Easter Camp 2026

The total cost of £85 is now due, if you do not know how much is outstanding, please contact events@hls-scouts.org.uk.

Payments should be made to:

• HLS District Scout Council

• Sort Code: 40-52-40

• Account Number: 00018186

• CAF Bank

In addition, up to £5 can be transferred to the above account to cover tuck shop costs.

• Arrive wearing full scout uniform to travel to camp

• When you arrive at Washington services, please check in with a member of our leader team who will give you a wrist band and tell you which vehicle you are travelling on. Young people and adults will be travelling on a 49 seater coach and 4 minibuses. 

• Have any medication ready to give to Sandra (this must be clearly labelled with the name of the young person and have the pharmacy label in tact.

• Bring a small day bag to take on the coach with you with your packed lunch in and some boots or wellies to wear when arriving on site.

• Your main kit bag will go under the coach or onto our van

• Once we have all young people and leaders registered, we will depart. We expect this to be around 10.45.

Please allow young people to pack their own bags, or pack with your young person. This helps them to know what they have with them for the weekend!

Full scout uniform (to be worn to camp)

Gloves / woolly hat

Coat-hanger 

Wash-kit (Toothpaste/brush, soap/gel, comb, nail brush, shower gel, deodorant)

Sleeping bag, small pillow, sleeping roll mat

Towel 

Changes of socks and underwear x6

Waterproof coat (This must be fully waterproof - a cagoule is perfect!)

T-shirts x6

Trainers/canvas shoes 

Shorts x3 

Boots, wellies or strong shoes (We suggest some thick socks to wear with them too.) 

Warm clothing: jacket/ fleece,  jumper, hoodies x3

Torch + spare batteries

Long trousers/tracksuit (NOT JEANS - Jeans are very difficult to dry in camp.) x3

Sunglasses / sun cream / baseball cap / insect repellent

Pyjamas / nightwear 

Water bottle with name label 

Packed lunch for Friday 3rd

Contacting us while in camp: Please contact Steve Gibson (Group Scout Leader at 1st Houghton) on 07507161366. Leaders on site may not be able to be immediately contactable, so please contact Steve who will be able to get messages to and from camp on your behalf. Please do not contact camp directly.

Matthew Ridley is the leader in charge at camp and you can contact him ahead of the event on email or via phone if you cannot find the info you need on our website. (events@hls-scouts.org.uk) / 07983 004 900

We realise that many young people are reliant on their phones while travelling to school and back and to stay in touch with parents and friends, however phones in camp can become a problem:-

Please talk to your young person about taking their phone, phones can get lost around site and are hard to find in long grass. We also can only offer very limited charging facilities.

If your young person does bring their phone to camp, please encourage them to talk to adults on site before making a phone call home, our adult team are experienced in running events and always have the wellfare of young people as their priority. We can resolve most issues on site without the need for a phone call home.

Our preference is for young people not to take phones to camp if possible.

• Arrive wearing full scout uniform to travel to camp

• When you arrive at Washington services, please check in with a member of our leader team who will give you a wrist band and tell you which vehicle you are travelling on. Young people and adults will be travelling on a 49 seater coach and 4 minibuses. 

• Have any medication ready to give to Sandra (this must be clearly labelled with the name of the young person and have the pharmacy label in tact.

• Bring a small day bag to take on the coach with you with your packed lunch in

• Your main kit bag will go under the coach or onto our van

• Once we have all young people and leaders registered, we will depart. We expect this to be around 10.45.

• Download the event flyer

• Download the parents night presentation

• Download a copy of the kit list as aword doc

• Dilston Campsite Location