s t u o c S e r i h s p Ham 016 Review 2
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Welcome to the 2016 review of Hampshire Scouts
contents
03 Chairman’s Report
04 Promises to Keep - County Commissioner’s Report 06 Beaver Scouts 08 Cub Scouts 10 Scouts 12 Explorer Scouts
About Us
Hampshire Scouts provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for over 18,500 young people aged 6-25, promoting the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being of the individual, helping them achieve their full potential. In Scouting, we believe that young people develop most when they are ‘learning by doing,’ when they are given responsibility, work in teams, take acceptable risks and think for themselves.
Get Involved
To join the adventure of Scouting whether as an Adult or Young person then contact us at: www.scouts.org.uk/join e: county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk or t: 023 8084 7847 Photography Acknowledgements Where we can, we strive to acknowledge the owner or source of pictures used in this publication. We use them under the terms ‘for Scouting use only’.
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14 Scout Network 16 Hampshire Scouts in Hospitals 17 Hampshire Scout Youth Council 18 Queen’s Scout Award and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 20 Hampshire Scout Expeditions - Antarctica 21 International 22 HSX - Hampshire Scout Expeditions 24 Hampshire Scout Caving Club 25 Hampshire Scout Archery Club 26 Our 2016 Queen’s Scouts 27 St George’s Day Awards 2016 28 Our Meritorious Conduct & Gallantry Award Recipients 29 Adult Training 30 Growth, Development & Community Involvement 32 Ferny Crofts - Scout Activity Centre 34 Scout Active Support 35 Pro-Badge Training Scheme 36 Hampshire Scout Heritage 37 Our Accounts
Chairman’s Report A big thank you once again to everyone who has helped support the young people of Hampshire having “fun and adventure’. You will see this from the many great photographs and written reports in this document. We are continuing to emphasise that Trustees are important to any Charity or Organisation, and are working with Scout HQ to continue to train and support new and existing Trustees to better understand this important role. All Trustees now have to be declared on the annual census and carry out module 1E training. The County Executive Committee members are the County Charity Trustees, and a key part of managing the County, and my thanks goes to all the members for their support over the last 12 months. Attendance over the last year by our young people and
youth reps, including my Deputy Chair, Tom Fisher, has been great and very encouraging - helping us to become more Youth Shaped. One initiative that has really taken off in the last couple of years is the Carers in Scouting Project, funded by the Short Breaks grant provided by Hampshire County Council. This pays for “one to one” carers for disabled young people across the county, allowing them to attend Section meetings. When this started 6 years ago we had just 3 carers and we now have 17, all employees of Hampshire Scouting. Thanks to Lucie, Linda and Jon in the County Office for their help, support and continued commitment over the last year, developing new systems, and
bringing Projects “in House” that were traditionally carried out by others.
2017 is the last year with Adam Jollans as our County Commissioner, and by the time you read this we hope to have announced his successor. We all owe a great debt of gratitude to Adam for his commitment to the Young People of Hampshire and beyond, and we wish him well for his future Scouting both at local and other levels. I am looking forward to another 12 months of fun and adventure across the County.
Peter Moody
County Chairman
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Promises to Keep…
Hampshire Scouting enjoyed another great year in 2016, building on previous achievements.
It’s been a year packed with adventures, challenges, fun and friends – and hopefully we’ve made a positive difference to our young people, our adult volunteers, and the communities we serve. Here’s three ways of looking at the last year.
The Numbers This is our twelfth successive year of growth. Membership breakdown 2001 - 2017 25000
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Cub Scouts
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Venture Scouts
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We grew Scouting in Hampshire by a further 2.5%, and now have nearly 25,000 youth and adult members. Our numbers grew across every Section – Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Scout Network. Over 1,000 Sections delivered more than 40,000 meetings during the year. We started 20 new Sections and two new Scout Groups. More than 500 young people and adults went abroad with Hampshire Scouting.
The Highlights
Special events during the year included • • • • •
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Cubs100 celebrations – ranging from local Promise Parties in December, to District Camps during the Spring, to a County Cubs100 service at Winchester Cathedral. International expeditions to Kandersteg, Malawi, Cambodia, and many other countries. Beavers 30th anniversary activities, including the legendary Paulton’s Park Xmas visit. Queen’s Scout Certificate presentations by the Lord-Lieutenant at RAF Odiham, with the chance to explore a Chinook helicopter. Management & Leadership workshops and the Future Leadership weekend training inspiring the current
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and next generation of DCs and GSLs. Hampshire Scouts Presents, bringing together the skills and talents of young people and adult volunteers from the Scout Shows and Bands across Hampshire. Youth Council recruiting new members, voting for a County Youth Commissioner, and leading the County Scout Annual Review.
The Promises
But it’s also worth looking beyond the numbers and the highlights, and thinking about what Scouting’s promise is to the world. • to young people – we’ll give you the opportunity for adventure, challenge, fun and friends – no matter what your background or capabilities. • to parents – we’ll inspire your children, help them grow and develop in confidence and values, build life skills, and keep them safe to the very best of our ability. • to adult volunteers – we’ll offer you a social life with a purpose, an opportunity to help the next generation, training and support to help you be successful in your role, and the chance to gain new transferable skills. • to society - we’ll help develop young people who are friendly, adventurous, well-adjusted, inclusive, resilient, and care about the world. This is my last annual report as County Commissioner of Hampshire Scouting. There have been many amazing highs - and a few challenges along the way. I have been supported by an awesome team, and inspired by young people and adult volunteers alike across the County. And I hope we have left Hampshire Scouting at least a little better than we found it. Although I’m looking forward to taking a rest, I’m not retiring from Scouting. I’m already starting to work on new projects, including helping Kandersteg with their marketing. For in the words of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”… “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.”
