For the first time in many years we held a Soapbox Derby! Scouts, Explorers and Network members spent several weeks designing, building, testing and decorating their own race cars to come together and race down the Oaks Campsite hill. Taking it in turns and dressed up in fancy dress, each Read more
The Mayor of Charnwood, Councillor Dr Julie Bradshaw MBE and the Mayoress Julie Ellerbeck paid a visit to V4 Explorers to talk about their role, the history of the Mayor and all the various things they get up to. The Explorers also got to see the Mayoral chains of office, Read more
How would you celebrate your 40th Birthday? We spent the weekend with nearly 500 young people and adults at one epic District camp. Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders from across the District came together for a our 40th Birthday District camp. Arriving Friday night to pitch tents all young people Read more
We’ve had a busy few weeks ending our 2022 programme with 3 weeks of Laser Quest! Cubs, Scouts and Explorers all took to the arena to battle it out in our final District Event of the year. Week one we had the Cubs, week two a mixture of Cubs and Read more
Panda’s Explorers have celebrated a big birthday this week, they became 10 years old! Started by our DESC Phil in September 2012 with a handful of Explorers over the years the unit has grown and seen over 100 young people pass through the section with several staying in Scouting after Read more
That’s right we blasted off into space for our first District camp since covid. Over 500 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders from all over Charnwood travelled to Sherbooke Scout Campsite for an out of this world District camp. Arriving on Friday evening, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers put their tents Read more
It was the turn of the Scouts and Explorers to descend onto Hollywood Bowl for their first event of 2022! Nearly ever group from the District was represented and we filled all but one lane at the ally. Another amazing night was had by all. Also DC Paul managed to Read more
We know the coming days and weeks are going to be difficult for families across the District and the UK, as the spread of Covid-19 causes schools to close. As the experts in developing skills and bringing adventure to young people, The Scouts want to do what we can to Read more
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers took part in the 2020 District football and unihoc competition! Scouts and Explorers picked up their hockey sticks in the morning, trying to become the 2020 unihoc champions. Each troop and unit played against each other, trying to win their matches to get top of Read more
Scouts and Explorers gathered at Laser Force for a night of laser blasting. The young people had 3 games of laser quest, where they competed head to head to become the top of the leader board. After the games they were treated to pizza. Thank you to Laser Force for Read more
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