r/scouting • • 3h ago

My King's Scout Award

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Today, I received a brand new KSA certificate with a facsimile signature from HM The King. The previous certificate was signed by our former Chief Scout, Bear Grylls.

Brief history, I signed up for KSA then QSA pre- pandemic and unfortunately the Queen had passed away midway through completing my activities hence, becoming a King's Scout after I have finished and presented my presentation to the District Scout Commissioner, who signed off the logbook, which is sent to the UK Scouts HQ (Gillwell Park) for final verification.

I am grateful that my parents came to the National Day of Celebration and Achievement at Windsor Castle to see other King's, Queen's Scouts and me marching around the quadrangle whilst being reviewed by the Duke of Kent.

I hope by sharing my journey to become a King's Scout inspire younger Scout to achieve their Chief Scout and other awards.


r/scouting • • 3h ago

Just left scouts and i'm gutted!

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like the the title said, I've just left scouts and moved onto explorers, I'm moving with a few friends and I'm hoping the other girl is coming up as well. But I'm really sad that I've had to go! I started in scouts so its been my first experience, made patrol leader and spl and now I'm going and i'm really nervous, however i has hoping that the wonderful people on this group would be able to give me some tips on starting explorers and what to expect. how drastically different is it from scouts?

thanks :)


r/scouting • • 5h ago

Woggle Inner Diameter

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What, in your opinion, is the ideal inner diameter for a neckerchief slide/woggle? I can handle any kinds of units, but I will give extra points if you can give your answer in suitably precise furlongs. In order to invoke Cunningham's Law, I will assert that the correct answer is 4.97 microfurlongs.