'More relevant than making fires': Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/25/explorer-scouts-launch-badges-ai-digital-age

#AI #Scouting #Tech

The last Meeting of Term was Pizza Making Night at Cubs.

But I started by investing 2 of them in our Pack.

I’ve run this activity before, and I learned from that time. It worked better this time, but still needs some work.

But the Cubs once again enjoyed it, and that’s what matters.

There were gifts for the Leaders at the start. Unexpected, but gratefully received. Two of us got paracord woggles (the gold/yellow one in the photo) and I got some chocolates (which I attempted to share with the other Leaders but they didn’t accept).

#CubScouts #Scouting #ScoutingUK

Yankees' first Asian amateur signing in 12 years signals new international push

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7388307/2026/06/24/yankees-asia-international-scouting/

#Baseball #International #Scouting

Understanding PTSD: What Scouts Should Know

https://troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/understanding-ptsd-what-scouts-should-know/

It was the last Beavers of the current Term.

We did Viking Catapults. I’ve done this activity twice at Cubs but, although some fun was had, the catapults themselves weren't working anything like as well as I’d like. As a result it wasn’t as fun for the Beavers.

As such I’m going to have to experiment and find how to get them to reliably fire, as it was sapping the fun when they were regularly going virtually nowhere.

#BeaverScouts #ScoutingUK #Scouting

"Hier fährt also eher keiner Rad."

...sagten zumindest die zugewachsenen Wege.

Das Sonnencreme-Schweiß-Gemisch wirkte auf sämtliches Kleingestrüpp recht anziehend und die Kletten waren von Natur aus etwas hartnäckiger. Allerdings konnte nicht nur Grünzeug mitgenommen werden, auch einige neue Gravelpassagen sind hinzugekommen. Erfolgreiches Scouting :o)

#fahrrad #fedibikes #biketooter #gravel #gravelbike #radsport #training #scouting

Sam, Andrew and Lucy medal at Waterloo Scout Shooting Competition

Last weekend club members Sam Coward, Andrew Coward and Lucy Woodland represented Heath Hayes Scout Group at the Waterloo Shooting Competition at Millride Scout Camp near Crewe.

Shooting air rifle, air pistol and crossbow over two days, Andrew collected a full set of medals, winning gold in the Under-12 Aggregate, silver in the U12 spring pistol and bronze in the U12 PCP air rifle events.

Lucy collected a pair of bronze medals in U12 PCP pistol and U12 crossbow, whilst Sam collected a bronze medal in the Over-18 sprung pistol match.

Waterloo is a national scout shooting competition attended by over 300 competitors. 9 events were shot over a 2 day period with all competitors camping at the venue.

It was the last Scout Meeting of the Term, and the end of an era. Our Scout Section are moving night next Term.

We ended with Geocaching.

They split into groups and used the provided map and What3Words to find the caches our Scout Team Leader had distributed around a local woodland.

My group were going like the clappers and I was certainly kept on my toes trying to keep up. They were joint winners, locating 9 out of the 10 caches and we were first* back to the agreed meet-up point around the agreed time.

We were very fortunate with the weather, 2 hours earlier it was heavy rain showers.

Certainly tested my new walking boots for comfort and dryness. They were very comfy and my feet were as dry as you’d hope for.

There were hotdogs for a supper before we left…just needed to find the equipment crate first. 😆

Enjoyable night for all that attended.

(*Not counting YLs who weren’t searching for caches.)

#ScoutingUK #Scouting #Geocaching #ScoutsUK