Adam Jollans
County Commissioner
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Beaver Scouts
Celebrating 30 Years 2016 saw the 30th anniversary of Beaver Scouting and a year of adventure. May brought our second set of Picnics in the Park with an exclusive woggle, overwhelming uptake and the new addition of self hosted picnics taking the opportunities even further than the events at 100 Acres, Itchen Valley County Park and The Vyne School could offer. 600 Beavers attended our hosted picnics and Chip again managed to make it to all of them! We can’t leave all the Cubs100 fun to the older ones! In June we joined the Cubs to visit Gilwell the annual fun day which included ziplines, exotic animals, archery, ice cream and more! Beavers from across the County made the trek to the national HQ at Gilwell and had a wonderful day.
“The open-air is the real objective of Scouting and the key to its success.” Robert Baden-Powell
2017 promises to be even bigger with more picnics, our first County Beaver Camp and new arrangements for Paultons Park. Hang on for the ride!
Paultons Park
November’s Paultons Park visit was as big as ever with us being the first to see the new Winter Wonderland additions and have our photos with Father Christmas as well as enjoying the brand new Lost Kingdom and the huge rides that came with it. Chip of course found time to ride another dinosaur (we did let the Beavers have a go too, honest!)
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600 Picnicking Beavers At hosted picnics plus another 800 at self hosted picnics.
1500 Adventurers Being really brave at Paultons Park. Dinosaurs don’t scare us, but Peppa might!
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Took Up The Challenge If my maths is right that is over eighty thousand birthday challenges undertaken.
Michael Collins
Assistant County Commissioner Beaver Scouts
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Another amazing year made all the more successful by the incredible celebrations for our Centenary. County Cub Six-a-side Football was once again a tremendous success with the loyal and long serving support of Ivan Sparks, congratulations to all who took part. We started the celebratory year counting down to our promise renewal; so on 16th December 2015 100’s of cubs bounced and slid their way to making a great start to our year at Monkey Business in Gosport. If 2015 was the warm up year for our big centenary 2016 was even better with events taking place all around the county. From camps to days out, to challenges and much more. Every District received
a Cub Challenge booklet to enable the cubs to do 100 challenges throughout the year. Finally in December we held our Cub Promise renewal parties. Celebrations around the county meant the every cub in the county and their leaders had the opportunity to renew their promise and to remember just what an amazing organisation we all belong to. Well Done Cubs Everywhere - Here’s To The Next 100 Years!
Amanda Thompson
Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts
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Scouts
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It has been an active year for the Scout Section with the 3 new challenges launched for Troops. A challenge to camp in new and challenging ways, Troops have camped in a church, the D Day Communication Headquarters, Exbury Gardens, on pioneering platforms and hammocks. The second new challenge is the Big CAT … “Challenge Active Troops”. Troops, through their Patrol Leaders Forum, set themselves challenges over the year to complete and finally the ACTIVE Challenge encourages Troops to expand their engagement with other Sections. Troops have also been supported with events to help complete the Expedition Challenge, Survival Skills Badge and Patrol Leader Training Courses. Over 900 Scouts have taken part in County run events or completed the Challenges over the year. My big thanks to all the leaders involved
Dom Howell
Assistant County Commissioner Scouts
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Explorer Scouts
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Explorer Scouts are the section aged 14-18 who can undertake a range of more challenging activities, undertake service as Young Leaders, complete their Duke of Edinburgh’s and Queen’s Scout Award as well as having fun!
Around Hampshire Several Explorer Scouts took part in Suisse Adventure 2016, a trip to Kandersteg where they could take part in white water rafting, mountain walking and gliding as well as meeting over 1500 Scouts from around the world. Winchester Explorers planned a trip to Snowdonia taking part in climbing, hiking and completing their Gold DofE practice expedition. Gilwell 24 is always a hit with 24 hours of fun activities, along with the London Monopoly run and theme park camp. There is also Revolution on the Isle of Wight over the Easter weekend ... lots of fun packed activities! Well done to all the Explorers who took part in the Diamond DofE challenge hiking over 60km in 36 hours and completing 60 challenges to raise over £1,600 for the DofE Award.
Young Leaders We have run three training weekends, training over 100 young leaders in Modules B - J which, along with the four missions, lead to the achievement of the Young Leader belt buckle. Thanks to Mike Baxter, Julie Mair and the other leaders who have helped run the weekends along with all the districts that run training for our 500 young leaders across Hampshire.
County Kudu Night Hike competition The County Kudu competition is a night hike with incidents for teams of between 4 & 7
Explorer and Network Scouts. The Kudu Trophy (Gold) route was fifteen miles (24km) with six bases en route. There was also a Silver route which was ten miles (16km) with five bases. This year the event took place in Lockerley, nr Romsey. The bases held a range of challenges including an ‘interesting’ string to trail, building a tripod to boil water over a trangia, a team building exercise on tyres, retrieving an item with a twist and finding British coins in a mixture of slops blindfolded (differentiating from the foreign ones, for which marks were deducted). The Gold teams also had to remove tyres from a Landrover, swap them using a pulley system and replace them! The evening was very cold and the last team finished around 05:00 before going to bed for a few hours before hearing who the winners were. Well done to Portsmouth Armada Network for getting the highest overall score and winning the Network Trophy. Well done to a combined team from New Forest North (Magellan) and Blackwater Valley (Phantoms) who won the Explorer trophy having only met each other on the night! Also congratulations to New Forest South (Blue Wolves ESU) on winning the Silver Kudu challenge. Thanks must go to all the leaders who ran the bases in the cold, Barry and Chris Samways who stayed up all night providing soup, hot drinks & bacon rolls, Jools Sore from Andover who provided the communications and Robin Taylor-Milton from Romsey for organising the routes. Also to Lockerley Scout HQ for use of their HQ and field. I must also say a huge personal thank you to Mike Baxter for his support over the past year.
