Welcome to Ilford Seascouts.co.uk

Sea Scout troops are very similar to any other Scout Group; we have the same aim but use a special emphasis on water activities and maritime training within our programme to achieve that aim. Water activities can provide the adventure and adrenaline rush that youngsters are looking for. Sailing boats virtually force Scouts to work as a team, with the penalty of getting wet if they don't. Water activities are an area where skills and age do not necessarily correlate and provide an ideal opportunity for Scouts to teach each other.

Welcome to the brand new design of IlfordSeascouts.co.uk. The home of the 1st Ilford North Seascouts. You may be interested to know of the new language (ASP.NET) that has been used to create the site. For details on how the site was constructed click here.

The 1st Ilford North Sea scout Troop are based in Ilford, London. Our summer actvities include, sailing, kayaking, rafting which take place at Fairlop Sailing Centre.

At the moment you can look at what we are up to (see Programme) and print it off if you lost your copy.

You can check out where to put your badges (see Uniform) , and to see what badges you can collect click here.

You can go to Links, where you can find other interesting sites. If you have a fave website, email me and ill stick it on there.

You can use the message board to leave notes to your Sea scout friends, or talk about anything you want, and you can also sign the guest map showing where you live.

If you have any ideas for this site, you can contact me (see Contact Us). Or if you want to contact Skip go there as well.

In the meantime I will be sorting out the members area where you can get details on other Sea scouts in the troop.

Sea Scouting has been a part of Scouting since the Movement started. The founder, Lord Baden-Powell, wrote "When a youngster, I began my Scouting as a Sea Scout", and there are many references in "Scouting for Boys" to Sea Scouting, and to his adventures with his brother Warington, who, he relates was "both a sailor and a boy at heart".

In his message to Scouts in "Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys", Warington Baden-Powell makes this important observation: "A Sea Scout must be a Boy Scout; therefore I take it you have read 'Scouting for Boys', and that you know the Scout Promise, Law and Regulations. Sea Scouting is simply a branch of Scouting, but all your work as a Sea Scout is on or about the water, mostly in boats".

"Joining the Sea Scouts" he continues, "does not mean that you are going to take up the sea as a profession; it means that you are going to make boating, sailing, camping, fishing, sailoring and watermanship your pastime for your spare time and holidays".

Nothing has ever been accomplished without effort. If you want your Sea Scouting to be really worthwhile you will have to put effort and enthusiasm into it.

Extracts from scoutbase.org.uk have been used in this page