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Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and the Network. Posts from UK leaders and The Scout Association bring a different flavor of the same movement, with plenty to borrow for any troop.
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Last night I went to see the Beavers and Cubs mainly because of the reason I've discussed in my last three posts. However I was also there because seven new Beavers were invested into the Colony last night. To see seven excited 6 year olds getting their neckers and badges is great!
Well last night at Cubs seemed to go well. The boys who lost their sister were there and seemed, albeit a little subdued, to be enjoying themselves. I saw the parents, but couldn't really speak to them properly, which was a shame, but they seemed better (probably only on the outside).
Thanks for the support, this was not an easy one I must admit. The first thing I did was to look at the Scout Association's Bereavement Factsheet (we have one for everything it seems). It wasn't quite what I was looking for, but gave the numbers of some professionals in this area, so I gave…
Over the weekend I was told that the young sister of three of our Cubs had passed away. She had been born earlier in the year three months prematurely and I don't think she'd ever left hospital. Very sad news and I know we're all thinking about the family.
Enews issue 12 - March 2009
Closing a Scout Group is never a good thing. It means that local kids have less places to go and things to do, there is a loss of something that has provided a service for the local community and there is the sense of failure.
Comments from the survey on Trainers
I couldn't make it to the Troop meeting last night as I needed to finish some work due to the forthcoming inspection at work. Later in the evening I got a phone call from the Scout Leader. The first thing he told me was that one of the Scouts had had an accident and he…
Over the weekend I noticed that my blog has now had over 4000 hits since the beginning of last year! I've been writing here since April 2006, but until January 2008, I hadn't put any accurate hit counters on the blog.
As a movement the Scouts have a very good motto. It's short, to the point, meaningful and easy to remember – Be Prepared. I try my best to be prepared in everyday life as well as Scouting and most of the time I am.
Podcast number 9. This covers the Explorer and Network programmes which are quite similar and cumulate in the Queen’s Scout Award. Next podcast will be on the adult training scheme and Wood Badge.
When I got home from work tonight I saw there was a message on our answer machine. Before listening to it, I thought it would probably be my Mum telling me something before she and Dad went away for the weekend.
After sending a load of emails of to various people in my Group and the District I thought how much easier it is to communicate today. I can email any documents to my Leaders that they may need in a fraction of a second.
As I work in a school for children with special needs, I guess I am slightly more aware than most, about people with special needs, whether they are learning or physical disabilities. I’ve written about this before ( here and here ) and I am quite confident that if anyone with special needs came to join my…
Podcast number 8. Finally got round to talking about the Scout section of the UK programme. Explorers and Network section programme to follow soon (less than a month!).
Our Beavers and Cubs had pancakes at their meetings last night, as it was Pancake Day on Tuesday and most of them were cooked by me! Action shot The Beavers are too small to reach the cooker and to have them around hot oil is probably not a good idea either.
Today is my Mum's 65th birthday, so Happy Birthday! Not really Scouting related, but that doesn't matter!
I forgot to bring my lunch to work today, so had to pop out to the local shop to get some. My food cost £2.19, so at the till I handed over £2.20 and received 81p in change! I told the assistant he'd given me too much and handed back the 80p.
Personal stories of what the Wood Badge means to you.
During the summer of 2007 members of our local Explorer Unit went to Canada to camp with some Canadian Scouts. This year marks the return visit by the Canadians. This camp will have been in preparation for 12 months when it actually happens.
I've just realised that it is nearly a month since I did a podcast talking about the Beaver and Cub programmes. The Scout one will hopefully be coming this weekend. I know that you've all been desperate to hear the next instalment!
During our Centenary last year, we decided to have a badge to commemorate the fact (you can see my original post here ). These badges were given out to all members of the Group and any old members we knew about.
Latest edition of Far & Wide uploaded
Carol and I have just come back from a visit to London and one of the things we did was to visit Gilwell, the spiritual home of Scouting. Considering how often I visit London, I’ve never been before, so I decided to make amends this time.
Today, 22nd February, is Founder's Day for Scouts or Thinking Day for Guides and Girl Scouts. It marks the birthday of Baden-Powell and, coincidentally, his wife. Today is the day we remember BP, his life and work. The WOSM have issued a small video of BP to mark Founder's Day (it's quite amusing too!).
This week has had a bit of an international flavour for me. I've have an Email from Scouter Jeremy in Canada, a couple of emails from Lotta who is a Cub Leader in Sweden (and I'm going to send her some badges tomorrow), I had a good chat (hooray for Skype!)
Just recently we've been having issues getting hold of badges for the sections in the Group. Our local supplier hasn't paid their bills to the Division, so they haven't been supplied with any more badges. To get round this problem, one of the Assistant Scout Leaders in the District has offered to be the District's…
Scout Leaders are renowned for collecting Scouting memorabilia, especially badges. The traditional thing to do is put them on a blanket which is used when camping. There is always the competition to see who has the most badges or the most rare, but everyone is interested to see who has what.
Apparently, something is happening in the USA today……! Just after the American Presidential election was over, I noticed that the Scout Association had put out a story about the new President having been a Cub in his youth and so I put up a post about it .
A water based activity academdy will be running at Hawhirst Scout Activity Centre for members aged 18-25.
The National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra have announced dates and opened applications for their 2009 course.
For all prospective County Pulling Assessors, there is another UKCC Level 2 course being organised nationally between the Amateur Rowing Associtiona (ARA) and The Scout Association.
That’s the Jamboree on the Internet! This is happening this weekend and I’ll be around on and off all weekend. This is a great place to meet people all over the world. So hello world! If anyone wants to send me a validation card, just send one to user porthill and I’ll send you one…
I was having a quick look at the PTC Media forums when I got home form work and noticed that Cubmaster Chris had made a posting saying he’d been putting some of the older Leader’s Campfire shows back on line.
Tonight we invested 5 new Scouts into the Troop, with another 4 due in a few weeks time. I would venture to suggest that we are nearly full to our capacity! That is a great situation to be in, but it means quite a bit of work!
Yesterday the Scout Troop’s new flag was finally blessed in Church. I say finally as it was supposed to happen during our family celebration camp back in May, but the suppliers were too slow! We’d decided to get a new one as the old one is, we think, over 60 years old and is showing…
As I’ve been blogging more and more, I’ve noticed that the majority of my posts have been Scout related. And as the people who have been good enough to link to me from their blogs are also Scout related, it made me think that the majority of them aren’t all that interested in me waffling…
There is a website that is starting up from the Scout Association (SA) in the United Kingdom (England). My friend in England, Nick posted about this on his blog , so I thought I would get the word out to more of our American readers.
Updated to reflect latest policy
List of people requesting links updated
Information added about UK Contingent for Roverway 2009
Updated link to ConnectYouth website
Information about 2009 camps updated
The Development Grants Board has made funding available towards the cost of activity permit assessment courses and associated travel costs. County Assessors can also now get funding towards travel costs of their assessment courses in addition to the course costs that have been available for a number of years.
There is currently a review of the Home Contact system taking place, which has put together a consultation document that you can find here. We would welcome thoughts and comments on this, from anyone who wishes to do so, by 31st October 2008.
Today is St. George's Day . St. George, amongst other things is the patron saint of Scouting. Today Scouts can wear their uniform at school and we renew our Promise (although I did it at the parade on Sunday and at Scouts last night!).
Photograph of new International Commissioner
Balanced Programme Checkers added, available to download for free.
Balanced Programme Checkers added, available to download for free with new zones.
Balanced Programme Checkers added, available to download for free.
