Activities
The Activities Team have a great deal of experience and expertise in running, supporting and managing a huge range of events and activities.
From supporting adults through adventurous activity training, to running large international expeditions and supporting exciting programme elements at events such as WINGS and World Scout Jamborees, the Activities Team is always on hand to help!
The links above give a sample of what activities and support are on offer, or to find out more contact the Activities Team.
Activities updates for Leaders
There are regular updates on what is going on in the activities arena as well as opportunities to work though issues of concern and what we should be doing in future during the Activities meetings at County Leaders Forums. These are held four times a year and all leaders and activity instructors are welcome. Coffee is served from 19:30 with the meeting starting at 20:00 with a topic of general and current interest. After that, we split into Sections and Activities. The remaining forum dates for 2012 are:
WEDNEDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2012
THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2012.
They are held at the Holiday Inn, Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0SL. We do hope you can make it.
Dragon Boat Regatta - New date
Enjoy a team building afternoon on the Thames at Wokingham Waterside Centre with your unit and friends. The Centre is running a Dragon Boat Regatta especially for Berkshire Scouts afternoon of Sunday the 20th of May 2012. This is a fun event with prizes for teams of 11 Cubs, Scouts, Explorers or Scout Network/leaders. No previous experience or special equipment is needed as the Centre will provide the boats, buoyancy aids, qualified helms, instruction etc. For further details including how to enter Click Here.
Leading Adventurous Activities
The Association's requirements for adventurous activities can be found at the A-Z of Activities but to lead or supervise young people on adventurous activities you will usually need a permit. However you do not need to be high level expert let alone a a professional instructor to obtain a permit. You will just need to show that for the level of activity you want to lead you have the adequate skills in the activity and in looking after young people taking part. Normally this involves a combination of training and experience - the requirements are detailed in Scout Association factsheets. The Activities Team can advise you on what is involved including on training and training opportunities and many of our assessors can provide or organise training as well as carry out assessments. In particular we run regular training programmes for hillwalking and climbing as outlined below.
To apply for a permit complete an application form and send it to the Activities Team together with the supporting evidence. We have assessors for most of the more popular activities but if we have no one for you we will track one down.
Hillwalking training programme - 2012 Programme
We are running a series of weekends for leaders, instructors and helpers interested in developing their hillwalking skills ideally with the objective of being able to take young people on the hills themselves.
Further details including the dates are given on the activity training page.
Climbing training - 2012 Programme
The next training course for those who want an activities permit for running climbing and abseiling on a climbing wall will be at the climbing tower at Earley Wood Scout Centre on Tuesday evenings starting on the 17th of April and running for 6 weeks.
Spaces will be limited so you if you haven't already booked your place you need to do so now. For further information contact the Activities Team.