Ash Wilson
Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts
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Scout Network
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Network continues to grow in Hampshire, we now have new Network sections starting in Romsey, Chandlers Ford and Eastleigh and Rotherfield. These Districts are working hard to get these new Network units fully established. The pictures shown give a good flavour of Network Scouting across Hampshire. Network is a section of scouting for 18-25 year-olds, so the adventure doesn’t have to stop at 18. Unlike other sections of scouting, Network is completely flexible around the Network membership, their studies, and work commitments. The members get to decide what activities they want to do and when they would like to do them. There’s over 200 fun and challenging activities for them to enjoy in Network such as kayaking, archery, climbing, crate stacking, shooting and camping. The benefit of being a network member is it can also boost the member’s CV by completing awards such as the Duke of Edinburgh, Explorer Belt and Queen Scout Award. A Network section in a district can also be a huge inspirational message of good in scouting and offer the wider district huge support. If any other districts would like support from me in starting a new unit please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Colin Floyd
Assistant County Commissioner Scout Network
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Hampshire Scouts in Hospitals If you walk into a hospital ward and have to dodge the lego cars skidding towards you, missiles from ballistas or paper planes launched with great gusto you have probably walked into a hospital scout night. Our second year has passed so quickly but with many fantastic moments in our fortnightly sessions at Southampton General. Also young people at Naomi House have enjoyed 6 afternoon camps, full of fun. The Olympics was the particular highlight with that well known sport of dragon sled racing. The Olympic theme was a huge hit in the hospital too with shouts of “clear� followed by plastic arrows thudding into the corridor. We have recruited staff members to join us at Southampton and have a new mascot, Bandage the Bear. Somewhat later than planned we will be opening the unit at QA in Portsmouth, and we also starting a project with Wessex Cancer Trust to bring scouting to young people affected by cancer. QA in Portsmouth was a bigger challenge than expected due to our need to find more willing leaders. We have the funds and, more importantly, enthusiasm from the hospital, we just need more adults for both hospitals. If you fancy a different type of scouting, if you used to lead a group but ran out of time or energy, if you want an occasional rewarding experience or just want to know more then please contact us via: scoutinginhospitals@scouts-hants.org.uk In the meantime a huge thank you to all our amazing leaders and bring on the third year of a very special group!
Sara Sullivan
Scouting in Hospitals Scout Active Support Manager
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Hampshire Scout Youth Council
Throughout 2016, the youth council continued to go from strength to strength. We held two more youth conferences, which were attended by 66% of districts. At these conferences, members of our youth core team delivered a number of workshops – looking at developing our youth shaped provision in Hampshire. We supported the “Making a Difference” campaign, and a number of our young people were involved in helping deliver the national Youshape events as well as attending them. The highlight of the year was Baden – the Hampshire Scouts Zany Zebra, being on display in STA Travel in Southampton, as part of Marwell Zoo’s zebra trail. Young people developed ideas for designing Baden, and were thrilled to see him on display with 200 other zebras and showcased at the Ageas Bowl at the end of the trail (our thanks go to Jon from the County Office for his artistic talents painting Baden in two halves, to show both day and night and show casing some of the adventures that Scouts can experience). Last year the youth council took control of the county AGM and review, with young people being responsible for running the event for the first time in living memory. Overall the Youth Council had a great year in 2016, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support as we enter our seventh year of youth council shaping scouting in Hampshire.
Fi Durrant
Assistant County Commissioner Youth Participation
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Queen’s Scout Award and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
“The Ultimate Scouting Achievement”
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From the Lake District to the Lochs of Scotland and from Snowdonia to Switzerland, 12 Hampshire Scouts have hiked, paddled, climbed and sailed hundreds of miles to complete the expedition phase of their Queen’s Scout Award, Scouting’s highest achievement. They have developed new skills ranging from dancing to ice climbing, and from campanology to scuba diving. On the way they have provided hours of voluntary service; helping in at Scouting Groups, in Care Homes and working on environmental improvements. Their expedition projects included a study of Beatrix Potter, the air craft crash sites in the Brecon Beacons and completing 60 challenges to celebrate 60 years of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
young people to spend time in new places, meet new people and learn new skills, along with developing their communication, organisational and teamworking skills. And they make memories that will last a lifetime! We have had nearly 500 register for their DofE and we have achieved 176 Bronze, 63 Silver and 29 Gold Awards.
The Scout Association awards, cumulating in the highest award in Scouting, the Queen’s Scout Award are closely linked to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, with additional challenges of participation in the Scouting programme, camping, community development, thinking about values and Scouting’s international dimension.
This year was 60 years of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and we have completed a number of events to celebrate
In September 2016, 20 Queen’s Scouts were presented with their certificates by Nigel Atkinson, Lord-Lieutentant of Hampshire. The venue was RAF Odiham, the highlight of which was being able to look around a Chinook helicopter - our thanks go to the RAF for use of the venue and everyone who made the event a success.
