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The yearly census of all Scouts in the UK is now complete and while the national results don\u2019t get released for a while yet, locally the figures are looking good.<\/p>\nThe yearly census of all Scouts in the UK is now complete and while the national results don\u2019t get released for a while yet, locally the figures are looking good.<\/p>\n
For my Group we actually have one less member than last year, but I\u2019m not too worried for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the previous four years all showed some significant growth and secondly, having seen the Beavers and Cubs on Friday, it does look like we\u2019ve had a fair number of Beavers and Cubs join us since the figures were taken in mid December.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also worth noting that the figures in our District are also up for the fifth year running. It will be interesting to see what the figures are for the other 2 Districts local to us and also the figures for the County.<\/p>\n
However, using the highly unscientific method of guesswork(!), I am fairly certain that the number of Scouts both locally and nationally will be up again.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d be interested to hear how numbers in my reader\u2019s Groups, Districts and Counties are doing this year. Indeed, I\u2019m interested to hear how the numbers of Scouts are going in everyone\u2019s own little corner of the world, no matter where you are! Please leave me your comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The yearly census of all Scouts in the UK is now complete and while the national results don\u2019t get released for a while yet, locally the figures are looking good. For my Group we actually have one less member than last year, but I\u2019m not too worried for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the previous … <\/p>\n