Welcome Greater Manchester West County Scouts Online
The 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 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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To: Sun 12 Sep 2010 - 15:30
Venue 43rd Salford
Applications through Local Training Managers
please.
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To: Wed 15 Sep 2010 - 22:30
COUNTY AGM Wednesday
15 September 2010
Host District - Ellesmere.
Venue: Eccles Mason
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To: Sun 19 Sep 2010 - 16:00
Venue Bispham Hall Scout Estate (waterloo field)
Applications through Local Training Managers
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To: Sun 19 Sep 2010 - 16:00
Venue Bispham Hall Scout Estate (house)
Applications through Local Training Managers
please.
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This 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.
Do you use the County campsites?
We have three Scout campsites in our county; Middlewood, Bispham
Hall and Dunham.
Click here for more info.
Are you an appointed member of the Scout
Association? You should get Scouting magazine.
Have a look here.
© 2010 Greater Manchester West County Scouts.
Courtesy of Chris at Heaps and Stacks Ltd.