Recognition of young people’s achievements is important and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is one of the most widely recognised, valued by educational establishments and employers alike. The three levels (Bronze, Silver and Gold) and the balanced programme (Volunteering, Skill, Physical, Expedition and Residential) make it a challenge, allowing
The DofE Diamond Challenge which saw a group of Explorers and Network hike 60km in 36 hours, a leader team from Itchen South canoe the Wye and two Network Scouts complete a disability expedition in the New Forest. In total we raised in excess of £2,000 to support development of the award with more vulnerable communities.
A Gold Holder’s reception in the Great Hall and a Cathedral Service. An expedition aimed for groups to complete 60km and 60 challenges linked to the award.
As always thanks must go to all the Explorer Scout Leaders, District Advisers, County Advisers, Assessors and others who support this important part of our work and we look forward to an even more exciting year next year.
Mike Baxter
Assistant County Commissioner Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Queen’s Scout Award
“My expedition was in the Forest of Dean in the wye valley. It was great fun working with an amazing team.
We had to find a way of getting me and my wheelchair through the forest so we came up with a pulling system with long ropes allowing it to be light for everyone, we called ourselves the wheelchair huskies. The best part was when I wasn’t using the chair we all had a go at trying to race each
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other with the chair. Victoria Edwards, Queen’s Scout, Havant
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HSX Antarctica It is only one more year before the HSX Antarctica team set off bound for the South Pole! The team have been busy training in the Cairngorms and in Austria this year. This has included honing in on their polar navigation skills and their skiing whilst dragging Pulks weighing over 100kg’s! Besides the training, the team have also been delivering talks to Cub, Scouts and Schools across Hampshire about their expedition. This resulted in over 1500 young people being given an inspirational talk and chance to meet some of the team in
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the last year. If you want a talk delivered to your troop or school then please contact the team on their website hsxantarctica.org.uk The team have also been on a massive push on social media to promote what Scouting can do for young people by show casing how it has given the team a unique opportunity to do something that has never been done before in Scouting. However to spread the message further, the team are asking for more people like you, to ‘like’, share and re-tweet post that the team put out on social media.
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At the end of the year the team will be focusing on more polar trips to Norway and Greenland in 2018 for final preparations before the expedition. Keep checking out our social media platforms to find out more! We are still looking for sponsors for our expedition, so please get in touch if you think you can help. Yours In Scouting
Hampshire Scout Expeditions (HSX) Antarctica team 2018
Scouts from Hampshire travelled the world during 2016, taking part in 15 International expeditions, clocking up a combined total of 5,773 nights away. We have recently heard that Hampshire County Scouts had the most young people travel overseas in 2016 of any UK County, with 335 young people and 254 adults taking part in an International trips.
International
The year started with the Winter Suisse Adventure expedition in February, travelling to Kandersteg in Switzerland for snow based activities. Visits to Europe during the year included trips to Normandy, Finland, Ireland, Holland and Germany, attending everything from greenfield camping to minijamborees. One of the largest trips was the Summer Suisse Adventure, taking 157 participants and leaders to spend two weeks camping, and carrying out loads of activities in the mountains of Switzerland. Further afield, Hampshire Scouts travelled to The Gambia, Malawi, Mexico, Tanzania, and the final expedition was the HSX expedition to explore Cambodia over Christmas. Several expeditions were run centrally by the County, but there were also a number of trips organised by Districts and individual groups. It was also great to see a number of previsits taking place, which will lead to further expeditions in years to come.
Jools Sore
Assistant County Commissioner International
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HSX
Hampshire Scout Expeditions Where does the time go? Not only does time fly, each adventure melds into the next. 2016 was another successful year for us. As I type this, I am aware that by the time you read it we will have done so much more. Keeping this in mind, I will recall what was HSX’s 30th year. Taking up where I left off last year, our September weekend saw us celebrate our birthday at Ferny Crofts. Over the weekend, we carried out our normal training syllabus, practising climbing rescue techniques and introducing the new Patagonia expedition to what they can expect from us while also starting to gear up for the Cambodia expeditions departure. The Sunday saw participants from HSX Expeditions past and present attend. It was fantastic to see people who had attended some of the first expeditions from the 80’s and 90’s mix in and share
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experiences with those about to head off on current expeditions and create their own memories. In October we said goodbye to one of the founding members of HSX, Alec Elliott sadly passed away after a long battle with illness. His funeral was a fantastic celebration of his life and it was a true testament to the man to see so many people of all ages and from across the county come and play tribute to someone who had given so much to so many of us. Our Christmas weekend saw the Annual Adventure Race open up to the county, with Scouts and explorers from the county pitching themselves against the wilderness of the New Forest and challenges back at Ferny Crofts. Although I, personally, feel I was robbed of first place, I am very much looking forward to organising this years event and seeing even more of the wider county attending a fantastic event. I have skipped over the beginning of December, where we had the Cambodia Expedition depart for four weeks to sunnier climes. 15 young people left full of excitement and, to use a cliché, 15 adults returned having had an amazing time (I can vouch for this as I drove some of the young people back from the airport and I don’t think they stopped talking despite the long flight!). The bar has been set for the Patagonia Expedition who are setting off this Christmas. As ever, I look back fondly on the last 12 months and then excitedly towards the next 12 months. It’s immensely pleasing to see more and more new faces attending our weekends as well as seeing the regular ones come back.
Jamie Kelly
Assistant County Commissioner HSX
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Hampshire Scouts Caving Club
We organised Scout Caving Days/ Weekends in March, May and October and they were well attended this year. We also had a number of bookings for individual groups wanting caving trips. In total we have taken over 200 Scouts and Explorers underground in 2016. The Club holds bi-monthly Wednesday evening meetings at various locations with various social and training activities.
