Dreadnought Unit

Dreadnought Unit is the newest section to open as part of 3rd Hayling Scouts The Unit is a Fellowship Unit which means, it is for any persons over the age of 18 who may not be quite ready to grow up yet, want to stay involved with Scouting, and may not necessarily have the time to become a warranted leader. As a unit we will be doing all the traditional Scouting activities such as camping, pioneering, playing with fires and of course going to Playzone; as well as some untraditional Scouting activities (we'll let you think on that)....

In Dreadnought our primary aim is of course to have fun; we will of course hold the customary meetings but these will be monthly. However there will be many more events and activities going on in between each meeting. Examples of some of these could be:

• Going on camps to unexplored Scout camp-sites across the UK (and Europe)!

• Fire building!

• Raft racing!

• Curry making!

• Bowling!

• Climbing!

• Scrap heap challenges (can you make a LandRover from a lawnmower)!

And some of the not so fun but still very rewarding activities include:

• Helping at younger sections camps - sharing our wealth of knowledge (such as fire building)

• 18-25 year old Dreadnought members will be able to represent Dreadnought at county Scout Network events such as Trek cart (we go to win), Evo, Christmas parties etc.

• Catering at group events.

• Attending training courses to become instructors for activities of your choice (archery, air rifle shooting etc.),  This will enable us to provide more skills to the younger sections.

We also aim to help 3rd Hayling Scout group not only to be there for extra hands but to help with Fund Raising.

If you are interested in joining Dreadnought Unit please click on the link to 3rd Hayling Scout Group and fill in the online form.

The History of Dreadnought

"Dreadnought VSU" Who were they some might say?

Well, they were a well renowned Venture Scout Unit who represented 3rd Hayling at Venture Scout events (for those over 16). However the restructuring of Scouting saw the end of Venture Scout Units all over the UK and with it Dreadnought VSU died.

Several scouts from 3rd Hayling who remember and revered Dreadnought VSU with the hope of one day joining their honoured ranks were more than a little upset by their demise, and so got together and guess what....

Dreadnought is back!

Flying under the well remembered Tasmanian devil but as a new form of Scout Unit, we are now a Fellowship. The restructuring of Scouting has made it possible to allow the Dreadnought name to rise from the ashes and reclaim its place in Scouting legends once more. Not only that, but thanks the definition of a Fellowship, the original members of Dreadnought VSU are more than welcome join their brothers in arms and  claim back the awards that were held by Dreadnought VSU in the days of old. But as with time several of these original brave VSU members are now a bit 'over the hill’, so we need some new blood too, especially if we want the Dreadnought name on trophies once more.

So all those out there who remember Dreadnought be aware we are back and here to stay.