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Maidenhead District
This District supports Scouting for young people aged 6 to 25 in Maidenhead; Bray & Holyport; Cookham; Cox Green; Pinkneys Green; Furze Platt; and the surrounding area.
Maidenhead Annual Meeting
Boyne Hill Altwood Scout Group picked up most of the awards on offer at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Maidenhead Scout District. The photo shows the Beaver Section with their award.
Hamish Stout, County Commissioner presented Silver Acorns for specially distinguished service to Bob Parker and Ray Tucker.
The meeting elected Dave Chesterman as District Chairman, Bob Parker as District Treasurer and Doug Piggott as Secretary for 2007-2008.
The County Commissioner, Hamish Stout, thanked all the adult volunteers who had provided the 1000+ young people across Maidenhead District with such a programme of fabulous Scouting.
Centenary Camp
Maidenhead and District Scouts are organising a Special Camp for all the members of the Scout and Guide movement in Maidenhead, which we hope you will take part.
The object of the camp is to bring all members of the Maidenhead Scout and Guide Movements together to celebrate the Centenary of the founding of the Scout Movement in 1907, by Lord Baden-Powell. During the camp there will be a full programme of activities and events designed for all age groups to participate.
Cubs, Scouts, Guides, Explorers, Rangers, Networks and Leaders from all Groups in Maidenhead, will camp for the weekend. Rainbows, Beavers and Brownies will be day visitors, either on the Saturday or Sunday of the camp.
The date for the camp – Friday 25th May to Monday 28th May 2007
Queen Scout Award for Kylie
Kylie Brown was presented with the Queen Scout Award by Hamish Stout, County Commissioner at the Maidenhead District Annual Meeting. Kylie had undertaken a wide variety of activities to gain this top award for young people in Scouting. She had carried an extensive service element at Furze Platt Cub Scouts where she is currently an Assistant Cub Scout Leader. She had served as Finance Director for a Young Enterprise Company, researched the underlying values of genetic engineering research, participated in WINGS and undertaken an extended expedition to the Lake District. At one point in the expedition, the group had to come off the mountains as the driving wind was 'literally blowing us over'.
Young People in Maidenhead
Scouting for 6 to 14 year old boys and girls is based in local Scout Groups. There are 11 Groups in the Maidenhead District offering Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts.
To make contact with your nearest Scout Group the Maidenhead District web site has a useful map with links and contact information or use the District Contact above or follow one of the links below.
18th Maidenhead (Desborough School)
19th Maidenhead (St Joseph & St Edmund Campion)
21st Maidenhead (1st Cox Green)
Scouting for 14 to 18 young men and women is based in local Explorer Scout Units. There are five such units in the Maidenhead District
More details on Explorer Scouts in the Maidenhead District are available here
Scouting for 18 to 25 men and women is based in the Scout Network which is coordinated on a County-wide basis.
Adults in Maidenhead
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 Maidenhead Commissioner or follow these links
Support for Adults in Maidenhead
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 Maidenhead District are supported by their Local Training Manager
Bob Stiff LTMeast@berkshirescouts.org.uk
Click here for more details on the Adult Training Programme