72nd Glasgow Scout Group

17/05/2026

Interested in a volunteering opportunity - as a parent helper, or section team member ?

https://volunteeringopportunities.scouts.org.uk/ #/vacancydetail/1fbd2ea5-76ad-4852-9a6a-b9016eb0d32b

Interested in joining our trustee board ?

https://volunteeringopportunities.scouts.org.uk/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR1VVxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR7RLf_dT_E0o4X_asy_NFxlbsV8-G1lvhLNx0EbyI344DH-cjzvbOnUSVlxiQ_aem_4Km59XyT1jED5_U5gjEk9Q #/vacancydetail/6d2a8ca6-875a-4948-aa91-d579896dab95

The Scouts - Preparing young people with skills for life

16/05/2026

The 72nd Glasgow Scout Group are pleased to announce that, following our recent search for parent helpers and trustees, we now have enough volunteers to continue delivering a full scouting programme.
We are very grateful for the support received so far. That said, we would still warmly welcome any parents, young adults, or former members who would like to get involved, as any additional help would be greatly appreciated, whether working directly with our young people, or behind the scenes in one of the many roles needed to support the group and its activities.
In the autumn, we will be holding our group AGM and we will be looking for a new group chair for our board of trustees, as well as some new parent trustees, and further information will be issued in due course.
Also, for your information, we are currently recruiting, via Great Western District, for a new group lead volunteer to replace Robert Wright who has stepped down from that group leadership role, but he is continuing as an active adult member of our beaver, cub and scout sections.
Gary Culpan (group chairman)
Ian McPherson, Great Western District Lead Volunteer

15/12/2025

We are looking likely to need to move our cub section to a Monday night from January. We appreciate that there have been a variety of sport clubs and activities clashing with the pack meetings on a Wednesday. But we are also extremely low on leaders in all sections, so running Cubs on the same night as Beavers in the other hall means we have more adult leaders present across the two meetings.

We do really need extra help, whether you are a parent of a current group member and can join a rota of occasional extra help in the new year, or have the time to join our leadership team of volunteers, you'll be helping keep the 72nd going and making sure kids across the area get to benefit of coming through Beavers, Cubs and Scouts here. It really is a great team to be involved with and supporting our young people is a very rewarding experience.

23/10/2025

Folks, the 72nd is looking for folks who are interested in getting involved and helping us run the group sections and also for folks to join the board of trustees and help out behind the scenes.

We're 100 years old this year ad in order to make sure we keep running, having more adult volunteers supporting each section is vital to both allowing us to run safely with enough folks there for the section meetings, but also to make sure we are running the right activities for each section to enjoy and gain great experiences from.

If you are interested, check out the roles on the links below. It is always helpful to have current parents and carers of the group members involved, but also a great opportunity for folks who came through the 72nd when they were younger and want to give something back and make sure the next generation get to enjoy all the same activities, events and games in Scouting.

It is a great experience and one which brings a lot of rewards.

General Volunteering roles:
https://volunteeringopportunities.scouts.org.uk/ #/vacancydetail/1fbd2ea5-76ad-4852-9a6a-b9016eb0d32b

Trustees:
https://volunteeringopportunities.scouts.org.uk/ #/vacancydetail/6d2a8ca6-875a-4948-aa91-d579896dab95

The Scouts - Preparing young people with skills for life

23/04/2025

We are honoured to be attending a civic reception to celebrate the Centenary of the Group at the City Chambers this evening. Our Group Scout Leader Robert Wright gave a lovely speech of thanks to the city for granting us this honour.

25/01/2025

The 72nd Glasgow Scout Group 1925 - 2025

We could like to get in touch with former members, parents, leaders, supporters and friends
to keep them informed about our Centenary celebrations. If you would like to be kept
updated on these arrangements please email [email protected]
In 1925 Frank Shepherd, Superintendent of the Sunday School at Broomhill Congregational
Church in Victoria Park Gardens South, got together with Robert Bovington, then a leader at
the 23rd Glasgow Scouts, and they founded the 72nd Glasgow Scout Troop. By the 1930’s the
Group (now with Cubs and Rovers as well as Scouts) had moved to an old railway carriage at
110 Clarence Drive, beside the railway bridge and adjacent to Maitland Shoe Repairs (you can
still see the foundations of that shop on the left before the road passes under the bridge). A
hut was built onto the carriage but during the Blitz on 13th March 1941 both the Shop and
the Scout Hut were destroyed by incendiary bombs. The Group then moved to an old Tennis
Pavilion in Victoria Park before new premises were built at its current home at 500 Crow Road,
beside Jordanhill railway station, in 1950.
Over the years the Group has had its up and downs – at one point in the early 1960’s there
were over 100 Scouts in 4 Troops and they held two separate trips abroad, and in 1982 there
were only 7 Scouts at the start of the year. However generations of boys (and latterly girls
too in the Venture and Explorer Scout sections) have benefitted from a huge range of activities
and experiences - visits and camps, expeditions and meetings, DofE and Scout Award training,
shows and displays etc. The Troop has regularly been abroad, to Switzerland and Italy in
particular, and in more recent times has run trips to Canada and the USA.
And so in 2025 the Group celebrates its Centenary, as well as the 75th anniversary of its move
to 500 Crow Road. We intend to hold a commemorative event in the spring, arrange open
days in the Halls with display of photographs and memorabilia, and publish a History of the
Group.
John Syme, Explorer Scout Leader

07/12/2024

Massive thanks to everyone who came along this morning. It was a fun and busy event, thanks folks

07/12/2024

We are all set for a 10:00am kick off for our coffee morning. Come along and join us for some pre-Christmas cheer and help us raise some funds for the scout group!

04/12/2024

We are having a coffee morning on Saturday from 10:00am-midday at our Hall. it is our annual fundraising event and we'd love to see you there if you're in the area.