Bushcraft -Level 1

This is a practical, hands-on course delivered entirely outdoors in an expedition base-camp setting.

Next Course Dates: 2025 tba

The course covers everything you will need to deliver the scout survival skills activity badge, and to run bushcraft camps for your section. It also provides an opportunity to learn bushcraft skills in a safe and supportive environment which will increase your general confidence in the outdoors.

The course involves all participants sleeping out under tarps, preparing fish, and cooking all meals over open fires. Extensive use will be made of knives and each participant will be given a Frost Mora training knife and tarpaulin covered by course fees.

Some of course contents are:

• Lighting fires using a variety of types of ignition – firesteel, flint and steel, fire by friction using the bowdrill method
• Using knives safely, knife law, care and sharpening
• Shelter: Improvising shelters from tarps, making shelters from natural materials
• Water: Finding and purifying water
• Wilderness first aid
• Finding wild food, preparing meat for cooking, cooking over open fires
• Survival theory, why things go wrong, the mental aspects of survival.

Cost: TBC

Please book here: Training Bookings | Surrey Scouts (surrey-scouts.org.uk)

Bushcraft Level 2

Developing the skills from the level 1 course looking at bigger and more adventurous projects to expand your bushcraft skill set.

Date: 19:00 Fri 11th October 2024 – 15:00 Sun 13th October 2024 (2 night stay)

Place: Ranmore Common Scout Camp, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6SR

Course Leader: Malcolm McKee

Cost: TBC

Requirements: You must already have completed the Level 1 course or equivalent skills set.  If you feel you qualify and have not completed the Surrey Level 1 course, please contact the course leader.

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Pioneering

A practical, hands-on, two-day skills workshop open to all adults, in Scouting and Guiding, Managers, Leaders, Adult Supporters, plus Scout Network/Senior Section, (Leaders from non-Scouting/Guiding Youth Organisations are very welcome).

Dates To Follow shortly

This workshop teaches fundamental and intermediate skills for Pioneering, commencing with Knots and Lashings, progressing onto how rope is made and care of rope, use of pickets, anchors and block’n’tackle.

Safety in Pioneering precedes practicing skills passed over by constructing small, intermediate, and major pioneering projects.

The skills passed over are designed to:

• ‘Train-the-Trainer’ to teach the Cub Scout, Scout & Explorer Scout Pioneer Activity Badges.
• provide an introduction to Pioneering suitable for Beaver Scouts via crafts and games.

No previous experience is required. For those wishing to upgrade skills there is plenty on offer – You will be guided by an experienced and enthusiastic team of Pioneers.

Location:

Parker Lodge, Bentley Copse Activity Centre, Houndhouse Road, Shere, Surrey, GU5 9JH

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Application:

Online Booking Portal

Fees:

TBC

Contact:

For further information, contact the course leader, Paul Iverson

Teaching 1st Response for Sections

Date: 1st February 2025

Time: 2pm – 5pm

Venue: Bentley Copse Activity Centre – Parker Lodge

Cost: Free to members of Surrey Scouts

Course Content

• This course is designed to equip leaders with the skills to teach basic first aid to the Young People in their section.
• Please note this course is not the mandatory adult First Response training for adult members

Course Leader: Martin David

Surrey Scouts supports the development of Tomahawk throwing through two courses:

Check the training pages for upcoming courses HERE

Course Objectives

The Instructor Course will be a day long course, ending with the newly trained instructors running a two hour experience session

• How to provide Tomahawk Throwing as an activity for our young people safely and within the bounds of The Scout Association
• Understand what equipment can and can’t be used
• How to construct a range
• Understand throwing techniques and how to correct them
• Consider session plans, targets, competitions and games

You will need: dress for the weather, hiking boots, waterproofs, layers, gloves, sun cream! – training will be in and out, but experience will be outside the whole time and there will be some waiting.  Bring your own lunch.

We will provide: coffees, teas and biscuits provided

Times: full day of training

The Surrey Scouts Training Trust should be able to take applications for assistance with fees from individuals.  Applications should be made prior to the course start date.  Application forms can be found HERE.

Course organiser: Mark Colacchio

Taster Experience Objectives

• How to throw Tomahawks safely and successfully
• 2 hours of instructions and experience.

This is for: people to gain experience.  Novices will learn how to throw Tomahawks and experienced Tomahawks throwers will get to practice their techniques.  Everyone will have the chance to throw up to five different types of tomahawks

You need: dress for the weather, hiking boots, waterproofs, layers, gloves, sun cream! –  the experience will be outside the whole time and there will be some waiting.

We will provide: coffees, teas and biscuits

Times: 2 hours

Course organiser: Mark Colacchio

Values Delivery Training

Date: 1st February 2025

Time: 10am – 12pm

Venue: Bentley Copse Activity Centre – Parker Lodge

Cost: Free to members of Surrey Scouts

Course Content

• This course is to support the teaching of values to younger sections, namely faith and beliefs and scouting values & the promise

Course Leader: Joe Rogerson