e r i h s p Ham Scout News September 2016
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Romsey Carnival 1st Romsey Cubs
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Final Farewell The Uk Chief Commissioner, Wayne Bulpitt stepped down from the role at the end of August. Always a great supporter of Hampshire Scouts, Wayne is a former Warsash, Fareham Cub, Scout and Venture Scout so we thought it only right that Hampshire said farewell and thanked Wayne. On Scouting’s
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birthday, Monday 4th August hosted by members of the County Youth Commissioner’s team Wayne visited Scouts camping at both Lyons Copse and Ferny Crofts. Wayne was presented with a memento – a picture of him with the 6th Gosport Scouts and we wish Wayne all the very best for the future.
Contents
Welcome to the September edition of Hampshire Scout News 2016 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 27,
Final Farewell #WhyWeScout Fun & Games / A lot to celebrate Awards at the 6th New Forest East Blackwater Valley District Beaver Picnic A Million Hands Project Romsey Carnival, 1st Romsey Cubs Fair Oak Carnival Romsey Summer Carnival Roll of Remembrance 25 years / Cubs Centenary Chandler’s Ford celebrate Cubs 100 in style The America’s Cub! Meon Valley District Celebrate Cardboard City Row 21st Annual International Workshop Scouts Against Malaria
About Us
Hampshire Scouts provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for over 17,500 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
U Got news For Us?
Do you have a story or success that you’d like to share? Help us to highlight and celebrate your achievements in growth, exclusivity, youth shaped and community – email us your team’s successes along with any photos to: county.office@Scouts-hants.org.uk, please keep emails less than 30mb, if they are bigger we can share our Dropbox link with you, please get in touch.
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’. If you would like pictures acknowledged, please let us know the owners name when submitting. Thank you.
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#WhyWeScout
Why do we all dedicate so much time as adults supporting Scouting ? We all know that the famous “only two hours a week” is a myth, but why do we invest so much of our free time ?
One reason of course is the friendships we’ve developed inside Scouting – the “social life with a purpose” aspect. And this can be a major factor, bringing people together in a common cause to support the community, and keeping them involved through the difficult times. But there’s much more to #WhyWeScout. And it goes right to the heart of our strategy – Quality, Growth and Values. Quality – we all want to deliver the very best Scouting experiences to young people. Experiences which are new, challenging, and transformational – from camping out for the first time, to climbing Everest. Quality adventures that are safe but exciting. Quality programmes that becomes a highlight of the week from sailing to cooking. Quality adults who deliver the adventure and programme. At the end of a Pack meeting or an Explorer weekend away, we want to hear the young people saying “That was awesome” – and feel the same ourselves.
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Growth – we all want to offer better Scouting to many more young people and adults. From young people on the waiting list, desperate to join their friends and begin the adventure, to those adults who may have left in the past but now want to get involved again. Opening new Sections and Groups to increase capacity. Retaining young people for longer in Scouting – through of course quality adventure, programmes and adults. And revitalising sections which need that extra bit of help to be able to provide amazing Scouting.
At the end of the year, we want to hear young people and their parents saying “I’m glad we had the opportunity to get involved with Scouting”. Values – we all want Scouting to make a real difference – in the community, with people on the edges of society, and through the developmental opportunities it offers to young people. These are the areas which we want to get involved with because it’s the right thing to do. Inclusive Scouting that offers every young person the chance to join in, irrespective of their background, beliefs or capabilities. Community Scouting that moves out of the Scout HQ into the children’s hospitals and old people’s homes. And Youth-Shaped
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Scouting which offers every young person the chance to try their leadership skills – as well as giving them a voice. At the end of the day, we want the community to say “Scouting made a real difference to us” – and also the young people to say “but the biggest change was the difference it made to us – now we’re people who care about the world.” This is #WhyWeScout. Please join us in promoting great examples on social media. One of our newest Scout Groups is 3rd Basingstoke – a multi-cultural Scout Group. They have a growing Beaver Colony and Cub Pack, have been camping many times – and are now looking to open a new Scout Troop. Last month they invited others in the community to join them for “Iftar Under the Stars” – the meal that breaks the fast at the end of each day of Ramadan. Along with Basingstoke East District Team, I joined them one Friday evening and shared water and dates, and they talked about all their hopes and ideas for the future. This is #WhyWeScout.
