Okay, so what's Beavers about?
Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, going on visits and helping others.
Beaver Scouts are young people usually aged between six and eight years old. They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between eight and eight years six months.
Beaver Scouting is about:
- Having fun
- Making friends
- Keeping the Promise
- Sharing
- Making progress
- Using a variety of groupings
These underpin all that is done in the Colony. Using a variety of activities, Beaver Scouts are guided to:
- Learn about themselves
- Get to know people
- Explore
- Care
- Be creative
Julie Gilbert: Beaver Scout Leader “Rabbit” -
Julie has been involved with Scouting from an early age when her parents ran a Cub unit in Ashford, Kent. She also helped her mother run a Brownie Unit after her time in Brownies and Guides. When she had her first child, Emily, she helped out at their local Rainbows Unit and having regained the bug and love for the Association, Julie now runs a local Brownie Unit in Winnersh as well as the Beavers Colony, and also helps out as an Assistant Leader at Scouts.
Julie loves the challenges that Scouting and Guiding gives her, and thoroughly enjoys our meetings. Her son has recently moved up to Cubs from Beavers and her daughter is a Scout, who also helps us at our meetings.
Julie works locally in Wokingham and is about to attend a course in Archery (which she used to do when she was younger), as this interest was reignited after one of our Winter Camps to Youlbury. She is a constant figure at ‘Fund Raising Events’ that we hold regularly.
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Lynda Bowyer: Assistant Beaver Scout Leader “Squirrel” -
In her younger years, Lynda was a Sixer and Brownie in Yorkshire, where she originally comes from. A deep-rooted sense of affection for the voluntary movement and its principles based on solid Christian values was pivotal in later years when Lynda became involved in church groups and youth groups there prior to moving to Berkshire in early 2010. Lynda has wide experience of working with children who have SEN and SLD, as well as a range of physical disabilities.
All three of Lynda’s children are involved in the Beaver and Scout sections of our Scouting family, with the two older ones in Scouts helping out at our Beaver Scout meetings. Lynda enjoys witnessing the personal development journey that the Beavers go on as they learn new things – being away from their homes and gaining confidence and independence at Camps is a particular highlight.
Lynda is a freelance commercial photographer. When not working or at Beaver Scouts, Lynda has a keen interest in martial arts having attained Purple Belt 4th Kyu Shotokan, and also follows her son’s interest in Judo. Lynda is an accomplished percussionist with Qualified Teacher Status. Additionally, she is presently learning British Sign Language.
A group of Beaver Scouts is called a Colony, and each Colony can be split up into smaller groups called Lodges.
At 1st Winnersh we have four Lodges: Blue, Green, Red and Yellow. Each Lodge has an “Echo”, who is usually the oldest Beaver Scout of that Lodge. The “Echo” has the responsibility of organising their Lodge into riverbanks at the start and end of each meeting before we have our Opening and Closing Ceremonies and “Log Chew”.
Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, doing creative craft, going on Beaver Sleepovers, going on visits and helping others.
At 1st Winnersh Beaver Scouts, we also wear a turquoise polo shirt underneath our Beaver sweatshirt. Upon Investment, when Beavers take their Promise (usually four to five weeks after their first attendance) the Beaver Scout will also wear a gold necker and a woggle denoting the colour of the Lodge they are a member of.
Beaver Scouts are young people (yes, girls AND boys can be Beaver Scouts) usually aged between six and eight years old.
They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between eight and eight years six months.
