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About Rob Robinson
South Yorkshire County Media & Comms team. Outside of Scouting, I'm a technology meddler, an Enterprise Architect, a mental health advocate, I'm married and a father of two.
Penistone Scouts supporting Poppy Appeal 2020
Earlier in October, we launched our fundraising appeal for the Royal British Legion. We did this when we accepted we would sadly not be able to parade on Remembrance Sunday this year. We are currently a little way over ¾…
Remembrance Sunday 2020
Each year, the young people and adult volunteers of Penistone Scouts’ parade through the town centre of Penistone before taking part in a service of Remembrance both outside and inside St John’s Church. We do this proudly alongside other youth…
An update regarding getting back to face-to-face Scouting
We’ve been a little quiet on the group website since the start of the school summer holidays. We’ve sent a series of emails to parents and guardians, but recognise that grandparents, retired members, scouting alumni and more have an interest…
Announcing our new Chair of the Executive Committee
Andrew Millner has been the Chair of Penistone Scouts’ trustees and executive committee for the best part of the past decade. At our Annual General Meeting Andrew stepped down from the post, handing the baton to Laura Simpson. We are…
Getting back to face-to-face Scouting safely
Towards the start of July, quite a few lockdown changes were announced by the UK Government. These vary heavily between the four nations, and further differ across sectors such as hospitality, retail, education and youth organisations. UK Scouting has been…
St George’s Day and our promise renewal
St George’s Day is the most important date in the scouting calendar, it’s a day of celebration and the one day of the year when all members are encouraged to renew their scouting promise. We had planned on gathering at…
Rewind: #85 – our week, recapped, plus reminders/bonus materials
Your round-up of reminders and information about the coming week of Scouting, plus a recap of recent meetings and any other events.
