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.
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Scouts is the third section in Scouting, and is for boys and
girls aged 10½ to 14. Scouts take part in a wide range of
activities as part of their programme, from archery to expeditions.
There are many awards that Scouts can work towards, completing
Challenges to get the Chief Scout's Gold Award. However, taking
part and having fun is just as important as what you achieve as a
Scout.
Being outdoors is really important and Scouts love to learn new
skills, such as camping, survival and cooking as well as the wide
range of adventurous activities, anything from abseiling to
yachting. Scouting is about being with friends, as part of a team,
participating fully in the adventure and opportunities of life.
If there is anything that you need support on in the Scout
Section in the County of Greater Manchester West please contact me
on acc.scouts@gmwscouts.org.uk.
Andy Connellan ACC(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
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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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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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The 2010 GMW Lord Derby competition where teams fought for the
John Bell trophy was held on the 10th April at the
Middlewood scout campsite. Like last year I ordered perfect sunny
weather and the 5 teams enjoyed the 9 bases put by leaders of the
county. These included a minefield, sheepdog tri
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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
More Info >>From: Sun 26 Sep 2010 - 08:30
To: Sun 26 Sep 2010 - 17:00
Like last years event this is open to both scout and explorer
teams. It will held around the Asht
More Info >>From: Thu 14 Oct 2010 - 19:30
To: Thu 14 Oct 2010 - 21:00
This meeting is for ADC(S) or a representative from the Scout
Section from each of the GMW distri
More Info >>From: Fri 25 Mar 2011 - 20:00
To: Sun 27 Mar 2011 - 15:00
This is the annual GMW's 2MAD4 (2 Multi Activity Days) Leaders
event. The 2011 event has been pro
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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.