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Daniel Wood was born in Bristol in the United Kingdom on 2nd September 1980. He first lived in Little Stoke, Bristol, later moving to Stoke Gifford also in Bristol. He attended Stoke Lodge Primary School, Marlwood Secodary School and Filton College of Further Education. He studied A Levels in General Studies, English Language, Media Studies and Business Stuides. In 1999 he started University at Oxford Brookes. In 2003 on completion of his Publishing Degree BA (Hons) he went to Exeter University to study for a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) on the Fast Track Teaching Programme.

Alongside his education Daniel was involved in many extra-ciricular activities including playing the piano from age six, swimming, football and Scouts. Since the age of 18 he has volunteered for many organisation, most notably Scouting and The [British Youth Council http://www.byc.org.uk]. The 18th World Jamboree in Holland 1995 is cited as the main inspiration for his many adn varied volunteering experiences within Scouting. Since then, with the Scouts, he has travelled to much of Europe and to Africa including Uganda in 1998 and South Africa and Swaziland in 2004 and 2005.

After joining the [Scout Movement http://www.scout.org] aged six, in 1999 Daniel was elected as a Trustee of [The Scout Association www.scouts.org.uk], UK. In this capacity he has attended two World Scout Conferences - Thessaloniki in Greece 2002, and Hammamet in Tunisia in 2005. In 2001 he was a delegate of the Association to the European Scout Conference in Prague. He has been a member of many working groups including the Search Group for the Chief Scout, Peter Duncan, the renewal of the visual identity of the Movement, Governance, Programme Review Implementation and Chairman of the Association's delegation to the British Youth Council amongst other things.

Daniel was an elected Trustee of The British Youth Council between 2001 and 2006, for the latter two of those years as it's Chairman. The British Youth Council has existed since 1948, claiming high-profile public figures such as Peter Mandelson, Charles Clark, Jack Straw amongst it's former members and Chairs.

In September 2005 Daniel began working in Marketing and Communications for [Skills for Health http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk], the UK Sector Skills Council for Health.