It has the makings of an iconic and historic photograph. Lucie, a young Scout from the Czech Republic, squares up to a demonstrator at a…
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Dear UK politicians, There’s a Year 7 assembly story I remember very well from my time as a middle school headteacher… It involves a frog,…
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UK Scouting is celebrating YouShape month at the moment. Youth Shaped Scouting takes place all year round – indeed it’s at the very heart of…
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I’ve been asked by a number of people if I could share the words of the address that HRH The Earl of Wessex gave at…
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This morning, I was privileged to join more than 2,000 people at an extraordinary service of thanksgiving, held at a Westminster Abbey, to celebrate 60…
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I learned a new word recently: “Waithood”; the bewildering time in which increasingly large numbers of young people are spending their best years waiting. They’ve…
Leave a CommentI know that I can sometimes (no, often) bore for Britain when talking about the differences between formal, non-formal and informal education. Pixar have…
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Dear organisers of Cheltenham’s Half Marathon, Hundreds of us acted in good faith, followed your race briefing, but were unable to run this morning because…
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“There is more in you than you think” Over the last 60 years the Award has inspired millions of young people to transform their lives.…
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