Gosport District Scout Council

Welcome to the website for the Gosport District Scout Council. Here, you can lookup useful information about scouting in Gosport. The information provided here, includes links to sites run by the scout groups of Gosport and more. The site is updated on an almost daily basis. Latest News heading at the bottom of this page shows what has been updated recently.

Scouting is organised into sections, each targeting a particular age range and then they are split into Groups mainly Land Scouts we have "specialist" groups such as Air Scouts, Sea Scouts and Scout Link (Special Needs). Until they become Explorers Scouts (District) or Network Scouts (County) where all members are mixed irrespective of there Scouting background where they share there knowledge and skills with other members.

There is even a section for adults who wish to support Scouting called Scout Fellowship.

Should you wish to join or would like more information please contact the District Commissioner Alan Seymour at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

6 to 8 Years old.

Beaver Scouts are young people usually aged between six and eight years old. They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between eight and eight years six months.

10½ to 14 years old

The Scout Section is for young people, aged between 10½ and 14 years. A young person can come in to the Troop at 10 and may stay until they are 14½ years old. The Scout Troop is the third and final Section in the Scout Group.

18 to 25 years old

Any adult aged between 18 and 25 years could become a member of the Scout Network. All that you need to do is register and you can become:

a Network member and/or
a Leader, Skills Instructor or a Helper within a Section

The network in Gosport is run by the District, "Gosport Sharks" meet twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter. There is also the opportunity to attend county and national activities throughout the year.

Cubs

8 to 10½ years old.

There are loads of fun things that you can do as a Cub Scout. You will get a chance to try lots of different activities like swimming, music, exploring, computing and collecting. If you do them properly you will get a badge which you can wear on your uniform.

Click on Logo to be taken to the Gosport Viking Explorer website

14 to 18 years old

Explorer Scouts are young people, usually aged between 14 and 18 years old but you can join at 13½. They make up the fourth Section of the Scouting family. In Gosport there is one Unit that meets twice a week and covers all types of Scouting be it Land, Sea or Air.

Scout Active Support is the new name for Scout Fellowship, a Scout Section for adults aged 18 upwards who wish to use skills they have and develop new skills to support local Scouting. The new name, Scout Active Support, we hope, is much more reflective of what these valuable groups of adults actually do - provide great support to local Scouting. As a concept, active support is not something new, Over thirty years Scout Fellowship has played an important role in helping provide the excitement and fun of Scouting to young people across the UK.

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