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In the second century of Scouting ...

Information about getting involved as a leader, helper or young person (boys and girls from 6 to 25) is all on this site - and also news of recent activities.

Frantic 09

Our Frantic 09 Event saw 880 Scouts and Guides from across the Godalming, Farnham and Haslemere areas (campers and day visitors) join together on Hampton Estate's land near Elstead.

SubAqua The main activity day was on the Saturday of the camp, with over 40 activities running for the Scouts and Guides to try. These included Sub Aqua, Laser Tag, Ariel Runway, firelighting, Bucking Bronco, Powered Karts, Adventure Course, Shooting, Archery, various craft bases, suds hockey, pancake making, bouncy castles and remote control cars amongst many others. "Crocodile Encounters" also joined us with snakes, crocodiles and a tortoise.

In the evening everyone on the camp had a BBQ, Hog Roast and Fajitas, followed by a Camp Fire and Disco.

The Event was visited by the Mayor of Godalming, the Mayor of Waverley, the Mayor Farnham and other scout and Guide comm Snakes issioners and in their words ... "the range of activities was inspirational" ... "It was a pleasure to visit a camp with so many young people clearly enjoying themselves - certainly everyone I spoke to was having a great time" ... "Fabulously wonderful day . I loved watching you all have such fun and I particularly loved the croc and tortoise" .... "it was one of those events that will certainly have those who participated enthusing to their friends for some considerable time!"

Sunday morning saw a number of challenges organised by the Scout Network (18 to 25 year olds) and Circus Skills base along with a number of groups continuing to run their activities.

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A special thanks goes to everyone involved with the Event who helped make it such a great success.

Scouting Myths

One of the biggest myths about Scouting is that Groups are closing down due to a lack of young people wanting to become Members. Nothing could be further from the truth, in fact, Scouting in the UK is growing. We are always looking for adults to help support Scouting.

There are many ways to help whatever time you are able to give - having fun, learning new skills and making new friends - and remember that all leaders and helpers are volunteers. The help you are able to give may be related to your job, or a hobby and may not even take place on section's regular evening meeting.

If you would like to find out more please visit http://www.scouts.org.uk/parents - which also includes an A-Z of scouting terms and some frequently asked questions. If you are interested in helping in some capacity either click on the link in that information or make contact with us through the links on our site. If your child is already involved then you could also speak to your leaders.

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Whether you are already involved in Scouting or would like to get involved we hope you'll find this site a valuable resource and tool - we'll be adding more content and new functionality over the coming weeks and months.

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