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These are open to club members and any one interested in scout caving. We also had club weekends away in Wales and Yorkshire as well as a trip to France during the year. We held a couple of training weekends in The Mendips. The HSCC Caving Risk Assessment was updated last year. Membership wise:- The small but elite membership is about 14 now,
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we are always on the look out for new members, you do not need to be an experienced caver, we are happy to provide training. DBS’s are up to date and some First Aid qualifications have been updated recently. I am pleased to report a good year overall.
Andy Watson
Caving Club Chair
Hampshire Scout Archery Club
2016 was another fabulous, but busy year for Hampshire Scout Archery Club. The club ran all the normal events, both ps are asking for archery sessions but still ask and whoin their local archery leader is. Hampshire– supplying a full on activity to District Camps together a contact list of archery leaders or can visiting to oups or Groups come to local them forGroups an archery session. run different types of archery suitable to allonage our contact details being posted the ranges as nd being circulated to Districts so Groups well as running the increasingly you directly and ask for your help. popular Hampshire & Isle of an offer yourWight services Archery please email…. Competition Tim Beeching: and Nationally – organising mpshire Scout Archery Club and running the National Scout mfbb.hsac@ntlworld.com Archery Competition, attended by 500 scouts shooting in three competitions of different types of archery as well as supporting Fun Days, Winter Camp and Gilwell 24. Members of the club also work closely with local campsite, Lyons Copse, to offer archery to any visiting groups.
HSAC has club shooting nights on a Monday with several Archery GB coaches on hand to offer assistance and regularly run beginner training courses. Some senior members of the club are also available as permit assessors and frequently offer local permit training courses as well as supporting courses offered at Scout Activity Centres - Youlbury and Gilwell. Several members of the club took archery to Kandersteg this year as well, as part of the staff team for Suisse Adventure (summer) 2016 – the chance to shoot in such a stunning location was too much to pass up, so we loaded our bows and some of the clubs kit onto the lorry and took every opportunity to shoot or teach anyone else with
us that wanted a go – even the coach drivers! Club members are encouraged to take part in ‘proper’ archery competitions as well, and we have done well this year winning medals and representing not just the club, but Hampshire scouting as well, a floodlit frostbite shoot at Southampton Archery Club, Merdon Arrow Tournament at Merdon Bowmen and even a trip to the Isle of Wight for the Vectis Open Weekend!
Kristal Derrick
Caving Club Chair
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Our 2016 Queen’s Scouts
Sam Davies Charlotte Ellis Chris Hughes Jordan Reed Liam Holden Andrew Mair Victoria Edwards Tamsin Moran Oliver Murray Benjamin McDonagh Jessica Walukiewicz Amy Hasted
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Silver Wolf John Dohoo District Scout Active Support Member, HQ Technical Adviser, 2nd Gilwell Park Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, County Skills Instructor, Surrey, Assistant County Commissioner International,County Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, County Administrator, Assistant County Commissioner Activities, County Nights Away Adviser, County Executive Committee Member Trevor Owen District Commissioner (Acting), Silchester, Assistant County Commissioner, County Training Adviser
Bar To The Silver Acorn Gail Adams District Scout Active Support Manager/Member, District Executive Committee Member, City of Portsmouth Michael Clements District Executive Committee Member, District Supporter, Eastleigh And District Janet Lister Deputy District Commissioner, Blackwater Valley Ian Patrick Group Scout Leader, 7th Eastleigh (2nd Fair Oak), Deputy District Commissioner, District Appointments Advisery Committee Member, Eastleigh And District
Silver Acorn Timothy Beeching HQ Technical Adviser, National Headquarters, County Adviser For Archery, County Assessor for Archery Paul Bell District Chairman, Basingstoke East Antony Cole Cub Scout Leader, 14th Eastleigh, Eastleigh And District, County Training Adviser
St George’s day awards 2016
Malcolm Young Deputy District Commissioner, District Appointments Advisery Committee Member, District Treasurer, Eastleigh And District
Valmai Crockford Group Administrator, Group Scout Leader (Acting), Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Aldershot, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Blackwater Valley, County Training Adviser Robin Mair Scout Leader, 1st New Forest North (Lyndhurst), Deputy District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Executive Committee Member, New Forest North Susan Mary Whistler Assistant Group Scout Leader, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Bramshill (Rotherwick), District Cub Scout Leader, Bramshill
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Our MeritoriousConduct & Gallantry Award Recipients The Silver Cross Owen Fackrell - An Assistant Scout Leader from New Forest East District ‘In recognition of his courage and fortitude when he assisted in saving the lives of three passengers trapped in their cars following a head on collision and without thought of his own safety’.
The Gilt Cross Rowan Brooks - A Scout from Chandlers Ford District ‘In recognition of his bravery when his friend was viciously attacked by two Rottweilers, he intervened by shouting and trying to push the dogs away whilst putting himself at considerable risk in order to protect his friend’.
Medal for Meritorious Conduct Callum Shoesmith - A Cub Scout from Blackwater Valley District ‘In recognition of his cheerful and uncomplaining determination to continue Scouting despite undergoing painful orthopaedic surgery, his courage is inspirational’.
Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct Lillie Verney - A Beaver Scout from Silchester District ‘In recognition of her quick thinking and actions when her older sister collapsed at home’.
