NorthEast April 2014

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T S A E H T R NO ounty of C t u o c S e h t tter for pril 2014 A r o f The Newsle t s a E h don Nort n o L r e t a e r G

CONTENTS GLNE Jamboree Unit - Page 1 CC Update - Page 3 WFS Gang Show - Page 5 Scoutivity - Page 6 Gold Awards - Page 6

INTROUDUCING YOU TO UNIT 2 GLNE JAMBOREE UNIT ‘THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY’ So it all seems so long ago when we set about the County on our Road Shows to tell you all about the Jamboree… and here we are with the GLNE Jamboree Unit for 2015.

BUT with such a great Group who attended the selection weekend back in October, as a County we also bid for one extra Patrol in a new London-wide unit. We now have an extra 9 young people who will get to experience the Jamboree – ‘Well Done’ to everyone who has been selected!

Endurance 2014 - Page 7 Dates for your diary - Page 8 GLNE Activtiy Camp - Page 9 St Georges Day Awards - Page 10 International - Page 11

So far Unit 2 have all been together on two occasions, we had an afternoon in November to help us get to know each other, followed by a question & answer session with the Parents.

Then, over the first weekend in March we held our first gathering weekend.

All unit participants were sent a boarding pass and arrived to a check in desk, and airport style security. One of our units managed to pack 20.5kg of luggage for one weekend!!! We’re looking forward to seeing how they manage to pack for three weeks.

The unit were then welcomed aboard Greater London North East Airlines flight 001 (from Thriftwood to Thriftwood via Brentwood at an altitude of 85m) and taken through their inflight briefing (and possibly scarred for life) by flight attendant Karl.

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We spent the weekends working in our Patrols, and can already see the unit coming together. But definitely one of the highlights has to be our visit from the Japanese Education Society, not only did they teach us all some Japanese maths (ask any of the unit about multiplying numbers greater than 5!), they also taught us about daily life in Japan, how to say Hello!, how to count to 10 and also the Scout necessity – Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Japanese!!! We’re sure this will come in very useful next year.

On top of the 45 young people and 5 unit leaders, GLNE also have 11 members of IST who have all been invited to join any events Unit 2 are running, we did throw them in the deep end slightly at the first gathering weekend by asking them to run activities at short notice, but they did a great job – THANK YOU!!!

There will be various fundraising events taking place over the coming months so look out for quizzes, race nights, Easter egg hunts, paracord bracelets / woggles / key-rings please support where you can.

We will shortly have unit badges to sell so keep an eye open.

One way everyone is able to support us is installing http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ invite/4HD2WA/ - ‘GLNE Jamboree Unit 2015’ onto your computer / laptop. This could mean free money to the unit as websites will donate on your behalf when you spend money with them (up to 5% of the amount you spend).

Please do get in touch with us wsj2015-leaders@glne-scouts.org.uk if you have any questions or would like any more information on anything Jamboree related.

A few bits from the unit members, firstly describing the Jamboree in 3 words: “Meeting New People” “One Big Family” “Crazy, Random, Insane” “One Amazing Opportunity”

“Everyone United Together” “Where’s the Campfire?”

“Big Banter-full Camp” “Family, Fun, Epic”

“New Experience Discovered” “One Dysfunctional Family” “Only One Chance” “BEST UNIT EVER!”

And some quotes from our book of memories: “and a very crazy adventure this is set to be! I am scarred by Karl’s costume” “Captain’s Log - date 09.03.2014 (17 months to arrival) Eagerly anticipating arrival to Japan, cannot wait for the memories that will be made with the unit.

Captain signing off” “Had a great weekend! sad it has to finish, it was great to meet everyone, can’t wait to get to know them all better. Bring on Japan!”

“Yo, sick weekend so much to do but so dead (need more sleep). Came up with an idea so all of us from the Jamboree can get noticed by everyone with a funny YouTube vid with us all dancing. Hope we can do this in the future” “I really enjoyed the weekend, made lots of new friends, it’s nice to break away from our own Districts.

The thing I liked the most was picking our own dinner then going out and buying it, can’t wait till the next weekend!”