Adam Jollans County Commissioner, Hampshire Scouting
Fun & Games
14th Aldershot Beavers
On Saturday 18th June 21 beavers and 5 leaders attended Cub and Beaver fun day at Gilwell Park Scout activity centre where they took part in lots of different activities such as funfair rides, bug eating, rope making, archery, climbing and many more. All the Beavers had a long day and were very tired by the end of the day as were the leaders. A big thank you to all the leaders especially Hedgehog for arranging the trip.
A lot to celebrate!
1st Catherington Air Scout Group has a lot to celebrate this year Beaver Scouting is 30, Cub Scouting is 100 and the whole group is celebrating 75 years of Air Scouts. Lots of activities have been planned throughout the year to mark these anniversaries. However, the young people in 1st Catherington have not been alive let alone involved in Scouting for all of that time. So we would like to thank you all the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and Parents that have been involved in this group over the years you have all helped to shape Scouting in Catherington and these anniversaries are as much to celebrate that as well as to look forward to the next 30, 75 or even 100 years of Scouting in Catherington village.
Baden the Zany Zebra
has been finished and is now on display in Southampton for the summer, in STA Travel. You can get a piece of the action by buying your limited edition Zany Zebra badge for ÂŁ2 from: youth.council@scouts-hants.org.uk
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Awards at the 6th New Forest East (Blackfield) AGM The 6th New Forest East Sea Scouts held their Annual General Meeting on 8th July 2016 at the Scout Hut, Thornbury Avenue, Blackfield. As well as the usual AGM business there were 3 special awards presented on the evening. The District Commissioner Bryan Young made a presentation to Terry Phelps to honour 50 years of service to scouting. The Commissioner explained he had been researching long service and trying to resurrect the awards. Terry received a certificate, a badge for his uniform and a cake made especially for him by one of the leaders. The Deputy County Commissioner then made a presentation to Owen Fackrell in recognition of exceptional bravery. Owen and his family were driving home when they came across a crash between 2 cars. Owen parked
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his own car with his wife and children in a safe place and then went to help. Owen assisted one man from the wreckage but whilst doing this the cars caught fire. Very bravely Owen then returned to the burning cars to assist the other man and make sure he was safely out of the car, away from the flames and clear of danger. 6th New Forest East are very proud to have Owen as one of their Leaders. Owen received a personal letter from Chief Scout Bear Grylls and the Silver Cross Medal as well as a specially made cake. An award was then made to the troops Scout of the Year. Oliver Cuff received the award for his helpfulness, willingness, attitude and wholehearted efforts throughout the year. A family BBQ, quiz and fun evening then followed.
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Terry Phelps receiving his 50 years service award from Bryan Young (District Commissioner) and his cake from Lyn Keedy (Cub Leader)
Owen Fackrell receiving his Silver Cross Medal from Russ Parke (Deputy County Commissioner)
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200 beaver scouts and their leaders from Blackwater Valley Scout District enjoyed an afternoon of fun and games on July 9th to celebrate 30 years of Beaver Scouting. The event was held at The Sixth Form College Farnborough and activities included a giant inflatable slide, tug of war, face painting, giant Jenga, giant Connect 4, archery, a visit from the police, soak a leader and much more. Two judges from Rushmoor in Bloom came along to judge the miniature garden competition. Congratulations to the three winners. The afternoon ended with the beavers forming a huge 30 and then tucking in to the birthday cup-cakes. A fantastic afternoon was had by all.
Val Crockford ADC Beaver Scouts Blackwater Valley Scout District
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A Million Hands Project The 48th Beavers decided to take part in the Million Hands Project and they are nearly finished and have done extremely well and it has made an impact in their lives. They started with a fact finding mission, where they learnt about how much water people have in some countries compared to us, how people go to the toilet in a village without any toilets, how many children die each year, etc. From this they made posters, which strangely enough all four had the fact that there are more mobile phones in the world than toilets!!! They then went onto some germ games and making puppets to make a show about informing people about WaterAid and what they do around the world. After that we began our Time Capsule, we all wrote down how we would like the world to be in ten years, took photos of each other and wrote to our local MP to get her input, all are now ready, including the MPs response to pop in our time capsule, which we are looking for a place to bury it.