Chief Scout’s Personal Award Andrew Aylward - A Cub Scout from Basingstoke West District ‘in recognition of his quick thinking when his mother collapsed at home’. Daniel Aylward - A Cub Scout from Basingstoke West District ‘in recognition of his quick thinking when his mother collapsed at home’. Micky Felsted - A Beaver Scout from Fareham East District ‘In recognition of his quick thinking when his mother who is diabetic slipped into a ‘hypo’. Thomas Pope - A Cub Scout from Fareham East District ‘in recognition of his quick thinking, when his mother suffered a serious asthma attack’.
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Adult Training It is always hard to bring out highlights of any year and so much goes on in the Training world and we impact on so many adults and consequently young people. For much of the year we were preparing ourselves and the wider scouting community for the launch of the Leadership and Management training for Managers and Supporters. Hampshire has a real stake in this as the lead volunteer for this project had been Mike Kerrigan and much of the material was written by him. Hampshire has been successfully running a Management training weekend for DCs and GSLs for six years now and the material is mostly based on this experience. Seven Hampshire trainers were trained as Management and Supporter trainers. This training is to be coordinated regionally but we are well placed to do our best for Hampshire Scouting. We appointed over forty Training Advisers for Managers and Supporters – a national lead! We continued to grow the training team and a successful tester day
was followed by a weekend of Train the Trainer training and subsequently growth in our team. We continue to actively recruit interested adults. Residential weekends have continued to be the most popular way of delivering the learning. We have increased the number of these and made bookings at Ferny Crofts for 2019. There is an incredible team who regularly direct these courses which are a great learning ground for new trainers who can deliver modules in a safe environment with help at hand. We are now looking for suitable premises in the north of the county to increase the opportunities. The Local Training Manager (LTM) conference was well attended and was a great opportunity for us all to catch up on new initiatives and thank LTMs for the great work that they do. The Trainers conference in December had almost 100% attendance and great fun was had by all. We learned about using
Lego to assess learning and looked at different methods of delivering the training material. It was a great opportunity to meet as a team and to share good ideas. The evening meal was also a great success. A big thank you to all members of the training team who work so hard during the year to help improve the quality of scouting in Hampshire. Once again, a big thank you to all the Training Advisers (TA) who are fulfilling an essential and worthwhile role, taking our leaders through the support and training to deliver Safe, good quality scouting to our young people. A big thank you also to the Deputy County Training Managers (DCTM) and Administrators, who are supporting the LTMs! And a big thank you to our growing Training Team.
Donna Kerrigan
County Training Manager and Deputy County Commissioner
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Growth, Development & Community Involvement. What Have We Done?
With growth being one of the Scout Association’s 201418 Strategic aims it is great to see that we have yet again contributed to the increase in young people and adults taking part in Scouting across Hampshire. Since the project started in 2011, youth membership in Hampshire has grown 11%. On average 1 additional young person has joined Hampshire Scouting every day. Every young person deserves the opportunity to take part in Scouting so we have been working hard to make this happen, opening 20 new sections (creating places for 364 young people) in the past year. This includes new Scout Groups in Portsmouth and Winchester, additional sections in existing Groups in Romsey, Waterlooville, Basingstoke East, Meon Valley and Winchester and reopening
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sections with new leadership teams in Romsey and Andover. Much of the youth recruitment is done by working in partnership with the local schools and offering opportunities to young people who might not otherwise have had the Scouting experience. Unfortunately without the adult leadership teams to provide these opportunities this still leaves 2000 young people on waiting lists across the County. As you know, Scouting doesn’t happen without the adults so we continue to promote the flexible volunteering model and support new adults (142 recruited) by running workshops and signposting them to practical resources to make their lives easier. We also support Districts with workshops where existing leaders can learn how to recruit and retain adults for themselves.
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We are making steady progress with diversity and inclusion across Hampshire. The Scouting Plus group who meet at 1st Winchester supports the additional needs of existing Scouts in the District and we have been recognised by the Hampshire Autism Partnership Board as Ambassadors. The multicultural group in Basingstoke are now opening their Scout troops as they continue to grow. The development project allows us to increase the awareness of Scouting and promote the value of being a Scout to a wide audience. We support the BBC Children in Need event at Car Fest, the Fit Fest events run by CAMHS, the Community Christmas Fayre at the Ageas Bowl, volunteer recruitment days, talk to University students and much more at a local level.
The Challenge Ahead
In the next stage of the project, we will focus our efforts on opening further new sections, particularly where there is a demand (waiting lists) or where scouting currently does not exist (new housing developments). We will also support Districts to ensure that every Scout Group is complete and where they have small sections that are not currently operating at capacity. We will continue to promote and establish Scouting for young people from diverse backgrounds and communities to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to participate and develop in Scouting. Community Impact/Involvement: During 2016 the Community Involvement role continued to develop with great initiatives at a County level, this supported all the great work which is clearly undertaken by Scout Groups at local level – this of course is where the ‘community role’ really stands out.
• Making a Difference Together Week (MADTW)
(this extended to 31st December 2016) – This we did jointly with our friends in Hampshire Guiding. We linked with seven local Hampshire charities to raise awareness with our members of what they did. We also raised quite a bit of money. The total raised, after we extended the finish date to 31st December 2016 was in excess of £12,000. I also believe that many sections have kept in touch with their chosen charity.
