County Photographic Competition NOW 'ACTIVE' !!

Submit Photos from 15th August 2019 to 16th October 2019

As shown in the 'Advance Notice' earlier this year, the Creative Activities Team is running another photographic competition of ALL members of Scouting within North Yorkshire.

The theme of the competition is incredibly broad and is “On the Wild Side”. This can be interpreted in many ways; wildlife, wild weather or wild scenery, wild adventure..

Entries will be judged in 5 sections: Beavers, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorers, and 18+ (Network and Leaders).

Each person may enter one photograph which must have been taken by the entrant to the competition. Submissions must be in digital jpg format, entries taken on camera phones will be accepted.

All photographs must be submitted with the name of the photographer, date of birth, Scout group and District details. The images will be judged in the age range that the photographer was when the photograph was taken.

The competition will be open for submission between 15th August 2019 and 16th October 2019. Any entries outside these dates will not be judged. Photographs must be submitted to the following email address only: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The decisions of the judges will be final.     All judging will be anonymous.

Any photographs submitted to the competition may be used by the County Scout Council for any purpose of Scouting. All other rights are retained by the photographer.

If any Group would like to borrow digital cameras to run a photography evening etc. they are available from the Creative Team.

Further information or for any queries please contact;

John A Ives
Assistant County Commissioner, Creative Activities
North Yorkshire Scouts
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Why not send in an entry NOW?

Advanced Notice of the "County Cub Quiz"

County Cub Quiz 2019

Important information to help leaders deliver the Pack Round for this year’s quiz, along with advice from the Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Christine Turner, has recently been emailed to all Group Scout Leaders across the County, with a request to pass this on to their Cub Section Leaders.

All the information that leaders need for the Pack Round has been made readily available and the District Round will be circulated to Assistant District Commissioners (Cub Scouts) / District Cub Scout Leaders in the first week of September.

This year’s County Cub Quiz Final will take place at Hillside Scout Group HQ, Knayton, Thirsk, YO7 4AT, on the afternoon of Sunday 24 November, with 2 Cub Packs from each District qualifying for the final.

Please ensure EVERY Cub Scout knows about it!

First County Webinar deemed a great success

Recent Webinar about 'how the new Awards scheme will work in practice for every District'

A recent WEBINAR, aired from the County Office by the COUNTY SECRETARY, has been very well received by those taking part.

The County continued its digital march forward when a training webinar by the County Secretary took place on 25 July and it’s now available for all members via the link shown below .

The County Secretary discusses Scouting Awards and the recent Scout Association changes to the awards process which delegated authority to District Commissioners and the County Commissioner for a number of awards for adult volunteers.  Take a look and see how you and your District can recognise the excellent work undertaken by leaders across the County and if you want to ask any questions please do not hesitate to contact the County Secretary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If YOU were not able to join it 'Live' then you can still see a recording of it (with sound) just by clicking the U-Tube link

(or it can be found on this website in 'Help and Support' then 'Policies and Guidance')

Well worth knowing just who is responsible for what as regards Adult 'Good Service' Awards