For the last Water Aid activity of the year we invited Tony Ridley, the Water Aid speaker to come and help show us what Water Aid did and how its made a significant impact in the world. He also gave our Young Leader, Jack Ellcome, the amount of water it takes for people to survive one day! He thought it was heavy for him a 15 year old, let alone children that are hungrier and weaker than him. The Beavers then got to carry 5kilos of water to see how heavy it was and they agreed that even 5kilos was too heavy, let alone carrying it to and from the water supply. They also got to make a tap that WaterAid set up in remote villages, they were fascinated by how simple is was and what a massive difference it makes to people that have started using something as simple as clean water and soap. Considering how hard the subject was the Beavers have been very good at concentrating and remembering the facts and are looking forward to the next step of raising money to give to WaterAid in the September Term.
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Romsey Carnival 1st Romsey Cubs
We put 2 teams in for the junior go-kart race on the Tuesday night. An Explorer unit won the race with a Tanzania kart being pushed by an elephant and driven by a tiger. The Cubs most enjoyed seeing the fire engine hosing the teams near the end of the race and we presented our own little trophies filled with chocolates that were gobbled up in no time. Then we joined the main parade on
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Sunday with the theme of 100 years of Cubs by representing some of the things we did on the Romsey District Brownsea Cub Camp earlier in the year. Baden Powell even made an appearance. It was fun being cheered on by a good turnout of public in the town streets on a sunny afternoon. Donna Shorter 1st Romsey Cub Scouts
Fair Oak Carnival
The 12th Eastleigh/1st Bishopstoke won the Best Overall award for the second year running and Best Vehicle award at this years Fair Oak Carnival. Our theme this year was Superhero’s and Villains so we decided to build a Batmobile and as usual it was built from recycled items found by the Leaders. It was then constructed over several weeks and enthusiastically painted by the Cubs who probably had more paint on themselves, but great fun was had by all! The Weather Forecast on the day was for thundery showers and boy did it deliver. We set off in sunshine and halfway round the route the heavens opened and torrential rain came down. In great Scouting spirit we all carried on enjoying splashing in the huge puddles smiling all the way round despite the weather. If you would like to see the Batmobile and the 1st Bishopstoke Scouting Group in action, it will run again in the Bishopstoke Carnival on the 11th September, hope to see you all there. Thank you to all the parents, children and leaders who turned up and carried on in the rain, You Are All Super Heroes! Andrew Smart - Cub Scout Leader 12th Eastleigh/1st Bishopstoke Friday Pack
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A wonderful day was had in the sun at Romsey Summer Carnival. We started with a blank lorry but after a lot of work, staple guns, cable ties and loads and loads of bunting - we had a birthday party fit for the Queen! Our theme was “Happy Birthday Ma’am” and thanks to our willing workers we had a float worthy of the Queen! We had bunting, Union flags, hats, home made cakes and the most wonderful HUGE birthday cake for her Majesty. The Beavers, Cubs & Scouts from 3rd Romsey were wonderfully behaved and we had lots of adult help which made the day a pleasure! A massive thank you to Harris Transport and the lovely driver Adam for the lorry and looking after us, and to all the young people, Leaders, Exec, parents, grandparents and friends who helped make it such a brilliant day!
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ummer Carnival Sarah Beaman 3rd Romsey Scout Leader - Ashanti Troop
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Hampshire Scout Active Support Roll of Remembrance 25 years Anniversary Service Save the date
Sunday 21st May 2017 Chandle’s Ford Methodist Church, Winchester Road, SO53 2GJ 3pm
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Cubs Centenary exhibition opens at Andover Museum Exhibition marking 100 years of Cub Scouts. Cubs 100 is an interactive exhibition by Andover District Scouts to mark the centenary of Cub Scouts. Visitors can learn what it is like to be a cub today, look back at the history of cubs since 1916, and take part in lots of scouting activities to earn their very own Scout badge. This exhibition also showcases some of Andover’s very own Cub history. The exhibition was opened by the Worshipful Mayor of Test Valley, Councillor Karen Hamilton. Councillor Hamilton commented “It was great to open the exhibit today and I enjoyed having fun with the Cubs. It is fantastic to see the work they do and the skills they gain as Cubs.” The exhibition runs throughout the summer holidays, until the 3rd of September, with Scout history sessions run by Hampshire Scout Heritage. Join in the Adventure!
