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Air Activities Activity Badge

Think big

Get outdoors

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Great events for your group to try The nation’s heart charity has three fun activity-based fundraising events that your group can take part in this year.

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These fantastic events will: benefit your children, as they will learn how to improve their heart health through fun physical activities and how raising money can help other children and adults benefit your group, as you will retain 20% of the sponsorship money raised, to spend on whatever you want provide your group with up to £30 worth of great resources to help it create a fun and successful event benefit the nation’s heart health, as the money you raise will help to prevent heart and circulatory disease in the future, and save the lives of children and adults now.

Artie’s Olympics

For 8 year olds and under

A fab event that encourages children to get active and have fun through a number of games and activities they take part in Gold medal stickers, balloons, laurel crowns, posters, sponsorship forms and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

Jump Rope For Heart

For 5-13 year olds

A hugely popular event that encourages children to learn skipping skills either individually, in pairs or in groups. Skipping is great fun and a superb way to get kids active.

11 skipping ropes, activity cards, posters and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

Ultimate Dodgeball

For 7-16 year olds

A great way for children of different ages and abilities to have fun and get active.

Just choose your teams, create a team identity and organise your own fun event.

Three dodgeballs, posters, sponsorship forms and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

2011 is our 50th birthday, so why don’t you celebrate with us by taking part in one of these fun events?

For more information please visit bhf.org.uk/scouting call 01892 893 913 or email youngfun@bhf.org.uk

50 years beating heart disease together © British Heart Foundation 2011, a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SC039426)

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Published by: The Programme Team The Scout Association Gilwell Park Chingford London E4 7QW Tel: 0845 300 1818 Contributions to: programme@scouts.org.uk

ADVERTISING Richard Ellacott richard.ellacott@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258 Contributors: Rose Wells Jenny Winn Emma Wood Anne Cladd David Warren

View all other section supplements online at www.scouts.org.uk/magazine

What you’ve been up to Beaver Scout Madeleine from 2nd Middleton has to be one of the youngest British Scouts to e. attend the World Scout Jambore and dad , mum h wit Along brother Sébastien, who are all in Scouting, they decided to get involved as day visitors. It just tied in nicely with their planned holiday in Sweden.

WELCOME

Excitement, fun and friendship Deputy UK Commissioner for Programme Graeme Hamilton takes an overview of camps, programme, activities and involving young people.

Summer’s now well under way and thousands of young people are experiencing the thrills of camps both in the UK and abroad. This ranges from first-time Beaver Scout residential experiences to the life-changing experience for those attending the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.

I’ve had a great time getting out and about and visiting camps and events wherever I can. The excitement, fun, friendships, and development I’ve witnessed are stark reminders of what makes our voluntary roles so special as we guide and mentor young people through their lives for the few hours a week they engage with us.

We’ve now completed the recruitment for the various programme project teams and the UK Programme Support Team. Thank you to all who contributed to this effort. Everyone is now hard at work undertaking the huge range of tasks to ensure that we have the right up-to-date support for leaders across the country.

Contents 4 What’s going on?

News and information

5 Think big Outdoor activities on a large scale

8 Programmes on a plate

10 Bedfordshire birthday bash All in one celebration

11 Make it snappy Super shark to make

12 Colony close-up We focus on one Colony

15 Are we there yet?

Planning a residential experience

16 Pilot scheme for Beavers Air Activities Activity Badge

17 All abroad Head to the Continent

Nature’s palette

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What’s going on?

News and information Legoland

The Little Book of Beaver Scouts

Beaver Scouts from the South East Region are heading to Legoland Windsor for a giant birthday celebration.

Over the weekend of 8 and 9 October, an estimated 5,000 Beavers and their families will be renewing their Promise and singing Happy Birthday. Every Beaver who attends will receive a specially designed woggle.

Get your Colony to tell their parents about a little book made just for Beavers. It’s full of fun quizzes, games and puzzles, things to make and jokes to make everyone laugh.

