Bookings are now open for Camp Craft 2025! You can book you places on our District Booking Site.

Find the full programme for the weekend below:

You can enter more than 1 team of Cubs, Scouts or Explorers from your Section, but team places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

For all Young People, you will need to provide the information on the Activity Forms provided. However, this can be in your preferred format – OSM spreadsheet or individual forms. Leaders will be responsible for holding this information for Cubs during Saturday, but we will require a copy of the Scouts and Explorer information, which should be handed in at check-in on Friday night.

Leaders are welcome to camp for the weekend and we would appreciate your help running the bases. If your Scout team is attending without any Leaders, please issue the team leader with a Nights Away Passport for the event. All Explorer teams will be camping under the supervision of the 14-24 team.

Further details of each competition can be found below.

If you would like to enter, please book your required number of Teams via the Bookings Site: https://bookings.blacktoftbeacon-scouts.org.uk/

Cub Competition

·      Saturday 13th September 2025

·      9:45am to 3:00pm

·      Teams of 4 – 6 Cubs (all to aged be within the Cub age range on the day of the competition)

·      This year’s price is £5.00 per Cub

·      Cubs should wear activity dress including their necker. They should bring waterproofs and a packed lunch with them, and drinks will be provided.

Cub teams will rotate around 8 bases during the day, where they will be set challenges to complete. They will be scored on how well they complete the challenge along with how well they worked as a team.

The winner will be the team with the most points.

Scout & Explorer Competition

Teams need to bring the following equipment:

·      Tents

·      Dining shelter

·      Tables and chairs

·      Kitchen set-up – including choice of cooker and fuel
Please ensure your Scouts are familiar with the stove and fuel they are bringing to use. The Nights Away Permit holder for the Section needs to ensure the safe set-up of stoves on the Friday evening, e.g. gas pipes/connections checked.
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·      Cooking utensils

·      Food for their planned menu

·      Appropriate storage for their chosen food

If more than 1 Team is attending from your Troop, then each Team must have their own set of equipment. E.g. a dining shelter per Team, stove per Team, etc.

Scouts & Explorers will also need the usual personal kit for a weekend camp, including waterproofs, their uniform shirt and their necker. Any electronics are brought at their own risk and there are no charging facilities available for young people.

Personal penknives can be brought by Scouts & Explorers, but these must only be used for an appropriate activity. Use of them inappropriately or in an unsafe manner will result in them being confiscated until the end of the event. Any axes, saws, etc for cutting firewood, must only be used within a designated cutting area that Teams will need to setup and bring the appropriate equipment to these up with. 

The competition will start from 7:00pm where they will be scored for the setup of their team’s camping area, including their cooking area. Teams are welcome to clearly define their camping area, construct gateways, put up a sign, etc if they wish.

At 9:00pm everyone will congregate for flag break and to start the event. An explanation of the weekend will be given, and expectations set. After this Scouts & Explorers should return to their camps to prepare and eat supper. Supper is not a meal that will be judged, but Leaders will be visiting camps during this time to view set-ups more closely.

On Saturday morning Scouts & Explorers are expected to cook a breakfast of their choice that will be judged at 9:00am.

During the day, whilst the Cub competition is running, Scout & Explorer teams will be taking part in a Trading Post. They will be given their transaction cards and price lists at breakfast so they can begin planning out their day. They should note the opening times of the Trading Post and ensure they are punctual to these if they want to earn as many points as possible!

Lunch will not be judged and Scouts & Explorers can eat this at a time of their choosing. 

At 6:00pm we expect Scouts & Explorers to be enjoying a two-course meal for their tea, that they have prepared and cooked. This will be judged.

Saturday evening will consist of; a last chance to visit the Trading Post, before transactions cards are collected in, a campfire with the Explorers on site too and a BBQ supper that will be centrally catered for all young people and Leaders.

On Sunday, Scouts & Explorers will need to be up and eating breakfast by 8:00am, which will be judged. This does not need to be a cooked breakfast this time.

Everyone will need to around the flagpole for 8:45am to hear the explanation of the day’s bases. Teams will then rotate around 8 challenge bases to complete their competition. Scores from the whole weekend will be added together to determine the winning team.