National Events

Scout Radio talked to Tesco, a key corporate partner of The Scout Association to find out about their latest project 'Eat Happy' which aims to give children the knowledge and skills they need to have a happy and healthy relationship with food. Alice spoke to Michelle, a community champion for Tesco who told us more about the project. A lot of young people don't actually know where their food comes from, they don't know that eggs come from chickens, milk comes from cows, it all comes from the supermarket, so they're learning the origins of their food. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225777167" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Whilst...

The Muslim Scout Fellow attended this year's Gilwell Reunion running an activity to teach Beavers and Cubs about prayer and sending a message out to the world. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225204516" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] "The idea is to share some of our activity ideas for the faith badge, how [leaders] can get the child to know about Islam or the different faiths that they choose" The building of the Gilwell Park Mosque is very nearly finished, the outside is finished but they still need to complete the inside, the Muslin Scout Fellowship are looking for a opening at the end of October, beginning of November. The Mu...

SSAGO The Student Scout and Guide Organisation exists to support and run Scouting activities for Students at Universities up and down the country. Scout Radios Dan caught up with them at Reunion to find out more. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224295727" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Are you heading to University this year? want to stay involved in Scouting or Guiding, or even give it ago, then SSAGO is for you! Most Universities have a SSAGO unit or club, normally as a student society that runs their own events but also helps and supports local scouting and guiding. They are then part of SSAGO which is the national organisatio...

Ashley Wilson is a Scout Leader, a volunteer in Hampshire; and he set off with Scout Ambassador and adventurer James Ketchell on a 3,600 mile adventurous rowing challenge across the Indian Ocean in July this year. They appeared at Gilwell Reunion 2015 on the Saturday afternoon as guest speakers, to tell their story to all those who attended the event. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/223958713" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]   "We were rolled over... It was like being in a giant washing machine, and I remember saying to Ash 'Gosh, we've just rolled', and Ash was like 'Yeah, I realised that...'"  Their previous feats include c...

Gilwell Reunion is over for another year, but what a fantastic event it was. We spoke to some of those that attended about what they got from it, and the event organisers about how it all went. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222616081" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This year over 2,000 scouting adults from casual volunteers, exec members, leaders and scout networkers attended the annual event of Gilwell Reunion. We were told that all the workshops were very well attended, the evening entertainments buzzing with activity and the stalls, whilst stands and exhibitors were constantly busy across the weekend. Those that came to the...