Welcome to Cub Scouts

Cub scouts are held on a Monday evening from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. During this time we run an active, fun filled programme starting with Grand Howl and flag break. The age range of cubs is between 8 and 10½, on reaching the age of 10½ they will then go up into scouts usually with another cub.

Akala and Shere Kahn are the current warranted leaders, they get their names from the Jungle book. In Local scouting, there are no paid leaders, everything is done voluntarily. As we need a minimum of 4 adults to run a cub pack the size of ours and in the absence of additional permanent help we ask that all parents/guardians help out on a rota basis. This means that the person who helps needs to complete a CRB and a scout association form to become registered. Occasionally we may ask you to do extra evenings if we are carrying out an activity that needs extra supervision or if we are going out on a trip.

Subs are paid on a term basis and are currently £20, these are paid at the beginning of each term. We also ask you to fill in a gift aid form so that the group can claim back the tax you have paid to earn the £20, if for some reason you stop paying tax, you need to let us know. Once a gift aid form is filled in it covers you for the whole of your child’s say at the group.

Investiture this is when children formally join cubs, this is once they have an understanding about cubs and what happens. They will then be presented with their group badges and the necker. To be invested they will need to have a cub uniform, which is a green sweatshirt and navy blue activity trousers (the trousers are optional), these can be bought from Outdoor (the scout shop) on Deansgate or MCS Stores on Fog Lane.

Finally please tell us if there is anything you feel that we ought to know about your child e.g. they may have difficulty reading or may be uncoordinated or suffer from asthma. They will be in our care for the duration of cubs so it is important that we know as much about them as possible. Don’t forget that if you move house or change phone number we need to know.

Akala Alan Robinson

Shere Kharn Sue Bullied 

Last update 18-9-2003