Luton Scouts

Welcome to the web site of Luton Scouts.

Scouting in Luton is provided by over 20 Groups.  These Groups are organised into three Districts broadly covering the North, East and South/West parts of the town. (see the directory page for a complete list and the areas covered).   Luton Scouting also covers the villages of Caddington and Slip End.   Within these Groups there are over 2000 boys, girls and adults enjoying an active programme of camping, activities, badge work.  If you would like to be part of this success story, this site will enable you to make contact with the Group nearest to you from a map of the town.  To join us, just complete this form and we will get in touch with you.

We hope that you enjoy browsing this site and will find something useful here.

Lastest Scouting News from Luton

Visit our news page to find out about some of the recent events that Luton Scouts have been involved in.  2009 is another exciting year for Luton Scouts and amongst the events we look forward to is a celebration of Scouting in the town centre on Saturday 4th July.

The event - called Luton Scouts in Action - will take place in St George's Square in the centre of the town and starts at 10:00.  It will be a showcase of activities with members of  local scout groups taking part.  Among the highlights will be a climbing wall, a pioneering project o build a bridge, amateur radio, a video link to scouts in America, South Africa, Gibraltar and India, a canonball run, cooking competitions, entertainment and individual activity zones for scouts, cubs and beavers.  Refreshments will  be on sale and members of the public will be able to have a go on the climbing wall for a small charge.

Once again in the St Georges Day Awards local scout leaders have been recognised for their distinguished service to the Scout movement over many years.

During February a group of leaders who had been awarded the Silver Wolf last year were invited by the Chief Scout to attend a special luncheon to thank them for their committed service over many years.  On the same day Scouts and Guides from Luton attended the Founders Day service in Westminster Abbey.

At the end of last year Luton Scouts have once again partnered with the owners of The Mall shopping centre to support NOAH Enterprise, a local charity who provide invaluable support in the shape of food, clothing, medical care, counselling, training and access to employment opportunities to the area’s homeless and most disadvantage individuals. 

They held a giant sponsored sleep-over in the Arndale Centre with about 200 young people sleeping in the Mall.  The event raised over £3000 to help homeless people.  Read the full story here.

Scouting Profile

Scouting is a youth organisation which aims to provide young boys and girls (not all of the groups admit girls - see the directory entries) with the skills to develop into good citizens of the future.  The activities provided by Scouting nurture the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials of the young people.

All of the Groups are members the Scout Association

Site Profile

This site has been written with two purposes in mind.  Firstly it provides a means of communicating news about local Scouting and secondly it is intended to help you find a Scout Group near to you.  It also provides background information concerning the organisation of Scouting in the town.   It is not intended to be an introduction to Scouting itself (see the links page for other sites).  Local business men and women will be interested to read the article: "Scouting - Your future workforce" -  benefits to employers .

Accessibility

The colour scheme and format of our web site has been kept deliberately plain to help any one with visual impairment access the information.  If you have any difficulties using the site or other comments to make it easier for other people to use then please contact our webmaster.

Privacy

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Contact us by electronic mail :

General Information: luton @dircon. co.uk

Webmaster: brendan.owen @ntlworld. com

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Webmaster: Brendan Owen