Scouts is a place for those you want to give anything a go. Scouts comparises sections for young people from 4 to 18 ran by adult volunteers. Scouts of all ages take part in a huge range of activities that are adventurous, creativeful, skillful or thoughful. Through these activities young people gain skills, confidence and knowlesge. 

Scouts is also a place for anyone of any age to come together to engage with eachother and benefit their communities. You can learn more here.

Young people move up to the next section within a few months reaching the age limit for their section. Beavers move to Cubs around their 8th birthday and Cubs move to Scouts around turning 10 1/2 years old. 
The leaders will be touch with you when it is time and make the arrangements.

Once a young person is 14 and their time in the Scout section comes to an end there is a few options available.

Young Leader – Young leaders are members over 14 who help out at sections. They undergo a training program covering many topics such as safety, first aid and event planning to allow them to develop more skills.

Explorer Scouts – Explorer Scouts is another section of scouting for young people aged 14 – 18. This runs similar to younger sections allowing Explorers to further develop their skills and confidence with their peer group however Explorers is ran more centrally through the district rather than the group. 

Young people also have the option to do both.

Please contact us and let us know how old your child is and a member of one of volunteer teams will be in touch. 

The next step is come along and try it for a few weeks before being invested and joining the global scout family.

If you have been a member of a different group you can continue your service with 16th Wigan. Please contact us and one of our volunteer team members will be in touch.

There is a monthly subscription of £15. This covers all weekly meetings as well as insurances. Camps and extra activities are charged on a per event basis to cover costs.

Beavers and Cubs have a polo shirt and jumper whilst a Scouts have a shirt. These are available online from Scout Shop or at a local scout shop. Your nearest scout shop is at Wigan Scout Headquarters on Saturday mornings from 10 till 12.

Baden Powell Centre, Turner St, Wigan WN1 3SU

A neckerchief and badges will be given to each member when they are invested.

Check out badge diagrams here.

16th Wigan have partnered with some suppliers to provide a range of clothing. Some items will ship directly from our supplier whilst group clothing orders are combined and ordered once a month providing there are minimum of 6 items to order. We will notify you when these are ready to collect.
Orders for events and raffles will be available in the downloads section of your account. 

See how it works and the refund and exchanges policy. 

You can check the status of an order in your account.

Orders for group clothing are only made at the end of the month providing we have received at least 6 items. Unordered items will be carried over to the next month or when there are 6 items.

We are unable to refund any order once it has been processed. We may be able to cancel and refund an order but this will only happen if it has not been processed yet. Please contact us immediately to check. 

Refund and exchange policy