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East Reading District
This District supports Scouting for young people aged 6 to 25 in east Reading, Earley, Lower Earley and the surrounding area.
Change in East Reading Scout District - A Positive Approach to Scouting in Earley
At the East Reading District Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 20th September it was formally announced that East Reading District would close at the end of 2006 and that the 6 Groups plus the Explorer Scout Unit comprising the District would move to Loddon District (31st, 84th and 99th Reading) and Reading Central District (2nd, 71st and 73rd Reading plus the Explorer Scout Unit).
Ian May (District Commissioner) and Hamish Stout (County Commissioner) emphasised that the change was driven by a desire to enhance the support that could be offered to the Groups and Adult Volunteers in those Groups and in no way reflected on the already very good Scouting offered by the Groups/Unit. Indeed the change would, in due course, enable further development of the Scouting available to the young people living in and around Earley and Lower Earley.
With immediate effect the Loddon and Reading Central teams will start to work with the Groups, even though East Reading will not close as a District until the end of 2006.
Ian May reported that for the second year running numbers in East Reading had increased and that the total membership was now over 500.
Ian May, the District Commissioner, presented a 25 year Long Service Award to Paul Bandy (ADC, Development) (below left) and a 5 Year Service Award to Judith Wheatley (GSL 71st Reading) (below right).
Hamish thanked all Members of Scouting in East Reading for the considerable contribution they had made to Scouting over many years and wished them every success for the next year, with all the benefits that the 2007 programme brings to their already high quality programmes.
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Young People in East Reading
Scouting for 6 to 14 year old boys and girls is based in local Scout Groups. There are 6 Groups in the East Reading District offering Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts - To make contact with your nearest Scout Group you should use the 'District contact' given above or follow the links in the list.
2nd Reading Sea Scouts (from 1.1.2007 part of Reading Central)
31st Reading (1st Earley) Sea Scouts (from 1.1.2007 part of Loddon)
71st Reading (Anderson) Sea Scouts (from 1.1.2007 part of Reading Central)
73rd Reading (Park) (from 1.1.2007 part of Reading Central)
84th Reading (St Nicholas) (from 1.1.2007 part of Loddon)
99th Reading (2nd Lower Earley) (from 1.1.2007 part of Loddon)
Scouting for 14 to 18 young men and women is based in local Explorer Scout Units. There are one such unit in the East Reading District
East Reading Explorer Scout Unit (from 1.1.2007 part of Reading Central District)
Scouting for 18 to 25 men and women is based in the Scout Network which is coordinated on a County-wide basis.
Adults in East Reading
There are many opportunities for adults to enjoy and support Scouting. Working directly with young people in the Sections includes being a Leader; an Assistant Leader; Colony, Pack or Troop Assistant and so on.
The are also opportunities to help at Group level and in the District in 'management' roles. Tasks at these levels include finance; administration; fund-raising; taking care of equipment; and so on.
Adults in Scouting have fun and are well supported with training and through District and County programme teams.
For further details on how to support Scouting in this District you should contact the East Reading District Commissioner or follow these links
Support for Adults in East Reading
All Adults in Scouting are supported by both District and County-based Support Teams and by a widely respected training programme which can lead to a qualification from the National Open College Network.
Adults undertaking training in the East Reading District are supported by their Local Training Manager
Paul Chapman LTMmid@berkshirescouts.org.uk
Click here for more details on the Adult Training Programme