Available from Scout Shops priced at £2.79. www.scouts.org.uk/shop

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• jokes • games and songs • badge and do • things to learn information sleePover tiPs • camPing and ng • beaver facts beaver scouti • a history of

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Jack does it again In our June/July issue we featured Jack and his amazing fundraising scheme, Jack Draws Anything.

Now our artful Beaver has signed a book deal with publishers Hodder Children’s Books. Jack raised over

£16,000 for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh by setting up a website where people from all over the world would ask him to draw a picture in return for a donation. The book is due to be published in October.

LET’S CELEBRATE Keep ‘em coming. We want to hear your stories of how you celebrated the Beavers 25th birthday.

The 1st Standlake & Cokethorpe Beaver Colony in West Oxfordshire held their first residential experience, which was a great success. Leader Sara said, ‘It was an excellent way to celebrate. We all had a fantastic time and can’t wait to camp again.’

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themed weekend camp for over 100 Beavers. They took part in treasure hunts, launched cannons, walked the plank and did various pirate related crafts. ‘Forty-five Beavers took part in the residential experience, and for many, it was their first time,’ said Fiona Dyes, leader with 24th Ipswich.

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Think big

creative

Emma Wood encourages you to get creative on a large scale

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f you’re planning a creative session or artistic project, good weather gives you the opportunity to get outdoors and create some impressive artistic works.

Thanks to St Chads Greys Beavers for putting the activities into action.

actıvıtıes Junk sculptures

Flour drawings

Assemble different sized cardboard boxes, sticks, polystyrene and other items. Use string, staplers and sticky parcel tape to build huge sculptures of robots, animals or whatever your Beavers can dream up.

Find a large grassy area, securing the owner’s permission first. Pour flour into empty, dry, 2-litre drinks bottles through a funnel. Drill a 5mm hole in the lid. Beavers squeeze the bottle to let the flour draw big pictures on the grass. The flour will decompose in time.

Castle building Knock four staves into the ground about 2m apart, forming a square. Stretch lining paper or old bedsheets between them. Using poster paint, ask the Beavers to turn it into a castle.

You can cut a door into it, or make a doorway using extra staves.

Murals If you have an old brick wall at the back of your meeting place, clean it and let the Beavers create a mural, using thick, coloured playground chalks. Ask them for ideas and choose one that they could manage.

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Pavement artists Use pavement chalk to draw huge pictures in your meeting place car park. A hose and brush will clean away the works of art if there’s no forecast of rain.

District Badge collage Boat building Use staves as before but in a boat shape and paint it to look like a boat. You could use it as a base for a water fight using wet sponges and water pistols.

Use coloured sheets of A4 paper laid on the floor to make a huge representation of your District or County badge in mosaic form.

Art weaving If you have a metal chainlink fence around your meeting place, use grasses, natural materials and strips of material to weave patterns and designs.

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games Quick on the draw Beavers sit in relay form in two rows. At the end of the room, place a big sheet of paper for each team. Hidden from their view is a piece of paper with a picture on it, drawn by the leader earlier. On the word ‘go’, player 1 in each team runs up, looks at the leader’s picture and starts drawing their own version on their large sheet of paper. After 5-10 seconds the leader calls ‘change’ and the Beavers must run back and set off player 2, who runs up and continues with their team’s drawing. After a couple of goes each, or when the first team thinks they have finished, compare the pictures to see how they have all done. Repeat with a fresh picture and display the works of art on your noticeboard.

Picture this Beavers sit in a large group. One is chosen to go up to a flipchart and is quietly told an object to draw by a leader. The Beaver starts to draw the picture and the others put their hands up if they think they know what it is.

The leader chooses one at random and if the answer is correct the guesser takes a turn at drawing. Make sure everyone is chosen and has a go at drawing.

Jumbo snakes and ladders On a large white bedsheet, paint a grid, with about 15 rows and 15 columns. Beavers paint a giant-sized snakes and ladders board and then play the game. You could do this as a base, with a group of five or six Beavers spending ten minutes on it before moving onto another activity base. They will all have then contributed to the big board. Play the game, using Beavers as the pieces that move around the board.

