On Thursday 11th November 2021, we were lucky enough to have a visit from retiring former Red Arrows pilot Oliver, who shared his experiences and knowledge with children across all four sections for them to achieve their Air Activites badges. The children made paper aeroplanes of varying technicality translated […]
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We had our first camp for almost 2 years last weekend. 9 scouts and 1 explorer plus 2 leaders went to Spitewinter Campsite (http://spitewinter.co.uk/) to have what was a first scout camp for 8 scouts and 1 scout leader from 6th Eckington Scouts.. The site was excellent and even with […]
We held our AGM on the evening of Friday 19th June 2020 in a unique style. Because of Lockdown we held our AGM using Zoom for the first time. If you weren’t there then contact your child’s section leader to receive a link to a recording of this event!
On 15th and 16th June 2019 our Beavers experienced a night under canvas at our two day Summer Camp. They started the day by helping to set up their tents then it was straight to learning some knots to enable them to set up some extra hand-washing facilities (something there […]
On the weekend of 18th to 20th May, the scouts attended a spring camp along with scouts from 7th Dronfield. The scouts participated in over 8 hours of water sports, including kayaking, canoeing, catacanoeing and raft building. While there 2 newer scouts were invested while on the water. Overall, it was […]
Derbyshire Scouts Ironman Challenge to fly to America In 2019 Robert will join sixty other Derbyshire based Scouts to have the opportunity of a lifetime going to the biggest International Scout Camp in the World. The camp in America is based around Peace, Friendship and Adventure and has been created […]
Our Scout Group joined in with other uniformed services to parade from the top of Eckington to the Parish Church on Remembrance Sunday.
Each year the Dronfield District have a St George’s day parade around the streets of Dronfield and one of the groups is asked to provide a bearer for the flag of St George. Last year it was 6th Eckington’s turn. The weather was fine as they paraded to Dronfield parish […]
