Kennet

This District supports Scouting for young people aged 6 to 25 in Newbury; Hungerford; Inkpen & Kintbury; Lambourn; Wash Common; and the surrounding area.

Visit the Kennet Scouts website here. 

Young People in Kennet 

Scouting for 6 to 14 year old boys and girls is based in local Scout Groups.  There are 9 Groups in the Kennet 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.

1st Hungerford
1st Inkpen and Kintbury
1st Lambourn
1st Newbury Sea Scouts
2nd Newbury
3rd Newbury
4th Newbury (St John's)
1st Wash Common 

Scouting for 14 to 18 young men and women is based in local Explorer Scout Units. There are three such units in the Kennet District

Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit
Pegasus Explorer Scout Unit
Kennet District Young Leader Unit

Scouting for 18 to 25 men and women is based in the Scout Network which is coordinated on a Berkshire-wide basis.

Adults in Kennet

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.

Support for Adults in Kennet

All Adults in Scouting are supported by both District and County-based Support Teams and by a widely respected training programme.

Adults undertaking training in the Loddon District are supported by their Local Training Manager, Lynne Kay LTMwest@berkshirescouts.org.uk