Neil Parish met Scouts from 1st Honiton last week at a unique event inside the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the success of Scout Community Week, which took place in May last year. Neil and 1st Honiton were joined by other Scouts from across the UK who took part in Scout Community week to thank them for their contribution. From 3rd – 9th June 2013 hundreds of Scout Groups will once again participate in a week of community action aimed at improving their local area, raising funds and highlighting Scouting’s need for more adult volunteers.
Scouts, Cubs and Beavers from packs across Exeter, as well as in surrounding areas such as Budleigh Salterton, Woodbury and Exminster, braved the rain this morning to deliver the Scouts Christmas Post.
The Christmas post raises money for both local Scouting and the Children's Hospice South West and organisers are hopeful that this year will have been a bumper year, with almost 30,000 Christmas cards being posted at locations across the city and East Devon.
"With a card costing only 25p - half the price of a second-class stamp - it is no wonder that so many local people...
