Scouting in Lincolnshire - A little background!
Scouting in the second-largest county in England is very much alive and well, as the results of the 2010 Scout Association census shows!  The total number of people involved in Scouting on 31st January 2010 (including; Network, Explorers, Scouts, Cubs, Beavers) was 5966 representing a 5.4% increase on the previous year, and giving Lincolnshire the second highest percentage increase in membership in the UK!

Further information

  • Increase in membership for Lincolnshire = 307 members (5966 from 5659 in 2009). – overall increase of 5.4%.
  • Lincolnshire membership has increased by almost 1/5th since centenary (2007).
  • Lincolnshire had the 2nd largest percentage increase in total membership in the UK.
  • Increase in teenage growth 2001-2010 - 16.8% (13-18 year olds) / 4% increase in the past 12 months.
  • 7.1% growth in females from 2009-2010.
  • Waiting lists down by 19.3% from 362 to 292.

Source: Scout Association Census for Lincolnshire, 2010
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