We are very excited to be returning to face to face Scouting, but we want to make sure our activities consider the ongoing risks from COVID-19 and that all the young people and volunteers who take part are safe at all times. We have put in place the following measures to ensure the wellbeing of... Read More

Over the past few weeks some of our young people have been trying out activities for their Naturalist Activity Badge, learning about the world around them and constructing their own bird houses to welcome some birds into their gardens. We had two Scout sessions on Zoom where we firstly got together to learn how to... Read More

Following the success of our first remote Scouting boxes (read more about them here!) we are now ready to launch the second instalment – this time working on activities for the Artist Badge! Thanks to a grant from YouthLink Scotland (thank you!) we are able to offer some remote Scouting activities over the next few... Read More

This is the second of our short blogs for World Autism Awareness Week – this time looking at practical support for activities and nights away. You can read the first blog, and the story of one of our Cubs, Mitchell, here. Our whole purpose is to make sure adventure is accessible for all. That may... Read More

29th March to 4th April is autism awareness week. This is a global week designed to improve people’s understanding of autism and we thought we would join in! This week we’ll share some stories about some of our autistic Scouts and some advice around how to provide the best environment and support so that autistic... Read More

Thanks to a grant from YouthLink Scotland (thank you!) we are able to offer some remote Scouting activities over the next few months. We’d like as many of our current Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Network Scouts to join us as possible and we’ll be offering three different badge themed activities over the next few... Read More

This is a copy of an email sent to all the parents/carers of our young people this evening: Hello! I hope that this finds you doing okay and that you had a great summer, despite the circumstances. Tonight all our volunteers would usually be getting together to plan everything ready for Scouts starting back next... Read More

More than a hundred people have been walking, running, cycling, swimming, paddle boarding – just about any form of exercise – all the way across a virtual route through Scotland. Together they have clocked up an incredible 19,144km as they visit some of our favourite summer camp locations of recent years. The challenge has been... Read More

We are delighted to announce that The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust has awarded us a grant towards our redevelopment of Glengoyne Lodge. The £30,000 grant contributes towards our plans to redevelop Glengoyne Lodge into a centre of excellence for inclusive adventure. You can read more about the plans here. This grant particularly focuses on children... Read More

We were delighted to receive the news today that The Robertson Trust has awarded us a grant of £50,000 towards our Glengoyne Lodge redevelopment project. The grant brings us another step closer to our £250,000 target for the project, which aims to create a centre of excellence for inclusive adventure on the outskirts of Glasgow.... Read More

Our fundraising appeal to redevelop Glengoyne Lodge – our outdoor centre for children and young people with disabilities – has now passed the halfway point, with a total of £132,201 raised towards the £250,000 target. Six months after launching the appeal at the Glasgow Science Centre we are excited to be well on our way... Read More

We’ve not been at Scouts the past few weeks because of coronavirus. However we wanted to do an activity at home that would keep our Scouts active and at the same time say a massive thank you to all those key workers who are doing so much to help us at this time. Our Scouts... Read More

At a special event in the Glasgow Science Centre we launched our fundraising appeal to develop Glengoyne Lodge – our centre for adventurous short breaks for children with disabilities. We are aiming to raise £250,000 through fundraising and donations to allow us to bring Glengoyne Lodge to a standard which meets the needs of the... Read More

We are delighted that HM The Queen has awarded our Beaver Leader, Martin O’Neill an MBE for his services to young people with disabilities. The announcement was made today (8th June) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Martin has been a trustee and fundraiser for Bobath Scotland since 1999, a charity which supports children and young... Read More

This summer a group of 35 young people will go on a summer camp to Meggernie Scout Adventure Centre in Glen Lyon for a week of activities and adventure. Unlike most Scouts, these young people need some support so they can fully take part in all the activities. That’s where we’re looking for enthusiastic Explorer... Read More

This post originally appeared on the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability website. In the run up to Learning Disability Week 2019 the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability are asking people from all walks of life, from all across Scotland, to tell us about their ‘community. Two of our Network Scouts, Michael Love and Ross Proctor... Read More

On Monday night Kirkintilloch High School student Cameron Gilmour presented young people at Glasgow Disabled Scouts with a cheque for £3,000 after winning a competition as part of the Youth Philanthropy Initiative. The team of students from Kirkintilloch High School spent weeks researching our charity, preparing a presentation and pitching the benefits the funding would... Read More

Having a new year clear out? There’s now a way you can support Glasgow Disabled Scouts through selling your old or used items on Ebay! Ebay has created a way for people to donate to charity whilst selling on their website. You can simply select us (“Glasgow Disabled Scouts”) and decide how much of the... Read More

We’re really excited to announce that we are launching a new section for girls and boys with disabilities aged 6 to 8 in partnership with Bobath Scotland. Find out more about the new section here.