I spent yesterday evening in the company of about fifty of The Scout Association’s young national and county representatives, during their annual conference at Warwick University. They were very kind, listening to a few of my stories, laughing at my jokes and reacting politely to my various challenges to them to transform the Movement. After…
To Brockley today to speak at a lunchtime meeting of the Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley Chamber of Commerce. Lovely people and loads of interest in the work of the Career Academy Foundation. But the meeting was more noteable for its location than my speech. It was held at the legendary Rivoli Ballroom. Stepping out of…
Today is the UK Career Academy Foundation’s fifth birthday. The day started with a presentation to business representatives at Newham College with Stephen Timms MP (with a brilliant roleplay perfromed by Career Academy students) and ended with a piece of birthday cake at our staff meeting in Canary Wharf. And yesterday was our youngest member…
I returned home from Delhi at 7:00am and immediately traveled on to Gilwell Park to help with the organisation of the second Heads of Contingent meeting for the World Scout Jamboree. Over 60 countries represented from all over the world and over 150 delegates. We provided them with logistical information about the Jamboree, took them…
Open all hours – an article about flexible volunteering for Volunteering England – February 2006
Back to the future – Holding on to the fundamentals of Scouting – October 2005
A reflection on events – 7th July 2005
The last few weeks have been interesting ones for Scouting. Broadsheets and tabloids alike have attacked us for dropping the Promise (we haven’t); the Sun has run a particularly insidious campaign suggesting that we don’t vet prospective leaders carefully enough before accepting their offers of help (we do); and our census figures suggest that interest…
Better Scouting For More Young People – Gilwell Reunion 2002
The unique nature of Scouting – an article for local publicationDeveloping Scouting – Gilwell Reunion 2001