Once a Scout Always a Scout

The 6 beads worn today by Stephen Peck This is the letter Sir Percy wrote to go with the 6 beads Baden-Powell himself wore six beads. But B-P did also award a set of six beads to Sir Percy Everett. Sir Percy had been a friend of B-P since the original camp on Brownsea Island in 1907 and he became the Commissioner for Training and eventually the Deputy Chief Scout. B-P wished to acknowledge the tremendous debt that he owed to Sir Percy and so presented him with a six bead necklace. In 1949 Sir Percy presented his six bead necklace back to Gilwell to be worn as the badge of office of the Camp Chief, i.e. the person on the Gilwell staff responsible for Leader Training. John Thurman, then the Camp Chief, wore the necklace until his retirement in 1969 when the necklace passed to J Huskins, the Director of Leader Training and then to Brian Dodgson. Following his retirement in 1983 and a re-organisation of staff titles and responsibilities, the six bead necklace was wo...

Wood Badge   is a   Scouting   leadership   program and the related award for   adult leaders   in the programs of   Scout associations   throughout the world. Wood Badge   courses   aim to make   Scouters   better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, and by creating a   bond   and   commitment   to the Scout movement. Courses generally have a combined classroom and practical   outdoors-based phase followed by a Wood Badge   ticket , also known as the   project   phase. By "working the ticket", participants put their newly gained experience into practice to attain ticket goals aiding the Scouting movement. The first Wood Badge training was organized by   Francis "Skipper" Gidney   and lectured at by   Robert Baden-Powell   and others at   Gilwell Park   (United Kingdom) in September 1919. Wood Badge training has since spread across the world ...