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Photo: Ed Vokes
Chandlers Ford celebrate Cub 100 in style Chandlers Ford District in Hampshire celebrated Cub 100 in style over the May Bank Holiday Weekend with a camp held at Butchers Coppice campsite in Bournemouth (technically in Dorset but was part of Hampshire during the past 100 years!). The campsite was chosen for its combination of open space and adventurous activities. Alongside more modern scouting activities
such as crate stacking and gladiator challenge, the cubs also learnt about the cub scouting journey over the past century with an excellent display of uniforms and other material from the Hampshire Heritage team. There was also a “Design your own Cubs 100 t-shirt” activity base, as well as plenty of opportunities for cubs to demonstrate and improve their teamwork skills.
The weekend’s events culminated in a Cub 100 camp photo taken from the top of the zip wire pole by Ed Vokes, Camp Leader and ADC for Cubs, who then delivered on the camp theme of challenging yourself by jumping off the tower and using modern technology (his phone) to film the cubs and their camp from the wire!
Yours in Scouting Ed Vokes ADC Cubs – Chandlers Ford District
We Need Your
Help!
Hampshire Scout Heritage has been advised that they may lose the facility at Dukes Keep. As a result, we need a property or store to place all the displays we have until a new venue for Heritage can be found. Please advise Heritage if you have any contact with people who may be able to offer assistance using the email : brian@hampshirescoutheritage.co.uk
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The America’s Cub! On Thursday the 21st of July 2016, Over 200 young people from Portsmouth and the surrounding areas were given an exclusive preview of Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth Race Village. I was one of the lucky ones! We had the opportunity to learn more about the America’s Cup environment and the technology behind sailing by taking part in educational activities focused on team work, sustainability and ocean health. This was organised by the 1851 Trust which works to enable and encourage young people from all different backgrounds to experience sailing, look at STEM subjects and consider their impact on the environment. We were all split into different groups, each named after one of the sailing teams taking part in the racing this weekend. I was in Emirates Team New Zealand. We had to work our way around three different activities and earn points for our team.
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Our first activity was in the Tech Zone which gave us the chance to learn more about the America’s Cup environment and gain a greater understanding of the technologies behind sailing. We could play with interactive equipment such as selfie booths and have your picture taken with the crew, virtual reality racing and the Lego boat wind tunnel. We also learnt about how the America’s Cup boats generate their own energy. They can travel faster than the wind because the sails are fixed and therefore use the same principle as an aircraft taking off. Our second activity was to use recycled materials to make a boat which we raced in a gutter with other teams. Ours didn’t do very well - a design fault from the start. It was still really good fun and great to see other team’s ideas.
Finally, we took part in a single use plastic hunt, where we had to find out various facts and identify alternative uses
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for the plastics. Things such as toothbrushes, coffee cups, plastic bags and bottles were hidden around the race village and all these things are polluting the environment. By 2050 the plastic in the ocean is going to outnumber the fish unless we start using reusable bottles and bags! On the Saturday race day I volunteered to assist the 1851 Trust with the Docking Out Show. I was a flag bearer for Groupama Team France, standing at the side of the stage with the Tricolour. It was amazing to be close up to the teams and to get close to Ben Ainslie’s catamaran, Land Rover Bar – all seemed a long way from me and my oppie! The whole experience was unbelievable and will be a memory that I have for life!
Arran Goodman Member of 1st Titchfield Sea Scouts & Hill Head Sailing Club
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Meon Valley District Celebrate Beavers 30 and Cubs 100
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District camp with a circus theme brought together the ‘Best little District’ in Hampshire for the first time in over 16 years. Nearly 300 people including all sections joined together for the first District camp of this millennium. Last time it was very, very wet. This time the sun shone. Circus themed activities filled the programme
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on the Saturday from tight-rope walking to clown based games alongside some of the Beavers 30 and Cubs 100 challenge activities and was concluded with a joint Campfire with Meon Valley Girlguides. Sunday culminated with a Birthday Lunch on the grass of Lyons Copse campsite and a spectacular birthday cake wrapped in icing
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neckerchiefs from all of the groups in the District. Adults volunteers and parent helpers were generous with their time and energy and we thank each and every one of them. The young people were an absolute credit to themselves and Scouting in general with compliments received from many of the visitors and instructors over the weekend.
