The UK’s new Chief Scout was announced today and he is Bear Grylls!
Of course, he is only Chief of the UK Scout Association, as there has not been a Chief Scout of the World since THE Chief Scout, BP!
The SA have also appointed a UK Chief Commissioner, Wayne Bilpitt who will work in conjunction with Bear to grow Scouting in the UK.
This seems like a good appointment as he’s a well known figure who leads an adventurous life. Listening to some of the interviews he’s given so far today, he’s really pushing the fact that we’re short of adult help and this seems that it’s going to be a theme of his term as Chief, which can only be a good thing.
It seems the PR team at Gilwell have been really on their toes and the story is all over the news and press today and it all appears to be positive! See here.
So does this now mean we’ll have an Everest climbing badge??? 😉