In Wales, through a Million Hands, Guide Dogs Cymru and ScoutsCymru are working together and are launching a competition for all scout groups in Wales aimed at supporting local communities and road safety. Guide Dogs Cymru are asking scout group…
Virgin Money Giving
Virgin Money Giving are inviting local Scout groups in the district to trial Virgin Money Giving. They understand some groups are fully into OSM, however, you can still use Virgin Money Giving alongside this, plus it automatically claims the gift aid at no…
Archery course
A leader training course for archery will be run by Butch and Dave Drew with assessment by Ian McLean so Leaders can gain an Adventurous Activity Permit to run Archery. Open to all Leaders interested in Archery – no experience needed. Your…
New District Appointments
I’m delighted to announce some new appointments to the District Team. First of all, Sue Lister is to become Deputy District Commissioner. Since the beginning of the year Sue has held the role of District Administrator, covering a raft of…
A Million Hands – opportunity
Our A Million Hands partners, Leonard Cheshire Disability have an opportunity they would like to share at their service in Dolywern. Are you able to share with the right people locally to build links. They have lots of great ideas…
Awards Amnesty
Over the last few years, length of service awards being received have in some cases drifted out of correct alignment with the length of time volunteers have done. This was mainly caused by Compass not working and details…
Life changing experiences
Two groups of Wrexham Scouts have had amazing times in Switzerland and the Czech Republic this summer. The District Scouts’ trip to Adelboden took them into the high Alps where they went walking, on a high ropes course, swimming and…
AVOW training courses
AVOW are holding several training courses over the next few months. These include Food Safety Level 2, Emergency First Aid at Work Level 2, Health & Safety Level 2, Good Governance in the Charity Sector and Community Fundraising. For more…
Announcing #YouShape2017
We are very excited to announce that following the success of #YouShape 2016, where over 20,000 young people and volunteers got involved, 2017 will see a whole #YouShape month held in February. Obviously Youth Shaped Scouting is about everyday Scouting…
Cubs Celebrate 100 years
Cub Scouts from 6th Wrexham joined over 1,200 Cub Scouts from across England and Wales to celebrate 100 years of Cub Scouting at a week-long camp at Gilwell Park Activity Centre. The event – called CubJam – is the biggest Cub…
