14th West Lothian Scout Group

27/09/2026

🦫 SENIOR BEAVERS ARE “BORN READY!” 🦫

At 6pm on Friday, 9 Beavers arrived at The Craigs ready for an adventure.

20 hours later, 9 smiling Senior Beavers went home and 3 slightly more weary Leaders began contemplating a very large cup of tea. 😂☕

What happened in between? Well, we can’t possibly tell you everything. We have to keep a few secrets for next year! 🤫

But we can reveal there was...
🌙 exploring after dark with some unexpected wildlife encounters
✨ a little stargazing-inspired creativity
🎳 a rather secretive bowling alley
🥞 pancakes which apparently CAN contain ALL the toppings without technically being “overloaded”
🔥 new skills involving fire, marshmallows and plenty of responsibility
🪢 knot-tying made considerably tastier with strawberry laces
🌲 the inevitable woodland den “improvements”
🕵️ and a mystery requiring some serious detective work...

Somewhere amongst all that was teamwork, cooking, washing-up, challenges, independence and a surprising amount of responsibility.

There may also have been yoga. 🧘
Because obviously the logical way to end an action-packed evening with nine Beavers is to convince them they are now calm and ready for sleep. 😂

And then something truly extraordinary happened...

THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO SLEEP! 😳

No tiptoeing. No mysterious urgent toilet trips. No inventive reasons for getting out of bed.

Just sleep.

(Although anyone within earshot of Rabbit’s snoring may dispute the word peaceful. 🫣😂)

But behind all the laughs, the thing that impressed us most was our Beavers themselves. 💙

Every single one threw themselves into every activity. They listened, worked safely, helped each other, tried new things and showed us just how capable and responsible our older Beavers can be.

And not one behaviour strike all weekend. ⭐

When one Beaver announced “I WAS BORN READY!”, it turned out that pretty much summed up the whole group.
20 hours. 9 brilliant Beavers. 3 tired Leaders. Lots of new skills, even more laughs, and some fantastic memories. 🦫💙

Senior Beaver Sleepover 2026: completed! ✅
Would we do it all again?
Absolutely... just give Rabbit, Hedgehog and Bear a little time to recover first. 😂
See you next year! 😉🦫

11/09/2026

🌟🌟 Good luck Danielle! 🌟🌟

Everyone at 14th West Lothian Scouts would like to send a HUGE good luck to Danielle Sowersby who will be taking on the Edinburgh Kiltwalk this Sunday! 👏🚶‍♀️

Danielle is a family friend of one of our Beavers and had very kindly chosen to support our Scout Group through her fundraising efforts. We are incredibly grateful that she's taking on this challenge to help us continue providing adventurous fun and memorable experiences for young people in our area.

From all of our Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Leaders &Trustees a massive THANK YOU for taking on this challenge. We'll be cheering you on every step of the way (from the comfort of our sofas or tents naturally 🤭)

If anyone would like to support Danielle and give her an extra boost for those miles ahead, please consider donating via her JustGiving page.

Let's help Danielle smash her fundraising target and show her how much her support means to us!!

Good luck Danielle! May your blisters be few, the Scottish weather be kind and the finish line appear sooner than expected. 🍀🥾🚶‍♀️⚜️

Iʼm raising money to Support West Lothian 14th Scouts. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

21/05/2026

14th West Lothian Cubs have been busy this week taking part in a litter pick around Eliburn Park.

We filled 5 bags in less than an hour!

The Cubs really enjoyed helping our community. They collected lots of single use plastics and had a good discussion about reusing and recycling.

26/04/2026

What a lovely day we had today, sharing our pride of making a positive difference in our community (as well as enjoying fun & adventure) with our wider 'family' of Scouts across the District. Thank you so much to all our families who supported us by coming along today and to our amazing flagbearers who represented us beautifully. ⚜️🤗

08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day to all our girls and women, young and old(er) !

22/02/2026

So immensely proud of both our teams today!! One team got the highest score but the other won the Trophy (after calculations of averages depending how many Beavers were in the team). They showed amazing teamwork, awesome skills and even enjoyed a bit of fence painting to help our campsite team. 👏 😍 ⚜️

20/01/2026

🚓✨ Wow – what an exciting evening for our Beavers! ✨🚓

Last night, our Beavers had a fantastic visit to our local heroes at Police Scotland, and what an experience it was!

The youngsters learned all about how officers help keep our community safe, discovered what CID does, and were given a behind-the-scenes tour of the station. From the briefing room and gym to the break room, office areas, and even the custody suites — they heard how visitors are kept safe… and why the beds are definitely hard enough to stop anyone wanting to come back! 😄

The excitement didn’t stop there! The Beavers also got to sit inside a police vehicle and, if they were brave enough, experience what it’s like to be shut in the back with one lucky Beaver switching on the siren & lighting the sky blue! 🚔. To finish off, there was a fun dress-up session filled with huge enthusiasm and big smiles. We’re pretty sure we spotted a few future officers or detectives in the making! 😉

A huge thank you to Scott & Emma for such an engaging and memorable visit, and to Police Scotland for everything they do to keep us safe 💙👮‍♂️👮‍♀️

15/01/2026

Leaders get all this - and more!

Please think about helping out in our Group.

22 Scouts want to do more things but we don’t have enough adults to do them as people are already busy with our Group’s Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Explorers and Trustee Board.

06/01/2026

📻 We’re on the radio!
This Wednesday 7th at 1pm, Regal Radio will be airing a chat with Anne Farr, Team Leader for Volunteer Development, about adult volunteering in Scouting — what it’s really like and how people can get involved.
🎧 No uniform required!
To get the message out and attract more volunteers, please share this post so they can have a listen.
The show will also be repeated on 14th Jan and available to listen back later via the Regal Radio website.

To access the show you can listen by clicking 'Play' on the website - www.regalradio.net or through the TuneIn App. After the broadcast, it'll be accessible on Mixcloud - just search Community Outreach and look for the broadcast date.

02/01/2026