BeavBusters

24th September 2022 – Bradley Wood Scout Campsite.  Open to Beavers and Squirrels. A spooky trail through the woods, to celebrate Ghost Hunting day. Solve the clues to find the Ghost. Beavers / Squirrels come for either a morning or afternoon in their colonies to undertake some central spooky activities and then complete the trail … Read more

You Shape Award

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

Squirrels

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

Join in JamBOOree

After the success of Virtual JamBOOree in 2020 and the move back to face to face we’re excited to launch Join in JamBOOree for this year.  The idea being that in line with last years virtual event we’ll provide activities each week (rather than in one day) for you to complete face to face in … Read more

County AGM

Registration is open for the County AGM.  23rd September 7:15 for 7:30pm start.  The event will take place by Zoom. Registration is open to County Council members only. To register click here For a list of Council members please check the Bookwhen list – any non council members will have their registration cancelled. Elections are … Read more

World Scout Jamboree

Assistant Unit Leader Vacancy Could you show your stripes and be a World Scout Jamboree Unit Leader?   An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our Unit Leadership for the World Scout Jamboree. We are recuiting 1 assistant leader to join the leadership team of Unit 45 to make sure that our 72 … Read more

Explorer Instagram Channel

Following a successful get together with explorers from round the county AAC explorers Katie Travas has launched this Instagram @explorersofWYscouts to help share new and event with the young people directly. Watch this space s #ExplorersOfWYScouts #westyorkshirescouts #scoutlyf

Toby’s virtual visits

Toby our County Youth Commissioner has been out and about this month dropping in our scout group meetings across our County. This week Toby visited 29th Bradford North Scouts and joined in with their virtual global badges and scouting history presentation.

Keighley Network

Toby joined the Keighley District Scouts on their meeting for setting up Network.   If you are interested in getting involved please contact our county ACC Network

National Honours

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