“Thank you for a great weekend! I loved getting to know everyone better. In the future I think we should do more things as a unit.”

“This weekend has been great thank you so much. Looking forward to going to Japan a lot more now, many thanks to the big dysfunctional family!”

You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of The Scout County of Greater London North East Wednesday 18th June 2014 in Sir Hawkey Hall, Broomfield Road, Woodford Green, IG8 0BG Light buffet 7pm onwards - AGM start at 8pm Speaker Bryony Balen - On her Expedition to the South Pole

COUNTY COMMISSIONER NEWS As the sun shines across the playing field opposite my house today, I think that hopefully we have seen the last of the dreary cold weather and spring is finally on its way. Therefore I thought this would be a good time to update everyone on the good things happening across the county.

CONSULTATION TEAM The consultation team is now in place and is starting to get to grips with their different areas of speciality, I will update on a regular basis regarding the findings and actions as they occur.

Adult and Young Leader training is going from strength to strength with a major review of how at County level we can improve and also offer additional training modules on the Multi Module days, plus how we can make the courses more proactive for the participants.

We had over 80 Young Leaders who attended the Young Leader Training day and with the new revamped Adult Multi Module day we can see that training is already evolving in the County, details of the next courses are listed on the GLNE Website.

TERI ADAMS Teri has decided to stand down as CTM for the County and concentrate on First Aid training and I would like to take this opportunity of thanking Teri for all her hard work and contribution over the last two years.

Teri took over the role of County Training Manager for Greater London North East in 2012. This is an intensive role as she was responsible for the provision of Adult Leader training, First Aid training, Safeguarding training, refresher courses, running the training budget and line managing 12 LTM’s.

Teri has decided her strengths are without doubt in First Aid where she has run and arranged many successful courses and will continue to do so. Teri will also be continuing in her role as a Training Adviser, where I am sure many leaders will benefit from her experience. I understand she is now looking at a further role within her District which I will sure she will take on with great enthusiasm.

We are thankful for all she has done and look forward to her further contribution to GLNE in the future.

COUNTY REVIEWS I am at the moment conducting reviews with DC’s and their district teams ably assisted by Julie Leeper, the process is to fully understand what is the state of play within each District and as importantly what the Districts need in terms of support from the County, I am personally finding this very useful in understanding what makes our County tick and think this will be useful in moving each District forward in the future.

WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE 2015 The good news is we have bid and successfully gained another Patrol for the WSJ. The patrol will become part of Unit 73, a new Unit made up of Patrols from GLNE, GLSW, GLMW and GLS. We have identified additional people from the selection weekend who just missed out on being offered a place, these have now been offered a chance to be part of the new Patrol from GLNE. We are now looking for suggestions from the DC’s for individuals that couldn’t make the selection weekend who you think shoulduld have been considered, we still have several places to fill.

Steuart Allen, part of the IST team, has been offered a place as part of the management team for Unit 73 and is looking forward to the challenge.

WWW.GLNE-SCOUTS.ORG.UK/NEWS

COUNTY MEDIA The County is working with Sam Longhurst to see how we can improve our digital media presence and we are looking at ways we can make sure news is presented via e mail, on our website and other media such as Facebook and Twitter. The key to this is getting as many good news stories out there to be celebrated, so make sure your group events, successes and celebrations are sent through to Ted Rose.

Ted Rose e mail: Scoutingglne@gmail.com Here are the details of the different digital media so you can follow GLNE in a way that suits you: Our website address is http://www.glne-scouts.org.uk Find us on Facebook - Greater London North East Scouts Follow us on Twitter - @GLNEScouts CENSUS All the Census information has been completed and is now in. Each District will take time to digest the information, however the good news is that with all the development work we have seen done in the last year and that will continue in this year, it is going to be an exciting time for growth within the County.

MEDIA “I am Noah� - This is well worth a look, I think this is so positive and a great way to promote Scouts, it makes me inspired to be a Scout leader! http://tinyurl.com/iamnoah

This year we are proud to celebrate 40 years and Gang Show 2014 will show you why!

