Despite the challenges everyone has faced over the last 18 months, 115 of our volunteers managed to complete their leader training, as we moved it online, and received their Wood Badge between March 2020 and August 2021. We wanted to say congratulations.

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.

Since September 1919, volunteers in the Scouts have been awarded the Wood Badge once they have completed their leader training.

Congratulations to everyone…

  • Adam Walton – 1st Frankby-Greasby
  • Alistair Cubbin – Merseyside
  • Amanda Cox – 10th St Helens (1st Rainford)
  • Amanda McCarthy – Merseyside
  • Andrea Roberts – 64th Birkenhead Sea Scouts
  • Andrew Longstaff – West Wirral
  • Andrew Mageer – 4th Crosby and District (St William of York)
  • Andrew Pickersgill – 12th Wallasey
  • Andrew Reynolds – Liverpool North ESU
  • Andrew Tinsley – Spearhead
  • Anne OKeeffe – 3rd Heswall Our Lady & St John
  • Anthony Jennions – Rocket Explorer Scout Unit
  • Arran Haigh – Griffin
  • Arthur Riley – 17th Fairfield (West Derby St Marys)
  • Benjamin Elman – Liverpool South
  • Bethany Ackers – 5th St Helens (Rainhill Open)
  • Brian Liggett – 25th Allerton (St. Mary’s Grassendale) Scout Group
  • Cameron Scott – 55th Southport Birkdale U.R.C.
  • Carla Sherlock – Wallasey
  • Carole Priestner – 14th Southport (St James)
  • Caroline Hunt – 29th Wallasey (Claremont Methodist)
  • Caroline McBain – 1st Thurstaston
  • Catrin Appleton – 9th Formby
  • Charlotte Fair – 62nd Southport (St Cuthbert’s)
  • Christine Adams – 5th Bebington (St. Peter’s) Brookhurst
  • Clare Angell – 2nd Southport (Kew) Scout Group
  • Colin Rigby – 16th St Helens (St Thomas)
  • Daniel Richards – 5th Birkenhead
  • David Law – 9th Fairfield (St James West Derby)
  • David Mercer – 1st Formby
  • Edith Bache – 18th St Helens (St James)
  • Elizabeth Bridgelock – Birkenhead
  • Emily Mcdonough – 1st Walton on the Hill Bishop of Liverpool’s Own
  • Emma Lawler – 1st Southport (Ainsdale)
  • Emma Mccartan – 33rd Wallasey
  • Gail Byrne – 7th Wallasey
  • Gaynor Stocker – Wallasey
  • George Merrill – 3rd Wallasey (Emmanuel Church)
  • Gillian Fairclough – Birkenhead
  • Graham Wise – 2nd Bootle (St Elizabeth of Hungary)
  • Hazel Woodward – Merseyside
  • Helen Black – 29th Wallasey (Claremont Methodist)
  • Helen Simpson-Davies – 7th Sefton East (1st Melling)
  • Ian Bell – Wallasey
  • Ian Morris – 2nd Bebington
  • Jackie Geraghty – 2nd Fairfield (All Saints Stoneycroft)
  • Jane Leadbetter – Merseyside
  • Janet Taylor – 2nd West Kirby Sea Scout Group
  • Jason Hatton – 2nd Sefton East (Old Roan Methodist)
  • Jennifer Tickle – 2nd St Helens (Eccleston Park)
  • Jillian Pope – 2nd Allerton 29th Liverpool Arthur Noble Memorial Scout Group
  • Joanne Robinson – 14th Southport (St James)
  • Joe Appleton – 9th Formby
  • John Sutton – 5th Formby
  • Jonathan Woods – Wallasey
  • Julie Byrne – 7th Fairfield
  • Julie Johnson – 1st Southport (Ainsdale)
  • Kathleen Savery – 23rd St. Helens (Eccleston)
  • Kelly Greaves – 4th Bebington (St John New Ferry)
  • Kerry Mawdsley – 2nd Southport (Kew) Scout Group
  • Kevin Fair – 62nd Southport (St Cuthbert’s)
  • Kieran Murphy – 4th Moreton
  • Laura Drittler – Griffin
  • Laura Pringle – Wallasey
  • Laura Riley – 10th Crosby and District (St Faiths)
  • Lee Allwood – Merseyside
  • Lee Harris – 26th St Helens (Blackbrook)
  • Lesley Mitchell – 19th Fairfield (St Pauls West Derby)
  • Liam Cawsey-Gilbert – 15th St Helens (St Andrews)
  • Lorna Warburton – 2nd Fairfield (All Saints Stoneycroft)
  • Louise Jones – 3rd Heswall Our Lady & St John
  • Lynne Cook – 8th Crosby and District (St Johns Waterloo)
  • Margaret Rouse – Wallasey
  • Mark Murray –  1st Maghull (St Andrews)
  • Mark Sargent – 4th Heswall (St Peters) Sea Scout Group
  • Mark Sheil – 9th Formby
  • Martin Goddard – 1st Wallasey
  • Melanie George – 4th Heswall (St Peters) Sea Scout Group
  • Michael Barwise – 7th Wallasey
  • Michael Jones – 1st West Kirby
  • Michael McCarthy – Sutton Scorpions
  • Miles Cheshire – 15th St Helens (St Andrews)
  • Nichola Parr – Merseyside
  • Nicola Evans – 12th Wallasey
  • Patsy Browett – 2nd Southport (Kew) Scout Group
  • Paul Greenway – 8th St. Helens (Sutton Parish)
  • Paul Jones – Birkenhead
  • Peter Oliver – Merseyside
  • Philip Lawrence – 48th Southport (St Peters)
  • Rachel Talbot –  1st Maghull (St Andrews)
  • Rebecca Crellin – 8th St. Helens (Sutton Parish)
  • Richard Branch – 1st Wallasey
  • Sean Dickman – 14th Walton on the Hill
  • Sean O’Rourke – 19th Fairfield (St Pauls West Derby)
  • Simon Anders – 9th Fairfield (St James West Derby)
  • Sophie Townsend – 6th Bebington (Eastham) Sea Scout Group
  • Stephanie Clarke – 24th Wallasey
  • Stephen James – Liverpool North
  • Stephen Parry – Merseyside
  • Stephen Riley – Spearhead
  • Stephen Whittaker – 6th Allerton 237th Liverpool Garston Parish Church Scout Group
  • Stuart Eley – 2nd Southport (Kew) Scout Group
  • Stuart Mccarrick – 1st Whiston
  • Susan Abbott – 61st Southport (Holy Trinity) Sea Scouts
  • Susan Euers – 7th Wallasey
  • Susan Taylor – Merseyside
  • Susan Walton – 1st Frankby-Greasby
  • Sylvia Hibbert – 1st Frankby-Greasby
  • Thomas Edwards – 9th Formby
  • Tobias Hunter – 1st Walton on the Hill Bishop of Liverpool’s Own
  • Tracy Wade – 40th Southport (St. Johns Crossens)
  • Victoria Piercy – 3rd Wallasey (Emmanuel Church)
  • William Burkey – 4th Birkenhead
  • William Cadman – Merseyside
  • Yvonne Hazlehurst – 20th Birkenhead (School)