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◊ Ely District Explorer
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HELLO! Welcome to the wild and whacky world of Ely District
Explorer Scouts. Please feel free to browse our site. You'll find information
about what we do and how to join us. |
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Activities
◊ Meeting Places ◊ Programme ◊ Awards & Badges ◊ Uniform & Investiture ◊ 18+ ◊ Links |
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Sitemap ◊ FAQs ◊ Contact Us ◊ Child Protection Policy |
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We are a group of 14-18
year olds who meet to take part in Scouting activities. There are in fact
two 'units' or groups with overlapping membership: We have around
thirty-five members at the moment. Generally about twenty to twenty-five of
us show up at the Matrix meeting as not all of us can come all the time. Exams
and other stuff have a habit of getting in the way! At weekends we do
things like incident hikes, camps, and kayaking, and older members go off to
do their Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions. We're led by a team
of adults who come from a variety of backgrounds and who bring a wide range
of expertise to the activities. They currently include a butcher, a teacher,
a teaching assistant, an archivist, an electrical engineer, a scientist, and
a DJ. Explorer Scouts are
part of the wider Scouting organisation. We're older than Scouts but younger
than members of Network. Unlike Scouts our members are not drawn from a
single group based in a particular town or village but come from across the
Scouting district. In our case this is Ely District (for more information
have a look at the Our Area
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Scouting has been
around for over 100 years. The movement was established in 1907 by Robert
Baden Powell with the aim of encouraging young people to: 1.
develop
an ability to live in the open 2.
develop
woodcraft skills 3.
behave
in an honourable way 4.
learn
how to save lives 5.
develop
their physical endurance 6.
love
their country You'll be amazed to
hear some of these aims haven't changed much since then. The Association
still wants Scouts to: §
develop
to ''their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as
individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national
and international communities'' Above
all we: §
Learn
by doing and, §
Have
fun! One of the main
things about Scouts, both then and now, is that we make the Scout Promise and agree to keep the Scout Law.
You can find information on the law and promise at a website called Scoutbase. |
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The Unit's members
come from across the Ely Scout District area. There is a map
of the District on the Scout County Website. The District's
boundaries are the Before we joined
Explorers some of us were Scouts in troops at Ely, Haddenham,
Littleport, Stretham,
Sutton and Witchford. |
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Come and join us! We
are always on the look out for new members. Don't worry about being new. We
are all extremely friendly and welcome new people. New members mean new
ideas and bigger and better activities. It's all good! §
Use
the online form: §
Phone
us: o To join via the national Scout Information Centre ring: 0845
300 1818 o To speak to someone locally in the district (usually the
District Commissioner): 0845 643 6250 o To speak to a leader about urgent
matters only: 07713 862 088 (you may be given an alternate number to call) §
Email
us: Adults can also use
the 0845 643 6250 number or email address to contact us if they are
interested in joining the leader team, have skill to offer or have any
questions about young people wishing to join. |
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Use the details in
the Join Us section above. |
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As members of the
Scout Association Ely District Explorer Scouts take seriously our
responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of the children and young
people in our care. More details about the Association's Child Protection
Policy, to which we adhere, can be found at: http://scouts.org.uk/cms.php?pageid=137. |
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Please click here to
access the online programme/diary. The page is password
protected. The leaders will be able to tell you what the password is at a
meeting or you could use the email address in the Join Us section to
find out. If there are other
activities you would like to see in the programme let us know! |
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We often meet in |
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We're very
