Kelvin Holford, the Kent Scouts County Commissioner has announced that Medway and Strood District Scouts will be merging back together in July this year. The aim of the merger is to combine and strengthen the District teams, primarily to assist with managing the Districts' assets and particularly Buckmore Park Scout Centre.

Adult Leaders in the Group may be interested in nominating members of the new District Team, and young people may wish to take part in the competition to design a badge and choose a name for the new Scout District. Forms for all of these have been distributed to Section Leaders and the closing date for these to arrive at Kent Scouts is 28th March 2008.

In 2008, Kent Scouts introduced a new challenge for all Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts. The Kent Invicta Challenge Award aims to encourage young people to get actively involved in all kinds of Scouting activities and events at Group, District, County, National and International level.

To gain the Kent Invicta Challenge Award which may be worn on unifrom, young people must complete two challenges from each of four sections. The challenges may be completed individually, as a small group, or as a whole Colony, Pack, or Troop.

21st Medway Beaver Scouts, Cubs and Scouts are again able to collect this year's Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers to redeem against equipment and resources in the Sainsburys Active Kids catalogue. There is a specific section for Scouts containing camping equipment, outdoor games and lots of exciting activity ideas.

You earn one Sainsburys Active Kids voucher for every £10 spent at any main Sainsburys store, including groceries on line at www.sainsburys.co.uk or at any Sainsburys petrol station, and one Active Kids voucher for every £5 spent at local stores.

This year is the 100th birthday of the Scout Movement. Kent Scouts are running several special activities this year in celebration. Find out more at either of these Kent Scouts websites:

In 2008, Kent Scouts have introduced a new challenge for all Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts. The Kent Invicta Challenge Award aims to encourage young people to get actively involved in all kinds of Scouting activities and events at Group, District, County, National and International level.

You can find out more about the Kent Invicta Challenge Award at the

This is the new Sainsbury's Active Kids Logo for 2008. Last year 233 million Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers were redeemed equivalent to an amazing £18 million worth of Sainsbury's Active Kids equipment and experiences. You can find out more at the Sainsbury's Active Kids website

This is the logo used on the old Buckmore Park Website. It is hoped that Buckmore Park Scout Campsite may open again in May 2007.

One of our Scouts attempts to clamber onto the monkey bridge we built during Summer Camp 2006.

A Scout from the 21st Medway takes his first tentative steps across a monkey bridge the Scouts built at Thriftwood Scout Campsite near Brentwood in Essex.

Sometimes you manage to take a photograph just when something goes wrong. This time we missed it, but this Scout's face says it all after recovering from his near fall on the monkey bridge we built at Thriftwood.

This is the Sainsbury's Active Kids Logo. Over 26,000 schools have already benefited from a share of an incredible £34 million worth of Active Kids equipment and experiences. From 2007 Scout and Guide groups will also be able to benefit from the scheme.

This diagram shows the setup for Exhaustion, one of the many games our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts play at weekly meetings. You can see all of the Scout games available on our website at Scout Games - A Selection Of Games For

This diagram shows the setup for Bucket Ball, one of the many games our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts play at weekly meetings. You can see all of the Scout games available on our website at Scout Games - A Selection Of Games Fo