Chief Scout Award Presentation featuring our first ever Squirrel CSA Acorns! To mark the 365th day as County Commissioner I’ve…

With only 10 days to go until our All Leaders Meeting at 1st Solihull (Millpool) we can share with you the agenda…

So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begun And so…

With any change of leadership across any walk of life comes an opportunity to review and update plans, teams and…

I am sure you will agree with me that the longer evenings and warmer weather is so welcome and an…

I’m Mat and I’m the newly appointed County Commissioner for Solihull Scouts. I will be known to many of you…

Linda (left) and Shirley (right) serving soup on night hike Friday 15 April is my last day as County Commissioner…

Your views matter more than ever. Here’s why. There’s one easy way we can improve what we do, and that’s…

Mat Spencer After an extensive and comprehensive national volunteer appointment process, we are pleased to announce that Mat Spencer has…

Application Now Open The application process for a place in a Solihull Patrol at the World Scout Jamboree in Korea…

We’re pleased to let you know that the UK government has confirmed youth sector provision in England has moved to…

As we come to the end of this extraordinary academic year I wanted to update my blog by thanking everyone…

It will come as no great surprise to all that due to the ongoing pandemic the Discovery 2021 event team…

With the Government's announcement that Solihull, along with other parts of the Midlands, will be in Tier 4 from midnight.…

You do not need me to tell you that 2020 has been an unprecedented year for us all. We started…

We can now confirm what face to face Scout activity is allowed when England comes out of lockdown this week.…

Following the announcement of a four-week lockdown in England from Thursday 5 November, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has now…

It’s been a while since I wrote my last blog - that’s not because I didn’t have anything to say,…

Dear leaders, Effective 19th October 2020 Following the decision we took on 11th September to move Solihull, Birmingham and parts…

Dear leaders, Effective 13th September 2020 Following the announcement on Friday 11th September of additional restrictions being placed upon the Birmingham,…

July has been quite a mixed month for several reasons. On a personal front I received some devastating news about…

Alex and Bella's Scout skills were put to very good use when their dad had an accident at home whilst…

I’m writing this at the end of Volunteers Week and my social media has been full of videos, images and…

It’s been (just) two weeks since we suspended face-to-face Scouting. I have been overwhelmed in that time by the positivity…

This page was updated on: 17 March 2020 at 10:00am The Prime Minister has said that everyone in the UK should now…

As Scouts we have a good track record at assessing and managing risks. We do it on a weekly basis…

Last week I met with the Assistant County Commissioners and we took the opportunity to reflect on many of the…

16th Solihull, the newest Group in Solihull, recently celebrated their success with an investiture evening.  County Commissioner, Shirley, invested 3…

We are sorry to announce the passing of John Clayton on 3rd September after suffering a stroke and being taken…

Unfortunately we have a couple of Scouts/Explorers who have dropped out of Eurojam due to unforeseen circumstances, therefore we have…

2 weeks to go until our adventure to the World Scout Jamboree. In fact 2 weeks today we shall be…

3 weeks until we fly out on our big adventure. What are you looking forward to? Here are two members…

4 weeks until we leave for our big adventure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EHd2hpdZvU

5 weeks to go!! Meet two more members of the unit!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSx8VhC-QOA

6 weeks to go until we fly. It’s all getting very real. What are we going to get up to…

7 weeks to go!! Here are two of the unit answering another question. Not long to go until the World…

8 weeks to go! With only 8 weeks to go until our big adventure, meet to more of our unit…

9 weeks to go.... until we fly out for our adventures! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7TlUxFF5nw

Penny challenged herself to earn all the badges available in Beaver Scouts. At St. Georges Day 2019 Penny from 1st…

10 weeks to go until we leave for jamboree. 2 more of the unit answer a jamboree related question. What…

It’s 11 weeks to go!! Actually is 10 weeks and 2 days... we are a little behind this week. 2…

Consider this piece an overview. A look back at the past fortnight in all its glories and horrors. At various…

Today, after a horrible day travelling to the capital on roads best suited for animals and hybrid bikes, we woke…

As we ascended today from the valley into the town of Dhunche, it marked the end of the past 8…

I think the highlight of today has been the reintroduction of the western toilet and a hot shower into our…

I’m writing this at 7:20 pm in my sleeping bag on the bank of the Gosainkunda having earlier reached heights…

Cole District hosted a large St. George's Day Parade down Knowle high street. Solihull County Commissioner was in attendance along…

Based on yesterday’s previews, I think today was understated on the side of the tourist company and subsequently on the…

This morning was fairly ‘normal’ if that word can be used whilst trekking in Nepal. Bags were packed tightly to…

I’m paraphrasing Lord Tennyson not out of intending to create war imagery but partially to help GCSE pupils with their…

Today was different, a first full day of hiking and perhaps most importantly, the first piece of economics revision done…

Greetings, no doubt you are reading this later than planned due to Himalayan remoteness but fear not for I have…

12 weeks to go! This week’s question is What do they like most about scouting? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cK21JbvKTs

13 weeks to to Jamboree, 2 members of the unit answer another question! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6yMwp19BQs

Good evening. After yesterday’s flight from Doha passed by without a hitch, apart from my choice of sleep over studying…

The process of writing this article, on a keyboard installed into a desk, is almost as painful as the day…

Hi I'm Callum, an aspiring journalist and Intrepid Explorer Scout who, alongside Explorers from Drake and Intrepid ESU, will be…

14 weeks until we fly out to America. Another 2 of the unit answer another jamboree related question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-K30CQ0xtY

15 weeks to go until we fly off on our adventure. This week’s question is about how we will get…

If you like a challenge, you'll love this. Grab 3 of your friends and enter your team of 4 to…

16 weeks to go!! Meet the unit... 2 more of our participants answer a question about jamboree! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_ZbaXvlkk

A huge congratulations to all the cast and crew from 2nd Balsall Common & Galileo ESU who put on the…

It’s 17 weeks today until we will be getting on to a plane to head over to America! Here are…

It’s 18 weeks to go until we leave for the 24th World Scout Jamboree. So we thought that we would…

Hi all, For those who took part in the January mini managerial skills workshop, i have recieved the badges,  …

Thank you to everyone who attended the 'mini managerial skills' workshop that we ran in January. This was a massive…

SoliCov spent the weekend in London in February. Travelling down on Friday night and returning after lunch on Sunday. Before…

The new county website is now live and full of amazing features which will enhance Scouting in Solihull and make…

Our unit took a day trip to Oxford. Each patrol was set the task of vlogging about their day... here…

11th Solihull Lifting The Old Boot Trophy! Congratulations to 11th Solihull and Galileo ESU on winning what has to be the…