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This issue’s theme is colours and nature, compiled by Jenny Winn

POP Programmes on a plate

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Activity

Time Zone

Instructions

Opening ceremony

5 mins

N/A

Introduce the idea of colours being all around us, at home and outside.

Nature’s colour charts

35 mins

Outdoor and Adventure, Global

Cut up some paint colour charts from a DIY store. Use colours that are likely to be found in nature and give four or five to each Beaver.

These can be different colours or different shades of one colour.

Also give them a plastic bag each and make sure they know the boundaries of their search. Remember the young-people-to-adult ratio (POR rule 3.7). Ask them to match the colours they have with items they see, from nature where possible. Lay out all the items found in their colour range so everyone can see. Try to identify the ones from nature in a wildlife book.

Colours of day

15 mins

Beliefs and Attitudes

This can be used as a spiritual activity at a variety of events. Pick one of the colours in the colour meaning resource (POL – 16212), for example red. Encourage the Beavers to contribute ideas of what that colour means to them. Use the words in the resource as a guide. Plan an activity around the colour that involves an element of meditation, for example, make aeroplanes of out red paper and throw them into a circle. Gather together and finish with a simple prayer, using the theme colour. A prayer for green could be: ‘Thank you for the green we see, the trees, grass and moss. Help us to look after our planet and environment. Green means go. Help us as Scouts to be fit and active and to help other people.’

Closing ceremony

5 mins

N/A

Faith and awareness events October/November 2011 October Black History Month World Blindness Awareness Month 1 International Day of Older Persons 4 World Animal Day 6 Dasera (Hindu) 8 Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement (Jewish) 10 World Mental Health Day 13 Sukkot begins (Jewish)

19 Sukkot ends (Jewish) 20 Birth of the Báb (Bahá’í) 20 Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) 21 Simchat Torah (Jewish) 26 Diwali (Jain, Hindu, Sikh) 31 Halloween

November 1 All Saints Day (Christian) 5 Arafah Day (Islamic) 6 Eid al Adha (Islamic) 10 Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday (Sikh) 11 Armistice Day 12 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)

13 Remembrance Sunday (UK) 14 World Diabetes Day 14-25 Anti-Bullying Week 16 International Day for Tolerance 20 Christ the King (Christian) 20 Universal Children’s Day 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) 24 Thanksgiving Day (USA) 26 Al Hijira Muharram – Muslim New Year (Islamic) 27 First Sunday of Advent (Christian) 30 Saint Andrew’s Day (Christian, Bank Holiday Scotland)

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Bedfordshire Beaver birthday bash

Cladd sets ne An er on iss m m Co ty un Co nt ta Assis l experience the scene for a birthday residentia

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s part of our 25th birthday celebrations, Colonies from all corners of Bedfordshire met for a giant residential experience. An eleven-strong leader service team arrived early to set up the facilities. There was one large room, known as The Pavilion, divided into Districts, with a separate sleeping area for the leaders and a room for the service team and Young Leaders.

The first coaches started to arrive around 7pm, bringing over 450 Beaver Scouts and 180 leaders, Young Leaders and helpers. The Beavers unloaded their rucksacks, sleeping bags and cuddly toys, very excited at the thought of spending the night with so many others. For some it was their first experience of sleeping away from home.

Funny songs When everyone had arrived and arranged their sleeping bags, we started the evening with a campfire. One Beaver commented ‘This was fun because there were lots of funny songs sung and everyone got to know each other.’ Bedtime was around 10.30pm when we

turned the lights out and, surprisingly, all the Beavers were asleep by 11.30pm and slept until 6.30am.

Sleeping bags and rucksacks were packed up before we had breakfast. As the weather was dry we ate out in the sunshine on the lawn.

New friends Activities were laid on before the official birthday cake ceremony. We were joined by Tim Kidd, Chief Commissioner of England, and sang Happy Birthday.

The 5th Dunstable Beaver Scout Colony demonstrated a sign language version which is called Makaton. The candles were blown out by two Beavers who were celebrating their own birthdays that weekend. Before their trip back home, the Beavers and leaders explored the park and enjoyed the many rides, including the steam train.

