1st Bishop's Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group
Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts for boys and girls aged 6-14
The Scout movement was founded on 1 August
1907 by Robert Baden-Powell, an ex British Army
Officer. It's aim was to help young people to fulfil their
potential by working in teams, learning through doing and thinking
for themselves.
Scouting is for young people between the ages of 6
and 25.
There are 28 million members of Scouting
worldwide.
300 million people worldwide have been
Scouts since 1907.
There are more than 840 members in Bishops
Stortford and District and 16,000 throughout
Hertfordshire.
There are around 100,000 adult volunteers in the UK,
without who Scouting would not exist!
Scouting provides adverturous activities and personal
development opportunities to young people throughout the UK.
Personal development means promoting the physical, intellectual,
social and spiritual well-being of the individual, helping them
achieve their full potential. In Scouting, we believe that young
people develop most when they are given responsibility, work in
teams, take acceptable risks in a safe environment and think for
themselves.
Scouting offers the chance to experience something different and
the opportunity for young people to challenge themselves. When a
Beaver Scout wakes up the morning after a sleepover or a Cub Scout
overcomes her fear of heights by completing her first abseil -
that's adventure!
Scouting offers a wide range of activities. If we don't have an
instructor who can help we can normally find someone who can. But
Scouting isn't just about activities for their own sake. We
encourage young people to feel the buzz of the challenge and then
reflect on what that means, for example: Did they feel more
confident? Would they do it again? If so, Scouting has achieved
something special - and more often something that cannot be
experienced in other environments.
All this is made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult
leaders countrywide. With award winning training and one-to-one
coaching, volunteers get to make the best use of their skills and
talents in a rewarding and supportive environment. It's something
different from the norm, and that's why a lot of people like it. In
fact, it's what has made Scouting the largest co-educational youth
movement in the country.
If you would like to find out more about volunteering roles within
the Group, please contact Simon Carter, Group Scout
Leader on 01279
860406 or email simon.carter@1stbishopsstortford.org.uk.
For more information on Scouting and the role of the Scout
Association, please visit www.scouts.org.uk.
We currently have three Beaver Scout
Colonies, three
Cub Scout Packs and
three Scout Troops,
which meet once a week on the following days:
Monday 6.30pm-8.00pm
1st Bishop's Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group, Scout Headquarters, Heath Row, Bishop's Stortford, Herts
Founded 1909, Registered Charity Number
302616
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For Group information, please call Simon Carter, Group Scout Leader, on 01279 860406 or email