http://www.wiganscouts.org.uk2011-10-12T18:21:43umbracoNews and page updatesenhttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/images/logo.jpghttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/district-campWed, 12 Oct 2011 18:21:43 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/district-camp Challenge Yourself The Wigan District Camp will take place 29th June to 2nd July 2012 at Bibby's Farm. Bookings are open now and will close at the end of January 2012. A deposit of £50 per group is required to secure your place on this exciting camp. Please use the form below to send your details and we'll be in touch with information on how to pay the deposit. Cost £20 per Scout £.../news/district-geocaching-2011Tue, 24 May 2011 18:29:09 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/district-geocaching-2011   The brand new District Geocaching competition was attended by five teams from 5th Wigan, 1st Ashton, 3rd Hindley and 16th Wigan. Geocaching is an event were using a GPS, map and a set of clues you must find hidden caches. The caches are each worth different numbers of points and there will be 5 hours to find as many as possible. The event will be held between the pike and castle area .../news/st-georges-day-parade-2011Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:46:13 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/st-georges-day-parade-2011   St George's Day Parade was held on Sunday 17th April, a week earlier than usual, (due to Easter Sunday being on April 24th.) It was a glorious day, and the Scout section was well represented having 14 out of the 17 groups from Wigan attending. There was also a good representation from the Guide Section, who join in our Parade each year. Although numbers seemed down from last year, thi.../news/st-georges-dinnerFri, 29 Apr 2011 12:40:57 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/st-georges-dinner Many thanks to all those who attended a great night on Saturday. We are already looking at what to do for next years event. If you have any comments or feed back from the night please let us know. Also keep your eye out for pictures of the night. /news/the-buzzThu, 07 Apr 2011 09:49:23 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/the-buzz Here is the April copy of the County news letter THE BUZZ /developmentSun, 03 Apr 2011 15:37:57 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/development We are now in the process of recviewing and rewriting the District Development Plan after all the data and ideas gathered at ENERGISE. Keep your eye out for the new plan. If you have any comments or views on The District Development Plan please contact the team 'Those who never make any plans never make any progress either'    Baden-Powell Or to put it another way, 'Those who fai.../news/aqua-madness-2011Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:23:56 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/aqua-madness-2011 The 2011 Aqua Madness competition was held at Hindley baths on Saturday 19th Feb. The event is for members of the Scout and Explorer Scout sections from around Wigan. Some of the events were: Paddling inflatable boats from one end to the other placing a ball in a bucket suspended on a rope above the water at each pass Finding a number of balls of the same colour ad getting the.../news/prepared-for-the-futureFri, 18 Feb 2011 09:28:05 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/prepared-for-the-future Are you Prpared for the Future? Scouting has a vision towards 2018 how can help make this vision come ture? Find out more at ENERGISE on 26th March at the District HQ SCOUTING'S VISION TOWARDS 2018 Scouting in 2018 will: Make a positive impact in our communities Prepare young people to be active citizens Embrace and contribute to social change Scouting in 2018 wil.../news/scouting-towards-2018Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:17:22 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/scouting-towards-2018 On Saturday 5th February 2011 six members of the District attended the North West GSL/DC Support Day.  Zoe's review of the day is below. In 2002 Scouting started on a programme of change to bring it into the 21st century and encourage even more young people to take part.  This will reach its final stages in 2012 and at the GSL conference we were given the opportunity to .../news/first-aid-competition-2011Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:52:14 GMThttp://www.wiganscouts.org.uk/news/first-aid-competition-2011 This years First Aid Competition took place on Sunday 30th Jan. Three teams from the district entered the afternoon event which consisted of scenarios spread around the District HQ for the Scout teams to deal with. The event organiser, Steve Gray, had arranged for professional first aid trainer Ed Ellis of Trainging2All to attend. Ed brought with him a Resusci Anne, ran one of the...