interested in camping and fires. We
don't think it's unusual to spend hours in tents or to burn a sausage on a
stick. Unfortunately we can't camp all
the time (gasp, shock, horror) so what other stuff do we get up to? Here is a
list. Click on some of the entries to see pics of
us in action! |
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Archery Axes Training Backwoods Cooking Bonfire
Night/Fireworks Cake Baking Night Cambridge
Observatory Visit Camp Craft Training Campsite Cooking
Night Cinema Trips Climbing Compass and Pacing
Training Cooking Craft Night Cycle Rides Denmark Expedition Ely Cathedral
Lantern Visit Feed the Swans at Welney Film Night First Aid Training Ghana Expedition Golfing Gym Visit for a
Fitness Work Out Halloween Fancy
Dress Night High Ropes Hobbies Night Ice Skating Kayaking |
Knots and Lashings
Training Laser Quest Maps and Compass
Challenges Marathon Challenge Maths Challenge Mepal Challenge Weekend Night Hike Orienteering Course
Setting Pigeon Pie Cooking
Night Quiz Nights Rabbit Pie Night Rosh Hashana Cooking Challenge Sailing Semaphore Shoe Box of
Treasures Situation Leadership Speedway Visit Splices and
Whippings Training Spymasters 'Stomp' Sunrise Events Survival Camps Ten Pin Bowling Theatre Workshop Tilly Lamps Training Treasure Hunt Weekends Away White Water Kayaking Wide Games Young Leader
Training |
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Scouts and badges,
Scouts and badges, go together like… well like toast and marmite really. Some
Scouts love them; some Scouts can do without them. If you decide to go for it
with badges the leaders will give you as much support as they can. There are a few
different sorts of badges and awards. Click on the names to get more
information from the national
Explorer website: §
Explorer Belt – this is a big one. Much respect to anyone who gets
it. It involves arranging an international ten day expedition. §
The
Chief Scout's Platinum
and Diamond Awards,
and The Queen's Scout
Award
– these awards take some time to do but you'll end up with loads of useful
skills. They are much easier to get if you are already doing some activity
badges and especially if you're doing the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. §
Activity Badges – if you've been a Scout, Cub or Beaver you'll be
familiar with the idea of these. If not have a look at the list on the national
Explorer website which is always being updated.
Slightly more challenging of course for Explorers than lower sections! It can
be a bit hard to find your activity just by looking at the names of badges as
the requirements for similar activities are all written down together. So we've written a list
to help you find your way around. §
Staged Activity
Badges
– these are funky
little badges with a number on them that show what level you've got to. The
badges are: Emergency Aid, Hikes Away, Information Technology, Musician,
Nights Away, and Swimmer §
Partnership Awards – you get these by teaming up with other groups of
people to run a project/event. They can be just about as whacky as you want
them to be… §
Duke of
Edinburgh's Award – we can register you for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme
through the Scout Association. We have our own Duke of Edinburgh's Award
advisor and we regularly go to the more wild parts of the country to do the
expeditions part of the Award. Have a look at the scheme's website www.theaward.org
and at the information on the national Explorer
website. §
Young Leaders'
Scheme–
quite a few of us are also Young Leaders in other
Scout sections around Ely District. Have a look at the Young Leaders' page on
the national Explorer
website for more information. A diagram of where
to put your badges is in your starter pack and is also available on page 4 of
this pdf file from scouts.org. |
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Can
I get an Activity Badge for …? The answer is almost
certainly yes! It can be a bit hard
to find your activity just by looking at the names of badges as the
requirements for similar activities are all written down together. So here is a list to help you find your way
around. Important: this is not a full list. If you can't see the activity you want to
ask a leader for advice… |
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Abseiling:
see Climbing Activity
Centre Service Air
Activities Angler:
see Physical Recreation: Angler Archery:
see Physical Recreation: Master At Arms Art:
see Creative Arts Astronomy:
see Science And Technology Athlete
Aviation
Skills Badminton:
see Racquet Sports BMX:
see Street Sports Camping:
see Scouting Skills Canoeing
Caving
Climbing
Community
Cooking:
see Creative Arts Creative
Arts Dance:
see Performing Arts Dirtjump:
see Mountain Biking Downhill:
see Mountain Biking Drama:
see Performing Arts Electronics:
