News - District Updates
Social and Digital Initiatives
Three New District Initiatives from our October District Leadership Team Meeting aimed at increasing our visibility with the local community….
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Can You Help Support Dummer Down Farm’s Bonfire Night?
We’re looking for volunteers to help make Dummer Down Farm’s Bonfire Night a memorable event! If you’re interested in giving…
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Welcome Ben Young
Basingstoke East and Basingstoke West Scouts have made great progress in growing Network over the past 2 years. As we…
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Supporting Basingstoke Half Marathon
As we continue our mutual relationship with the Basingstoke & Deane Rotary Club (who recently made a generous donation allowing…
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Join our District Trustee Board
We are thrilled to announce that we are seeking dedicated and passionate individuals to join our District Trustee Board as…
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Welcome Keith Douglas
We are excited to welcome, Keith Douglas to the District Core Team. Keith will be joining us as our District…
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Gilwell Reunion 2024
Gilwell Reunion returns for 2024 and due to the success of our grant trial last year, we are pleased to…
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Welcome Sarah King
Following on from our announcement of Dawn Spreadbury earlier this month, we’re excited to announce Sarah King will be joining…
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Group Lead Volunteer Update (1st Chineham)
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Gibbons as Group Lead Volunteer (GLV / GSL), at 1st Chineham…
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St Georges Day Promise Renewal (RSVP)
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the St Georges Day Promise Renewal that we’re hosting at the District Hub…
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St George’s Day Reminder
St. George’s Day is close approaching & on the actual day of 23rd April, adults can come up to the district…
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Community Engagement
What is there to get involved with or other organisation have asked for our support. The Big Help Out! This…
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Group Scout Leader Opportunity
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a GSL for 1st Chineham Scout Group As our…
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1st Basingstoke Updates
1st Basingstoke are our oldest group in the District and have been based at Trinity Methodist Church for many many…
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BEASTLY 2024 – Bookings Open
We are pleased to announce that participant bookings for BEASTLY 2024 are now open! BEASTLY ’24 will take place on…
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Welcome Dawn Spreadbury
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dawn Spreadbury as Group Lead Volunteer at 1st Basingstoke (Trinity Methodist). Dawn…
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Inclusion & Diversity Open House Chat
Are you seeking assistance with fostering Inclusion and Diversity within your section? Join us at the District Hub on Saturday…
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Gone Home – Martin Spong
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Martin Spong on 01/12/2023. Martin develoted a large part of…
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District Youth Team Updates
We’ve got some exciting news to share regarding some changes in the District Youth Team, Jack Dilly is stepping into…
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Membership Fee
We are now in a position to confirm the total membership fee following the census on 31 January 2024. The…
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Reminder – Volunteer Survey
There is only a few days remaining to let us know your views! Last year we put out a volunteer…
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Supporting Tescos with Poppy Display
I have been approached by the new Tesco Community Champion, Jane Stubbs, about filling up a few of the Chineham…
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Look East – August Edition
Look East returns and is in your inbox or viewable here.
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Changes to our District Team
Last August, we took over as Team DC and a full year in we are taking the opportunity to reflect…
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Volunteer Survey
You may remember that last year we published a Volunteer Survey to help shape the District Development Plan, and where…
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Welcome Josh Hensman!
Further to our recent announcement of Pete Byrne stepping down as District Chair, we have been going through the process of selected…
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Award Nominations Now Open
Annual Award Nominations are now open! Each year we take nominations for our local awards where it’s the opportunity to…
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Badge Update
We’re excited to be making some changes to the way badges are purchased across the District which will make it…
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District Chair Update
It’s with mixed emotions to announce that Pete Byrne will be stepping down as District Chair as of 20th July…
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Welcome Richard Whitechurch!
