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Wayne's Blog (Wayne Bulpitt - UK Chief Commissioner)
Big weekend'Not arrogant, just better.' This strap-line for the Mungo Park Scout Unit, Preston District, sums up my busy three days in West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. | |
Immensely proud momentsWhilst the highlight of Wayne's week was undoubtedly the annual Windsor parade and service, before then he had a very full week with meetings, catching up with the website consultants and a full days meeting of the Operations Committee discussing... | |
Moving on togetherThe theme for Wayne's weekend has been working together, whether in a new District, with two neighbouring Districts or making new volunteers feel welcome and supported. | |
16,408 reasons to be cheerfulWith total membership going above 525,300 and some stunning increases in the number of Explorer Scouts (teenagers) and especially young leaders the past 12 months has been another great one for Scouting in the UK. Thank you. | |
Inclusion and challenging perceptionsWayne ponders on some of the comments made in response to the recent media coverage following our very successful launch of a new clothing range designed for Muslim girls and others in the movement, and what these mean about us. | |
Spreading the wordNo surprise that a theme of Wayne's last week was volunteering, and some very creative recruiting techniques at a careers fair provided quite a talking point in the local community. | |
Developing partnerships and building awarenessA full 8 days on the road including Dublin, London and Edinburgh led to a rather full-on Scouting week for Wayne with a multitude of meetings. | |
National Citizenship Service, Scouting and moreMeetings this week were more outward looking including the heads of St John, an adviser to the Government on the National Citizenship Service and finishing by joining the County Commissioners of South West England Region for their regular meeting. | |
Joining up the dotsSpeaking at the latest DC induction day at Gilwell Park Wayne took the opportunity to explain how elements of our central strategy all come together. | |
Moving forwardSometimes you look back at your diary and wonder how you managed to cram so much in. A combination of things last week meant that it was just one of those weeks... | |
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