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Young person
aged 4 to 14?
Pick a section, fill in three boxes, we'll be in touch within a week. First Wednesday is free.
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For grown-ups
Got an
hour spare?
Tea-makers, idea-havers, garage-rummagers — we'll find you a job that fits. You don't have to be Bear Grylls.
See volunteer roles →Four sections. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Squirrels · 4–6
Thu 5:30 — 6:30pm
Big games, big imaginations, bigger snack. 45 minutes of joyful chaos for our youngest adventurers.
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Beavers · 6–8
Tue 6:00 — 7:00pm
First fires, first knots, first sleepovers. Where the adventure properly begins.
Find out about Beavers →
Cubs · 8–10½
Wed 6:30 — 8:00pm
Crate-stacking, cooking on the stove we built ourselves, night hikes and one sleepover camp every term.
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Scouts · 10½–14
Thu 7:00 — 9:00pm
Canoes, camps, and the occasional robot. Real skills, real responsibility, real adventures.
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Three boats, one wet leader, and a duck.
Twelve Scouts spent Saturday at Whitlingham learning to canoe.
We climbed a tower of milk crates.
Helmets on, butterflies in. The Cubs got higher than last year.
Beavers' parents' night was a hit.
Forty-odd grown-ups, half a tonne of biscuits, no broken windows.
Hungry Hippos. Carpet-sized. AGM-grade.
Yes, we played Hungry Hippos at the AGM. Trustees won.
~60
young people
10
grown-up volunteers
52
Wednesdays a year
1962
year we started
Tea-makers, idea-havers, garage-rummagers — we'll find you a job that fits.
For as little or as much time as you can spare. Most of our volunteers are parents who didn't think they'd end up here either.