Berkshire Scouts

 

Contact: Nigel Bevan

District Commissioner

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www.maidenheadscouts.co.uk

Nights Away Notification

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.

Dates in Maidenhead

Diary Dates (last modified 21:46 18 November 2008)

January 2009

12 Maidenhead District ADCs meeting

19 Maidenhead District GSLs meeting

March 2009

2 Maidenhead District GSL/ADC forum

May 2009

11 Maidenhead District ADCs meeting

18 Maidenhead District GSLs meeting

September 2009

14 Maidenhead District GSL/ADC forum

November 2009

23 Maidenhead District GSLs meeting

 

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.

Bray & Holyport

Boyne Hill Altwood

1st Cookham

Furze Platt (3rd Maidenhead)

1st Maidenhead Sea Scouts

9th Maidenhead (URC)

13th Maidenhead (Methodist)

18th Maidenhead (Desborough School)

19th Maidenhead (St Joseph & St Edmund Campion)

21st Maidenhead (1st Cox Green)

Pinkneys 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

Cookham Explorers

Cox Green Explorers

Dragons Explorers

Mid Thames Sea Explorers

Young Leaders Unit

 

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