1st Sheet (Oakhurst) Scouts Visit

Always a pleasure to visit a busy Scout section like 1st Sheet. Tonight was no exception! The Scouts continued where they left off building bird boxes from scrap wood. I often think that Scouts bridges the gap between what parents…

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1st Liss Scouts Visit

It’s always a pleasure to go back to 1st Liss Scouts, especially when the ropes and staves are out. Dan the leader has big ambitions for the 20 Scouts to be able to build a Trebuchet by the end of…

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1st Petersfield Scouts Visit

A very interesting evening with the Tuesday 1st Petersfield Scouts. Normally before a hike Scouts would take a while to plan their route, sometimes in a lot of detail. Not this time. The instructions were very simple. At every junction…

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District Patrol Leaders Camp

With news of the district merger between Petersfield, Havant and Waterlooville now being openly discussed I think it is important to get a level of expectation from the Patrol Leaders in the district.  Rather than holding a meeting over Zoom…

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Leaders Challenge award

OK so we all know Scouting is too good for the young people of the District, so to make things a bit more exciting for our adult volunteers we are running a pilot for the Hampshire Leaders Challenge Award. At…

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Gilwell Reunion 2017

Gilwell Reunion – Whats it about? For one weekend of the year Gilwell Park, the home of the Scout Association becomes a playground for any adult connected with Scouting, that weekend, always the first weekend in September is called Gilwell…

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ADC Scouts Blog May 2017

And we’re off…. I’ve just submitted a small quantity of Nights away Notifications to ‘The Boss’.  It’s the first one I’d like to tell you about here. Before I do though just a quick update on various things around the…

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