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Beaver Scouting is for young people between six
and eight years old.
Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise
sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games,
going on visits and helping others.
(Our Beaver
colony is presently suspended because we are short of trained
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Cub Scouting is for young people aged eight to
ten years.
You will get a chance to try lots of different
activities like swimming, music, exploring, computing and
collecting. If you do them properly you will get a badge which you
can wear on your uniform.
Cub Scouts also get to go on trips and days out and
sometimes you will be able to go camping with the rest of the pack.
Our pack meets on Thursday evenings. |
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The Scout section is for young people, usually
aged between ten and fourteen or fifteen years.
There is a wide range of activities and challenges and
they lead to awards and badges that recognise your achievements.
Our troop meets on Wednesdays. |
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Explorers is the senior section of Scouting and
is for young people of fourteen to eighteen years.
Our unit meets on Wednesdays.
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Rainbows are girls between five and seven years
old.
Rainbows have fun! They take part in indoor and
outdoor activities as part of their programme called the Rainbow
Jigsaw.
Our Rainbows meet on Monday evenings. |
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Brownies are girls aged between seven and
eleven years.
Brownies belong to a Pack and work in small groups
called Sixes. This gives each girl a group of ready-made friends to
take care of her. It also makes her feel that she belongs to
something special.
Our packs meet on Mondays at Western Road and on
Wednesdays at Queens Park Community Church. |
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Guides are groups of girls aged ten to
fourteen, and there are millions around the world!
We get together regularly to do lots of exciting
things and generally have a good laugh. We make friends, meet
people, try new activities and learn new skills. Being a Guide means
having more fun than ever before!
Our Guides meet on Wednesday evenings.
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Olivia, Nicola and Claire (pictured) and Rebecca
all joined
our Guide group in 2001 when they were ten years old, and they have now
moved on to become young leaders.
They say they have enjoyed every second
of Guide activity and have built up life long friendships with fellow
Guides with whom they would otherwise have lost contact.
They note two highlights of their Guide
life. First, the Essex Jamboree—an amazing event with Scouts and Guides
from all over the world. And second, gaining the Baden
Powell Challenge Award—the highest accolade for a Guide.
Lewis and Adam are members of our Scout
troop.
They say being a Scout is great fun because they get to
meet their friends, take part in sport and games and learn useful
skills, like first aid.
Lewis and Adam both say that the highlight of Scout
life is weekend camp under canvas.
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