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New Leighton Cub Scout Leader Has A Head For Heights |
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A Cub Scout Leader from the Trinity Scout Group in Leighton Buzzard has earned herself several Brownie points in the eyes of her pack. She has just been invested as their leader 30 feet up a vertical wall at the Group’s 30th birthday camp at Milton Bryan. District Commissioner Matthew Slade-Pedrick who carried out the high level ceremony said, “This was quite been adventure. (19th June 2009)
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Dunstable Scout Leader Has Everest Adventure |
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At a time when most people are thinking of retirement, 64-year old David Betterton left his comfortable Eaton Bray home to take a 64-mile expedition in the Himalayas. It was a breathtaking 17,000 feet climb to Everest base camp and a place in Scouting history books. (14th June 2009)
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£1.2 M Bank Robbery Foiled By Scout Code Breaker |
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Detective Constable Chris Stephens from Huddersfield and a former District Commissioner, used a long forgotten Scout Handbook to crack a complex code, catch a criminal mastermind and foil a £1.2million bank robbery. The story made the national newspapers and the Scout HQ Website and brought Cub Scout Leader Jo Winslade from Maulden a 10-minute slot on Three Counties afternoon Drivetime to talk about codes, ciphers and the other skills Scouts learn. (28th May 2009)
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Adventure Hero Becomes Britain's New Chief Scout |
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Bear Grylls, an all action hero in the mould of Baden-Powell himself, was the surprise choice of the Scout Association on Sunday 17th May as the new Chief Scout for Great Britain and the Independent Territories. He will formally take over from the present Chief Scout Peter Duncan at a London ceremony in July. (18th May 2009)
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22nd World Scout Jamboree - Sweden 2011 |
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The 22nd World Scout Jamboree will be hosted by Sweden in 2011 and will take place from 27 July to 7 August. Based on the theme ‘Simply Scouting’ the Jamboree will be held on the fields of Rinkaby, not far from the town of Kristianstad, in the province of Skåne, southern Sweden.
I have now received official confirmation that the County has been allocated a full contingent Unit of 4 leaders and 36 Young People for this Jamboree. (3rd May 2009)
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Massive 6% Increase In Bedfordshire Scout Membership |
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Lucy Onyango (16), an Explorer Scout from Bedfordshire, joined Chief Scout Peter Duncan to announce to the nation’s media a massive increase in Scout numbers and an 11% increase in girl Scouts. In Bedfordshire, total numbers have climbed 6% to well over 6,000 making it one of the fastest growing counties in the UK. Enough people joined the county last year to form four new groups. (27th April 2009)
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Lucy is a Star |
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Specially chosen by Scout Headquarters, Explorer Scout Lucy Onyango from the Brock Unit in Maulden leapt to TV fame. She was coached by a top ranking PR agency, given a high profile partner (Chief Scout Peter Duncan) and sent on an all day whirlwind tour of radio and tv studios to talk about girl power in scouting. (25th April 2009)
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Scouts Honoured For 114 Years Of Service |
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Three Scout Leaders from the Leighton Linslade District, with a combined service of 114 years, have been honoured with awards by Scout Headquarters. They will receive their awards at Sunday’s St George’s Day Service at All Saints Church in the centre of the town. (15th April 2009)
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Bedfordshire Scout Goes Green |
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Bedfordshire Explorer Scout Tom Rochester (17), was one of several specially chosen by Scout Headquarters to help them launch the new Environment Badge. Designed to support green issues, the badge allows UK Scouts to raise the concept of recycling and to take care of their local areas. (16th March 2009)
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Linslade Scout's Raise Over £2000 For Comic Relief |
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Scouts from the 1st Linslade Scout Group expect to raise over £2000 after their mammoth sponsored challenge hike along the Grand Union Canal. Planned by the teenagers over the last six weeks, the hike involved 34 Scouts and 10 leaders. (15th March 2009)
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Leighton Buzzard Cub Scout Board Game Challenge |
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Cub Scouts from all over Leighton Buzzard forgot their PlayStation or XBOX games when they took part in the District Cub Scout board games challenge on Sunday at Grovebury Road Scout Headquarters. These were fun-packed traditional games that demanded a range of mental abilities and physical skills. For almost four hours, 35 Cub Scouts in five teams competed with one another for the honour of an individual title or the group trophy. (13th March 2009)
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Bedfordshire Uni Student's Scouting Adventure Day |
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In an impressive show of strength, over 50 Scout Leaders, a team of Network Scouts and young Scouts from Bedfordshire gave Uni student volunteers an adventure day to remember at the Scouts campsite in Henlow. The students came from the campuses of Bedford and Luton to see what modern Scouting could offer them and they were not disappointed. (9th March 2009)
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Cub Scout Has Life-Saving Reason To Celebrate 10th Birthday |
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Michael Fox’s 10th birthday on March 16th will be more than just another milestone. It will be his first chance to celebrate a medical breakthrough that has revolutionised his life. For Michael, a Cub Scout with the 1st Flitwick Scout Group, has just successfully completed year one of a treatment for life threatening peanut allergy on the world’s first oral desensitization programme. (25th February 2009)
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Monsters & Rockets Amaze Beaver Scout Parents |
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A Scout Group on Luton’s Bushmead Estate now has 16 new helpers after Beaver Scout parents took part in a new volunteering scheme. Organised by the Scouts local development officer Jo Cockroft, the event gave leaders, parents and their children an exciting opportunity to try out science experiments in a real live meeting. (6th February 2009)
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From Viking Settlement To Outer Mongolia |
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A Network Scout who was invested into the Bedford Pillage Scout Unit last year at the Danish Viking Camp in Willington is planning an expedition to Outer Mongolia with 65 other Scouts from around the UK. The three-week, 6000-mile trip is part of a UNICEF and Save the Children project to bring aid to the feral street children of the capital Ulaan Baator. (5th February 2009)
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