Scouts Hereford and Worcester

Explorer Scouts - Save the date - 23rd - 25th February

We invite all Explorer Scouts including Young Leaders to Blackwell Adventure for our 2024 Social Camp.

More details coming soon but pop the date in your calendar now and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Volunteers, have you seen the latest learning opportunities on our website?

Coming up in January we have courses on using Online Scout Manager (OSM), Administration, Skills of Leadership, Delivering a Quality Programme and Working With Adults.

In February we’re covering, Programme Planning, Supporting Young People, Promoting Positive Behaviour, Scouting for All and First Aid.

For full details of all our courses and to book your place please visit: https://www.scoutshw.org.uk/training-courses

We will remember them.

Operation Bald Eagle 2023
Well done to everyone who took part in this year’s event, over 300 Scouts plus 175 adult volunteers from Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire Scouts enjoyed a weekend of challenges.

Congratulations to the “California Girls & Boys” of 16th Worcester who were the overall winners.

A special mention also to the winners of each challenge:
Friday night - 1st Colwall
Saturday day - 16th Wyre Forest
Saturday night - 16th Worcester

Congratulations to everyone that took part and thank you to all the adult volunteers for your support.

It’s National Trustee Week, did you know that behind every Scout Group, District and our County is a trustee board. Please join us in saying a big, heartfelt thank you to our incredible trustees this week.

Their unwavering commitment, boundless dedication, and valuable time make Scouts shine brighter every day!

If you’d like to know more about what our trustees do please visit https://bit.ly/3QsIaEZ and if you’re interested in getting involved please drop us a message to start the conversation.

Our Top Award celebrations continued this afternoon with 43, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Scout Network members many of whole received multiple awards.

We thank Professor David Green, Deputy Lord Lieutenant, for presenting the Chief Scout’s Gold, Platinum and Diamond Awards, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Bromze, Silver and Gold, Young Leader Belt, Scouts of the World Award and The King’s Scout Award. The young people also had plenty of fun and food during the afternoon including a shameless plug for Hereford Gang Show by several of the cast members present.

Amazing to welcome over 60 Squirrel, Beaver and Cub Scouts to Bishop Perowne Church of England College for our Top Awards ceremony. This morning we have presented Chief Scout’s Acorn, Bronze and Silver Awards as well as fun activities including Animal Mania - Mobile Zoo.

We will be presenting our older section with more awards this afternoon.

T**a Awards Celebration
Deadline to register: 22nd October 2023
https://www.scoutshw.org.uk/events/top-awards-2023
Join Our Celebration

Now it’s time to celebrate achieving your Top Award at Scouts Hereford & Worcester’s Awards Day on the 4th November 2023.

Where? This year, the event will be at Bishop Perowne CE College, Worcester, WR3 8LE

Who is invited? All young people who have achieved a Top Award in the past 12 months (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs) or in the past 18 months for Scouts, Explorers (inc. Young Leaders) and Network.

The day of celebration is in two parts and is free to attend.

Top Awards Celebration 2023
Date: 4th November 2023

All young people who have achieved a Top Award in the past 12 months (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs) or in the past 18 months for Scouts, Explorers (inc. Young Leaders) and Network.

The day of celebration is in two parts and is free to attend.

Parents need to register their young person using our booking form (link below). Groups/ Leaders are not able to make bookings or bulk registrations. Each booking is for ONE young person so we can record each achievement individually.

Details can be found here:

Top Awards 2023 | Scouts Hereford & Worcester Join Our Celebration Now it’s time to celebrate achieving your Top Award at Scouts Hereford & Worcester’s Awards Day on the 4th November 2023. Where? This year, the event will be at Bishop Perowne CE College, Worcester, WR3 8LE Who is invited? All young people who have achieved a Top Award in th...

The Scouts are exhibiting at The National Outdoor Expo at the NEC on March 23rd and 24th next year and we have free tickets available.

This is an amazing opportunity to show Scouting to the general public and we’d love to see as many volunteers, young people and their families as possible.

As a Scout you can get FREE tickets via https://bit.ly/MatNOEFreeTickets - these are first come, first served.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Well done Scouts Bromyard great to be part of the community.

Great to see so many young people and adults taking part in RedditchTrek today.

The bases were many and varied, those visiting base 15 were challenged to make a horse from tin foil! They had a lot of fun making them even if the appearance of some of them varied 😂

Good luck to all the teams taking part in RedditchTrek today, looking like we have a nice day for it. We’re setup on base 15, thank you to all the volunteers supporting.the event.

Why not join BUSHSCOUT.UK for a practical skills course at Kinver Scout Camp on October 7th

The course fee is refundable to Scouts Hereford & Worcester volunteers

Book your place now at
www.bushscout.org.uk/courses

County Walking Weekend in Eryri (Snowdonia).

Huge well done to the Scouts and Explorer Scouts who managed to bag some big peaks including Moel Siabod, the Glyders, and Moel Eilio, as well as braving the rain on Sunday.
Thank you to all the leaders for your support and making it a very enjoyable weekend.

We were saddened to hear recently of the untimely passing of one of volunteers. Darren Forster, age 45, started scouting at the age of eight and moved through the sections at 10th Warrington, including Venture Scouts and was an active member of Warrington Gang Show. On leaving Warrington Darren continued his Scouting and more recently had volunteered at 1st Tenbury Scouts, Clifton upon Teme Scouts and supported Shirejam.

R.I.P Darren

The Scouts are exhibiting at The National Outdoor Expo at the NEC on March 23rd and 24th next year.

This is an amazing opportunity to show Scouting to the general public and we’d love to see as many volunteers, young people and their families as possible.

As a Scout you can get FREE tickets via https://bit.ly/MatNOEFreeTickets

We look forward to seeing you there.

Squirrel Scouts are the newest and youngest members of the Scouts family, aged 4-6 years old.

We now have Squirrel Drey open in several areas of Herefordshire & Worcestershire but we’d love to have more and so would the young people!

If you are interested in opening a squirrel Drey in your local community please register for a webinar at https://www.scouts.org.uk/events/thinking-about-squirrels/
You can also contact our very own Squirrel Scout Advisor at [email protected]

Scouts Wyre Forest presents Camp Cockerel 2023, open to all Explorer Scouts, this is a weekend event for teams of four to. six 14-18 year olds.

17th – 19th November 2023 at Rhydd Covert Scout Campsite, Bewdley.

The event contains –
Friday Night Challenge and Social
Saturday Day Activities to test your teamwork skills.
Saturday Night Hike with challenge and food bases along the route

Cost - £30 per Young Person, catering not included.

Booking forms and further information can be found at https://www.rhyddcovert.org.uk/events/

Our friends at BUSHSCOUT.UK are putting on a practical skills day for us at our County Campsite Kinver Scout Camp on October 7th.

The day will cover Fire Lighting, Axe & Saw skills, Tarpology, Knife Safety and Campfire Cooking

Scouts Hereford & Worcester volunteers can reclaim the course cost after attending.

https://www.bushscout.org.uk/courses