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Try this link to our photo album to see all the things YOU could try with scouts today!!!

When Scouting first started there was only the scout section.

The section now covers the age range of 10½ to 14 years old.

At the age of 14 youngsters leave the scout section and move on to become explorer scouts.

Outdoor activities feature prominently in the scout troop. Throughout the year there will be a variety of camps and other events.

Many troops have one day activities which could include things such as canoeing, sailing, raft building, climbing, abseiling, hill walking, survival exercises, archery, mountain biking and many, many more.

10½ to 14 years old

Outdoor activities

In scouts there are lots of things YOU and your friends can do.

Lots of fun YOU can have, and lots of new things YOU can try.

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activities

canoeing

raft building

abseiling

survival exercises

mountain biking

Patrols may also do things on their own without a leader running the activity. Scouting trains young people to take on responsibility for themselves and their activities.
 
Because of the span of age ranges covered by the section, the training programme needs to be much more varied than in other sections. Today it might be possible for scouts to take up film making, circus skills, or mechanics.

Also important to training are community projects which had their origin in the scout's "good turn". Today this might mean participating in a local conservation scheme or fund raising for a local charity.

Throughout their time in the section a scout can gain many awards and badges for proficiency in an activity.

Patrols

responsibility

programme

film making

mechanics

community projects

The members of the scout section are very active, with lots of different things to do. Scout troops go on camps of their own during the year, which could take them anywhere in the country.

There are many joint activities oraganised to make use of the facilities in the area. This could be as local as Durham or the North Yorkshire Moors, or a weekend at Kielder in Northumberland.

Seen here are scouts enjoying a wide range of activities on events with Darlington scouts. You could find yourself doing anything from archery to raft building.

camps

activities