We are delighted to share that 113 volunteers from Greater Manchester West received Good Service Awards throughout 2024 for their extraordinary service to Scouting in our County. We are super proud of each and every person’s remarkable achievements!

Please find below a list of award holders from our County, please offer your congratulations to them! 
Click here to view the 2025 Roll of Honour in full.

Silver Wolf

Andrew Connellan
Harold Peet
Joseph Foster
Keith Chadbourne
Paul Wilkinson
Peter Marsh
Philip Rigby
Robert Cole
Roger Kettle

Bar to the Silver Acorn

Glenda Gould
Simon Gould
Susan Leonard

Silver Acorn

Andrew Atherall
Andrew McDonnell
Anthony Sant
Carol Gilbert
Donald Young
Jacqueline Blades
James Samson
Jane Ford
Janice Platt
Karen Mathieson
Kathryn Picton
Michael Hayes
Michael Harding
Paul Maggs
Peter Leonard
Robert Whiteley
Robert Wilson
Sarah Goodstadt

Bar to the Award for Merit

Adam Richardson
Alfred Winby
Brian Pastore
Charlotte Palin
Dennis Yarwood
Geoffrey Hill
Ian Culleton
John Kay
Marie Hill
Rachel Lyttle
Richard Doherty
Richard Taylor
Sally Yarwood

Award for Merit

Alasdair Ferro
Amanda Westhead
Andrea Morgan
Christopher Starkie
Clair Nugent
Colin Lea
David Simpson
David Kerrs
Deborah Forrest
Fiona Glover
Frank Shepherd
Heather Richardson
Ian McGeough
Jemma Williamson
Joanne Gray
John Fern
Jordan James
Lesley Fryer
Margaret Pugh
Mark Pope
Martin Bull
Martin Odenrode
Nicholas Anderson
Patrick Gallois
Penny Rothwell Mason
Peter Sterlini
Robert Scanlan
Rosalind Bryan
Ryan Swailes
Sean Warman
Sharon Irving
Simon Lowe
Sophie Rothwell Mason
Wesley Buckley

Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service

Andrew Smith
Asa Neill
Carol Ferro
Christine Farnworth
Dean Edwards
Elizabeth Entwistle
Emily Topping
Emma Craig
Hayley Mullen
Ian Sexton
James Turner
Jayne Leach
Jeanette Stott
Jennie Wadsworth
Josh Macdonald
Kathryn Hoole
Kerryann Banks
Lisa Tonge
Mandy Ward
Matthew Darke
Michael Hollingsworth
Michael Counsell
Michelle Rowlands
Miles Horner
Mun-Kit Choy
Owen Ballhatchet
Philip Dodgson
Phoebe Aspinall
Robert Partridge
Robert Wharmby
Sean Scully
Simon Murray
Stephen Woodcock
Thomas Dutton
Victoria Dixon
Wanda Entwistle


A special thank you thank Jacqui Aspinall, Gemma Higson and Greg Archer for their hard work with awards over the past 12 months, and also those in Districts and Groups who’ve recognised the achievements of the amazing volunteers locally and submitted nominations.

For more information about Good Service Awards including the criteria and how to nominate a volunteer locally for service above and beyond their main role, please click here. Before submitting an award nomination on the system, please speak to your District Lead Volunteer or District Awards Lead.