{"alias":"newsItem","byline":"","standfirst":"After 15 years as Chief Scout, Bear announces September will mark the end of his time in the role. ","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","image":"/media/19458/microsoftteams-image-9.png","width":7360,"height":4912,"altText":"Image shows Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout, in uniform and necker at Windsor","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003ETo all my friends and family in Scouts,\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis September will mark the end of my time as Chief Scout after three 5 year terms as Chief and a total of 15 years in the role.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing Chief Scout has been the greatest honour of my life. The kindness and commitment of our young people and volunteers is incredible.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd I\u2019m so proud that since 2009 when I joined, over 2 million people have been through Scouts in the UK. Together, we accomplished everything we set out to do \u2013 grow our movement and help millions of young people gain skills for life and access to adventure and the outdoors, but like every volunteer in our movement, our roles evolve and nothing stays the same forever.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI will of course continue as Chief Ambassador of World Scouting, helping support the global movement of some 65 million international Scouts.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBear Grylls\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChief Scout\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"15 June 2024","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[],"relatedLinks":[],"id":80038,"nodeName":"A message from Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout","title":"A message from Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout","type":"newsItem","image":{"url":"/media/19458/microsoftteams-image-9.png?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1d9becd2588b670","caption":"Bear Grylls in Scouts uniform at Windsor","type":"png","size":5415631,"width":7360,"height":4912,"altText":"Bear Grylls in Scouts uniform at Windsor "},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"A message from Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"Bear Grylls discusses departing his role as UK Chief Scout","browserTitle":"A message from Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout","silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC84MDAzOCJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2024/june/a-message-from-bear-grylls-uk-chief-scout/"}