to individuals. Society as a whole benefits from it because those in need …

I have some good news and some bad news.
Good news: I am now a warranted Assistant Scout Leader [having been on a provisional warrant for …

Dad’s Army is going to be here to save you.
Gordon Brown wants tens of thousands of Britons to join a new Dads’ Army-style volunteer force …

The number of volunteers in Britain has fallen by a quarter in the past decade. I’m not overly surprised by that, even if a quarter …