On Saturday 24 January, local scout groups attended a Forester Badge day with the team at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton.
2nd Tiverton scouts, Halberton and 1st Taunton scouts, Wilton took part in a number of forester activities in Impey wood, including felling and cutting back trees safely using tools like loppers and bow saws and planting sapling oak, birch and field maple trees.
Impey wood is currently undergoing a programme of regeneration, with the ranger team planning to replant 12,000 trees over the next three years. The local...
Come along to the next Scout's Pop-Up cinema screenings at the Scout Hut in Heavitree, Exeter. Our next film is on Friday 6th March at 7pm - we'll be showing a popular classic sci-fi film for all the family, followed by a later film starting at 9pm. The first film is a PG, the later film is a certificate 12. Any donations will be used to fund our Scout's trip to Haarlem, Holland this summer. All are welcome!
2nd Exeter Scouts are holding their 3rd pop up car wash at the scout hut in South Lawn Terrace, Exeter. They are raising funds towards their summer camp this year in Haarlem, Holland.
Come and give your car a spring clean. Standard cars £2.00, 7-Seaters and 4x4 £3.00
Does your car need a winter wash? Come along to our regular pop-up car wash to help raise money for the Scout's trip to Haarlem, Holland. Standard cars £2 and larger vehicles £3. Tea and Coffee available while you wait!
Ten Scouts from 7th Exmouth Scout Group were on hand to help Coastal Recycling put up bat boxes, bird boxes and install a reptile hibernacula on their recycling site at Kenbury Wood, Kennford, near Exeter.
Coastal Recycling, working with BlueSky Ecology, has developed a new sustainable environmental management plan for the 40 acre site to include a biodiversity enhancement project. The project has involved a complete review of the local habitat and the creation of a plan to support a number of species.
The bat boxes will support the local bat population and are aimed at...
On Wednesday 30 July, family and scout groups had a summer adventure with the ranger team at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton. These visitors became National Trust rangers for the day by helping to restore a historic parkland feature to its former glory.
1st Tiverton Scouts and families had some messy fun when clearing out an overgrown parkland water feature, and even discovered some unusual creepy crawlies living in the grassland nearby. To say thank you, Knightshayes staff took these hard working volunteers to discover what lurks in their...
The International peace light, lit from the eternal flame at the nativity grotto in Bethlehem, will arrive at Exeter Cathedral next Monday (23 December). It will be received by Canon Ian Morter at the lunchtime carol service at 1pm after travelling from Newton Abbot on the Devon stretch of its journey. The Peace Light, direct from Christ’s Grotto, will be bringing its annual glow of Christmas magic to communities all round the UK and the rest of the world. All of this is organised by Scouts in over fifty countries and is now in its 27th year of bringing the light of Peace across the globe...
Christmas is an expensive time of year and with the help of Exeter and East Devon Scouts you could reduce the amount you spend on sending christmas cards.
Christmas cards are a great way to show friends and family that you are thinking of them over the christmas period, but with it costing 50p to send a card second class it can prove an expensive way of showing people you care.
Exeter and East Devon Scouts have come up with a brilliant solution, which will not only save the people of Exeter and East Devon some pennies, but will also help a great cause.
Neil Parish met Scouts from 1st Honiton last week at a unique event inside the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the success of Scout Community Week, which took place in May last year. Neil and 1st Honiton were joined by other Scouts from across the UK who took part in Scout Community week to thank them for their contribution. From 3rd – 9th June 2013 hundreds of Scout Groups will once again participate in a week of community action aimed at improving their local area, raising funds and highlighting Scouting’s need for more adult volunteers.
