District Commissioner
Welcome to Greenock and District website, which I hope you will find of interest.
Now in its 105th year, Greenock and District Scout Association continues to grow from strength to strength. Week in week out, our team of almost 250 volunteer adult leaders, provide a full and balanced programme of activity for our 1604 members in 17 groups throughout Inverclyde. You can find out where we meet if you click on our ‘where to find us’ link
This web site has recorded all of our events since our highly successful centenary event year in 2007, and I do hope you take time to browse through the site. You will also note that the site has many hundreds of photographs of our groups, past and present. Go on, have a look and take a trip down memory lane.
Scouting is alive and well in Greenock and District, with a 12% rise in membership in the past 12 months and a phenomenal rise of 100% in 5 short years, which equates to just over 800 new members. We are still growing, and I am delighted to announce that our new group at Glenburn School, the 60th Greenock & District now has 32 members. This group meets at 2 local scout halls during school hours and is run by adults pulled from other groups. I am also delighted that our partnership with primary schools in Inverclyde is working well and has contributed to our growth
In the past 18 months, we have seen a huge number of Chief Scouts awards, almost 200 and Queen Scout awards, 8 in total which is great testament to the sheer hard work of our leadership team. 3 Of our Queens Scouts are due to attend the Queens Scout parade at Windsor and will be inspected by HM Queen and Chief Scout Bear Grylls. It was also terrific news that Alex Buchanan, one of our stalwart members was awarded the Silver Wolf in the 2011, St George’s day awards.
This year being Diamond Jubilee tear, we have lots of exciting activities planned for our young people. You will read about our adventures in our weekly Saturday column in the Greenock Telegraph.
Our Scout Shop within our Finnart Street H,Q is open on a Tuesday evening between 7 and 8pm, as well as a Saturday morning from 10 till 12.00 noon. All items of uniform and badges can be purchased.
If you are interested in any way in what we do, please drop in for a coffee on a Saturday morning and a chat, with myself or any other leader. If you are a parent of a child who is keen to join, please give me a call on 01475-522531.
Boys & Girls can join all sections: Check out our ‘Where to find us’ section on this site
Beavers Scouts 5 years 9 months to 8 years
Cub Scouts 8 years to 10 years 6 months
Scouts 10 years 6 months to 14 years
Explorer Scouts 14 years to 18 years
Scout Network 18 years to 25 years
Scout Active Support 18 years upwards
Scouting is the best game in the World !. 30 million members are proof of that. Come and join us
David McCallum
District Commissioner
19/4/12