Scouts In Action

Every week over 6000 young people in Beaver Scout Colonies, Cub Scout Packs, Scout Troops, Explorer Units and Scout Networks across Berkshire have a fantastic time in Scouting. Everywhere there is adventure, fun and friendship. These pages provide a glimpse of that exciting activity. Enjoy!

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1st Britwell Scouts Visit Downing Street 27 1st Britwell Scouts, 1 Young Leader and 6 Adults visit London for the day. Seeing the change of the guard at Buckingham Palace, having a photo oppertunity on the steps of no.10 Downing Street and visiting London Dungeons. Image Contributed By: Damien Woodall

Berkshire Chickens in Uganda After raising over £43,000, the first group of Project Africa chickens are settling in well to the school in Uganda. More updated are available on the Project Africa webpage. Image Contributed By: Mpagi Livingstone

Go Karts - Out of Newspaper! You must be Mad Thats what 23 Cubs & Scouts from 79th Reading thought when they where given their challenge! Thanks to Jeremy King (www.jeremykingengineeringinschools.co.uk) & his Stixx Machines the Cubs & Scouts where set a Challenge to design and build a Go-Kart using Newspaper as a Raw Material. Through using the Stixx machines to compress the rolls of Newspaper; some 6hrs later each team had a Go-Kart to race! The Challenge brought the Cubs & Scouts together and everyone played their part in the team. What a Fantastic end to the Christmas sleepover. Well Done 79th! Image Contributed By: James Southern

New Beavers for Central Windsor Keen to grow, Central Windsor scout group have recently launched a second Beaver colony. Here you can see some new recruits, young and older! There was a fabulously warm feeling of enthusiasm from existing volunteers which has definitely rubbed off on the new teams, with fantastic support from Harriet Riley, Local Development Officer. Image Contributed By: Harriet Riley

Sandhurst Scout Group on TV Well their flag was anyway – if not the children. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from 3rd Sandhurst (Memorial Park) Scout Group were the guard of honour at the recent game at Madejski Stadium, when Reading played Cardiff. The fact that their team lost 2-1 didnt seem to upset the children who had an enjoyable experience waving the flags before the game. A very visible example of Scouting being out there infront of the public. Image Contributed By: Colin Doran

Pinkneys Green Scouts Christingle Service On Sunday 11th December, Pinkneys Green Scouts held a Special Christingle Service at their Parish Church St James the Less at Stubbing. Over 100 members of the Group took part in this special event, followed by a cup of tea and mince pie in the church hall. Image Contributed By: Simon Wheeler

New Beavers at Littlewick Green Throughout the summer, volunteers from Pinkneys Green have been busy supporting new volunteers who have been keen to start a new Beaver colony at nearby Littlewick Green. The team of completely new volunteers are full of enthusiasm and raring to go with their new Colony under the close support of new friends at Pinkneys Green. Young people trying out new experiences are loving every minute of their time as Beavers and some are already looking forward to becoming Cubs! The number of young people involved is gradually going up as word spreads around the villages of these fantastic new opportunities. Image Contributed By: Pete Jeffreys

Axford Autumn Camp Axford Explorers had a 5 day at the fantastic Chalfont campsite this Autumn. Highlights of the week included: playing full sized London Monopoly visiting many of the sites in London, making a roast dinner with all the trimmings on a campfire and pioneering a 5 metre watch tower. Image Contributed By: Ben Tichband

Scrub Bashing at Snelsmore Common 2nd Thatcham had a weekend at Snelsmore Common scrub bashing. Those who attended have received the Group Environment Award. We had to clear a large area of the common of silver birch, willow, and brambles, to allow heather and grasses to grow in a mire. Over the weekend we had over 200 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, and their families turn up to help, breaking all volunteer records at Snelsmore Common Country Park. Saturday evening finished with hotdogs cooked on the bonfire. A great weekend of hard work and fun. Image Contributed By: Pete Frost

Dia De Le Muertos (day of the dead) Slough explorers enjoying the Mexican festival of Dia de La Muertos on the 2nd November, as part of the international balanced program we looked at the strange but interesting Spanish tradition of worshiping those that have passed on. The tradition includes, sweet foods and face painting to celebrate passed family and freinds. Image Contributed By: Mike Bennett