Scouting in Stirling & Trossachs

Welcome to Stirling & Trossachs District Scouts!  

The district is home to over 1000 young people in Scouting and over 300 adult leaders.  We have 13 Scout Groups, 3 Explorer Units, Young Leaders / Network and a Scout Active Service Team. 

The district has a highly diverse geographical landscape stretching from Killin in the North East to Strathblane in the South West.  The area has two national parks, nine lochs and nineteen munros to climb, but also has five outdoor centres – Barrwood, The Craigs, Auchengillan (owned by Clyde), Lochearnhead and Invertrossachs.

Scouting for children aged between 6yrs and 14yrs is provided at a Group level with Scout Groups ranging as far west as Drymen, to the south-west Strathblane, Killearn and Balfron and as far north as Killin, as well as several in and around Stirling. The Scout Groups are shown on the map and listed below with information on the Group's own websites where these exist, and contacts for enquiries to the  Group.  If you're not sure who to contact then you can always send an enquiry to the District Commissioner using this form.

Scouting for children between 14yrs and 18yrs is provided through several District level Explorer Scout Units which are listed below.

We welcome adults into Scouting in our Network Section, for young adults and our SAS (Scout Active Support) Unit for all adults with an interest in supporting Scouting in the District.  Contacts for these are also given below.

The district is part of Forth Region Scouts along with Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and West Lothian.

More information about Scouting throughout Scotland and UK can be found here :   https://www.scouts.scot/

https://scouts.org.uk/home

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Group 

Contact

Meeting Place

Scouts

Cubs

Beavers

1st Stirlingshire

1st Carse

www.1ststirlingshirescouts.org.uk

 

David Collington

Queen Street, Stirling

Gargunnock Primary/Kippen Village Hall

Fri

Mon

Tue

Wed

Tue

1st Raploch

www.7thscouts.com

 Barry Hughes St. Mark’s Parish Church, Stirling   Tue Tue

2nd Killin and District

Fiona Both

(acting GSL)

Killin Primary School

Killin McLaren Lesser Hall

Wed

Wed

Tue 

4th/6th Stirling

www.4th6thstirling.scoutsites.org.uk

Jane MacPherson

St. Columba's Church Hall, Stirling

Fri

Fri

Fri

4th/85th Dunblane

www.dunblanescouts.org.uk

Barry Whiteley

Dunblane Scout Hall, 

Ochlochy Park, Dunblane

Tue & Thu

Mon &   Wed

Tue &   Fri

7th Stirling (Beechwood)

www.7thscouts.com

David Wilson

Beechwood Scout Hall, Stirling

Wed & Fri

Mon &   Tue

Fri

9th Callander

Mark Wright

(acting GSL)

Invertrossachs Scout Centre

Thornhill Community Centre

Mon

Wed

Wed

11th Bridge of Allan

www.bridgeofallanscouts.org.uk

Jo Cookson

Parish Church Hall, 

Bridge of Allan

Tue

Mon

Mon

23rd Killearn

Craig McKellar

(Deputy GSL)

Scout Hall, Killearn

  

Wed

Thu

25th Balfron

www.balfronscouts.org.uk

John Dymond

McLintock Hall, Balfron

Mon 

Thu

Mon

26th Drymen

Gav Rowley

Drymen Church Annex

Wed  

Wed

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33rd Doune

Andrew Banks

Rural Hall

Thu

Wed

TBD

36th Strathblane

www.strathblanefield.org.uk/organisations/Scouts

Avril Sandilands

Scout Hall, Strathblane

Wed

Wed

Mon

88th Braehead

www.88thstirlingscouts.co.uk

Keiran Meiklejohn

Primary School Braehead,

Stirling

Fri

Mon

Wed

Please click on the contact name for contact information or to send an email.

 

 

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Explorers - 14 to 18 years

Try more. See more. Do more.

At Explorers, you’ll stand on your own two feet, and make memories to last a lifetime.

 

Explorers are a go-getting group of young people aged 14 to 18.

Week in and week out, they gather in groups called Units to try new things, make new friends and conquer the small task of changing the world.

In Stirling and Trossachs Scout District we have several Explorer Units

 Please click on the contact name to send an email.

 

 

Caisteal ESU - Thursday Nights / 7.30-9.30pm

Meet at Trinity Church Hall, Dumbarton Road, Stirling - For more info contact Cameron Reid

 

Endrick ESU - Wednesday Nights / 7.30 - 9.00pm

 Meet at McLintock Hall, Balfron - For more info contact Nigel Mottram

Milvus ESU - Friday Nights / 7.00-9.00pm

Meet at Dunblane Scout Hall, Dunblane - For more info contact David Morris

 

Tay ESU - Fortnightly  / ad-hoc

Meet in and around Killin - For more info contact Chris Keenan

 

Wallace ESU - Monday Nights / 7.30-9.30pm

Meet at Beechwood Scout Hall, Stirling - For more info contact Chris Keenan

 

Young Leader Unit  - ad-hoc

Meet at Beechwood Scout Hall, Stirling - For more info contact Claire Cowie

 

 

                  

 

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Scout Network gives opportunities to 18-25 year olds who have an interest in Scouting, their own personal development and having fun. Members take part in a variety of activities, which they undertake and organise themselves under the leadership of a District Scout Network Commissioner and sometimes with the support of a Programme Coordinator. All young adults, that are members of the association and are aged between 18 and 25 in Scouting are members of the Scout Network.

Contact : Atholl Murray

Check out the UK  Network logo website!

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Scout Active Support comprises adults who, in most cases, would like to be involved with Scouting but cannot make the full time commitment of being a leader. We support the District Commissioner and her team, the District Executive, and Scout Groups.

Who can join?

Parents, helpers, supporters, network members, existing and former leaders can join Active Support - all that you need is a willingness to volunteer some of your time.

What do we do?

Some of the activities in which we get involved are:

  •  Support at large events (e.g. stewarding, car parking, BBQs, etc.) 
  •  Providing occasional temporary cover at group sectional meetings
  •  Assisting with the Gang Show
  •  Helping with the maintenance of the campsite at Invertrossachs.
  •  Skills training and badge work
  •  Fund Raising

In addition to supporting scouting, we run some social activities to encompass the very important “fellowship” element of Scouting.

SAS in Stirling & Trossachs District would be delighted to hear from any potential volunteers - you can contact our District Commissioner, Colin Robertson by completing this form!