Let our cast of 70 talented young Scouts and LOB Guides together with a further 27 Beavers, Cubs and Brownies take you on an action packed journey of song, dance and laughter. We guarantee a grand slamming time from Movies to Space, Theatre to Celebrations, Imagination to Accapella and much much more. So raise your eyebrows with excitement and put your hands together because once again the Gang is back.

8th, 9th and 10th May at Chingford Assembly Hall Station Road, Chingford E4 Show starts at 7.30pm with a Matinee Saturday at 2.30pm and (Performance lasts around 2.5 hours including a 20m minute interval) Special rate for uniformed Groups £5 at any performance.

For every ‘TEN’ seats booked – one adult leader ticket free Tickets Available Now 07538 314415 To down load a ticket booking form and for further details please go to www.waltham-forestgs.co.uk Cheques made payable to ‘Waltham Forest Gang Show’ Postal orders to: Gang Show 15 Evanston Avenue, Chingford E4 9JS Tickets reserved by telephone will be held for seven days

CALLING ALL SCOUT ACTIVE SUPPORT UNITS

ROMFORD SCOUT ACTIVE SUPPORT UNIT

You are invited by Romford Scout Active Support Unit to a concert by the North Ockendon Hand Bell Ringers in Romford District Headquarters. Park Drive, Romford.

You are invited you to our annual BBQ in the grounds of Romford District Headquarters, Park Drive, Romford.

On Thursday 24th July 2014 Start at 7pm RSVP to Ted Rose at scoutingglne@gmail.com

Thursday 19th June 2014 Start at 7pm Cost £6.50 RSVP to ted rose at scoutingglne@gmail.com

4TH ILFORD NORTH SCOUT GROUP 3 Scouts, Santhujan Kugathasan, Ajanthan Jeyakumar and Praveen Prabaharan from the 4th Ilford North completed the last part of their Adventure Challenge at Mile End Climbing Wall, their final Challenge Award, so thereby were also awarded their Chief Scouts Gold Award. The Troop and a few Explorers are seen here at the Climbing Centre - a trip supported by their Jack Petchey Award grants.

ENDURANCE CAMP 2014 ROMFORD DISTRICT EXPLORER SCOUTS

This year’s theme for the Romford District Explorer Scouts Endurance Camp was Challenge the Bear. This was a Bear Grylls style bushcraft weekend.

This saw the Explorers over a glorious March weekend skinning and cooking Rabbits, collecting water from thin air, learning to shoot air rifles and hit the target along with archery and making their own sling shots from para cord (the leaders could have done with some body armour for the sling shot firing).

The Explorers also slept out in military style shelters and had to cook for themselves on open fires, they also learnt to track. Both the Leaders and the Explorers had a great time and could not have asked for better weather.

Thank you to all the Explorers and Leaders that attended and made this such a great success. The next adventures for the Explorer section are the County Camp and Conquering Mount Snowdon in June, before heading off to Switzerland in August...

James Kirk Unit - A Explorer Scout Leader

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY APRIL -JULY 2014 15th May 9th - 11th May 8th June 16th June 18th June 23rd June 27th / 28th June 14th July 17th July 20th July

County Executive Meeting Land Sea and Air County Activity Weekend DC Development Day ADC Beaver Scout Meeting County AGM ADC Cubs meeting London County Commissioners Meeting Chief Scout Award Ceremony DC Meeting GSL Induction Day (venue in GLNE)

TRAINING DATES FOR YOUR DIARY APRIL -JULY 2014 31st May 1st June

7th June 6th July 20th July 31st July

Introduction to Residential Experience Activities Outdoors & Skills for Residential Experiences First Aid First Aid Module 13/14 Trainng Day LTM Training

NEW BADGES LAUNCHED The Scout Association has launched an exciting range of new badges for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorer Scouts. These badges guarantee young people lots of fun and adventure whilst giving them the opportunity to learn a wide variety of skills.

Find out more at www.scouts.org.uk

GLNE ACTIVITY CAMP 2014

LAND, SEA & AIR WHEN?

9/5/2014 - 11/5/2014

FOR?

Cubs Scouts Explorers

WHERE?

Thriftwood Scout Camp Site Orchard Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DP

ACTIVITIES?

