Avon Scouts – Bristol Pride

Avon Scouts will be supporting and in attendance at the Pride Parade march taking place on the 9th July. If you plan to join us please download the into sheet below as it includes the plans for the day.

Rafting

17 Leaders attended a training course on Sunday 5th June to prepare for running Rafting with their respective groups. The course involved building rafts using barrels, spars and knots and covered the relevant safety requirements to run traditional rafting with their group. They will be assessed when running an event for an Activity permit. As […]

Bristol Monopoly Run on 14 May

Join other Scouts, Guides, Senior Section, Explorers, Network members and leaders for a giant scale monopoly game in May. Using navigational skills, teams will visit the sites of Bristol and move around the Monopoly board to score points. The event is being held on 14 May 2022 and teams starts at BP Boathouse in Bristol […]

The Rickard Shield is back!

This year we will be running a ‘lite’ version of this fantastic night navigation event for Explorer Scouts, Senior Section Guides and Scout Network/Ranger Guides on 19 March 2022 between 1700 hours and midnight (no camping overnight hence the ‘lite’ version). More information about the Rickard Shield event. Team applications • Online applications are now […]

Devon Scouts – Virtual International Camp – 21 – 23rd May 2021

“Are you tired of looking at the same old walls? Would you like the chance to travel the world? Then we have the solution for you – the Devon Scouts Virtual International Camp! Along with other Scouts from all over Devon, connect with Scouts from across the world as they share their cultures, languages, and […]

Cubs – Newsletter – March 2021

Cub Scouts make a difference at Christmas time

In November 2020, we asked Cub Scouts from across Avon to design a Christmas card for the crew of HMS Prince of Wales, an aircraft carrier associated with Bristol, all 700 of them! Learn about HMS Prince of Wales (RO9) here https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/aircraft-carriers/hms-prince-of-wales Each Christmas card that we received was entered into a draw for a […]

Do you fancy a challenge? We’ve got two for you to consider

First of all…. World Scout Jamboree 2023 The next World Scout Jamboree will take place in South Korea in Summer 2023. Planning for the event is underway and Avon County are due to formally start recruiting our leadership team in early 2021. To get ahead of the game we’re looking to hear from you now […]

Love Sailing ? Interested in how you can help the County Sailing then read on…

We have boats, water and time spare but we need  to help our team. We provide sailing tasters in Bristol harbour between April and August for any scout group in Avon County. This year almost 90% of our scout taster sessions sold within 24 hours of booking opening. As we are now having to turn […]

County Cooking Competition – and the winners are …1st North Worle (Omega) Scouts

A fabulous County Cooking Competition today at Keynsham Scout H, where 5 of the 9 districts were represented and we saw some lovely food cooked and presented for the judges. The runners up were 1st Stockwood (148th Bristol) Scouts. Both these teams will represent Avon at the Inter Cooking Competition in Shurdington, Glos. on 22nd […]