• Centenary Festival of Flags and Celebration Service in Winchester Cathedral – over 700 Cub
Scouts, Marching Bands and their Leaders and their flags paraded through Winchester on 3rd June to a service of celebration for
100 years of Cub Scouting in the presence of our President of Hampshire Scouting who is also Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mr Nigel Atkinson. The High Sheriff of Hampshire, Mr Tom Floyd and many Civic Heads were also present for this wonderful event. The Dean of Winchester, The Very Reverend James Atwell gave a wonderful talk on the Good Samaritan and it all ended in the outer close after the service with a fantastic rendition of the ‘Hampshire Yell’
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Diamond Anniversary Service in Winchester Cathedral –
over 600 people from over 30 Hampshire organisations who operate the D of E Award came together on 13th May in the presence of The Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire and High Sheriff of Hampshire and many Civic Heads, to celebrate 60 years of the Award. Hampshire Scouts were there as main organisers and undertook one of the readings. The Right Reverend Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester gave the talk.
• The Duke of Cornwall Community & Safety Award – in 2016 we piloted
this award which is delivered by Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service (HFRS). Naturally when Scouting became involved, it took off in a big way and many sections have already achieved this award and badge/s. HFRS and ourselves, realise that there is more to do to ensure all Fire Stations are fully aware of their delivery role. Nevertheless, it is a great learning programme, and we know many leaders have embraced the award.
Look out for in 2017 – Emergency Community Support Network – this
initiative may well be developed in 2017, where Hampshire
Scouting and other youth organisations look to form an emergency support network of young people in their local communities to respond to any local emergency that may occur i.e. flooding. This is what happened in 2010/2014 in the West Country, when severe flooding meant many communities were cut off and many uniformed youth organisations supported the recovery/rescue operations. All these community activities are focused on our aims of: • Preparing our Hampshire young people to be active citizens. • Supporting young people to embrace and contribute to social change. The challenge ahead continues to be to offer more scouting opportunities to more young people. We believe Scouting changes lives, which is why it is important to for every young person in Hampshire to have this opportunity. Scouting in Hampshire has grown year on year for the last 12 years and we want it to continue. Please talk to either Vanessa or I and let us know any ideas you may have relating to our growth and development and community work.
Martin Rudd
Deputy County Commissioner Director of Development & Community Involvement
Vanessa Slawson
County Growth & Development Officer
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At Ferny Crofts 2016 has been another busy year, with thousands of young people visiting the site to take part in everything from a Beaver’s first night away from home in one of our Buildings, through school and college overnight Duke of Edinburgh’s Award stays, to full weeks of high-adrenaline activities and fun at Scout Group Summer Camps. In statistics this year… • Between January 2016 and December 2016, over 45,000 participants took part in activity sessions at Ferny Crofts. This is just under 4,000 more than the same figure for 2015. • Our team of Activity Instructors delivered just over 3,300 hours of instructed sessions. This is why we are here. The Ferny Crofts Team
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are all passionate about working to offer young people the opportunity for personal development and fun through experience in the great outdoors, so these figures, another improvement on last year, are particularly rewarding for us. After several years of positive growth in bookings, in 2016 we reached a point where we have been able to make significant investment in the quality of facilities on site. After completion of our investment in the Toilet Block in early 2016, we launched Aeroball as a new activity in May, and started a major refurbishment of the Mountbatten Lodge in November, which was completed in early 2017. The Mountbatten Lodge was first opened in 1986, and since that time some of the features
of the building have not changed, meaning that the facility was looking tired and in serious need of a refresh. The facilities were also out of date, especially in the toilet and shower areas, where mixed groups in particular struggled to manage use of facilities between boys, girls and adult leaders. After an investment of over £65,000 the Mountbatten Lodge now has new flooring throughout, a full re-paint, and seven new individual wet rooms with showers in each. Behind the scenes we have improved the electrical system, installed a new fire alarm and fitted improved extractor fans – less glamourous but equally important for the safety and comfort of our guests. This investment brings the Lodge up to modern standards, and has breathed new life into the building for years to come! As part of our commitment to continued investment in our Activities offer, we will be adding another new self-led activity for 2017, Crazy Golf! Each of the 9 holes was designed by a different Hampshire Scout Group, with some fantastic creative ideas being submitted to the competition. Just before Christmas 2016 we launched a brand new Ferny Crofts website. Our old site was looking dated, was based on old technology and had lost some functionality, so was in need of a refresh. The new site provides a great deal more information, and is easier to use for our guests. Please take a look at www.fernycrofts.org.uk and let us know what you think. September 2016 also saw the conclusion of a two year European exchange project funded through the ERASMUS+ scheme, which saw the Senior Management Team visiting other Scout Activity Centres across Europe; in Iceland, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden, and welcoming colleagues from these countries to Ferny Crofts. The project aimed to develop and share best practices in Safety, Inclusion and Non-Formal Learning, and has resulted in the publication of a Best Practices report which will be shared with all Scout Centres across Europe over the coming year (a copy of the Project report is available on request via email). The project resulted in a number of positive new ideas being implemented and planned at Ferny Crofts, support offered by Ferny Crofts staff to smaller Centres in Europe, and positive partnerships established with the other Centres in the group.
In early 2016 the Ferny Crofts Team underwent a staff restructure, in order to put an increased focus on our Guest experience and offering new events and opportunities to Hampshire Scouts and others. This included the creation of new permanent roles, and changes to the Management Team. For the first time in a number of years, the Ferny Crofts permanent staff team is now at full strength. In addition we continue to invest in development of our younger staff, in 2016 launching a formal year-long Level 2 Apprenticeship, which includes a number of outdoor instructing qualifications. This builds on several years of success and development of our Bursary and Trainee Instructor Schemes. See our website for more details. We have also started to invest in volunteering at Ferny Crofts, and in 2016 welcomed four gap year students from Ecuador to Ferny Crofts. We are looking to continue to expand the opportunities for young people to volunteer at Ferny Crofts, including through partnerships developed in the ERASMUS programme previously mentioned. Don’t forget that all Hampshire Scout groups are welcome to use the site camping fields free of charge on weekday evenings, so why not visit us one evening for a campfire and maybe try a session of Crazy Golf? As the home of Hampshire Scouting we are always keen to hear your thoughts on how we can improve to support your Scouting activities. We already offer significantly discounted (and sometimes free!) rates for use of the Campsite, Accommodation and our Activities, provide Permit Training courses and host County Training weekends, but please get in touch with your thoughts on how else we can support you. Finally, as always we would like to thank all of our staff, volunteers and supporters for their hard work and dedication in supporting the success of Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre. We have achieved a great deal in 2016, and are looking forward to even more improvements and success in 2017. We look forward to welcoming you to Ferny Crofts soon for more fun and outdoor adventure!
