Welcome to the West Yorkshire Scouts ‘Protect the Planet’ Award, the WYS Programme resource for 2024. Hopefully, this resource will help you engage your young people in active ways to look after their planet and empower them to feel like that can make a difference in what can be a scary issue. The award is … Read more
Bradford District Museums and Galleries have worked with West Yorkshire Scout to open a new exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum. Scouts is the largest Youth Movement in the World. The exhibition features the stories and photographs of some of the Scouts in the district and information about Scout’s famous ambassadors. Included is a family … Read more
The Coronation weekend (6-8 May) is now just over a month away. The Coronation of HM The King will be an incredibly special moment for people across the UK and Commonwealth, and a time of great celebration and unity. It’ll also be an opportunity for us to reflect on our promise to help other people, which is central to … Read more
At West Yorkshire Scouts, young people learn how to speak up and take the lead. But they told us that the programme didn’t recognise this enough. That’s what the NEW YouShape Award is all about. Toby Hammond- West Yorkshire Scouts County Youth Commissioner said “This award gives our young people the opportunity to get recognised for all … Read more
West Yorkshire Scouts are today launching a new programme, tailor-made for 4 and 5 year olds – Squirrels. Squirrels get to be active, explore nature and have fun learning outdoors with friends, like all other Scouts. To roll-out the programme UK-wide, grown-ups are being called on to volunteer to give young children a chance to thrive … Read more
Absolutely fantastic to see our West Yorkshire Scout President Kim Leadbeater and our former County Commissioner / County Vice President Mark Stageman, in the New Years Honours list. A huge congratulations to Kim Leadbeater on being awarded MBE. Kim received her award for services to social cohesion, the community in Batley and Spen in West … Read more
What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals are a set of global priorities for ensuring that economic, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing is achieved for everyone around the world. They are ambitious goals for governments across the world to achieve, but there is a lot we can do at Scouts and at … Read more
