Suffolk Scouts

Welcome to the online home of Scouting in Suffolk. We'll aim to bring you all the latest news and resources we can to help you in the day to day fun, challenges and adventures in Scouting, regardless if you're a parent, young person or leader!

We hope you find this website useful and if there’s something you would like to see, something we have spelled wrongly or you just want to let us know about something, then please get in touch via the "Contact Us" links!

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Compliance Training Courses

In order to meet the leadership training requirements and updates, several courses have been laid on in districts to meet the need for these courses. These are published on the Adult Training page as they are notified and where you will find the contact details to be able to book the course required so that a convenient date/time can be chosen.

The District Local Training Manager (LTM) will be able to advise any required course of action.

Membership Fees 2020

The National Membership fee for the forthcoming year is £29 per Member and in addition £8 for the County making a total of £37 per youth Member under the age of 18.

The usual discount of £0.50 per Member is applicable so long as all the fees for the County are paid on time, which is before 20^th April 2020.

Keven Mulley
County Treasurer

Managers and Supporters Skills Courses

If you are looking for some skills support for your role as a manager or supporter, you can find more information on the HQ website here. These skills cover

Skills of Management
Achieving Growth
Meeting the Challenges

The Regional Training Team are now looking after bookings for 2020 and courses across the Eastern Region have been arranged.

Book a place via the link on the Adult Training page.

Scouts Xmas Post 2019 - 30p a card

The Scouts are once again offering their special Christmas postal service for 2019 in the Ipswich and Felixstowe areas.

The special collecting boxes are open from Sunday 25th November until Tuesday 10th December

Cost will be only 30p per card (any size) – Please put your cards and money together in the special Scout Xmas Post boxes.

Please write the full address with postcode and any instructions on the envelope clearly.

For more details about where to post and where we deliver, please see below and also at The Ipswich Scout Post website (or click on picture).

The groups involved will then begin to deliver the cards the day after the special postboxes close and should all be completed by Christmas Eve

CMAT - Mountain Biking / Forest Trails

The CMAT Team have arranged a mountain biking event on Sunday 5th January 2020 (10:00-15:00) in the Brandon Country Park, Thetford Forest.

Please see the CMAT Activities page for the link for more details for requirements, booking the event and booking transport (if required).

Inspire others to help transform young lives

Suffolk Scouts have vacancies for Assistant County Commissioners across all our Sections - Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts and Explorer Scouts.

We are rolling out our Skills For Life Strategy and we require people to help groups, districts and the county to run quality programmes so that young people can achieve top awards and ultimately the Queen Scout Award. Over 1,000 top awards were earned in 2018 and we need adult leaders to support our section leaders to deliver exciting and stretching programmes for young people to equip them with Skills For Life.

There is now an opportunity for you to apply or put forward someone you know for Assistant County Commissioner roles for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. If you want to find out more please contact Mark Pearson, County Commissioner, to find out more about what’s involved. Don’t hold back, ask for more information and you may find yourself qualified to take on the challenge!

Adventurous Activity First Aid Training

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The County Mountain Activities Team (CMAT) have arranged this extended first aid training weekend for anybody who is involved in adventurous activities in remote and wild country - that includes water too...

The course has 16 hours of training and practice and meets the requirements for the UK Mountain Leader, Walking Group Leader, Hill & Moorland Walking leader awards etc as well as British Canoeing Coaching Awards.