1st Send (St Mary's)

Squirrels

Squirrel Scouts are the newest and youngest Section of the Scouting family, aged between 4 and 6 years old. Just like all our Sections, Squirrels helps young people gain skills for life – with a focus on the outdoors. Learning by doing and getting into the great outdoors – combined with early years best practice of storytelling, routine and play. You can contact the Squirrels leadership team at squirrels@sendscouts.org.uk

Our Squirrels meet every Thursday during the school term-times from 5pm to 6pm at our Headquarters in Send.

About our Squirrel Scout Leaders

Our Squirrel Scout Leader, Rosita, has worked in an early years setting for many years, so has plenty of experience and runs a strong team of adult assistant Leaders.

The Adult Leaders include Lauren, Cheryl and Eileen.

We sometimes have openings for adults to volunteer as Assistant Leaders in the Squirrel Section. If you wish to find out more, please contact us!

What are the Squirrels doing?

The Squirrels Scout Section has a great programme to interest all tastes …. a mixture of outdoor adventures and indoor learning and craft projects present great opportunities for achieving badges so numerous that you wonder if there will be enough space on the uniform to sew them on!

See our Uniform page for information on where Squirrel badges should be positioned.

Interested in having your child join our Squirrels Drey?

Starting as a Squirrel is the new way to enter Scouting and gives a good basis before moving up into the more senior sections. We do currently have a waiting list to become a Squirrel (most Scout Groups in Woking and Guildford operate a waiting list) so it is good to register with us early – it is common to put a name on our waiting list when your child is in Nursery, but some parents have put names down from the age of one or two!

For more information on joining please email us at: membership@sendscouts.org.uk

New members will be able to have a number of 'taster' sessions to see if they settle in before any subscriptions are due and uniforms are purchased, so why not give Squirrels a go?

Information on where to get uniforms and what items are necessary can be found on our 'Uniform' page.