Join Us

Children: We’re always delighted to welcome new young people to the group. If your child would like to join Beavers, Cubs, Scouts or Explorers, or if you’d like to add them to our waiting list, please get in touch using the form in the link below.

7th Royston (Barkway) | Scouts

Volunteers: Scouting is run by volunteers, and we’re always happy to hear from adults who’d like to help - whether that’s as a leader, helper, occasional supporter, or behind the scenes. You don’t need prior Scouting experience - just enthusiasm and a willingness to help young people have fun. If you are interested in volunteering please contact us using the form in the link below.

7th Royston (Barkway) | Scouts

What we do

Every week our young people take part in activities designed to be fun, inclusive and challenging, helping them try new things and make lifelong friends.

Activities can include:

• Games and wide games - fun, fast-paced activities suited to each section, from simple team games for Beavers to strategy-based wide games for Cubs and Scouts.
• Outdoor adventures  - regular time outside, including nature exploration, navigation practice, night hikes, and section appropriate challenges.
• Camping skills & campfires  - from learning how to light a fire safely to full camp preparation for older sections.
• Practical life skills - age appropriate skills such as cooking, knots, basic first aid, tool use and problem solving challenges.
• Badge work and challenges - hands on tasks that build confidence and help young people achieve activity, staged and challenge badges.
• Teamwork & leadership - developing cooperation, communication and responsibility through group tasks and section leadership roles.
• Community projects & local events - taking part in activities that support the village and Scouts’ place in the wider community.
• Trips & special evenings - visits, themed nights, and opportunities to try something new.
• District and county events (Scouts & Explorers) - larger-scale activities such as camps, competitions, activity days and joint events with other groups.

No two weeks are ever quite the same!

Our Sections

Beavers (ages 6 - 8) - Thursdays, 5.30-6.30pm

Beaver scouts are the youngest section in the Scout movement. Beavers is all about fun, friendship and discovery. Young people enjoy a lively programme of games, crafts, outdoor play and simple challenges, all while learning to work together and try new things.

Cubs (ages 8 - 10½) - Tuesdays, 6.30-8.15pm

Cub scouting is where the challenge and adventure really starts to take off and it's possible to gain a variety of activity badges. Cubs take part in a wide range of activities that encourage independence and teamwork, from crafts and camping to acting and abseiling - while having loads of fun along the way.

Scouts (ages 10½ - 14) - Fridays, 7.30-9.30pm

Scouts take on bigger adventures, learning skills like navigation and leadership with the opportunity to take part in numerous camping trips as well as Shooting, Archery, Canoeing, Rafting, Climbing, Abseiling, Quad bikes, Karting, Pioneering, Orienteering, Night hikes, Incident Hikes, Backwoods Cooking, Sleeping in natural shelters. There are plenty of opportunities to challenge themselves and try activities they might never have done before.

Explorers (ages 14-18) - Mondays 7-9pm

Explorers build on the skills they’ve gained in Scouts while enjoying greater independence and choice, taking on high?'adventure activities, advanced outdoor skills, leadership opportunities, volunteering through the Young Leader scheme, and taking part in district and county events. Explorers work together to plan parts of their own programme, developing confidence, teamwork and real?'world skills in a welcoming and social unit.

Our heritage and an exciting future

The “Barkway” part of our name comes from the group’s origins in the Reading Rooms at Barkway, where we first began with a single Cub Pack. As the group grew, we raised the funds to build our own headquarters in Barley.

Our current Scout Hut has served generations of young people well, and we are now developing plans and fundraising towards a new, modern Scout Hut on the same site, ensuring we can continue to offer safe, welcoming and exciting Scouting opportunities for many years to come.

Please contact us using one of the links above if you’d like further information on these plans.