Cardboard City
On Friday 22nd July in the evening 21 Scouts, 3 cubs and Leaders set up home for the night in the grounds of their Scout hut on North Lane. They arrived in their clothes with no more than a sleeping bag. Cardboard boxes and black bin bags were given
out and they set about making their beds for the night. Luckily it was a warm and dry night and after some soup and a roll they settled down for the night. The night completed the Million Hands project which the group had been working on. The Beavers had
collected and donated wash bags to Step by Step, and the sleep out raised over ÂŁ200 which will be passed on to Step by Step. Paul Stillwell Assistant Scout Leader 14th Aldershot
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Row! Over a weekend in July a group of Scouts from Fareham took part in the Sea Scouts National Pulling and Canoeing Regatta at Thames Ditton and they came home victorious. The team competed over Saturday and Sunday on the Thames, just opposite the Royal Palace at Hampton Court, in a series of close fought races in kayaks, dinghies and gigs in four age groups including under 12.5 and under 14 while Sea Dragon, Fareham’s Sea Explorer unit, competed at Under 16 and Under 18. Other Scout groups that participated include 1st Cuddington (Warspite) Sea Scout Group, 4th Thames Ditton ‘Ajax’ Sea Scouts, 1st Surbiton (Sealion) Sea Scouts, Leander Sea Scouts, Hamble Sea Scouts, Bournemouth Sea
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Scouts, 4th Streatham Sea Scouts and 1st Molesey ‘Jaguar’ Sea Scout Group. 2nd Fareham came out as overall winners in the Under 14 competition, helped to suc-cess by wins in the Under 14 Double dinghy, crewed by Paul Cassaro, Sydney Kennelly and Christian Smith, as well as the Under 14 Slalom Kayak won by James Geoghegan. Sea Dragon also had success in winning the Under 18 Gig competition, crewed by Ben Collins, Will Kyle, Sam Parker, David Vahey and Katie Vickery. The full team included Bethan Edey (3rd U12.5 kayak), Dylan Osmand, Oliver Snow, Josuha Lauben Pearson, Siân Smith, Lizzy Hocking, George Armitage while Sea Dragon’s team included Emma Geoghegan, Josh Collins, Joe Edey,
Ellie McHugh, David Chen, Dean Miles, Tom Lee and Josie Geoghegan. Sue Davis, 2nd Fareham’s Group Scout leader said ‘What a fantastic outcome! The scouts have shown great teamwork and dedication. I am so proud of them.’ Bethan Edey ‘It was a fab weekend of racing and I can’t wait for the next one!’ Scouting offers challenge and adventure to 400,000 young people and 100,000 adults across the UK. We believe in helping our Members fulfil their potential by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. We give people of every background the chance to stretch themselves, learn new skills and make life long friends.
2nd Fareham Sea Scouts is a registered charity and a Royal Navy affiliated group based at their HQ at Lower Quay. They can usually be found on, or in, Fareham Creek most weekends over the spring, summer and autumn. The Scouts meet on Monday nights, Cubs on Wednesdays and Beavers on Thursdays. Sea Dragon Explorer unit also uses the HQ and meet on Fridays. The Scout’s next regatta will be the Fareham Creek regatta with the Fareham Motor and Sailing Boat Club http://www.ospreyiii.co.uk/fsmbcnet5/ on 17/18 September 2016. Mike Edey Scout Section Leader
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21st Annual International Workshop for networking event to share ideas and activities relating to exploration. 21st Annual International Workshop at URC Church, London Street, Basingstoke RG21 7NU. Saturday 12th November from 10.00 to 15.00. This workshop is Hampshire’s annual networking event to share ideas and activities relating to exploration, global awareness and global concerns. Groups that have travelled far and wide in Europe and elsewhere will report on their adventures and will provide ideas which leaders will find helpful in planning your own trip or contacts abroad. After a buffet lunch, we will evolve ideas for programmes relating to the
global programme zone. We will also launch Activities in a Box which will provide programme resources to enable Scouts to join the global partnership to fight malaria. The cost of £10 includes refreshments, lunch and hand out. The URC church is in the centre of Basingstoke only a few minutes walk from the rail and bus stations. Suitable for Scouts and Guides. For Leaders this will help you achieve accreditation for module 19. For more information and to book your place contact Rayner Mayer, International Adviser, Hampshire. rayner @sciotech.demon.co.uk tel: 01252 873 564.