see Science And Technology Emergency
Aid: this is staged activity badge Equestrian:
see Physical Recreation Fencing:
see Physical Recreation: Master At Arms Fishing:
see Physical Recreation: Angler Flying:
see Air Activities/ Aviation Skills Four
Cross: see Mountain Biking Gliding:
see Air Activities Hand-Gliding:
see Air Activities Hill
Walking Hikes
Away: this is staged activity badge Horse-Riding:
see Physical Recreation: Equestrian Information
Technology: this is staged activity badge Journalism:
see Public Relations Judo:
see Physical Recreation: Martial Arts Karate:
see Physical Recreation: Martial Arts Karting:
see Motor Sports Kendo:
see Physical Recreation: Martial Arts Kung
Fu: see Physical Recreation: Martial Arts Lifesaver
Martial
Arts: see Physical Recreation |
Master
At Arms: see Physical Recreation: Master At Arms Mechanic:
see Science And Technology Meteorology:
see Science And Technology Model
Making: see Creative Arts Motor
Sports Mountain
Biking Music:
see Performing Arts Musician:
this is staged activity badge Narrow
Boating: see Water Activities Naturalist:
see Science And Technology Nautical
Skills Navigation
Nights
Away: this is staged activity badge Parachuting:
see Air Activities Paragliding:
see Air Activities Performing
Arts Photography:
see Creative Arts Physical
Recreation Potholing:
see Caving Power
Boating: see Water Activities Public
Relations Quad
Bike Racing: see Motor Sports Quartermaster
Racquet
Sports Radio
Communication: see Science And Technology Roller-Skating:
see Street Sports Sailing:
see Water Activities Or Nautical Skills Science
And Technology Scouting
Skills Scrambling
: see Motor Sports Service:
see Community Shooting:
see Physical Recreation: Master At Arms Skateboarding:
see Street Sports Skiing
Snowboarding
Squash:
see Racquet Sports Street
Sports Swimmer:
this is staged activity badge Tae
Kwon Do: see Physical Recreation: Martial Arts Tennis:
see Racquet Sports Voluntary
Service: see Community Walking:
see Hill Walking Water
Activities Writing:
see Creative Arts |
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§
Uniform - Paul Day Sports, 35 High
Street, Ely, CB7 4LF - Shops listed in the Scout Shop
Online Store Finder - You could also ask a parent to
check out eBay
for you §
Investiture |
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18+
(There is Life After Explorers...) Scouting doesn't
abandon you on your eighteenth birthday! §
Join
Network §
Become
an Adult Leader §
Join
a University Scout and Guide Group |
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§
Scoutbase §
Explorer
Site §
District
Scout Site §
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National
Scout Site §
World
Scout Site §
Scouting
Wiki §
Duke
of §
Ordnance
Survey Get-a-map §
Ray
Mears' Bushcraft Tips §
Redcross First Aid Tips §
Transport
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The Good Stuff (more coming soon…) |
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Members' Area Please click here to
access the Members' Area. The page is password
protected. The leaders will be able to tell you what the password is at a
meeting or you could use the email address in the Join Us section to
find out. This is the part of
web site where we post stuff that is for our eyes only! |
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So what do Explorer
Scouts really look like?! |
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Check out this
Explorer website. Its got all the stuff you'd expect like info on badges and
a notice board but also weirder stuff like profiles of other Explorer Units…
go on be nosey… |
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§
About Us §
Awards §
Badges §
Diary §
18+ §
FAQs §
Gallery §
Home §
Join Us! §
Links §
Notices §
Our Area §
Uniform §
Welcome |
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§
Why
can't I get into the online programme? §
Where
can I find out more about Scouting? §
Can
I speak to someone about joining the unit? §
Can
I come for a taster session? §
Do
I have to have been a Scout before joining the unit? §
Can
girls join? §
Can
I do my Duke of §
Do
I have to wear a uniform? §
How
much does it cost? |
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Legal
Things We need to tell you
the following things about this website: §
Copyright
Statement: §
Privacy
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The views expressed
in this website are not necessarily those of the Scout Association. |
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Please send comments
on the website via the email details at Join Us marked ''FAO the EDES Webmaster''. |
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Page last updated by ZAR at: 02/07/2010 11:16 |
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