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Welcome to South West Scotland Region

Hello, and welcome to the South West of Scotland Regional Scout website. Whether you’re here looking to join the Scouting movement, as a young person or adult volunteer, or simply looking to find out more about the Region’s role in Scouting then all the information you need can be found here. If you’re looking to join the movement then details on which section you should join can be found on this website, as well as the group located nearest to you. For those that are already members, you can find important dates for the Region on our calendar, as well as the latest news from the area. If the information you’re looking for isn’t here, then please don’t hesitate to contact us at website@swscouts.scot

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Aged 6 to 25?

Squirrels Logo 4-6 years
Beavers Logo 6-8 years
Cubs Logo 8-10½ years
Scouts Logo 10½-14 years
Explorers Logo 14-18 years
Network Logo 18-25 years

Adult volunteers

The Scouts award-winning training scheme for volunteers means that adults get as much from Scouts as young people.

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Search for your nearest Scout Group by entering your postcode, or the town/city you're looking for, then hit search!

Volunteer Learning

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Dwayne Fields proudly holds the title of the UK's 11th Chief Scout

An explorer, adventurer and TV presenter, Dwayne's been seen in BAFTA nominated Channel 5 series Race to the Pole, on BBC Springwatch, Countryfile, National Geographic and Disney+.

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