{"id":4330,"date":"2019-08-16T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilkestondistrictscouts.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=4330"},"modified":"2021-08-19T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:45:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilkestondistrictscouts.co.uk\/wordpress\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4330\" class=\"elementor elementor-4330\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f1b01c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f1b01c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4f0071\" data-id=\"e4f0071\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38587e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"38587e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=I0NSyX5Td5g&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5872043\" data-id=\"5872043\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181862f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"181862f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We prepare young people with skills for life.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b07f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4b07f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">As Scouts, we believe in preparing young people with skills for life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">We encourage young people to do more, learn more and be more. Each week, we help over 460,000 young people across the UK aged 6-25 enjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they need to succeed, now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">We\u2019re talking about teamwork, leadership and resilience \u2013 skills that have helped Scouts become everything from teachers and social workers to astronauts and Olympians. We help young people develop and improve key life skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">We believe in bringing people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance, always. 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future.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scouting in Ilkeston is all about fun and adventure, from camping to laser quest our units offer a wide range of events and activities to prepare young people for the big wide world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c29d3f\" data-id=\"3c29d3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de83fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de83fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" 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