Solihull Scout County (The Scout Association)

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Solihull Scout County is a Scout county of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom, and covers an area similar to the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands. The current County Commissioner is Bob Lane.^[1]

[edit] Organisation

Following a reorganisation in 2004, the scout county now has two districts.

[edit] Blythe Scout District

Blythe Scout District Commissioner is Jill Bowman.

• 1st Shirley
• 2nd Shirley
• 6th Shirley
• 7th Shirley
• 5th Solihull
• 2nd Monkspath
• 1st Tidbury Green (Wythall)
• 1st Hockley Heath
• 1st Damsonwood
• 6th Solihull (Saint Alphege)
• 9th Solihull (Saint Augustine's)
• 11th Solihull (Methodist)
• 12th Solihull (Solihull School)
• 13th Solihull (Tudor Grange)
• Intrepid Explorer Scout Unit
• Drake Explorer Scout Unit
• Mallory Explorer Scout Unit
• Simpson Explorer Scout Unit

[edit] Cole Scout District

Cole District Commissioner is John Cheshire.

• 2nd Balsall Common
• 1st Chelmsley Wood
• Dorridge
• 1st Hampton in Arden
• 1st Knowle
• 4th Knowle Sea Scouts
• 1st Marston Green
• 1st Olton Cole
• 2nd Olton Cole
• 3rd Olton Cole
• 1st Solihull Scout Group
• 2nd Solihull
• 8th Solihull
• 10th Solihull
• Marston Green Explorer Scout Unit
• Millpool Explorers
• Explorer Sea Scouts
• Dorridge Explorer Scouts

There is also a County Scout Network ("Woodies"), meeting at First Shirley Scout HQ.

Although it has existed unofficially for some time, after 25 years of Solihull Gangshow,^[2] 2007 saw the formation of the Solihull Gangshow Scout Fellowship, of which the stilt instruction/performance group Stiff and Stilted are a part.^[3][4]

Solihull Scout County sent a contingent to the 2007 World Scout Jamboree. The contingent leader was Steve O'Grady.^[5]

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

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