Come along to find out how our District Events work and how you can get involved. We are amalgamating our City of York Scouts Events Team and the York Activity Support Team to form one unified City of York Scouts Events Team. By bringing together their experience, skills and enthusiasm, the team will be better placed...
Hike for Cubs from Cub Packs in City of York District. More details to follow later.
To celebrate that we have re-established shooting at York Scout Activity Centre, Snowball Plantation we are offering an opportunity for Scouts, Explorers and Leaders to book a slot to try it out. We hope to then have a competition in Spring 2027, with prizes for the best scores. Each participant will be allocated to a...
Join us face-to-face for First Response Module 10, brushing up vital skills for Scout & Guide Leaders! First Response Module 10 (face to face) for Scout & Guide Leaders Join us in person for the First Response Module 10, specially designed for Scout & Guide Leaders! This hands-on session is perfect to boost your skills...
To celebrate that we have re-established shooting at York Scout Activity Centre, Snowball Plantation we are offering an opportunity for Scouts, Explorers and Leaders to book a slot to try it out. We hope to then have a competition in Spring 2027, with prizes for the best scores. Each participant will be allocated to a...
Escape is a wide game competition where teams of Explorers have 24 hours to navigate across countryside to a number of bases, without being ‘caught’ by adult Catcher Teams. The event is popular and has been running since 2013 and is likely to get booked up quickly. Escape is organised by our Events Delivery Team. ...
Jamboree on the Air is an annual event for people in Scouting worldwide. It involves communicating with Scouts around the world via Amateur Radio. You can look up http://jotajoti.info/ for more information. We will be setting up a base at Osbaldwick Scout Hall to enable York Scouts to join in. Contact Kevin Parton for details.
Over the past few years we have supported Explorers from York to participate in Explorer Belt trips overseas that have been organised through other District/County teams. We want to see if we can plan our own trip, provisionally in 2028, for City of York District. This video call is to bring people together to discuss...
Opportunity to gain a qualification to run Archery sessions in Scouts. This is part of revamping and enhancing activity provision at York Scout Activity Centre, so we would like volunteers from York Scouts to join our pool of instructors. In return City of York Scouts will cover costs of the course, and you will be...
Two Scouts or Explorers are invited from each Scout Group plus some uniformed adults from across the District to represent York Scouts, at this important public event. Each Group Lead Volunteer should advise Nigel White of their selected nominees by the end of October. Joining Instructions will be sent to each attendee. Scout Groups are...
