News - District Updates
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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Census
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…
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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…
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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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Celebrating our Young Peoples awards
As part of our virtual St Georges Day event for 2021. We are really proud to recognise some of the…
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The Story of St George
It was great to see so many people at our virtual St Georges day even this morning, we had over…
Read More St Georges Day 2021 – Joining Details
We are really excited to see you and your young people at our first ever District St Georges Day event….
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District Update
Hampshire Scouts have been looking for new opportunities for Districts to work more closely together and share best practices. This…
Read More Beryl Mullender – Funeral Arrangements
Following our sad announcement at the loss of Beryl Mullender, details of the funeral and memorial have now been released on the Mullender family website.
Read More St Georges Day 2021
Find out the further information on our upcoming St Georges Day event.
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Welcome to Graham Fisher as ADC Scouts
Graham Fisher has been appointed Assistant District Commissioner (ADC) Section Support for Scouts. I am really pleased that Graham has…
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter to all our amazing volunteers. Thank you for everything that you do for Scouting. We hope that you…
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England Readiness Level Update
Following our previous article on the 2nd March we are still expecting to move to AMBER outdoors from the 29th…
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Multi Factor Authentication on Microsoft 365
We’re making some changes to the way you log into Microsoft 365.
Read More Gone Home – Beryl Mullender
It is with profound sadness, that Basingstoke East Scouts announce the unexpected passing of Beryl Mullender at home last week….
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England to move to Amber readiness
England moves to Amber readiness level from 29 March. Following an announcement from the National Youth Agency (NYA), we’re pleased…
Read More Gone Home – Lynden Jones
Many of you may have known Lynden Jones who was at one time Vice-President of Basingstoke East Scouts and for many years Chair of 1st Basingstoke Scout Group. Please see this message from Rev’d Audrey D Browne on Lynden’s peaceful passing.
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Welcome to #ThankTwo Day!
Every year on February 22, we take some time to commemorate the history of Scouts and thank the volunteers who make it possible. Find out more about how we’re saying thank you this year.
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Basingstoke Gang Show Update
Please see below update from Basingstoke Gang Show
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Helping you see the news, where it’s convenient for you.
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ADC Section Support (Cub Scouts)
Announcement about a change in the District team.
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Something to share?
Have a news story you want to share? Advertise a Scouting event?
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Recognising our volunteers
As Scouts, all of our volunteers help to shape young people’s lives for the better. Just as our young people…
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Celebrate LGBT History Month
This month is LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) History Month and the perfect opportunity to reflect on how inclusive…
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First Response Update
Guidance has been issued from Hampshire Scouts following some changes from HQ in regards to the First Response course.
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New Year Update from the District Commissioner
Happy New Year everyone. Even though this is not the start to 2021 that we were all hoping for, there…
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