Youth Leadership
The Final Candle: Love Completes the Journey – The Fourth Week of Advent in Scouting
This week we light the fourth and final purple candle - the candle of Love. After hope, peace, and joy, we arrive at love. It’s the ...
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The Impossible Task: Getting All Your Scout Leaders Together
Here's something I need to confess: I've failed!.
After years of being a Group Scout Leader, I've never once managed to get every single Scout ...
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Fundraising Fresh Ideas: Standing Out in a Sea of Bake Sales
Are you searching for fresh fundraising ideas for Scout groups that go beyond the same old bake sales? Every school term brings familiar ...
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When Your Own Child Struggles with Camp Anxiety: A Scout Leader’s Dilemma
My son keeps asking if he can sleep in my tent instead of with his fellow Cubs at our upcoming district camp. Technically, there's no ...
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Embracing the Unexpected
Picture this: me, standing in the Squiffy Pub on the training field at Gilwell Park wearing glowing headphones, absolutely convinced I ...
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Still Saying THIS to a Scout Leader in 2025?
Hey Scout Leaders. I penned a little Blog post about the phrases that make a Scout Leader's eye twitch back in 2019. Well, the world's ...
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More Leader Badges We Secretly Yearn For (Because Let’s Be Honest, We’ve Earned Them)
A few moons ago, I mused about the Leader Badges we really wished existed. You know, the ones that acknowledge the actual skills we ...
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Are Scout Leaders Allowed Tattoos?
As Scout leaders, we all know the importance of setting a good example for our Scouts, but there’s one question that often gets ...
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Alan Hubber says:
Being nicer to new volunteers transformed into compliance, with ...