Explorers & Network PACCAR in the Autumn has two events both aimed at Explorers & Network. Would you be good enough to help us spread the word, by liking our Facebook pages that we have set up for the events and inviting your Scouting Connections to like them too…. If you were able to do that it would be great as I’m sure you will be connected with lots of people that we aren’t :-) https://www.facebook.com/SedanChair2016/ https://www.facebook.com/paccarscoutcampSkyCamp/
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Starting to plan your autumn programme?
Why not visit the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard with workshops linked to our ships, stories and badge work.
New for September! Jutland Jack and the battle of Jutland
To commemorate the centenary of the battle of Jutland, discover the story of Boy Scout Jack Cornwell VC. With this session (2hours) we look at the life of Jack Cornwell through a series of hands on activities to learn who Jack was, what the battle of Jutland was, where Jutland is, what happened to Jack and object handling and dressing up. The group then are tasked with finding the answers to these questions by exploring the Jutland 36 hours exhibition as part of the session.
All Hands on HMS Victory
In this 1 hour session on Victory’s lower gun deck the group becomes the ship’s newest crew members by completing 5 mess (or group) challenges to see if they have what it takes to join the crew on board.
HMS M.33 time detectives
Journey through time with the Navy! In this interactive session the group will discover how sailors travelled in the past and investigate ship design, materials and equipment to find out about life on board during the journey to Gallipoli in World War one. As well as popular favourites including local knowledge, communication at sea and on land, photography and collector sessions available. All sessions are available on Saturdays and Sundays and cost £50 for a group (max of 35 people). This also includes FREE entry to the HMS – Hear My Story Galleries.
Stop press: Bookings now open for 2018
Bookings now being taken for Sleepovers at Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower , if your group are thinking of somewhere different to hold a sleepover linked to badge work why not sleepover at Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower in 2018. £25 per young person, adults and leaders are free. Email daniel.ball@nmrn.org.uk for more information or to book
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Solent Scout Training (Lyons Copse)
Volunteer Vacancies
Site Co-ordinator | Site Administrator Advertising & PR Co-ordinator For more information or an informal chat on any of the above vacancies, please contact one of the following: Dan Hickin: dan.Hickin@scouts-hants.org.uk Debbie Marsh: rogeranddebbie@marshmob.fsnet.co.uk Stuart Anderson: stuartandsarah@hotmail.com
Registered Charity: 302293
Ferny Crofts is the big four O! This year, Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre is celebrating its 40th year as the home of Hampshire Scouting. As part of the celebrations, we are looking to create a collection of images and memories of Scouting at Ferny Crofts through the years. If you or your Scout Group have any photographs, images and/or memories of Ferny Crofts that you would like to share with us, please send them to us using the details below. email: fernycrofts@fernycrofts.org.uk
post: Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7YQ. If you are sending photographs, please provide details of the event, group, date of photo, and any further information known. If you would like the photograph to be returned to you, please also provide details of a return address.
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Available for hire to scout and Guide groups, schools and colleges and other youth organisations.
Campsite Wilverley Scout Campsite is an excellent base for visits to many of the natural and historical places of interest in the area, and in addition to being close to the sea, the New Forest is an ideal location for walking and scouting activities. A wonderful base if you are visiting Brownsea Island. The campsite is situated on the A35 in the New Forest approximately mid-way between Wilverley Post and Holmsley Station Tea Rooms (Grid ref: - SU237014 Gps: 50.810296,1.664441), close to both Southampton and Bournemouth. Camping at Wilverley The 4-acre site can accommodate up to 120 under canvas. The campsite features plenty of activity space, toilets, washing facilities, hot and cold water, a cooking area and BBQ, a freezer and
fridge and car parking. Wilverley is an Ideal Site for DofE Expeditions Wilverley Cottage and Activity Centre The campsite also features a cottage, providing indoor accommodation for 30 in 6 dormitories (3 x 6 + 3 x 4), together with a Scouter/Adult bedroom, large open communal area, fully equipped kitchen and internal toilet. The cottage is accessible to the disabled and centrally heated in winter. Adjacent to the cottage is an Activity Centre with a further large communal room and independent fully equipped kitchen. Both buildings may be hired separately.
