Happy St. George’s (virtual parade) Day

St. George’s Day Parade 2020 Join in with the County St. George’s Day ‘Virtual Parade’. Can you spot the 11th Folkestone contributions? Join in on either Facebook or Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/user/KentScout https://www.facebook.com/kent.scout

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Hike to the moon

On 23 April, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief are getting together for their Big Day In on Radio and their Big Night In on TV, a massive fundraising special to celebrate the incredible people making a difference in communities across the UK and to support people who need it most during the corona crisis. We want Scouts to go the extra mile too. Together, young people, volunteers, parents and carers are going to Hike to the Moon. If we all hike just one mile each – about 2,000 steps or 20 minutes walking on the spot – then together, we can complete the incredible 240,000 mile journey. To hit your one mile target, you can hike around your home or your garden (if you’ve got one) but please be […]

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NHS Competition

Calling on all young budding artists Children across the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) region are invited to create a design which will feature on the side of one of 12 front line ambulances across its Kent, Surrey and Sussex region. SECAmb is looking for designs which incorporate a rainbow, NHS logo and a supportive public message. A small judging panel will choose three winning designs which will be placed on four ambulances in each of the three counties served by the Trust. More information can be found here. Entries should be on A4 paper and be scanned and sent to NHSrainbow@secamb.nhs.uk by 5pm on Friday, 24 April 2020 along with the child’s name, age and address, so that at […]

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Camp at Home

It’s been great to see some members getting outside in the garden in their tents and spending the night, or building a den in the bedrooms/living rooms and sleeping there as a great Scouting tradition of camping out. We’re delighted to be able to count these as nights away for purposes of badges, so if you sleep out in the garden or in a den at home, don’t forget to share it with us using the form below so we can count it on your badge record. Virtual Camp World Record If you haven’t been tempted yet, Scouts of all ages are attempting to break the Virtual Camping world record on the 30th April. So it can be recorded officially, […]

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