Activities

Contact: Bob Meldrum
ACC (Activities)

Activity Training

As an Adult Leader or Instructor you can get financial assistance towards the cost of training and accreditation/ assessment to gain an authorisation, permit or the qualifications to run, lead or supervise adventurous and other activities. more

Activity Notification

If you are undertaking any form of activity which involves adventurous activities or is based away from your normal meeting place you must notify your District Commissioner. If your event includes nights away please use the Nights Away Notification System.

For activities which do not involve a night away you can use the Berkshire Scouts on-line all groups all districts to carry out the notification with the minimum of effort. An on-line form provides a simple direct route to achieving this. The form will send all the necessary information about your event to the relevant people in your Group and District. You will receive an email confirming what information has been sent.

Nights Away Notification made simple

The Berkshire Scouts web site provides an all Districts on-line notification process which takes all the effort out of the Nights Away Notification procedure. A link to the online form is available on the home page of the Berkshire Scouts Website www.berkshirescouts.org.uk, look on the right hand menu. more

Activity News

Click here for the latest copy of Activity News from the Scout Association.

Supporting the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

Registration for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme (D of E) can now be made with the Berkshire Scouts D of E Support Team. A downloadable form is available which contains details of costs and the address to which it should be sent. A one off payment for each award covers registration, record book, badge and certificate on completion of the award and all postage costs. The record book will be issued to the person taking part in the Award Scheme and confirmation sent to their Explorer Scout Leader or County Scout Network Leader. Completed books should be returned to the Berkshire Scouts D of E Support Team who will arrange for assessment and issue of badges and certificates.

Click here for the Berkshire Scouts D of E pages.

Tall Ships

Special Offer To Scouts from The Tall Ships Youth Trust

The Trust has recently received a generous donation to enable young people aged 16-25 join our tall ships voyages.

Do you know a young person who would benefit from this experience? If you do, please call their Youth Development and Training Manager,

Chas Cowell, on 02392 832055 or email him on chas.cowell@tallships.org

For more information about their voyages (residential youth centres for 48 young people and 20 responsible adults) and the Trust - visit their website at www.tallships.org.

The A to Z of activities

Click here for a comprehensive guide to activities, it provides the facts you need to know and how you can get out and get active.

Parascending

is a parascending team specializing in working with young people to develop confidence and teamwork. The Club has been operating for almost 30 years and has a good safety record. As with all adventurous sports there is an element of risk. Our instructors are qualified and licensed by the British Hang gliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA). We operate in accordance with recognised procedures and regulations to ensure that safety standards are maintained, and we expect participants to exercise good discipline. Our instructors and operators are all voluntary and give up their weekends to fly Scouts, Guides and other youth groups as well as to fly themselves. Sky Lincs is a part of the Scout Association. Click here to visit their web site.

Outward Bound Courses

The Outward Bound Trust Winter Mountain Craft courses pass on skills and knowledge while visiting some of the best summits and winter training areas in Scotland.

The course emphasises safe techniques for the use of ice axes and crampons, basic rope work and an awareness of weather and its effects on the winter mountain environment. It also covers equipment selection, navigation and avalanche awareness. Based at Outward Bound Scotland under the shadow of Ben Nevis, this course will give a solid foundation of skills, which will provide the confidence to explore some of the more adventurous winter mountaineering areas.

For more information please log onto the Outward Bound website – www.outwardbound-uk.org and ‘click’ on the courses folder.

Discounted gliding offer

Why not give your youngsters a grand day out gliding at Lasham near Alton in Hampshire. The Lasham Gliding Society have the use of our aircraft specifically for the flying of scouts and youth groups. . All gliders carry £2 million passenger insurance and scout activity insurance applies. There are flight simulators to use whilst waiting to fly.

Why not give Mike Woollard of Faulkes Flying Foundation Ltd (Tel: 01462-711934) or check out their web site at www.fffoundation.co.uk

Activity Guidelines

The County has guidelines used for planning and monitoring 'large-scale' activities and events - and not just adventurous activities! The guidelines are presented in a checklist format in order that they can be used as a 'planning tool'. The guidelines can be downloaded, printed, and used widely. Click here for the documents.

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