Squirrel Scouts are girls and boys aged between 4 and 6 years of age.
Meet the newest branch of our family tree! Squirrel Scouts are a brand new section for Early Years, full of fun, games, stories and songs.
Squirrels in our District.
Along with their weekly hour-long meetings, Squirrel Scouts can join in with other big events. For the brave, they might go on sleepovers with the drey, or take part in the Squirrels Fun Day at Ferny Crofts with other Squirrels from all over Hampshire.
As a district, they often join together for big events and meet others like them including our Reindeer Trophy skills day, camp fires and sing-a-long and our summer picnic in the forest along with the Beavers.
In our district, our Squirrel sub-team leader Peter Davy, supports our Squirrel leaders and their teams including our new Dreys get off the ground.
Strive and achieve!
Squirrel Scouts can earn loads of different badges covering a variety of skills:
Activity Badges all offer a chance to try a different skill; from building to experimenting, getting creative to learning about local superheros. There is something for everyone to try and many can even be done from home. Staged Activity Badges are open to all scouts and allow them to get better at a skill over time. From musician to swimmer, first aid to sailing they are core skills to any individual. They also keep track of the number of nights and hikes away a young person has completed.
The highest award a Squirrel Scout can work towards is the Chief Scout’s Acorn Award. To reach this, they earn Challenge Awards to show they’ve tried most bits of the programme.
We are still growing our number of Squirrel dreys across the district. Find out your local group at our group finder. As of April 2025, we have Dreys at Ashurst and Colbury, Copythorne, Fordingbridge, Lyndhurst, Ringwood and Testwood.