Top award for Scout
A teenager has achieved the highest award in Scouting, the Queen’s Scout Award.
Oliver Willbye, from Horns Cross, Greenhithe
has been involved in Scouting for 12 years and completed the top award
with the Livingstone Explorer Scout Unit in Stone.
The 18-year-old, who is now known as a Queen’s
Scout, embarked on an expedition around Exmoor and got involved with
community activities, including helping Beaver and Cub groups, as part
of the award.
He received a certificate from The Queen and
joined other award winners at Windsor Castle, where they were put
through their paces with a marching session at the Victoria Barracks,
under the watchful eye of drill instructors.
The Queen’s Scouts then attended the National
Scout Service at St George’s Chapel with the Duchess of Cambridge, who
stood in for the Queen, and Chief Scout Bear Grylls. Oliver, who also completed the Duke of
Edinburgh Gold Award through Swan Valley Community School in Swanscombe
last year, said: “It was a fantastic experience that I shall never
forget. “I would like to thank my parents, my explorer
leader Tommy Manktelow and Dan Taylor of Swan Valley for aiding and
giving me the encouragement and support so that I could have the
opportunity to complete both the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen’s Scout
Awards.”
The Queen’s Scout Award requires an extremely
high standard of self-discipline, leadership and achievement in
activities, interests and community services.
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