District Team

Tracey is the second District Lead Volunteer of Barnet Borough, and the first to be called Tracey Smith.

She is quiet and unassuming in “normal” life, but somehow manages to put that aside when she is Scouting to become a force of nature with whom you should not mess.

When she is not Scouting, Tracey enjoys powerlifting and extreme ironing.

Favourite apple: Granny Smith

Clive is a Sea Scout, and so wears a different uniform from the rest of us normals.

He is of course somewhat annoyed that the nearest sea to Barnet is around 40 miles away.

However, knowing Clive he has probably got a plan to change that.

Favourite car: a boat

As Beavers Team Leader, Gill is no stranger to glitter.

She has a wholesaler’s account at Hobbycraft and orders it by the skipload.

A regular contributor to their newsletter, Gill has her own warehouse of craft materials organised by type and then alphabetically.

She can often be found washing her clothes and/or herself in a vain attempt to remove poster paint stains and gobbets of PVA glue.

Favourite delivery: useful stuff

Known to everyone after 5 minutes’ acquaintance as “Angry Andy”, our Cubs Team Leader is in fact a big softy.

He has a secret room full of his favourite soft toys and is a fully paid up lifetime member of The Tufty Club.

Andy knows all of the words to every BTS hit and has perfected the dance moves as well.

Favourite colour: sparkle.

After 5 years of supporting Scouting at 20th Finchley, Kevin has recently become the District 14-24 Team Lead.

In his day job he runs the education charity CityYear UK.  He’s also dad to his own Explorer Scout.

Apart from Scouts Kevin wears a uniform at work and also volunteers for St. John Ambulance. He may also have Thunderbirds pyjamas, but this hypothesis has not been tested.

Favourite uniform: the next new one

If there was a post for “Lead Creative Stuff”, Josh would be the man to fill it.  As it is, he’s having to make do with “Support Team Member – Media & Communications”, which makes for a longer name badge but is paradoxically somewhat less descriptive.

He not only likes photography, making videos and inventing new activities, but outside Scouting he acts and is interested in working in TV.  (He applied for a job at GB News but was turned down on the grounds that his views were “too radical”.)

He is a leader at 1^st Finchley and 2^nd Edgware, and needs only a Group starting with “3^rd” to complete the set.

He can easily be made to laugh and is especially fond of his own jokes.

It’s not all good stuff though.

On the minus side, he is a very fussy eater on camp, and you won’t see him during the mornings as they are for sleeping.

Favourite joke: click here

If you need badges, Judy’s recycling bin round the corner of her house is the place to look.

Judy is a highly efficient badge secretary and known for her quick turnaround of orders.

Favourite badge word: overlocking

Frank is a man of many hats, several being worn at any one time.

He’s been a stalwart of the 15th Finchley and the District since 1961, although to both him and us it feels like longer.

Brian can often not be found because he is driving around far flung places in his camper van, which makes him a great choice to be Nights Away Assessor.

When you meet him he will almost certainly be accompanied by his dog Milo, his faithful sidekick.

Brian has a background in the police and the Court service, but if he told you about any of his work he’d have to kill you.

Favourite Act of Parliament: The Official Secrets