Ashby and Coalville Scout District
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| The 1st Appleby Magna Scout Group is one
of 17 Scout Groups in the Ashby and Coalville Scout
District. Each Group has a Beaver Scout Colony,
Cub Scout Pack and Scout Troop. |
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| The District also has 3 Explorer Scout
Units based at Donisthorpe, Ibstock and Whitwick, plus a
Scout Fellowship for adults. |
| The District has approximately 1,000 members and supports the Groups and
runs a range of District activities and competitions. |
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of other Groups in our District, plus Willesley Scout
Camp near Ashby de la Zouch. |
www.willesley.org |
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Directions to Willesley Scout Camp
1. From Appleby Magna
go into Measham and through the High
Street.
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Immediately before the petrol station turn left, pass
over the A42 and go through Oakthorpe to Donisthorpe
3. At
Donisthorpe crossroads turn opposite to left towards
Ashby.
4. After
leaving Donisthorpe you will reach a crossroads, turn
opposite to left into Willesley Woodside (next to the
woods).
5. Turn left
onto a rough track that leads to
Willesley Scout Camp |
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Explorer Scouts
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| Explorer Scouts are part of the Scout District as
opposed to the Scout Group. You can become an
Explorer Scout by:-
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| See the new district explorer web site
www.acexplorers.co.uk/
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Leicestershire Scout County
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Ashby and Coalville is one of 11
Scout districts within the county, the others being: -
Charnwood, Hinckley, Leicester North East, Leicester
South East, Leicester South West, Leicester West,
Loughborough, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, South
Leicestershire. |
| The County run a number of activities
open to all Scout Groups within the county, see their
website for details. |
The County Scout Headquarters is at
Blaby. |
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| Leicestershire Scout County Website |
www.leics-scouts.demon.co.uk/intro.html |
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UK Scouting
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| There are about 480,000 members of the
Scout Movement within the UK. |
| Scoutbase has a huge of amount of material and is
predominately aimed at Leaders as it contains Policy,
Organisation and Rules (POR), fact sheets, badge
requirements. |
www.scoutbase.org.uk |
| Scouts.org is focussed more on young people and has
lots of games and competitions. |
www.scouts.org.uk/ |
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Scouting Worldwide
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| There are more than 28 million Scouts worldwide in
about 200 countries. The only countries that do
not have Scouting are China (apart from Hong Kong),
North Korea, Cuba, Andora |
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| World Organisation of the
Scout Movement (WOSM) |
www.scout.org |
| Kandersteg International
Scout Centre (Switzerland) |
www.kisc.ch |
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One of our
Leaders has spent the summers of 2005 and 2006 as a
member of staff at Kandersteg. Staff come from all
over the world (e.g. Denmark, USA, Brazil, Australia,
Ghana, Germany etc.) and are know as pinkies from their
shirts. |
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Tasks have included leading Scouts on mountain
walks, catering, running discos and camp site
activities, belaying for climbers and abseiling and
helping village residents during a flood.
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