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28 August 2008

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Welcome to West Lothian Scouting

Photo for August - Blair Atholl Country Fayre

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. If you or your company would like to sponsor a specific aspect of West Lothian Scouting or a particular web page please contact Clint Lanyon (District Commissioner) for an informal chat.

Announcements

21st July - 1st August
Blair Atholl International Patrol Jamborette

31st August
Development Day for GSL & District Team
Leapark Hotel, Grangemouth

Latest Updates

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

From Scout To Bedfordshire High Sheriff
Last week, Bedfordshire’s High Sheriff Mr Nazir Jessa spoke to 17 year old Explorer Scout Caitlin Thornton, from the Brock Explorer Scout Unit in Maulden, about how Scouting inspired him towards his prestigious position.

Enjoy the outdoors over the bank holiday weekend
With the bank holiday weekend here, the KidOutdoors campaign is encouraging more young people to take part in outdoor events such as the Notting Hill Carnival, Brighton Festival and the bog snorkelling competition in Llanwrtyd Wells.

Scout nominated for prestigious youth award
Cambridgeshire Scout Network member Robert Norton, 24, has been nominated for a Young People Of The Year Award.

National Grid extends sponsorship of Cub Scout Home Safety Badge
On 31 July, in the shadow of Nottingham Castle, Chief Scout, Peter Duncan took time out from playing the Sheriff of Nottingham to announce that National Grid have extended their sponsorship of the Cub Scout Home Safety Badge for a further two years.

7/7 survivor completes 250 walk with Scouting support
Gill Hicks, 38, who lost both her legs in the 7/7 London bombings, has completed her 250 mile trek aimed at uniting different communities.

Scout shows Olympian effort
A Norfolk teenager has credited his time in Scouting for igniting his passion for archery that has propelled him to the Beijing Olympics.

Scouts in coach accident in Canada
The party arrived back in the UK on Monday morning and have been reunited with their families. Scouting will continue to offer on going support to all involved in the incident.

Scouts help inspire peace in Kenya
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya has revealed how Scouting helped inspire peace in Kenya after the violence that gripped the country in January this year.

Scout's honour for The Stig and Jamie Oliver
Top Gear’s The Stig joins Jamie Oliver, Alexa Chung, Ewan McGregor, Ray Mears and several other celebrities in being awarded a Scout badge as part of Scouting’s 101st birthday celebrations.

Full list of Scout Birthday Honours winners
Here is the full list of Scouts Birthday Honours winners.

Scouts have Jamboree fun across the UK
This week sees thousands of Scouts from across the globe taking part in international camps in Essex, Lincolnshire and Kent.

Nottingham Scouts help inner city families get active
As part of the KidsOutdoors campaign, Saturday saw Nottinghamshire Scouts transform Nottingham’s Old Market Square into an outdoors activity centre.

Scouts take over Nottingham City Centre for KidsOutdoors
As part of the KidsOutdoors campaign, today sees Nottinghamshire Scouts transform Nottingham’s Old Market Square into an outdoors activity centre for a one day extravaganza.

CampDowne 2008
Thursday night saw nearly 2000 participants from over 20 countries welcomed by Deputy Chief Scout Peter Nicol to Downe Scout Activity Centre in Kent for CampDowne 2008, a UK International Scout and Guide Camp.

Councils failing to communicate with young people
Local Authorities are ignoring the needs of young people. Only 15% provide online information about summer holiday activities specifically designed to appeal to young people, according to research released by The Scout Association.

David Bellamy visits Scout Group
It’s not everyday you come face to face with a living legend, but Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from the 1st Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group did just that, when none other than David Bellamy dropped in.

UK Scout elected to World Scout Committee
John May has become the first UK Scout elected to the World Scout Committee for over ten years.

Scouts take on the challenge of Gilwell 24
Nine o’clock Saturday morning saw over 2500 Explorer Scouts at Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre begin Gilwell 24; 24 hours of non-stop adventurous activity.

Scouting fun in the sun
At the start of the month the 11th Folkestone Scout Group took advantage of the hottest day of the year by holding their annual awards presentations and AGM on Sunny Sands.

Do you know Britain's kindest kid?
Former Scout Natasha Kaplinsky has launched a search to find Britain’s Kindest Kids.