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About 2nd Goring and Streatley
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About 2nd Goring and Streatley

The Scout Group Title

The 2nd. Goring & Streatley Scout Group.

The Scout Group Comprises

A Beavers Colony (6-8 years), Wolf Cubs Pack (8-11 years), Scouts (11-15 years), Senior Scouts (15 to 18 years) and Rover Scouts (18-24 plus years) and a friendly band of loyal and trustworthy adult volunteers as leaders. The Scout Group caters for boys and girls in all Sections.

Each of our Sections strive to provide an exciting programme designed to stretch and develop the young people.

Scout Group Location

Group Scout Master

All enquiries regarding the Scout Group to be directed to the Group Scout Master in the first instance :

David A. Cooksley Dip. Arch.(Hons)., RIBA., Group Scout Master,
e-mail

David founded the 2nd. Goring & Streatley Scout Group in August 1982 in the eightieth year of the founding of Scouting and after many years as a Wolf Cub, Boy Scout, Senior Scout and finally Scout Master within the ‘Boy Scouts Association’ later to become the ‘Scout Association’ 1st. Goring Scout Group.

David would welcome your call enquiry. e-mail.

Scout Group Treasurer

Mrs. Helen Braidley. e-mail

Payments to the Scout Group

All cheque payments to the Scout Group to be made payable to the ‘2nd.Goring & Streatley Scout Group’ and not to any individual.

Aims of the 2nd. Goring and Streatley Scout Group

To develop good citizenship by forming the young person’s character, by training in habits of observation, obedience, self-reliance, loyalty and thoughtfulness for others, all as embedded within the Scout Promise and Scout Law.
To encourage smartness, discipline and to love God. Thereby helping young people to develop and be fulfilled to face life and whatever that might hold for them.
To maintain the Founder of Scouting, Lord Robert S.S. Baden-Powell’s intended spirit, progressive training tests, value and uniform that define traditional Scouting.

Scout Group Activities Include: Camping, cycling, hiking, pioneering, backwoodsmanship, survival, abseiling, climbing, archery, art and crafts, a great variety of both indoor and outdoor games and many more activities covered by the progressive testing and badge systems. Activities are adjusted to suit the appropriate scout Group section and age group.

Scout Group Association Memberships:

Admitted as Associate Members of the ‘British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Associate’ (‘BBS & BGS Scout Associate’) in September 1995. The ‘BBS & BGS Scouts Associate’ was founded on Empire Day, 24th. May, 1909 and has admitted both boys and girls since that date. The ‘BBS & BGS Scouts Associate’ is a Registered Educational Charity at Law No. 288631.

Admitted as Associate Members of the ‘Order of World Scouts’ (OWS) in September 1995 through membership of the Admitted as Associate Members of the ‘BBS & BGS Scout Associate’. ‘Order of World Scouts’ was founded on the 11th.November, 1911. A world wide order of Scouts covering many countries brought together to bring peace, understanding and good fellowship between young people throughout the world.

Admitted as Associate Members of the ‘Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young Persons’ in March 1994. ‘Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young Persons’ is a Registered Charity No. 1007822 and a Registered Company No. 4493501.

Admitted as Associate Members of the ‘National Association of Boys Clubs for Young Persons’ in March 1994. ‘National Association of Boys Clubs’ was established in 1925 and is incorporated by Royal Charter and a Registered Charity No. 306065.

Policies and Procedures:

Child Protection; Health & Safety; First Aid; Accident Investigation and Prevention, Training; Fire Regulations; Leader Vetting and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures are compliant with those of the ‘BBS & BGS Scout Association’ membership and the ‘Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young Persons’.

Insurance is through the ‘Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young Persons’ renewed annually as a condition of membership of that Association.

Registered Educational Charity status through membership of the ‘BBS & BGS Scout Association’ membership. Charity Commission No. 288631.

The Future

We are an ever-expanding group; we always have a need for adults (young and older) to get involved with either becoming scout masters or lay helpers within one of the Sections or becoming a member of the Scout Group Committee to assist with the administration of the Scout Group and its fund raising. Anyone over the age of 18 years can become a scout master, no previous Scouting knowledge is needed, just a good willing and helpful disposition towards young people because full training is provided by the Scout Group and also at area-organized training courses that are great fun. So if you want to preserve traditional Scouting values then please contact us.

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