Cub Scout Challenge Days - 27 & 28 Sept. 2025

Updated: 18 September 2025

When:

Saturday 27th September and Sunday 28th September 2025

Times: 9 am to 4:30 pm both days

Cubs can attend either Saturday or Sunday.

Where:

Copley Scout Camp Site, St Ives

Who:

The event is only for Cubs aged 9 yrs and above at the date of the event.
The aim of this event is to give older Cubs a taste of the types of activities they can expect as they move forward into Scouts, but the age restriction also allows more groups to participate in this event which gets booked up very quickly.
Spaces are limited to 150 per day to ensure the activities work for the numbers on site. Unfortunately this means we are unable to accommodate any young people except for the Cubs and Young Leaders in your Pack.

The activities are:

Aerial Runway, Archery, Camp Fire Cooking, Camp Fire Lighting, Catapults, Caving, Climbing Wall, Pioneering, Team Challenge and Tomahawk Throwing.

How much: £20 per Cub (no charge for leaders)

Please do not book more places than you need – we will not be able to offer refunds unless the space you have booked can be given to another Cub.
Full payment is needed to secure a booking and needs to be received by County within 5 working days of your initial booking
If payment is not received within 5 working days, then your spaces will be reallocated to other packs.

Ratios & Disclosures

You must have 1 adult to 8 Cubs plus the leader in charge; plus any others required for specific 1:1 care needs
Young Leaders are more than welcome to attend but cannot be used to make the ratio.
All Lead Volunteers, Team Leaders and Team members attending must, at the date of the event:
- be up to date with their Safety and Safeguarding learning, and
- have a valid Scouting disclosures.

Check-in:

Will be at the gate of Copley Scout Centre from 8.00 a.m.
Please meet all your Cubs and adults in the Car Park of One Leisure Centre, St Ives before proceeding to the check in area.

Event contact: Diane Philbey: diane.philbey@cambridgeshirescouts.org.uk

Booking here

Risk Assessments for the activities and campsite can be downloaded here

Challenge Day Risk Assessments (RAs)

The latest versions can now be viewed online by clicking the activity name below (shown in blue). Where activity names are in black type, the RAs are still being drafted/collated. Following review by the base leaders, which is underway, it is possible some adjustments may be needed. Final versions of the RAs (with any changes) will be uploaded by Sunday evening.

Copley site related RAs – provided by Cromwell District’s HQ Management team

Staff Catering
Copley Scout Centre Risk Assessment (to be added shortly)
Copley Building Fire Risk Assessments
Copley Camp Site Risk Assessments

Further information about the site is on Copley campsite’s webpage (link)

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the adult to Cubs ratio?

A. The required ratio of adults of 1:8 plus 1 must attend.

How and by whom are payments to be made?

A. All monies due from parents are to be paid into the appropriate Group/Section/Unit etc bank account. Full payment for all tickets booked is to be made from the bank account of the Group/Section/Unit that the leader making the booking is a team member of. Payments are not be made direct to County by parents.

What does the cost of £20 include?

Each Cub Scout space is £20.
This includes an event badge and drink refills (there will also be drinks available for adults and young leaders)
All attendees will need to bring snacks and lunch.

What's the policy regarding photos, videoing etc. ?

Organisers will be taking photographs, video and sound recordings for appropriate scouting use (current and future), no names will be used.
Adults attending with each Pack must know if this means the faces of any Cubs attending are not to be photographed / videoed by the organisers, and make this known when such images are being taken.
We have no control over photographs taken by others.

What parental permissions are needed?

Activities:

It is the responsibility of each Cub Section Team Leader to ensure parents have given permission for their Cubs to participate in all the activities.
A list of all activities will be sent following booking and payment being received.
If there are any activities where specific permissions are required, this will be made clear.
Team Leaders/Team members will be asked to confirm that they have all necessary parental permissions at registration on the day of attendance.

Medical:

It is the responsibility of each Cub Section Team Leader to ensure they have obtained any relevant medical information from their parents.
You will be sent a registration form on which you will need to list all Cubs attending by name and provide emergency contact details and any medical issues for each Cub. THIS MUST BE HANDED IN AT REGISTRATION – it is not sufficient for Leaders to have it on their phones on OSM!
There is a designated first aider on site throughout the event who needs to have access to information in case of emergency.

Do we need to bring food and drink?

Drink refills will be available for adults and young leaders
All attendees will need to bring snacks and lunch.

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