The Peter Sell Award is an annual award of up to £5,000 to a Scout or Guide group, given by the Leslie Sell Charitable Trust. The Trust was founded by Leslie Sell to support scouting activities. Peter Varga was a refugee from Hungary in 1956 who met Leslie Sell through the Scout movement. This led to Leslie Sell supporting Peter to gain British nationality and then giving him a home. As a mark of thanks, Peter changed his name to Sell and became a Trustee and later Chair of the Leslie Sell Charitable Trust. He died in 2007 and this Award is dedicated to him.
The Trustees invite applications which seek to do the following:
- Widen engagement and involvement in scouting and guiding - in particular, the Trustees welcome applications that will encourage people to engage with scouting or guiding who have not previously done so.
- That will have a legacy beyond the initial expenditure of the grant - e.g. through the purchase of equipment that can be used in later years or by encouraging engagement of people, some of whom may then remain involved in the long term.