We are pleased to announce the Richard Whitechurch has come on board to help support the District Cub Team as…
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Announcing our District Hub
We are super excited to announce the opening of Basingstoke East District Hub. This new venue within the Clock Tower…
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Local Awards Advisory Group
We’re looking to pull together a Local Awards Advisory Group (LAAG) which is there to support the District in the…
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Welcome Richard Green!
We are pleased to announce the Richard Green has come on board to help support Young Leaders across Basingstoke East….
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Welcome Magda Esterhuyse
We are pleased to announce the return of Magda Esterhuyse to the Assistant District Commissioner – Section Support for Beavers…
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Welcome Nathan Robinson
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Nathan Robinson as Deputy District Youth Commissioner, Nathan will be working with…
Read More Constitution Update
In February 2023, the Scouts Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) was updated, part of this update saw the removal of…
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Gilwell Reunion 2023
From 1 – 3 September 2023, Gilwell Park will come alive with an incredible programme of activities, workshops and entertainment….
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Annual Awards Celebration
We are excited to announce that our Annual Adult Awards Celebration is returning for 2023! Taking place on Saturday 14th…
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Welcome Pam Byrne
We are pleased to announce the return of Pam Byrne to the Assistant District Commissioner – Section Support for Cubs…
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Thank-you, District AGM 2022
It was great to see so many volunteers back face-to-face at our District AGM last week, with one of the…
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Welcome Daria Cooke
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Daria Cooke as District Scout Network Commissioner, Daria will be helping to…
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Welcome Natalie Elliott
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Elliott as Group Scout Leader, at 6th Basingstoke (Oakridge). It is…
Read More Our Annual Report 2021/22
We are pleased to announce that our annual report is now available to view. A reminder that our AGM takes…
Read More Introducing our new ADC Scouts
We would like to announce a change to our Assistant District Commissioner – Section Support for Scouts. Graham Fisher joined…
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Making life simpler – Nights Away Notifications
We are changing the process for Nights Away Notifications (NAN Forms) to bring everyone onto the same process, remove paperwork…
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Introducing Basingstoke East Young Leader Unit
Over the years within Basingstoke East there has been a disconnect between the Young Leaders and the wider Scouting leadership…
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Introducing our ADC Squirrels
We are really excited to welcome Jan Wright into the role of Assistant District Commissioner for Squirrels. We’ve all seen…
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Hello from Team DC
As you will have recently seen Jamie has stepped down as District Commissioner. His last day in the role was…
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Message from the District Commissioner
I first started in Scouting back when I was a Cub at 1st Basingstoke on Monday 6th September 1999. Since then,…
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Welcome Carrie Miller
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Carrie Miller as Group Scout Leader, at Old Basing Scout Group. It…
Read More All Volunteers District Meeting Change
As you may have seen from the District Calendar we were due to have our All Volunteers meeting this week….
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BEASTLY 2022 is almost here
We are super excited to announce that our Skills & Activity Day has found it’s name; BEASTLY. Supported by BEAST…
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Our Constitution
Following an electronic vote of the district scout council, we are pleased to announce that the new constitution has been…
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Introducing our DDC – Growth & Development
We are delighted to report that the district senior leadership team is expanding once again and will now have a…
Read More Welcome to our newest group
We’re delighted to announce the opening of a new Scout group in Basingstoke East which will be called 7th Basingstoke. …
Read More Basingstoke Gang Show is back
Basingstoke Gang Show is back and your young people could be centre stage
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Public Spaces Car Park Access
A reminder that Crabtree (The Bolton Arch car park – A30) and Lime Pits (Redbridge Lane) have now changed to…
Read More District Constitution – Your Vote
During our last AGM a new constitution was proposed. Some updates to that constitution were taken away from the AGM…
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GoCardless Fees
Many of you who are using GoCardless may have received an email regarding a change in their pricing structure. The…
Read More Introducing our DDC People
I am delighted to report that we have appointed a third Deputy District Commissioner onto the district senior leadership team….
