Scout Community Week 2012

EDM number 24 in 2012-13, proposed by Bob Russell on 09/05/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Voluntary organisations.

That this House supports Scout Community Week and the 2,500 groups taking part in activities across the UK during the week 14 to 20 May 2012; applauds the 144,000 young people who will be participating in Scout Community Week events to `do one thing' to improve their local communities; encourages hon. and right hon. Members to support Scout Community Week; acknowledges the wider role that more than 100,000 adult volunteers play in providing the equivalent of 0.5 billion worth of services for young people annually in scouting; and congratulates the Scout Association for all that it does to assist young people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.