Camp Site Booking Officer Mr. Richard Webster wilverley@southamptoncityscouts.co.uk
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Archery Club Archery Permit Training & Assessment - 2016, 9th -11th Sept – Whitchurch Scout HQ, Bere Hill Whitchurch Hampshire RG28 7EN The course starts 7pm on the Friday, and runs through till 1pm on the Sunday. These are residential courses, with full indoor accommodation at Lyons Copse, and floor space in the hut or space outside for small tents at Whitchurch (no showers). You will need to bring your own food for the weekend. This course is a training and assessment course to issue a recommendation for a Leadership permit. The course is focused on training learners to deliver fun and safe introductory archery sessions within Scouting. Permits can be restricted depending on individual performance so that archery with groups can still be delivered, but only under specific circumstances. The course will be delivered by Archery Permit Assessors, assisted by members of Hampshire Scout Archery Club. Participants do not need previous experience of archery. Minimum age of 18 or 16 if accompanied by parent / guardian . Participants must hold a current full scouting appointment & DBS for the permit to be completed. The course will be mainly practical, but will also include some theory sessions. The course will include a practical and written assessment. Cost £20 per person, Grants of up to 50% of the course cost are available to assist with funding for the course from the County: http://www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/activity-instructor-activity-permitassessment-grant-scheme/ To book on this course please email the booking form to: archery@scouts-hants.org.uk Payment will be expected prior to the course; instructions will be sent on receipt of booking form.
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Scouts Against Malaria Malaria is one of greatest cause of illness within the tropics, which contains one third of the world’s population. This illness infects 200 million persons each year resulting in some 500,000 deaths primarily those under the age of 5. Malaria is caused by the bite of the female anopheles mosquito, which injects a parasite called a plasmodium into the blood stream. The illness is characterised by a high fever, diarrhoea and vomiting and in the case of celebral malaria it is essential to start treatment with drugs within 12 hours of being bitten. As the malaria carrying mosquitos are only active at night (unlike the mosquitos carrying the Zika virus which are active during the day), the best form of protection is to sleep under an insecticide treated bed net. With the aid of funds raised by UK Scouts, Ugandan Scouts have visited 150 households in the Kamwokya district of Kampala and distributed nets and educated households in their correct usage and also how they can recognise the symptoms of illness and where they can get immediate treatment if bitten.
Scouts walk through the community to create awareness
Scouts brief and hand over the mosquito net
Our hope is that every Scout Group in Hampshire will take up the challenge to reduce the incidence of this disease and earn the SAM badge by: •
Learning about the illness.
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How people can be protected.
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Raise funds (suggested £5 per head) to help pay for the nets and their distribution.
There is a wide range of resources available on the SAM website which will help each section from Beavers to Network to plan interesting evenings in the global programme zone and thereby join the Global Partnership to reduce malaria. To learn more about SAM and how to obtain the badge, please visit our website www.scoutsagainstmalaria.org.uk or email us at info@scoutsagainstmalaria.org.uk. Rayner Mayer, County International adviser.
Remember! Making A Difference Together Week A week for Scouting and Guiding to work together to help the Hampshire Community. This is from Saturday 24th September until Saturday 1st October 2016. As you know we would like you to keep your unit/section meeting free that week to support the project. The aim is for guiding units and scouting sections to come together and to raise awareness of the charities. You will find a full explanatory leaflet showing Charity details and website links plus contact details of your local Guiding units on our website – see link below. If you are unable to link-up with a Guiding Unit for whatever reason, you can still take part as we want as many groups as possible to get involved in the project. For more information on the charities, activity ideas and details on how to purchase the badge, go to
www.makingadifferencetogether.org Please contact me if you have any questions: Martin Rudd, Chair MADT Group - for Hampshire Scouting & Guiding. tel:01256 764677 email: community@scouts-hants.org.uk