Links
Please note South Leicestershire District cannot be held responsible for the content of external sites.
Link Categories
| Activity Centres |
| Activity Teams |
| Campsites |
| Challenge Hikes |
| County & National Sites |
| District Sites |
| Forms, Permits & Guides |
| Training |
Activity Centres
- Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre
Outdoor activities centre in Leicester.
Water activities, high ropes, climbing and many others.
- Plas-y-Brenin
The National Mountain Centre
Plas-y-Brenin provides a huge range of outdoors activities - climbing, hiking, water activities and biking.
- The Obstacle Gym
Outdoor training centre
Based near Shawell - The Outdoor Gym is an army style assault course
Activity Teams
- Breakout Canoe Club
Leicestershire Scouts' canoe club.
Based in Hinckley, instructors offer a range of nationally recognised courses for all sections. Members also meet on Monday nights.
- Bushscout.UK
The Practical Skills Alliance.
A national community of Scout Leaders who have a passion for teaching traditional and practical Scouting skills to other Scout Leaders.
- Mountain Bike Activity Team
Leicestershire's mountain bike activity team.
The team offer guided rides, mountain bike hire & skills training.
Campsites
- Fox Coverts
Hinckley District's campsite.
Near Kirkby Mallory / Mallory Park. Woodland with small, medium and large individual campsites. On-site activities incldue climbing, archery, shooting, bouldering wall.
- John's Lee Wood
Leicester City Districts' campsite.
Near Markfield / Newtown Linford / Bradgate Park. Woodland with individual campsites. On-site activities include climbing, archery, shooting, caving experience.
- Oaks Campsite
Charnwood District's campsite.
Near Shepshed in the Charnwood forest. Large open camping field with activities and bunk accomodation in woodland. On-site activities include climbing, archery, bouldering wall, mountain boarding, grass sledges.
- Scout Activity Centres
Scout Association's own actvity centres
Main site for all of the UK's Scout Activity Centres. Sites include Gilwell Park, Great Tower (Lake District), Downe (Kent), Yr Hafod (Snowdonia), Ferny Crofts (New Forest), and more.
- UK Scout Campsite Directory Scoutbase's directory of UK Scout campsites.
- Ullesthorpe Scout Campsite
South Leicestershire District's home campsite.
Eight acre site, two camping fields, extensive indoor accomodation and superb, profressional grade kitchen facilities.
- Walesby Forest
Activity centre and campsite in Nottinghamshire.
Large activity centre with medium to large camping areas in a 250 acre site in the Sherwood Forest. Huge number of on-site activities, and handy for Sherwood Pines mountain bike trail.
- Willesley Scout Campsite
Ashby & Coalville's campsite.
Near Ashby de la Zouch. Large open camping fields with woodland. On-site activities include climbing, zip wires, crate stacking, archery, shooting.
Challenge Hikes
- Border Hike
Daytime challenge hike in the Peak District
Daytime hike for Scouts and Explorers based at Gradbach Scout Campsite, on the Derbyshire / Staffordshire border.
- Pike View Hike
Daytime challenge hike in Lancashire.
Daytime hike for Cubs, Scouts and Explorers based at Bibby's Farm campsite, near Chorley in Lancashire.
County & National Sites
- Leicestershire Scout Network Homepage for Leicestershire Scout Network - the 18-25 year olds section
- Leicestershire Scout Shop Leicestershire's Scout Shop - for uniform, equipment, badges and all kinds of other stuff
- Leicestershire Scouts Official county website.
- Scouts.org.uk Official national members' site.
District Sites
- Scout Active Support Unit – Scraggy Crows The Scraggy Crows are South Leicestershire's Scout Active Support Unit.
- South Leicestershire Facebook Group
Private group for South Leicestershire Leaders.
Private Facebook group for South Leicestershire Leaders to share programme ideas, join events and chat. Visit the group to request access.
Forms, Permits & Guides
- Accidents – A Guide to Reporting Guide to reporting accidents for leaders
- Adventurous Activity Permit Application Form
- Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme An overview of the scheme
- Appointments Process – Detailed Detailed flowchart of the appointments process
- Appointments Process – Simplified Simplified flowchart of the appointments process
- Complaints Information for Managers A guide to the complaints procedure for managers
- Duke of Edinburgh Award An overview of the DofE Award Scheme and all of the forms and guides
- Emergency Card (Purple Card) Guide to what to do in an emergency
- Gas Safety Guide Guide to the safe use of gas on camp
- Nights Away Notification (Form NAN) For notifying the Nights Away Advisor of a Nights Away event
- Nights Away Permit Application For applying for a Nights Away Permit (all levels)
- Queen’s Scout Award Support material for the Queen's Scout Award for applicants
- Young Leaders Resources Resources for Young Leaders in the Young Leader Scheme
- Young People First – Orange Card Code of practice for Safeguarding for Young Leaders
- Young People First – Yellow Card A code of practice for Safeguarding in Scouting for Leaders
County Presentations
- Chief Scout’s Award Chief Scout's Award (Gold, Platinum & Diamond) Presentation Request
- D of E Duke of Edinburgh Award Presentation Request
- Young Leader Belt Young Leader Belt Presentation Request
Training
- Appointments Process – Detailed Detailed flowchart of the appointments process
- Appointments Process – Simplified Simplified flowchart of the appointments process
- GDPR Training Guide and link to e-learning course
- Leicestershire Scouts Training Diary Online booking for training courses provided by Leicestershire Scouts
- Outdoor Education Guide 50 ways forest and outdoor learning experiences benefit child development
- SafeGuarding Training Guide and link to e-learning course
- Safety Training Guide and link to e-learning course
- Training for Adults Main page on scouts.org.uk for Adult Training
- Wilderness First Aid Basics Useful information, hints & tips about first aid in the wilderness
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