Over 1,000 St Albans scouts to march through city as 500 children on waiting lists look on
The annual St Albans Scouts' St George's Day Parade. Credit: Alan Meeks - Credit: Archant
Over 1,000 Scouts will be parading through St Albans for St George’s Day.
St Albans Scouts, who will be marching for St George's Day - Credit: Archant
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, and their leaders will march along St Peter’s Street on Sunday, April 23.
St Albans Scouts district commissioner, Annette Payne, said: “St George’s Day has been a celebration in scouting from pretty much when it started.”
The group will then congregate on the Cathedral orchard for a celebration.
It comes as the national scouting movement warns a lack of volunteers means there are 51,000 children on a waiting list to join the movement.
There are 500 children in St Albans on a waiting list, due to both a lack of volunteers and space.
Dr Payne said: “We look for all sorts of different things.
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“People to help out at meetings, not necessarily every week, maybe once a month.
“People to help out on Saturdays, people to help out on camps.
“We are currently looking for more venues, because a lot of our facilities are full.”
Dr Payne pointed to a recent study by Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, which said people who were in Scouts have better mental health later in life.
She said: “It is important for children to enjoy all of the activities we do but it is also important they have resilience, teamworking, all those skills.”
There will be a stall at the orchard on the day for anyone interested in volunteering with the scouts.
In the meantime, they can get in touch via annette.scouts@gmail.com, or www.stalbansscouts.org.uk
