Berkshire Scouts

East Reading District

Changes to the support structure for Scouting across Berkshire means that the Scout Groups and Explorer Scout Units in East Reading District are now part of either Reading Central or Loddon Districts.

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.