Updated 13 July 2025 (re photographs)
Beavers in Tents 2025
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Lots of activities and fun for all Cambridgeshire Beaver Scouts to enjoy.
It’s also a great “taster” to encourage even more leaders to consider gaining their Nights Away Permit so they can enjoy loads more camping with their Colony in the future!
As always, Colonies can either book Fri / Sat or Sat / Sun:
BiT#1 – 6:45pm Friday 2oth June through to 11am Saturday 21st June 2025
BiT#2 – 6:45pm Saturday 21st June through to 11am Sunday 22nd June 2025
2025 Cost: Beavers – £17 each Adults & Young Leaders – £2 each
Emails are being sent to all Beaver Section Team Leaders to publicise the event.
Ratios & DBS (disclosures)
- The number of adults must be in line with the required ratios. You must have 1 adult to 6 Beavers plus the leader in charge; plus any others required for specific 1:1 care needs
- Young Leaders are more than welcome to join the camp but cannot be used to make the ratio. On the booking form there will be questions about dietary requirements. Please make sure this is filled out correctly.
- All adults attending must have a valid Scouting disclosure.
- All Leaders must be up to date with their Safety and Safeguarding learning modules.
Food
- All food and activities are provided.
- Allergies & dietary intolerances: please detail these on the booking form, where possible. If this isn’t possible, please email David Martin (see below) as soon as possible so the team can try and accommodate the request.
Bookings
- Send out Permission to camp forms to Beavers/Parents (we don’t need these – you keep them for your records.)
- You may need to adapt the form for either Friday (BiT#1) or Saturday (BiT#2) and add return dates to suit your needs.
- Spaces are limited to 12 Beavers (only) per Colony. This so we can enable more Colonies to go camping.
- When you know how many Beavers, adults & Young Leaders you will have click on the “Book here” button below. This will take you to, “Eventbrite, a third-party site that we use to manage the bookings.
- When adding tickets you do not need to book tickets for the adults. There will be a separate question to let us know the number of adults attending.
- All bookings are on first-come, first-served basis and are only confirmed once full payment has been received via BACS from your Group’s or Colony’s a/c.
- Until payment is received, your places are not guaranteed and may be re-allocated to those on the reserve list.
Payment
- Payment is to reach County within 3 working days of booking.
- Places booked but not paid for in this period, will be reallocated to those on the reserve list.
Photographs taken by the County Media Team
Head to the Home page of the county website and scroll down to “the Gallery”. Further pictures will be added once permissions have been double-checked.
County media photographers, Tomasz & Elvar.
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(New) Nights Away Notification (NAN) form
As the NAN process has changed with the introduction of The Scouts’ new digital system, the County has had to change how it collects confirmation of approval for your colony to stay overnight.
- You must use The Scouts new My Membership system to submit your NAN form to your District for approval.
- District Lead Volunteers will be provided with a list of Colonies booked. They will be asked to confirm that approval has been given for your Colony to attend and provide the names of the adults who have been approved to attend/stay over night.
FAQs
Do we need to provide tents?
Yes. You need to bring adequate tentage for your leaders and the Beavers. Boys and girls may share if it’s OK with their parents and them. There is an opportunity to set up tents before Beavers arrive, however, you should bear in mind that we do encourage the Beavers to do it themselves.
Does our Colony need to have its own Nights Away Permit holder?
No. The event is being run under David Martin’s permit, as all District Lead Volunteers are being advised.
Can we come along even if if we aren't bringing any Beavers?
Yes. The event is being run under David Martin’s permit, as all District Lead Volunteers are being advised.
Can we come along even if we aren’t bringing any Beavers?
Yes. If you’ve never done anything like this before and you want to get some experience, come and join us, we’ll always find you a job! In this case please contact David Martin.
Enquiries:
David Martin, County Section Support Team Member: david.martin@craftshillscouts.org.uk
Diane Philbey, County Programme Team Leader (4 – 10½yrs): diane.philbey@cambridgeshirescouts.org.uk
