Berkshire Scouts

Publications

Contact: Tony Fulford
County Secretary
Contact the County Secretary

Help

Many of the publications are in the form of Adobe PDF files. Click here if you need help with downloading and viewing these pdf files or here if need help with movie formats.

News from Berkshire Scouting

"News from Berkshire Scouting" is a weekly electronic newsletter. It contains information about events, resources and news relevant to all adult volunteers across Berkshire.

Click here for the archive of the weekly "News from Berkshire Scouting"

Subscribe to  "News from Berkshire Scouting" here

Guidelines for Planning and Managing Large Events and Activities

All County-run activities or events must use the ‘Managing activities and events guidelines’ at the start of and during their planning. Responsibility for ensuring that this happens rests with the Activity/Event Leader.

Planning and Managing  Large Events and Activities (Guidelines) (Adobe PDF)

Large Event/Activity Form (MS-WORD Document)

Managing large activities and events (Planning tool and checklist) (Adobe PDF)

(Documents last updated 12 September 2006)

Annual County Review

2006-2007  2005-2006 (1.36MB)   2004-2005 (1.9MB)    2003-2004 (2.5MB)  2002-2003 (1MB)

2001-2002 (0.75MB)

Photo of the Week Archive

Click here to see previous winners of the Photo of the Week in this year

Archive 2004  2005  2005-2006 2006-2007

Photo of the Year  2004  2005  2005-2006 2006-2007

Centenary Movies

Berkshire Centenary Ball Movie 12Mb   Berkshire Centenary Picnic in the Park  Movie 6Mb 

Berkshire Centenary Celebration  Movie 4Mb   Berkshire Centenary Dinner Movie 8Mb

Centenary of Scouting video Movie 16Mb.

Berkshire Scouts Adventure 2005

This movie shows the fabulous adventure of Scouting through the Photos of the Week for 2005 and yes you will need the sound turned up for best effect.

Quicktime    RealPlayer or Windows Movie Player

RealPlayer or Windows Movie Player (reduced format - smaller file)

Berkshire Scouts in Action 2004-2005

Click here to see Berkshire Scouts in Action 2004-2005. The movie is a wmv format file (6Mb) and it will play in Windows Movie Player or Real Player - and by the way it is actually 3 minutes 23 seconds of adventure, challenge and enriching lives which involves fun and friendship and which is confident inclusive trusted and you need the sound turned up for best effect. 

Nights Away Notification System

Help on the Berkshire-wide On-line Nights Away Notification System

Expenses Claim and Gift Aid Forms

Click here for a copy of the County Expense Claim form

Click here for a Gift Aid Donation form

Group/Unit Information Forms

Click here for copies of the Group Information Form or the Explorer Scout Unit Information Form

Books

Three Flag Hoist by Vic Rolfe - a history of Sea Scouts in Reading

Windows Screen Saver

Download the BerkshireScouts ScreenSaver (Self-installing Windows file)

County Plan Documents

Summary plan

Register of Actions

Other Guidelines

County Web Site Operating Framework

County Web Site Terms and Conditions

County Web Site Privacy Policy

County Website Email Addresses