Taking Scouting into Hospital
As Lead Volunteer for South East Scotland, inclusion has always been an important priority so I am delighted to share an update on one of our key initiatives as we work towards our Strategic aim to actively reduce barriers to membership to help make Scouting in the Region representative of our wider communities. Â Â Â This […]
Celebrating The Positives Amidst The Challenges
South East Scotland and Scouts Scotland Volunteers at Gilwell Reunion Welcome back to a new term of Scouting. I hope that you all managed to enjoy some well deserved downtime over the Summer and that you are excited for what the rest of the year has in store for Scouting in South East Scotland. I […]
Thank You From SE Scotland Region
At Summit25 in January Presenting a Chief Scout’s Silver Award at Musselburgh Presenting Angus with his Coronation Medal Getting to meet Owls with Cubs at 10th Craigalmond Joining volunteers and young people for Pride Edinburgh 1st Midlothian at Gorebridge Gala Day Braid Chair and Regional Trustee Steve Gamble receiving his Silver Acorn Award Melrose Scouts […]
Many Voices, One Movement: Inclusion in Focus
As we are currently in Mental Health Awareness month and approaching Pride month in June, it is a time when we see inclusion given a higher profile as companies and organisations display rainbow colours and feature diversity more prominently. However, in South East Scotland this isn’t just something that we focus on for a month, […]
Let’s Talk About Mental Health
The next Let’s talk about…, run by the inclusion team, is on Mental Health. Martin Elliot will be leading this session where you can hear more about supporting people’s mental health. Please use this form lnked below to sign up: https://forms.office.com/e/BBf1a0SAM0 or contact:Alison.Robertson@sesscouts.org.uk Please feel free to share with anyone who you think may be […]
Heading for the Summit
In January I joined a delegation of volunteers and staff from the Region and Scouts Scotland to attend the Summit25 National Scout Conference in Birmingham. Bringing together more than 700 volunteers from across the UK and overseas, the event celebrated what has been achieved with our Skills for Life Strategy as we enter its last […]
Regional Uniform Bank
We are really excited to launch our new uniform bank as part of our goal to make Scouting more accessible to young people. As a Region, we are opening a Uniform Bank, which will gather and re-distribute uniforms and badges free of charge to young people who need them the most. The uniform bank has […]
A Youth Led Update
Continuing our review of our progress towards our Regional Strategy objectives, this month looks at Youth Shaped, so Martin has handed over his usual update to George, our Regional Youth Lead. As we approach the end of this year, it’s important to reflect on what an amazing year we’ve had as a Region. Over the […]
Scouting is Growing in South East Scotland!
As 2024 draws to a close (can you believe how fast it’s flown by?), I’ve been taking a moment to reflect and look back on some of the year’s highlights and how we’ve moved forward with our Regional Strategy. Over the coming months, I’ll be sharing more updates on our progress. This year has seen […]
Keeping Scouting Safe in South East Scotland
I hope that all of enjoyed a well-deserved break over the summer. Whilst the Regional Team took some downtime, that didn’t mean that Scouting stopped with a lot of work going on behind the scenes to support Scouting’s ongoing commitment to Safe Scouting for all our members. Keeping young people safe is our top priority […]