Cubs in the carnival

Cub Leaders

We currently have 5 leaders at Polesworth and four young leaders.
Each leader devotes a lot of time to the cub packs and has a huge amount of experience within scouting


Jon - Akela (Monday Pack)

An enthusiastic Cub parent with many ties to other charity work, who took the plunge and volunteered to join

the group as a full time leader. Jon has now taken up the mantle and become our monday night Akela

Jon has many skills to offer the youngsters within the group, such as
mountain leader, climbing qualifications and an expert teepee builder,
but to name a few.


Anna - Akela (Tuesday Pack)

Anna is akela on a tuesday night, her focus is toward the craft and arty side of cub scouting. She is extremely good fun and when the cubs come home with their creations, they have usually come from Anna's imagination.
Anna is an NRSA rifle instructor.


Ellie - Assistant Cub Scout leader (Monday night)

Ellie is an enthusiastic addition to our leadership team. A former
Polesworth Scout and currently a Barbarians Explorer Scout, she is
working as a Young Leader with the troop & is busy completing her
Explorer Scout & Duke of Edinburgh's Awards. Ellie is well versed in
all scouting activities, shows great commitment to the troop, exhibits
great patience with the scouts (& leaders!), and is an excellent
instructor.


Tom - Young leader (Tuesday night)

Tom has been through polesworth scouts, gained his Chief Scouts' Gold
Award and has now moved onto Explorer Scouts at Glascote Heath, where
he has become a young leader, learning and honing his skills in
preparation to become an adult leader when he turns 18. Tom is great fun
and the cubs associate with him very well, he is always willing to help
and encourage the cubs to succeed in their activities.


Alice - Young leader (Tuesday night)

Alice has been through Polesworth scouts, gained his Chief Scouts' Gold
Award and has now moved onto Explorer Scouts at Glascote Heath, where
she has become a young leader, learning and honing her skills in
preparation to become an adult leader when she turns 18. Alice is a very conciecious young lady with an artistic flair, always willing to join in with her ideas and encourage the cubs to succeed in their activities.


Jake - Young leader (Monday night)

Jake has been through polesworth scouts, gained his Chief Scouts' Gold
Award and has now moved onto Explorer Scouts at Glascote Heath, where
he has become a young leader and is currently working toward his Diamond award and Duke of Edinburgh awards, honing his skills in
preparation to become an adult leader when he turns 18. Jake has excellent traditional scouting skills, and keen to pass these onto the cubs. What can be more fun for a cub than a campfire with marshmallows?


Grant - Young leader (Monday night)

Grant has been through polesworth scouts, gained his Chief Scouts' Gold
Award and has now moved onto Explorer Scouts at Glascote Heath, where
he has become a young leader, learning and honing his skills in
preparation to become an adult leader when he turns 18. Grant is still a big Cub at heart and great fun
and the cubs associate with him very well, he is always willing to help
and encourage the cubs to succeed in their activities.


Rachael (Monday Pack)

An enthusiastic parent who took the plunge and volunteered to join the group as a full time leader. Rachael is currently working through her training to enable her to be awarded with her wood beads, and a fully warranted leader.


Dave (Tuesday Pack)

An enthusiastic Scout and Beaver parent who was a former Scout at Polesworth. Finally Dave took the plunge and volunteered to join
the group as a full time leader. Dave is currently working through
his training to enable her to be awarded with his wood beads, and a
fully warranted leader.


Roy (Monday Pack)

An enthusiastic leader, always helping the cubs push themselves that
little bit further, to try new activities and experience new things. Roy
tries to get the cubs outdoors as often as possible, teaching the cubs
traditional scouting skills, as well as having a heap of fun.

Roy is a GNAS archery instructor