Explorers

Introduction to Explorers

Explorers

'To anyone who hasn’t tried Scouting before, I’d say come on up and have a go! I think that most people don’t really know that Scouting is about activities, friendship and meeting people from other countries. I’ve been in the Movement since I was a Beaver and I still love it!'

Explorers are the fourth section of the Scouting movement. Right from the time of Baden-Powell, there have been arrangements for young people who wanted to continue after their time in the Scout Section, and in 1967, Venture Scouts were formed from the existing Senior Scout and Rover Scout Sections.

During the late 1990s we decided that, to meet the changing needs of young people, there should be two sections for the over-14s: Explorer Scouts for 14 to 18-year-olds, and the Scout Network for 18 to 25s.

Gilwell 24

Gilwell 24 this year is from Friday 12th July through to Sunday 14th July. See the following link for further information: Gilwell 24 Information

Bookings for Gilwell 24 are now open and as a County we are planning to camp together so the quicker you can get your bookings in then the sooner we can reserve camping space as a County Contingent.

For further information regarding joining up as part of the County Contingent please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. CESL(YL).

Kernow Bound!

Fenland Explorers are off to KERNOW, homeland of their DESC...

27th July to 3rd August 2013 will see members of the Fenland Explorers heading down to Cornwall to meet up with several thousand other Scouts and Scouters for a fantastic Jamboree...

We would like to offer seats to the rest of the County, currently we have 20 spaces, but may well have availibility for more (to be confirmed in Sept and subject to demand).

i.EXTREME

i.EXTREME is our FIRST Cambridgeshire County Explorer Scout Activity Camp. It is going to take place over the weekend of 23rd – 25th November 2012 at Mepal Outdoor Centre, near Ely. The weekend will not only be an exciting full on activity weekend for ALL Explorer Scouts (inc Young Leaders) but will also be a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Explorer Scouting in Cambridgeshire. The weekend will enable your young people to take part in lots of exciting, challenging and fun activities and will also enable you to network with and to get to know other adults involved in Explorer Scouting in Cambridgeshire.

Happy Birthdays Explorers!

Happy birthday!

This year, Explorer Scout mark it's 10^th birthday. Explorer Units have been celebrating across the country and UK Chief Scout Bear Grylls has recorded a message which can be used to celebrate locally. Tell us how you will be marking the occasion.

Explorer Contacts

Richard Fullicks
ACC Explorers

Cheryl Phillips
County Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leaders)

Explorer Events

Fri Jul 12 @18:00 - 11:00AM
Gilwell24 Event

Explorers News

Gang Show 80th anniverary

By Ailwyn Racher, Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit, Cambridge

I am one of four cast members from Cambridge Gang show who performed in the Birmingham Hippodrome as part of the 80^th anniversary gang show, two leaders and one other explorer. We first heard about the show from our producer in the wake of the hugely successful return of Cambridge gang show after eight years of absence. We were all still in love with the gang show experience and so a chance at another one was a no brainer really. We were quite late on the application so we quickly sent off forms. Late in march we received the first email of many from the production team, with lots of information, most importantly the access to our cast site. As we people came from up and down the country it was only really feasible to have two rehearsal weekends. This meant that we would have to learn most of the dances in our own time, and the words to the many songs.

Wisbech Explorer Scouts Get on Board for Tall Ships Race

Three Explorer Scouts from Wisbech flew out to Turku, Finland to join the Class C Yacht, Offshore Scout to take part in the International Tall Ships Race from Turku, Finland to Klaipeda, Lithuania