ARCHERY, CANOEING, CLIMBING, 3 D MAZE, INFLATABLES, PEDAL KARTS, JACOBS LADDER, BUSHCRAFT, SHOOTING, AND MUCH MORE.....

AND A SPECIAL GUEST FLYING IN SUNDAY!!!!!!!

CAMP FEES?

£25 per child (includes activities and camp fees)

MORE INFO?

Email: events@glne-scouts.org.uk TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE VISIT: WWW.GLNE-SCOUTS.ORG.UK

CHIEF SCOUTS AWARDS EVENING AT GILWELL PARK A very successful Chief Scouts Awards evening was held on the17th March 2014 at the home of Scouting. With over 200 young people receiving their certificates. With such a lot of young people it was a noisy happy evening.

THE COUNTY CONGRATULATES THE FOLLOWING ON THEIR ST. GEORGE’S DAY AWARDS

BAR TO THE SILVER ACORN Alan Hands Group President 4th Poplar - Ilford East Mrs Gillian May Deputy District Commissioner - Barking & Dagenham

Paul Southcott Assistant County Commissioner Activities, Group Scout Leader 14th Ilford East

SILVER ACORN

Mrs Joan Bridge Cub Scout Leader 5th Towler Hamlets - East London Mrs Elizabeth Godden Assistant Scout Leader 2nd Romford Mrs Amanda Harrison Group Scout Leader 37th Chingford Mrs Lynn Peck District Appointments Advisory Committee Member - Chingford Mrs Theresa Webb Cub Scout Leader - 1st Romford

CHIEF SCOUT AWARD NOMINATIONS These can be made online at http://www. glne-scouts.org.uk/county-services/csa/ Nomination Cards and envelopes are available from the County Print Team email: scoutingglne@gmail.com or ring 01735 857041

THE COUNTY PRINT TEAM Is here to help you with all your printing requirements.

Speak to Ted Rose on 01375 857041 email:scoutinglne@gmail.com

INTERNATIONAL

Whether you’re planning a straightforward camping trip or want to get involved in development projects that can make a real difference, introducing an international angle into your Balanced Programme is a perfect way to broaden a young person’s horizons.

Find out about international volunteering opportunities.

Find out about Scouting all over the world and what International events are being planned, this information is updated monthly by the International team at Gilwell.

See what links we have all around the world to show you the full, global Scouting experience.

Get tips on planning a international trip.

Take a look at Global Trekker to see where Scouting trips and expeditions have visited.

Looking for more information contact our Assistant County Commissioner (International) Peter Ford.

Peter has a number of resources that can help to put some International flavour to your programme and happy to be contacted to see how he can help.

EXPLORER BELT AND SCOUTS OF THE WORLD AWARD Have you heard of the Explorer Belt or Scouts of the World Award, the Explorer belt can be completed by Explorers and Scout Network members, whilst the Scouts of the World Award is for Scout Network members. Use the links to find out more information on either of these two exciting Awards.

WORLD ORGANISATION OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT For more information about scouting in individual countries then a good starting point is the website of the World Organisation.

ACC (International) Peter Ford, 75 Kings Road, Chingford, London E4 7HP

GLNE BASIC CLIMBING WALL COURSE. REF WC1 (SINGLE PITCH TOP ROPE CLIMBING) 10TH & 11TH MAY AND 17TH & 18TH MAY 2014 A 4 day climbing wall course for 2014 is being run leading to you being authorized to take youth members climbing on walls and other man-made structures, this then can lead on to climbing on rock if you so wish. The training location is, Hargreaves Activity Centre, Hainault Road, Little Heath, Romford, Essex RM6 5SR. Cost, £60 (Instruction only, based on a minimum of 6 people booking the course).

If you need assessment only for the renewal of your permit, this will take place on the 18th a fee of £5 will be charged. Some Districts may consider financial support please contact your local training manger. Apply for the course through County Training Administrator, Maryanne Fleming on cta@glne-scouts.org.uk Explorers wishing to attend please email specialist. training@glne-scouts.org.uk for more information.

Chris Geary: Deputy Warden Hargreaves Activity Centre ( a youth facility run by Ilford East Scouts)

WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE COUNTY NEWSLETTER

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