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Rain Tax
September 30th, 2009 | 
Author: The Government have announced that it is going to intervene to stop Ofwat’s rain tax and introduce a sensible social water charging regime.
Over the past year, The Scout Association has been campaigning against Ofwat’s planned changes to the way water companies charge community groups in England and Wales for the disposal of rainwater.
The Government’s announcement will be welcomed by all community groups across England and Wales who have been frustrated by Ofwat’s failure to understand the damage and financial hardship their policies were going to cause.
Read the full statement from The Scout Association regarding the Government’s announcement.
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Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Leader come to Scouts Speak Up
21/09/2009
The political party conference season got off to a swinging start with over 50 Explorer and Network Scouts, leaders and parents from across England and Wales taking part in Scouts Speak Up.
The event was a chance for Scouts and leaders to meet MPs, prospective parliamentary candidates and councillors and talk about the issues that they are concerned about, ways to change the perception of young people and climate change.
Showing support
Matt, an Explorer Scout from West Mercia said, ‘It was excellent, we got ourselves heard! To have Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Vince Cable, Deputy Leader, come and listen to teenagers and show their support for us was really fantastic.’
‘As a young person it is really inspiring to know that a decision maker wants to hear my opinion. One of the topics we voted on and discussed was how to get young people like me interested in the general election next year. Scouts Speak Up at the Liberal Democrat conference was the first step in doing that. Being part of that process was definitely the highlight for me.’
Sign up and Speak UP
Scouts Speak Up events are also happening at the Labour Party and Conservative party conferences. There is still time to sign up and come to speak to MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates. Simply email citizen@scout.org.uk with your postcode.
The next two conference dates
• Sunday 27 September, 12 pm to 2pm, New Madeira Hotel, the Lisbon Suite, 19 – 23 Marine Drive, Brighton – Labour conference.
• Monday 5 October, 6pm to 8pm, the Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester – Conservative conference.
Tags: Chief Scout – Bear Grylls
Intrepid TV adventurer Bear Grylls has been named the UK’s youngest ever Chief Scout.
The 34-year-old, who presents programmes such as Man Vs Wild and Escape to the Legion, will hold the voluntary position for five years.
He said that being a scout when he was a young man helped him learn the basic skills he uses in his programmes.
“The TV side of what I do is an extreme version of what I learned in scouting,” he said. “If you want to learn what I do on the show, the basics for me were learnt in scouting.
“I then developed them with my time in the special forces.”
Grylls, who spent three years in the SAS, was also the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest when he was just 23.
Village News article February 2009
Brewood Scouts continue to expand and now have over 70 children spread between the Beavers, age 6 to 8, Cubs age 8 to 10, Scouts age 10.5 to 14 and Explorers 14 to 18. Scouting is open to all boys and girls and offers an opportunity for them to learn self reliance and respect in a fun and friendly environment. We take children from Bishops Wood, Codsall Wood, Wheaton Aston, Stretton, Coven and Blymhill.
The result of this success is that we are now looking for more leaders to cope with the increased demand. Previous experience of Scouting is not necessary as full training will be provided by the Scout Association. What we do need are people aged 18+ with an interest in helping our youth to develop into good citizens and who are prepared to give up some of their time, mainly one night a week, to this cause.
Notice of a New Meeting date.
No decision on the sale of Deansfield Road sitewas made on 18th July. Cllr. Rex Roberts has arranged for a meeting attended by ourselves, a representative of the Parish Council, a representative of the Rotary Club, the Leader and the Deputy leader of Stafordshire County Council on Thursday, 24th July 2008.
Thank you all for your tremendous support
Lets hope for a positive outcome on Thursday.
letter from Patrick and Barbara Westwood
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Sir, As residents of Brewood, we write to express our concern and register the strongest objection to the proposal to sell off the Brewood Scout Group site for development.The Scout Group in Brewood, with its dedicated leaders and commited volunteers, has served well the youngsters of this village for over 40 years. Scouting provides the children with a very positive experience, enabling them to develop a good sense of responsibility, self- discipline, and moral values- all so evidently lacking in so many children today. Our own children gained much, and thoroughly enjoyed their long association with the Group. We would like to think that future generations would have the opportunity to benefit also. Patrick Westwood Barbara Westwood |
