News - Events
District Cub Camp 2025
I hope everyone is well and back into the swing of the term following the Christmas break. I have sent…
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District Beaver Camp 2024
This year, the District Beaver team decided to host two Beaver camps so that we could offer the opportunity to…
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Old Basing & 11th Basingstoke Cub Camp
To celebrate the start of the summer holidays, 38 Cubs from Old Basing and 11th Basingstoke joined together for a…
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Introducing Kander26!
We are thrilled to announce a new international event for Basingstoke East: Kander26! This unforgettable adventure will take Scouts, Explorers,…
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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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Volunteers needed for KIJ
After the amazing feedback from this years EIJ we are excited to announce our next UK International Jamboree. For 2025…
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Cub & Scout Camp 2024
The late May Bank Holiday saw 64 Cubs and Scouts battle their way through the traffic around the M25 to…
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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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Big Help Out
What is Big Help Out? Big Help Out brings millions of people from across the UK to join the biggest…
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Around the World in 120 Minutes
On Saturday, 24th February we were joined by over 130 Beaver Scouts as we took a journey around the world….
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Squirrel Fun Day at Ferny Crofts
Following on from the success of the Squirrel Fun Day last year at Ferny Crofts, the date has now been…
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District Hike 2024
This year’s District Hike took place on Saturday 23rd March and over 250 Cubs and Scouts put their navigation skills…
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Squirrels go to Wellington Country Park
A couple weekends ago we had our first ever District Squirrel event at Wellington Country Park, with 38 Squirrels from…
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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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BEASTLY 2024 – Volunteer Registration Open
The team is already working on plans for BEASTLY 2024, scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th May 2024, at…
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We want to hear from you!
Tell us what you think about our events for the chance to win a £20 Basingstoke Scout Shop voucher We’ve…
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Gilwell Reunion 2023 Grants
From 1 – 3 September 2023, Gilwell Park will come alive with an incredible programme of activities, workshops and entertainment. Learn…
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Essex International Jamboree
We are pleased to now be able to share more information about next years Essex International Jamboree open to Scouts…
Read More BEASTLY 2023 & Summer Volunteer Social
We’re pleased to now be able to announce more information about BEASTLY 2023 taking place on Saturday 20th May 2023…
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Festival of Transport 2023
Following the amazing success of previous years with taking part in the Basingstoke Festival of Transport, we have been asked…
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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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Volunteers Social
A volunteer social event is being run on Saturday 20th August at Middle Copse. Middle Copse is a great location…
Read More Take your group to a private screening of Lightyear
ODEON and The Scout Association have teamed up for the first time to give Scout groups the chance to experience Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear at their very own private screening.
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Disneyland Paris – Phase 2 Registrations
We’ve had an amazing response to our Disneyland Paris trip with over 100 people attending already! Initial registration for the…
Read More Summer Social Event
We are pleased to release further information on our Summer Social event taking place directly after the Skills & Activities…
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Skills & Activity Day
We’re pleased to now be able to announce more information about this years District Skills Day taking place on Saturday…
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Fancy a weekend in the hills?
Have you ever considered working towards your hill walking permit? Members of B.E.A.S.T are off on a introductory training session…
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Summer Camp ’22 Registration Open
Registration is now open for our exciting Summer Camp ’22
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Disneyland Paris – Deadline Extended
We’ve had an amazing response for the Disney adventure with 86 young people signed up to join us for the…
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Young Musician Competition
Do you have a young musician in your group? The Rotary Club are running their Young Musician Competition. There are…
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Summer Camp 2022
In our bid to make more opportunities for nights away and to enhance our programmes across the district we are…
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Scouts & Explorers Survival Camp
Over the weekend of the 16th to 17th October, we took just under 100 Scouts/Explorers to Pinsent Campsite in Winchester…
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Beavers return to Paultons Park
This month we saw Beavers from across the District return to our much loved annual trip to Paultons park. Over…
Read More Disneyland Paris – Open for registration
With the super exciting announcement of our international trip to Disneyland Paris, we are pleased to let you know that…
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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…
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Beavers Paultons Park
You may have seen the exciting news that the annual Beavers Paultons Park has returned for 2021. Basingstoke East Beavers…
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Survival Skills Weekend (Scouts)
We’re organising a weekend of back-to-basic survival skills from 16th to 17th October at Pinsent Campsite in Winchester, this will be an opportunity for Scouts to complete their Survival Skills Activity Badge.
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Army Mechanics Activity Badge Day (Scouts)
This’ll be a chance for Scouts to complete their Mechanics Activity Badge on-site at Lille Barracks, Aldershot
Read More Disneyland Paris 2023 – Pre-launch Information now available
We’re really excited to release the pre-launch information for leaders across the district.
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Adult Social Event Update
We hope that you are all well and looking forward to a well earned summer break. We have been monitoring…
Read More 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…
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We’re going to Disney!
We are really excited to let you know that we are are planning a District trip to Disneyland Paris.
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