In 2010 a team of Explorer Scouts (aged 14-18) from the 64th Birmingham Scout Group visited the memorials at the National Memorial Arboretum during their Diamond Chief Scout
Award expedition and were disappointed when they realised there is no memorial to those, past and present, who have given service to Scouting, as well as those who have suffered through conflict.
Responding to the inspiration of those Explorer Scouts the Scout Association has launched a campaign to raise funds to erect a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
The total sum of money required to complete the Scouting Memorial Project is £80,250.
There is the opportunity to engage in this project by making donations and buying badges to help raise funds.
This is your chance to be part of making Scouting history and there is the opportunity to design the memorial.
For more information about the TSMP, how purchase badges and submit a memorial design follow this link: The Scouting Memorial Project