It was a wonderful experience for all, making new friends, having lots of fun and looking forward to the next one. We expect many more Colonies will want to be going on their own residential experiences.

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MAKE AND DO

y p p a n s t i e k a M A jaw-dropping shark to make

you will need:

thin card, coloured pencils, glue and a straw

STEP 1 Go to www.scouts.org.uk/pol and download the shark template. Give a copy to each Beaver, if possible, printed on thin card. Cut out the shape, including the slots.

STEP 2 Design and colour the shark. The two circles are eyes. Add glue to the eight tabs as shown.

STEP 4 Push the fin tabs through the slots, folding along the crease lines. Glue the eyes on. Push the straw through the hole aiming upwards and blow to open the shark’s mouth.

Questions to ask • Where do sharks live?

• Can you name a type of shark?

Fun facts to share • Sharks have been around for over 400 million years • Baby sharks are called pups

STEP 3

Fold along the creases and join tabs to form the body. Add glue to the back of the three tabs as shown in orange and to the front tab as shown in blue.

For more ideas and activity packs that come pre-cut and creased, complete with all the required accessories, go to www.clever-craft.com. You’ll be amazed what you can do. To receive a free sample pack, become a member on the website. Clever Craft was set up

by Andrew Harrold & Craig Bond, both Beaver Scout Leaders with 7th Sefton East (Melling).

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he beautiful Jurassic Coast is England’s first natural World Heritage Site. With 95 miles and 185 million years of the earth’s history in its formation, the coast is quite spectacular.

But I wasn’t here just to go sightseeing, I was here to visit the Weymouth South Beavers.

The Colonies meet on Wednesday and Friday, and I arranged with Sharon Tufnail, Beaver Scout Leader, to drop in on their Weymouth South Chesil Wednesday evening meeting. Great timing as they were holding their Olympic-themed programme and the weather was just right to be outdoors.

The Games The Beavers share their meeting place with other sections, and the Group are lucky to have use of a large field behind their meeting place. Rounding up the Beavers and equipment with Sharon was Beaver Leader Anna Legg.

Both Sharon and Anna were Cub Leaders but had helped out for a few months with the Beavers. Their own children were ready to join Beavers, so when new leaders were needed, they decided to stay with the Colony.

The games included relay racing on bouncing ball horses, beanbag-throwing, and manoeuvring a ball with a hockey stick. Both teams were very competitive. I wasn’t sure which team to support and so shouted out for both. The final activity was a one-lap running race around a track, but some Beavers had enough energy for two or three laps. I was exhausted just watching. With medals presented, we all reluctantly headed indoors.

A little help from ...

Helping out was Billie who is training to be a Young Leader and is really enjoying it. ‘I find it good fun,’ she said. ‘The Beavers are very energetic and I feel I’ve done some good afterwards.’

Adrian Parry used to be a Scout but university, marriage and a family left him with very little time to think about volunteering. But when his youngest child joined Beavers, Adrian found himself going to the meetings as an Occasional Helper, often with his younger daughter in tow. He is now thinking of becoming more involved, and his daughter can’t wait to join her big brother.

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Family and friends

Recruitment buzz

Sharon’s daughter Amy is six and is a little more confident than some of the others. She was busying herself helping with the equipment and looking after the quieter ones. Why did she like going to Beavers? ‘I like it because my friends are there and I like playing games,’ she said. I asked Samuel, who’s seven and Amy’s cousin, the same question. ‘The fun activities are the best bits,’ he said. ‘And I’m very strong so I can do them.’

Samuel’s dad, Spencer, has Motor Neurone Disease.

When the Beavers did a hike along the Rodwell Trail, a nature trail following an old railway line, Spencer joined in on his motorised scooter. There is a genuine feeling of the Colony being one big family.

Sharon has been covering both the Wednesday and Friday evening meetings for over a year. Unless she can find someone to take on one of the groups, they will have to be combined. Reluctantly, the numbers have been reduced from 20 Beavers on each night to 27 in total. Fortunately, a parent is interested in helping out, which will mean they should be able to take on all the children waiting to join.

