WELCOMING NEW CUBS AND SCOUTS
Our end of term fun in the park also brought a warm welcome to new Cubs and Scouts joining the Group!
OUR LATEST ADVENTURES
A PATH OF POSSIBILITIES
As the sun broke through the trees at Auchengillan Outdoor Centre on Sunday a group of young people from the Glasgow Disabled Scouts along with volunteers and supporters gathered to open a very special new path that’s accessible to all. Designed by young people based on their experiences of going on adventures using a wheelchair,... Read More
NETWORK CAN DO
Our Scout Network recently welcomed Amanda from Leonard Cheshire Disability to introduce the ‘Can Do’ project which offers exciting opportunities for 16 to 35 year old disabled people to volunteer in their community. Scouts and Leonard Cheshire have had a partnership for the past few years as part of the Scout Association’s “Million Hands” initiative which has... Read More
LOOKING BACK ON OUR YEAR
At our AGM and open night on Monday (6th November) we published our annual report and a short film looking back at everything we’ve been doing over the past year. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR YEAR: 11 new young people joined us – our total 7-25 membership is now 71 Our team of volunteers continues to... Read More
FINAL DAYS AT SUMMER CAMP – BANNOCKBURN AND DAFTIES
As camp draws to a close, here are the final three instalments from the Scouts’ log books: Thursday How many kettles boiling is the same as the Falkirk Wheel? We tried to remember yesterday’s fact. Eight! Anyway, to the day ahead! We had breakfast then some more of our badgework sessions then it was into... Read More
DAY 4 & 5 AT SUMMER CAMP – CASTLES, CANALS AND KELPIES
We’ve combined the next two instalments of our camp diary into one – here the Scouts at camp recall Tuesday and Wednesday… Tuesday There’s no point pretending this morning was anything other than… minging. It was raining, there were midges everywhere and we were not in our usual high spirits! So we hatched a plan... Read More
DAY 3 AT SUMMER CAMP – BOAT RACES AND REACHING THE PEAK
In our look back at this year’s summer camp, written by the young people themselves, we’ve reached Day 3 – Monday. We awoke from our deep slumber. What day is it? Where are we? Bagpipes, tents, sunshine – must still be at Summer Camp! We brushed our teeth and had brekkie. It was scrummy. [We... Read More
DAY 2 AT SUMMER CAMP – BADGES AND A SUPERHERO PARTY
We continue our look back at summer camp with extracts from the Patrol Logs for Sunday, written by the young people at camp… We woke up to the glorious sound of Chaz on the bagpipes. Most of us had been awake for ages actually because it was so sunny and we are in a tent!... Read More
DAY 1 AT SUMMER CAMP: SUPERHERO TRADING
Summer Camp is over for another year. We’ve all returned – bags full of slightly smelly clothes and fantastically tacky souvenirs and minds full of memories of friendships made and new activities tried. Over the next few weeks we’ll be publishing some posts about our time in camp, written largely from the Patrol Logs which... Read More
SUMMER BBQ
We got together on Monday to mark our final meeting before the summer holidays. All the Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Network Scouts and parents and friends enjoyed a BBQ at Craigholme School’s Sports Complex at Pollok Park. Awards were given out in all sections, lots of badges to sew on over the summer holidays and the... Read More
THE VOTES ARE IN
While BBC News and others might be covering another (less important) election in the UK, our Scouts have been preparing their own campaigns to be Prime Minister. Over the past few weeks the Scouts (young people aged 11 to 14) have been preparing their own manifestos – full of fantastic ideas for how they think they... Read More
CUBS AT THE CASTLE
Last weekend the Cubs went off to Glengoyne Lodge for their weekend summer camp and our final weekend camp of this Scouting year! They spent Saturday visiting Stirling Castle where one of our newest Cubs, Oscar, got to take his Scout Promise and become a member of the worldwide family of Scouts. A first in... Read More
RUN MARK, RUN!
Running the London Marathon for Disabled Scouts
SPRING ADVENTURES
A round up of all our recent weekends away
OUR YEAR OF ADVENTURE
Looking back on our year of adventure!
NORTHERN IRELAND CAMP
We're back from our summer expedition - this year to Northern Ireland!
LENDING A MILLION HANDS
Our Scout Network have been joining thousands of Scouts in a new initiative to remove social barriers, connect communities and improve lives.
VOLUNTEER GAINS DIANA AWARD
One of our young volunteers receives the Diana Award
SCOTLAND’S REAL YOUNG HEROES
Our young volunteers are announced as some of Scotland's Real Heroes!
77TH CARRIES THE COMMONWEALTH BATON
The 77th has had it's hands on the Queen's Baton over the past few weeks!
DEBATING THE REFERENDUM
Our Scout Network members spent some time on Monday night thinking of all the arguments for the referendum in September.
CLIMBING THE WHANGIE
Our first 77th hill walk took us up Auchineden Hill and the Whangie in the Kilpatrick Hills.
