West Lothian Scouts

Saturday, July 04, 2009

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Welcome to West Lothian Scouting

Photo for September - 1st West Lothian Regatta Team (2nd Overall)

Scouting is a modern, active, progressive, multi-faith youth movement for both boys and girls, and has six distinct sections covering all age ranges. Details of the sections can be viewed in the drop down menus above.

West Lothian is part of Forth Region which encompasses Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannan and West Lothian. There are over 3500 people involved in Scouting within the region and over 1000 of these are in West Lothian.

Scouting in West Lothian takes place in each of the major towns, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Armadale, Whitburn, Broxburn, Blackburn, Livingston, East Calder, Mid Calder and West Calder.

A fundamental part of Scouting is adventure and one way of achieving this is by going camping. We are proud to own our own Camping and Training site - The Craigs, Torphichen. The site is open to all youth groups, schools, colleges so why not check out the site by using the drop down menu at the top of the page.

Remember! If you are an adult member of UK Scouting you can sign up for our members section for access to even more information, if you are not a member why not join the adventure.

SPONSORSHIP

The westlothianscouts.org website is sponsored by WITSS.
Wilson IT Solutions Scotland Ltd (WITSS) is a private limited company. WITSS staff have many years practical experience of helping businesses of all sizes.

In todays always on, always connected world, you need to "keep your WITSS about you"!

West Lothian Scout Council is supported by many organisations both localy and nationally.

Announcements

1st October
District Meeting - Kaim Park Hotel

4th October
Cub Incident Hike

Latest Updates

15th September
Gallery updated 9th Family Camp & Scout Regatta

27th July
District Team Updated
Blair Atholl Pictures added to gallery

1st July
District Team updated

21st June
Redneck Challenge photos uploaded to gallery
Links page - Blair Atholl link added
Scouts News page updated

5th May
AGM Agenda & Barrwood Discovery Day Info uploaded to Members Download Area
Diary Updated

27th April
District Flag Photos uploaded to gallery
Scout News Updated

24th April
Church Parade Photos uploaded to Gallery
News Page Updated

National Scout News

Chief Scout has a great Glastonbury
Among the 190,000 revellers at Glastonbury Festival last weekend was one Chief Scout Peter Duncan.

Deputy Mayor visits London Scouting adventure
Following the Mayor of London’s Time for Action report, which stated ‘Scouts are the kind of gangs we like’, Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London, has seen for himself some modern and dynamic inner city Scouting.

Scouts salvage tents at festival sites
It's festival season in the UK and one group of Scouts on the Isle of Wight are pitching in to help the environment and Scouts less fortunate than themselves.

Scout becomes world's oldest man
Scout Henry Allingham has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living man.

Scouts show support for aid charity ShelterBox
As part of ShelterBox’s first ever Big Green Box Week, organised to raise the profile of ShelterBox’s aid work in disaster stricken areas, Scouts and Explorer Scouts from across the UK came to London to take part in a day of activity.

Adventure camp to host Chief Scout handover
In May The Scout Association announced that adventurer Bear Grylls would be taking over from former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan as Chief Scout of the UK.

Scouts help young people engage in politics
Scouts met the Prime Minister on Thursday to discuss how Scouting helps young people connect with society.

Families tune in to Cubjam
One of the largest national camps for Cub Scouts has been using technology to help beam the adventure of a jamboree back to parents’ homes.

Scouting skills help crack crime
An attempt to steal £1.2million from a bank was foiled after police used a Scouting handbook to crack the thieves’ intricate code.

New Chief Scout leads to flurry of interest in Scouting
TV Adventurer Bear Grylls was named the UK’s new Chief Scout on Monday. A mass of media interest followed and a boost in the numbers of people wanting to volunteer for Scouting.

Bear Grylls announced as new Chief Scout
Bear Grylls will be the new Chief Scout of the UK Scout Association. The famous adventurer takes over when Peter Duncan completes his five year tenure in July.

Wayne Bulpitt announced as new UK Chief Commissioner

Scouts take part in Ten Tors trek
Last weekend saw Scouts join 400 teams taking part in a gruelling two day trek across Dartmoor.

Scout wins 'world's best job'
Ben Southall, 34, a former Scout from Petersfield, Hampshire, has beaten over 34,000 applicants to become the new caretaker of an Australian tropical island.

Scouts meet MPs to discuss youth knife crime
Parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee has heard evidence from The Scout Association on how Scouting can help inner city young people avoid getting involved in knife crime.

Harry Hill puts Jimmybuses on the road
The first two Jimmybuses for use by Scouts and young people – in memory of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen – were launched by comedian Harry Hill on Saturday.

Scouting census records record growth
Scouting has grown for the fourth year running. Adult volunteering is increasing at the fastest rate for 23 years and there are now just as many girls as boys joining the Movement.

Scouts assist in emergency Snowdon rescue
Scouts aged 13 and 14 have been commended by Mountain Rescue teams for their handling of an emergency situation during an expedition in Snowdonia.

Beaver Scout Leader in race to the North Pole
Beaver Scout Leader Lucas Bateman is currently competing against thirteen other intrepid individuals in a race to the magnetic North Pole.

Giving young people a voice
The new Scout delegation to the British Youth Council (BYC) met for the first time last weekend to set the agenda for The Scout Association’s continued work as part of the BYC. Have a listen to what they got up too.