Calendar - opportunities and events not to be missed!
Kayak Rolling Course - 4th to 25th January 2009 - Lenton Community Pool - book via County Office
County NESST hike - 17 January 2009 - Walesby
County MAD - 7th March 2009 - Walesby - entry form on County MAD website or via County Office
Apex Challenge - an overnight event with prizes for teams of 4 - 18th to 19th April 2009 - Sherwood Pines - more details
Nottingham Monopoly Run Live - 10th to 12th July 2009 - Robin Hood Scout Camp
Roverway 2009 - a European event for 16 to 22 year-olds - 20th to 29th July 2009 - Reykjavik, Iceland
NYJAM - a new International Jamboree - 25th July to 1st August 2009 - Yorkshire
National Sea Scout Jamboree - 1st to 8th August 2009 - Holme Pierrepont
Apex Extreme - a weekend event teams of 4 - 2nd to 4th October 2009 - Ilkley Moor, West Yorks - more details
County Flag - overnight incident hike - 14th to 15th November 2009 - venue tbc
More general scouting events - listed on Scouts.org
National Explorer events - listed on ScoutBase
International opportunities - lots of links to this year's events on ScoutBase
County Activity Team Events
##### WATCH THIS SPACE for the 2009 activities programme #####
Sailing Instructors Course - £400 - Plas Menai - contact County Office for dates
Level one powerboat course - £20 - dates tbc
Level two powerboat course - £50 - dates tbc
Safety Boat course - £50 - dates tbc
Advanced First Aid - 16 hours - £30 - Dates tbc
Walking Group Leader Award Assessment - £185 - dates tbc
Mountain Leader Award Training - £445 - 6 days - contact County Office for dates
Mountain Leader Award Assessment - £445 - 5 days - contact County Office for dates
Practical assessment for hillwalking, rock climbing, canoeing, sailing and powerboating - contact the County Office
Programme Ideas
YHA - the Youth Hostel Association
Geocaching - a cool way to explore your local neighbourhood
Tall Ships Youth Trust - a great way to gain your sea legs
Urban Outdoors - resources from ScoutBase
Xscape - snow... skateboards... climbing... aerial assault course... and more
Safer Driving - learn how to survive on the roads. Download the flyers... Arrive Alive pdf (24kb) and Safer Driving pdf (42kb)
Sail O D 1 - Explorer the Solent from Portsmouth harbour on a sailing boat used just for Explorer scouts
International Talk Like a Pirate Day - Shiver me timbers on 19th September every year!
Scouting Songs - Why not light a fire and gather round and learn a few old campfire songs.
What are YOU doing about climate change?
Local Links
Nottinghamshire County - the website for Scouting in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Network - make contact with the next section after Explorers
Walesby Forest Scout campsite - The BIG place to go camping in Nottinghamshire
Sherbrooke Scout campsite - the OTHER big place to go camping in Nottinghamshire!
Bivouac - the County scouting newsletter. Latest and previous editions:
December 2008 | August 2008 | May 2008 | January 2008
November 2007 | September 2007 | July 2007 | May 2007 | March 2007 | February 2007
December 2006
National Links
Scouts.org - the official corporate website
Explorers - the official corporate Explorer Scout website
National News and Support
Explorer Scout eNews - Issue 1 - April 2007 (90kb) | Issue 2 - Sept 2007 (88kb)
Fantastic deals and offers for all members of the Scout Association.
ScoutBase - all sorts of things to do with scouting including:
Explorer Scout programme - all the gen on what you should be doing as a unit
Young Leader scheme - all about how to support our younger sections
Badges - all the different badges you could be getting
Uniform - and where to sew them on!
Scout campsites - all the registered scout campsites in the country
Scouting 2007 - everything you might want to know about the centenary of scouting
MySpace website for the Jambo song
MySpace - The Explorer Scout MySpace
Duke of Edinburgh Awards - everything you might want to know about the awards
Gilwell Park - the home of Scouting
Scout Shops - the on-line place to buy uniform
International Links
Kandersteg - international scout centre in Switzerland
WOSM - World Organisation of the Scout Movement - more than 28 million members worldwide!
Leader Resources
Nov 2007. New Nights Away rules and clarification of existing guidelines. Download the pdf (22kb)
Nov 2007. Read the letter from Chris Brammer about the streamlining of the balanced programme. (pdf 124kb)
