Scottish Scouting has reported its biggest surge in members since the mid-1950s – with more than 1700 new members having joined in the last year.
Television adventurer Bear Grylls may seem the polar opposite of the reserved stiff upper lip of Scouting’s founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell, but the action man is thought to be behind the biggest surge in membership in Scotland for more than half a century.
Scottish Scouting has reported its biggest surge in members since the mid-1950s – with more than 1700 new members having joined in the last year.