County Trustee Board Vacancies
Applications are invited for the position of Trustee on the Suffolk Scouts’ Board of Trustees Scouting in Suffolk offers challenge and adventure to over 5,000 young people supported by approximately 1,000 adult volunteers, all led by the County Lead Volunteer and the County Senior Leadership Team. The County Board of Trustees has responsibility for […]
Skills for Residential Experiences (Module 38)
We are running a Skills for Residential Experiences (38) course on 19th & 20th September 2026 at Hallowtree. This will be preceded by 2 TEAMS sessions on 1st and 8th September. To complete this learning, you MUST attend all sessions. Bookings can be made via the Suffolk Training Bookwhen site (click on link) where full details […]
Explorer Programme Relaunch at Rolls Royce
Explorer Scouts from Suffolk Help Relaunch National Programme at Rolls-Royce Headquarters Alongside Chief Scout Dwayne Fields Explorer Scouts from Eye, Suffolk, joined young people from across the UK at Rolls-Royce's headquarters in Derby on Thursday to help relaunch the Explorer Scout programme, alongside Chief Scout Dwayne Fields. Launch Video - Facebook The refreshed programme has […]
Thorpeness Meare Day 2026
Boating fun and games for Guides, Scouts, Rangers and Explorers on the Meare on Sat 26-Sep-2026, Leaders are very welcome but not essential - come and join in the fun, sit and drink coffee or have a day off! Application form and contact information (word doc) available at the Water Activities webpage. Registration is at 9.30am and we […]
Gone Home - Aubrey Webb
Sad news received from Max Raffe of the passing of Aubrey Webb on Thursday evening (11th June), after a short illness. Our most sincere condolences to Jan & family. At District and County level he played a major part in training so many Leaders with the up-to-date First Aid skills (module 10) and was often […]
Max Raffe - Birthday Honours BEM
It gives me great pleasure to have received news that Max Raffe has been made a Medalist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) for services to Scouting in this years Birthday Honours List and I’m delighted to share this with you. The EADT has a great article and picture here Ipswich scout leader […]
Safety Alert & Learning Notice (June 2026)
HQ have responded to a Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) report following the tragic death of a Scout Leader in 2017 due to Carbon Monoxide (CO) exposure and have issued a new Safety Alert & Learning Notice - Reinforcing Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety This Safety Alert and Learning Notice has been issued to support understanding of […]
11th Ipswich Scouts Centenary Fund
The 11th Ipswich Scout Group is pleased to announce that our Centenary Fund is now open for grant funding applications! The 11th Ipswich Scout Group is fortunate enough to have been successful in fundraising over decades of hard work from Group volunteers and supporters, past and present. Many jumble sales, annual fireworks displays, bingo nights, quizzes, […]
DLV Newsletter #49
New District Website / District Calendar A new District website is under development. It’s now live with more features coming in the next couple of weeks, take a sneak preview now Wolsey Scouts Website. If you are interested in digital – websites, social media and AI and would like to be involved going forwards please drop a message […]
Upcoming Learning Courses
The Learning team have planned some courses for May 16th - Tomahawk Instructor Training - Hallowtree Jun 7th - Module 16 - Introduction to Residential Experiences - 1st Otley HQ Sep 19th/20th - Module 38 - Residential Experiences - Hallowtree You can use the BookWhen system to grab a place on your choice - please note that some […]