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<title><![CDATA[David Bellamy visits Scout Group]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It’s not everyday you come face to face with a living legend, but Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from the 1st Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group did just that, when none other than David Bellamy dropped in.
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<title><![CDATA[UK Scout elected to World Scout Committee]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[John May has become the first UK Scout elected to the World Scout Committee for over ten years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scouts take on the challenge of Gilwell 24]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nine o’clock Saturday morning saw over 2500 Explorer Scouts at Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre begin Gilwell 24; 24 hours of non-stop adventurous activity.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scouting fun in the sun]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the start of the month the 11th Folkestone Scout Group took advantage of the hottest day of the year by holding their annual awards presentations and AGM on Sunny Sands.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do you know Britain's kindest kid?]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Former Scout Natasha Kaplinsky has launched a search to find Britain’s Kindest Kids.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scout Group first for hospice]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice in Sully, South Wales, has become the first hospice in Wales to open its own Scout Group.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's make 2011 the European Year of Volunteering]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Support Scouting in the campaign to make 2011 the European Year of Volunteering. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beaver Scout numbers on the up - both human and animal]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although Beaver Scouts are flourishing across the UK with a 2.3% rise in membership over the past year, until recently the same could not be said for their whiskered namesakes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beaver and Cub Scouts enjoy a weekend of adventure]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last weekend saw Scouts from across the UK enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities at the Beaver and Cub Fundays.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8000 Scouts have a weekend of fun at Gilwell Park]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Young people from across the UK have travelled to Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre today to take part in a wide range of adventurous activities at this year’s Beaver and Cub Fundays.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=80</link>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Scout helps with Chinese Earthquake relief effort]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just over a month ago on Monday 12 May, a massive earthquake killed 69,000 people in the Sichuan province of China. Scout Network Member Stuart Cowan was there when the earthquake struck.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cardiff Scout's MBE for work with young people]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cardiff Scout Peter Blackhouse was ‘overwhelmed’ to be appointed an MBE, with the announcement of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2008 at the weekend.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Should 16-year-olds be able to vote?]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the age of 16 you're considered responsible enough to get married,  have sex and even join the army, but you can’t vote in an election. The Scout Association wants to know what young people think about lowering the voting age from 18 to 16.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=77</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Enter your pic into i:click]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The i:click awards is a great new photography competition to be judged by a panel including former Chelsea and England footballer Graeme Le Saux.
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<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=76</link>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Scouts help Kenyans rebuild their lives after election violence]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hampshire Scouts have been providing clothing and financial support to help Kenyan refugees living in Uganda, after the violence following the disputed Kenyan elections in December last year.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=75</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Government and opposition show support for volunteering]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Following last Monday’s launch of The Morgan Inquiry, a cross party report into young adult volunteering supported by The Scout Association, both Labour and the Tories have pledged their support towards encouraging more volunteering.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=74</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Scout becomes Kidderminster's youngest Mayor]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marcus Hart, an Assistant Group Scout Leader with the 15th Kidderminster (Habberley) Scout Group, has been voted in as Kidderminster’s youngest ever Mayor. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volunteering should be recognised as a proper job-seeking activity]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government should recognise volunteering as a legitimate job-seeking activity, according to a cross party report into young adult volunteering published today.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=71</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Could you be the new Chief Scout?]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Chief Scout is the volunteer leader of the Scout Movement in the UK. With half-a-million members Scouting is the largest youth movement for girls and boys in the UK, and is part of the largest global peace movement in the world. Scouting is a multi-cultural, multi-faith and growing organisation with an active
programme of adventure and fun. ]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=70</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Scout Leader skis 14000 miles to raise awareness of climate change ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Devonshire Scout Leader has spent the past month enduring one of the world’s most inhospitable climates. Peter Herbert is part of a team crossing Greenland unassisted for the Great British Mobility Group Feet of Green Expedition.]]></description>
<link>http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=69</link>
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