Preparing young people with
skills for life
We’re Scouts and everyone is welcome here. Every week, we help almost half a million people aged 4-25 develop skills for life. Are you ready to join the adventure?
Squirrels
4 and 5
Beavers
6 to 8
Cubs
8 to 10½
Scouts
10½ to 14
Adult Volunteers
18+
Our latest adventures
Easter Egg Chocolate Roll 2025
A week of intense competition came to an end with 8 lucky winners in our 2025 Easter Egg Chocolate Roll fundraiser. Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts took it in turn to roll or slide their 10 pence pieces towards the chocolate egg, the eventual winner being...
Scouts Gold Expedition March 2025
On the weekend of the 15th and 16th March a mixed batch of eight Scouts from all three of our Scout Troops undertook a foot expedition from Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary to Ashworth Valley Scout Campsite. We had a gloriously sunny and thankfully dry weekend even though...
Grey Colony Bowling 2025
Monday evenings in April 2025 were not good for holding meetings with three of the four weeks taken up with Easter Holidays. To make up for the lack of meeting nights, Grey Colony Beavers were treated to a subsided 10-pin Bowling session at MFA Bowl in Burnley....
Rossendale District Akeema Shield 2025
For the third consecutive year Purple Colony Beavers won the Rossendale District Akeema Shield Competition. Competing against seven other teams including our own Grey Colony Beavers who were runners-up, everyone worked hard at the challenges presented to them.They...
Bowley Christmas Experience 2024
The Squirrels and the Beavers visited the fabulous Christmas Experience at the Bowley Scout Campsite. There first stop was the Polar Express before moving on to the North Pole to have a snowball fight with Olaf. The meaning of Christmas was explained by the making of...
Purple Pack Ski Slope 2024
The overnight snow created an authentic skiing experience for Purple Pack Cubs at Rossendale Ski Slope. A trial skiing lesson and a Tubing session proved popular with them all. More photos from the evening can be viewed on Facebook here.
Volunteer for Us
Ever made sandcastles in December? Our volunteers have! Click to learn more about how you could volunteer as much or as little time as you like to helping deliver life-changing adventure at the 38th Rossendale.
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