Congratulations to the following people who have been awarded with their Wood Badge awards during March and April 2023.
In 1919, Baden-Powell introduced a standardised system for leader training at Gilwell Park, near London. Those who completed the course were awarded a ‘Wood Badge’. This wasn’t a cloth badge, but a pair of wooden beads. One came from the ceremonial necklace of the Zulu chief, Dinizulu, and recipients carved their own second bead.
In 1987, four Wood Badge beads were given to Dinizulu’s grandson as a symbolic act of returning the beads to their rightful heir. Today, leaders throughout the world continue the tradition of the Wood Badge and receive replica wooden beads. Leaders are also enrolled as members of the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group, and can wear the distinctive Gilwell scarf and woggle.
- Adam Woodhouse – Section Leader
- Akhlaq Hussain – Assistant Section Leader
- David Mellor – Section Leader
- David Wharton – Assistant Section Leader
- Duncan Ratcliffe – Section Leader
- Emma Collier – County Assistant Commissioner
- Gillian Cooper – County Local Training Manager
- James Blackburn – Assistant Section Leader
- James Gaffney – Section Leader
- Jude Mellor – Assistant Section Leader
- Kulsum Khan – Assistant Section Leader
- Melanie Walton – County Local Training Manager
- Richard Marshall – Section Leader
- Samantha Head – Section Leader
- Zara Hussain – Assistant Section Leader
