I just got back from my first explorer belt training weekend. We got to know a lot more information about our trip, and we even started planning what we were going to do. We spent saturday going over important information, and in the evening we cooked dinner in our teams on trangias as practice for…

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I ran a board games morning, where I bought some of my board games from home, and gave people the chance to play a variety of board games, including some that they hadn’t seen before. It was a pretty chill morning but everyone who came said they had loads of fun!

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For my first fundraising event, I decided to host a bingo night. I had so many people show up and tell me that they really enjoyed it, I even had people asking about my next events. I started the evening with a little presentation about me and what I am doing, so people know what…

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Last weekend, I had my first unit meeting for the Jamboree. When I got there, our first activity was a find someone who task. We were given a sheet with a load of boxes and we had to find someone who was suitable, so we could write their name in, eg someone has has completed…

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This summer, I will be doing my Explorer Belt award, which is one of the top awards in scouting. To achieve this, you must undertake a 10-day expedition as part of a team outside of the UK with a minimum travelling time of 50 hours over the 10 days, by foot, cycle, horse, canoe, boat…

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