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Flip Out- Special Offer
A message and special offer for us from Flip Out, Basingstoke.
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Introducing our DDYC
We are excited to introduce Jack Dilly as our newly appointed Deputy District Youth Commissioner. Jack will be joining Harrison…
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Festival of Transport 2022
Following the amazing success of attending Basingstoke Festival of Transport last year we have been asked to attend the event…
Read More St Georges Day 2022
We’ve been busy planning an amazing new way to celebrate St Georges Day in a really fun and youth focused…
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All Members District Meeting
Did you miss our all members meeting on Monday 24th January – Don’t worry we’ve got you covered. The recording…
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Explorer Scouts Update
As announced during our all members meeting on Monday 24th January, we are reinvigorating the Explorer Scout offering in Basingstoke…
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It’s that time of year again where Census is upon us. The official Census date is the 31st January, so…
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Adult Awards Celebrations
On the 15th January, we saw adults from across the district come together for the first of our annual awards…
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Your November Round Up
This month we are trialing a new format for your monthly round up. You can view the round up below….
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COVID-19 – Latest Government Advice
The governement has made some changes to the regulations and advice around COVID-19. As you may have seen these include…
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Want to be part of something new?
As you may know, back in October we launched our applications for members to join our adventurous activities unit, B.E.A.S.T….
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Introducing our ADC Cub Scouts
We are excited to introduce Craig Harris as our newly appointed Assistant District Commissioner, Section Support for Cub Scouts (ADC…
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Rotary Shoebox Appeal
If you’d like to get inolved in this years Rotary Shoebox Appeal please see the Shoebox Leaflet 21 Rotary is…
Read More All Adult Members District Meetings
With the recent success of our District team meetings, feedback has told us that some really relevant information is shared…
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Interested in training for an adventurous activity?
Earlier this year we launched BEAST active support unit to provide more adventurous activities across the district. We are now…
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Congratulations, Jack Dilley
We like to congratulate Jack Dilley on. gaining his Queen Scouts Award (the highest award available to Explorers) – an…
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Introducing our ADC Inclusion
We are really excited to welcome Georgina into our new role of Assistant District Commissioner for Inclusion. Georgina brings a…
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Introducing our ADC Young Leaders
Welcome to Annmarie Smith-Browne as our newly appointed Assistant District Commissioner for Young Leaders. Previously we had a Young Leader…
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Save the date!
We’ve got a really important date for you to get in your diaries. Not just one event but we are…
Read More District AGM
You are invited to our upcoming District AGM. Please see this link for more information.
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Introducing our District Youth Commissioner
Welcome to Harrison Gorst as DYC for Basingstoke East
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Memorial Service – Beryl Mullender
Update from the family Dear Friends, Colleagues & Relatives of Beryl, Just a short note to confirm that the memorial…
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Outdoor Location Booking
Easing of requirement to book local outdoor spaces.
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Festival of Transport
Sunday 22nd August saw the return of Basingstoke Festival of Transport where we attended with our climbing wall and soft…
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Welcome to Bramley Scout Group
Following our article back in May this year, we are pleased to welcome Bramley Scout Group to Basingstoke East. Bramley…
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Adult Social Event – Tickets now available
We are pleased to announce that tickets are now available for the adult social event on Saturday 24th July. This…
Read More Launch of BEAST ASU
We are really excited to announce the launch of BEAST Active Support Unit. This district active support unit has been…
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Save the date!
Save the date! Saturday 24th July 2021 We are organising a special event for our adult volunteers. More details will…
Read More Beryl Mullender – Memorial Service
Following our sad announcement at the loss of Beryl Mullender, further details of the memorial service have now been released on…
Read More District Update
Silchester District Closure Following a period of consultation between Hampshire Scouts, Basingstoke East, Basingstoke West and Silchester a decision has…
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Readiness Level Update
Following the recent government announcement we can confirm that we will be moving to YELLOW on Monday 17th May. The…
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