James Redfearn & Steve Knaggs
Ferny Crofts Senior Management Team
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Scout Active Support In 2016 we held 3 meetings, in February, May & October. The Service of Remembrance was hosted by Southampton City District in 2016 and held in Shirley. There was a good attendance and sadly nineteen names were added to the Roll of Honour.
Brian Beek | Frank Bird Edith Brooks | Maureen Calver Bridget Caunce | David Clarke Elizabeth Cook | Don Fern | Anthony Giffin Roy Grayson | Harry Meadowcroft Mike Mullender | Alan Palmer Ken Parkins | Hazel Preston | Kath Stephens Peter Symmans | Tim Warren | Daniel West
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It was particularly nice that Sue from Southampton Active Support made a special cake for the occasion with the Active Support Badge featuring on the top of it. This was enjoyed by all that gathered for refreshments following the Service. Across the County, Scout Active Support units are always working hard to support the variety of activities involving the young people of Hampshire and it is also pleasing to see the support given to outside agencies such as assisting the Royal British Legion with their Poppy Day Appeal. I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all members of District Active Support Units for the service that they give to Scouting in Hampshire.
Richard Spearing
Assistant County Commissioner Scout Active Support
Pro-Badge Training Scheme
Pro-Badge is an Activity Badge Training Scheme which first started in 1989. During the last year, we have run courses for Cubs, Scouts and new for 2016 Explorers. In 2016 over 270 young people had a place on a course. This year was the first year we have run the Cub Chef and Cub Backwoods cooking badges. This was a double badge weekend with the Cubs achieving both badges over the weekend. We also ran the Forester badge for Scouts for the first time in about ten years. The other new course was the Pioneer course for Explorers. This was the first time for several years that we had tried to put on an Explorer course and managed to attract about 10 Explorers which was a good number for a trial. The other Cub courses we ran were the Our Adventure Challenge badge, The Navigator Stage 2 and Stage 3 badges, on different weekends, the Environmental Conservation badge, and the Pioneer badge.
The Scouts also took part in the Chef badge which they were able to achieve in two ways, indoors and outdoors, gaining two badges over the weekend, the Pioneer badge, the Survival Skills badge and the Camper badge. The Expedition Challenge badge course is a two weekend course, the first held at Lyons Copse. The second weekend takes place in unfamiliar country, this is the only weekend we run that is not based at Lyons Copse. If you would like to take part or know any more information about any of these courses, please email myself at scissors@pro-badge.org.uk or visit the website www.pro-badge.org.uk.
Clive Clark
Camp Leader
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Hampshire Scout Heritage Protecting the Past & Informing the Present
It has been a busy year for the Heritage team with requests coming in from sections and districts around the county for us to join them on their special occasions. We are always pleased to go along to a Cub Pack or Scout Troop or indeed join in with AGM’s or any other District activity that is going on and support them with a Heritage theme. All the events that we attended this year were unique and interesting and we found that helping at the Romsey Show, the Andover week and Scouts County Camp, were really the highlights of our year. It was a pleasure to work with all the teams on these occasions. Dukes Keep, our base continues to be busy throughout the year, especially the school holidays when we can welcome in groups and sections to
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come and view, touch and try on our wonderful collection of memorabilia. The one thing that creates a lot of interest is the team’s work effort in developing “Granddad’s Patrol Site” which always provokes great conversation and comments to all those visiting no matter how young they are. If you would like to come and see the Heritage team at Dukes Keep, remember it is currently Monday – Friday 10am - 4pm. We would love to see you and your section and with a little notice we can arrange a very interesting visit for you, maybe even a cuppa and challenges for the children.
Ron Dear
Hampshire Scout Heritage Project Manager
Year to 31st December 2016 2015 2016 Incoming resources Membership Fees 172,673 172,360 Activities and Events 748,209 360,719 Ferny Crofts Activity Centre 503,197 443,528 Grants, donations and legacies 27,162 23,164 Interest 5,317 5,671 Total 1,456,558 1,005,442 Expended Resources Activities and Events 724,720 373,605 Ferny Crofts Activity Centre 442,535 495,061 Administration, Support & Development 179,653 215,494 Grants 8,175 1,950 Total 1,355,083 1,086,110 Total Funds Fixed Assets 1,197,321 1,197,321 Restricted Funds 12,141 10,048 General Funds 180,466 191,444 Designated Funds:- - Legacies 81,050 76,539 - Ferny Crofts Development 190,594 139,061 - Sections & Activities 148,474 133,220 - Development Officer 80,042 63,980 - International Support 14,468 14,468 - Inclusion in Scouting 10,000 10,000 - IT Development 11,309 11,309 - Additional Activity Provision 100,000 100,000 - Future Activity Leader Development 10,000 7,807 Total 2,035,865 1,955,197
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