Recent years have witnessed a major resurgence in the Scout movement, but outgoing chief executive Derek Twine is blunt about the state of things when he took the reins 16 years ago. “I inherited an organisation in decline and disarray,” says Twine, sat in his office at The Scout Association’s headquarters, which is based in 108 acres of woodland near Chingford, north-east London.
“Membership was declining, numbers of adult volunteers were declining, funding streams were not solid, and the public perception was of an organisation that had potentially had its day.”
Latest figures give an indication of just how much things have changed.
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