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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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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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Mental Health Awareness Training
Hampshire Scouts has set up a number of zoom sessions for Leaders on Mental Health. These are to run through…
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Basingstoke Network Update
We’ve had a busy few of months. We had a relaxed July social at the pub, our second annual summer…
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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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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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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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2024 Annual Award Nominations are now open!
Each year we take nominations for our local awards where it’s the opportunity to recognise our adult volunteers across the…
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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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Squirrels Turn 1 in Basingstoke East
Squirrels across the District are celebrating their first birthday in style. Over the past year, at the time of writing,…
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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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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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Chineham Cubs & Scouts Visit RAF Odiham
1st Chineham’s Cubs and Scouts descended on RAF Odiham on a lovely Wednesday evening. A small force of 104 Cubs…
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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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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….
Read More 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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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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Supporting Explorers in Basingstoke East
We’re looking for someone new to join our 14 to 25 Team, and help to lead Explorers across the District…
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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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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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Top Awards Week 2023
Help young people Reach the Top! The 22nd to 30th November is Top Awards week, and HQ are running a…
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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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Adult Training Weekend (2/3 December 2023)
Hampshire Scouts are running an adult training weekend (non-residential) at 1st Chineham Scout HQ on 2nd and 3rd December, covering…
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Adjustments to Scouting (Module 36)
County are running Module 36 (Adjustments to Scouting) on Zoom on Tuesday 24th October at 19:00. This module has a…
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OSM Accounting Session
Do you already use the accounting section in OSM or are you considering if it can make your accounting easier?…
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18 things for every Scout to do before they’re 18
Chief Scout Bear Grylls shares his ultimate Scout bucket list ahead of his book release tomorrow. How many of these can you tick off?
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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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Libya Floods – How Scouts can help
We extend our sympathies and solidarity with all those affected by the devastating floods in eastern Libya.
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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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The Morocco Earthquake – How Scouts can help
All our thoughts are with the people of Morocco, following the devastating earthquake on Friday evening. Here’s how you can…
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New Badge Site is now live!
Following our previous update on Badge Orders, we are now really excited to be able to share that our new badge order system is…
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12-year-old Malachi is raising colour blind awareness
September 6 is Colour Blind Awareness Day. Meet Malachi, who shares his experience of colour blindness.
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Expanding our Shop operations
Basingstoke Scout Shop is a real asset to us as profit from the shop is returned directly into Scouting within…
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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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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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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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Hub Room Booking
We’re making good progress on preparing the District Hub for it’s opening event on Thursday 7th September. A big shout…
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25th World Scout Jamboree: Update from the UK Contingent
UK Scouts has transferred our young people and adult volunteers from the Jamboree site at SaeManGeum to Seoul.
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HQ Membership Fee Update
An update on the position of the UK HQ finances and the UK HQ portion of membership fee for the upcoming year. Please remember this doesn’t include the county or district portions which are yet to be announced.
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Makaton Level 1 Course
The District has been lucky to secure some funding to run Makaton Training with a local tutor. The course will…
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HSX call on Explorers and Network to tackle AdEx Challenge!
Calling all Hampshire Explorers and Scout Network: HSX are hosting the AdEx Challenge, a series of challenges and bases to test your teamwork and leadership skills.
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Scout Shop Summer Closure
A reminder for all that Basingstoke Scout Shop will be closed during the Summer Holidays. Their last day will be…
Read More 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…
Read More 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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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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Welcome Nathan Robinson
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Nathan Robinson as Deputy District Youth Commissioner, Nathan will be working with…
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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 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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The Commander Bruce Award 2023
Hampshire Scouts have recently relaunched an award called the ‘The Commander Bruce Award 2023’. You can read the award guidelines…
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….
Read More Scout Shop News
We are really excited to let you know about some changes we have been making in the Scout Shop. New…
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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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1st Basingstoke Cubs – Taskmaster Evening (with Parents)
1st Basingstoke Scout Group are currently on the hunt for a new Group Scout Leader to help lead the group,…
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Upcoming Young Leader Training
There are some remaining places on the upcoming Young Leader Training (Modules B to K) being ran in Basingstoke on…
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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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Basingstoke Gang Show – Leader Survey
Hopefully you have all heard of the Basingstoke Gang Show – a variety show showcasing Guiding and Scouting talent from across the…
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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…
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Guidance for our volunteers
As we mourn the loss of our Patron, HM The Queen, we’re aware that volunteers may have questions, the resources below will help you during this time
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Chief Scout Bear Grylls remembers HM The Queen
Chief Scout Bear Grylls OBE leads the mourning for our Patron.
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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Volunteers Social
A volunteer social event is being run on Saturday 20th August at Middle Copse. Middle Copse is a great location…
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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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Changes to our e-learning platform and certificates
Explaining some changes being made to our e-learning platform, and our certificates
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How to run a sustainable Scouts camp or sleepover
Discover our top tips for planning an eco-friendly camp that everyone will enjoy.
Read More 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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