Welcome Greater Manchester West County Scouts Online

GMWBadgeThe county (Greater Manchester West) covers the Metropolitan boroughs of Salford, Trafford and Wigan.

The county is very active and we hope this website will give you an insight into what we do.

County office Closed Tuesday 3rd August - 10th August  -  County News

County Office is closed from Tuesday 3rd August to Tuesday 10th August. For Urgent enquiries please contact the County Secretary Mr Derek Batchen on email county.secretary@gmwscouts.org.uk, alternatively phone after 6pm on 01942 879833. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. &nb  Read More >>

July 2010 Buzz  -  County News

The July 2010 copy of 'The Buzz' is now available for download. The Buzz is a publication provided by Greater Manchester West Scout County. If you have news or items that you would like to see included please get in touch with the County office. Please click here to download  Read More >>

2010 Scout and Explorer camping and backwoods competitions  -  Scouts

Both of the competitions for the explorers and scouts were held in at Bispham Hall on the last w/e in June. 2nd Davyhulme won the Scout's camping and Explorer's backwoods cooking competitions, 3rd/1st Eccles won the Scout's Backwood competition and 1st Flixton won the Explorer's camping compe  Read More >>

2010 Swinton and Pendlebury Orienteering Competition  -  Scouts

The Swinton and Pendlebury District Scout Orienteering day was held on Saturday 3rd July 2010 at Haigh Hall. The day was a great success and the weather was warm and sunny. The event was attended by 14th Swinton, !st Clifton and 12th Swinton Scout Troops, there were leaders from the Groups  Read More >>

Winegums appear on BBC website  -  Scouts

The BBC recently announced the biggiest rise in scout membership in 38 years on its website which can be got from here. The picture on this page is of the Winegums unit at the 2007 world Jamboree. You can see Steve Morrell (Unit leader) and a number of other Winegums in the front of the photo  Read More >>

Celebration of Excellence  -  County News

The Celebration of Excellence was held again this year on Saturday 15th May 2010. It took place at Bispham Hall Scout Camp. Our County President the Lord Lieutenant, attended, as did the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford, Trafford and Wigan, together with many Vice  Read More >>

January 2010 County Digest  -  County News

The January 2010 County Digest is now available for download. The county digest is a publication provided by Greater Manchester West Scout County. If you have news or items that you would like to see included please get in touch with the County office. Please click here to download  Read More >>

2010 St. Georges parade - Windsor  -  Scouts

Having just been awarded the Silver Acorn I was lucky enough to be able to attend the St. Georges day parade at Windsor on the 25th April this year. Prince Charles (for the first time ever) took the salute with the Chief Scout Bear Grylls in attendance. Prince Charles talked to a number of the  Read More >>

2010 Omega Surival Camp  -  Scouts

From: Sat 11 Sep 2010 - 09:00
To: Sun 12 Sep 2010 - 15:00

The bi-annual survival Camp/Competition is being run on this weekend by Tony Sant and his band of
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Getting Started 12.9.10  -  Adult Training

From: Sun 12 Sep 2010 - 10:00
To: Sun 12 Sep 2010 - 15:30

Venue 43rd Salford     Applications through Local Training Managers please.
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County AGM  -  County Events

From: Wed 15 Sep 2010 - 19:30
To: Wed 15 Sep 2010 - 22:30

COUNTY AGM Wednesday 15 September 2010 Host District - Ellesmere. Venue:  Eccles Mason
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Nights Away (2nd Weekend)  -  Adult Training

From: Fri 17 Sep 2010 - 18:00
To: Sun 19 Sep 2010 - 16:00

Venue Bispham Hall Scout Estate (waterloo field) Applications through Local Training Managers
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GCA Course  -  Adult Training

From: Fri 17 Sep 2010 - 19:00
To: Sun 19 Sep 2010 - 16:00

Venue Bispham Hall Scout Estate (house) Applications through Local Training Managers please.
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NewStarThis website is for both people involved and interested in  Scouting throughout Greater Manchester West.

If there's something you'd like to see here or something you think we could do better please get in touch.

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campsitesDo you use the County campsites?

We have three Scout campsites in our county; Middlewood, Bispham Hall and Dunham.

Click here for more info.

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Have a look here.

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