Before I left this lovely part of the world, I went back to Weymouth on the following Saturday to catch up with the group’s recruitment event in the middle of the town. There was quite a buzz around the climbing wall, and the banners and posters were eye-catching. At the end of the day, 36 adults had showed an interest in volunteering and 42 young people in joining. To date, five adults have started the appointment process, three as section leaders, one as an Occasional Helper and one as a skills instructor and possible section leader.

Dragon 24 The Beavers were excited about their trip to Dragon 24, an event for all members of Dorset Scouts. This had taken place at Buddens Scout Centre the week before.

Although the older sections could stay for the whole 24 hours, Beavers could only stay for nine hours, but they still managed to cram a lot in. They were eager to tell me what they did and what they liked best. The fairground rides were the overall favourites with the Beavers, although Sharon and Anna weren’t too sure after trying out the Sizzler and Waltzer themselves.

There was a Beaver 25th birthday party and 700 Beavers all blew their party whistles at the same time.

The real Olympics This time next year Weymouth will be welcoming people from around the world as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is the venue for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games sailing events. It is one of only a few places where the Olympic torch will stop overnight and plans are being made to have a special celebration, involving the whole town.

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Are we there yet? but make sure you plan Residential experiences are fun s David Warren ahead for maximum adventure, say

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t’s great news that Beaver Scouts can go camping without their parents. With a little thought and planning, the event doesn’t have to be daunting. And there are lots people within your District who can help.

It is easier to run a Beaver camp on a campsite than on a greenfield site, with easy access to running drinking water and toilets plumbed into a waste disposal system.

The venue must be near to alternative accommodation in the event of adverse weather conditions. Check the toilets are close to the camping field, which should be secure, reasonably level and not too big. Think about the right time of year, so it’s neither too hot during the day, or too cold at night.

Tents It is probably best to use small three or four-person tents. If you have a large number of Beavers in a big tent they will keep each other awake, whereas with smaller numbers in a tent, they will get to sleep quicker.

It makes sense to have tents that have sewn-in ground sheets to stop items disappearing and keep the Beavers warm and dry at night.

If the campsite facilities don’t include a kitchen, you will need a mess tent, stoves and other cooking equipment. The available cooking facilities may affect

what menu you plan, for example if there are limited cooking rings and no oven. You should include someone who is experienced in outdoor cooking in your leadership team.

Weigh up the risks It is essential to complete a risk assessment before the residential experience. Information can be found in factsheet Risk Assessment FS120000. Someone in the team will need a campsite nights away permit as indoor nights away permits will not cover this. On the day, get some experienced campers to set up the tents and mess tent, preferably before the Beavers arrive so that they can move straight in. Put a line of lights between the camping area and the toilets, and have a light on in the toilets all night.

Preparing for bedtime Alongside high-energy activities, have some quiet, more relaxing ones. When it gets close to bedtime explain to the Beavers how different it is sleeping in tents to being indoors. They may be woken up by early morning light, noise from the dawn chorus and maybe cows in nearby fields. One thing you can be sure of, the experience will be fun for all and it won’t be long before you start planning the next one. scouts.org.uk/pol 15

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Pilot scheme for Beavers The day flew by when Beavers went for their Air Activities Activity Badge

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t was all great’, said one Beaver Scout, having spent the day at the Bristol and Gloucestershire Gliding Club. The Club welcomed 170 Beaver Scouts from the Stroud and Tetbury District who were there to gain their Air Activities Activity Badges.

The idea behind arranging the visit came from Ron Shell, Air Advisor for Gloucestershire Scout Council. Ron contacted the District and the event was organised with an initial 16 colonies on board. The Youth Liaison Officer for the Club, Fred Ballard, made sure everything was in place and the day’s activities took off.

Paper planes

Safety first

‘It was a truly successful and memorable day out in the fresh air,’ said Ron. The local Stroud News and Journal ran a full colour article, and comments from some of the Beavers on the way home ranged from ‘I loved making the paper plane’ to ‘sitting in the glider was best’ and finally, ‘I liked it all!’

‘Each Colony arrived at agreed intervals, starting at 9.30am,’ said Ron. ‘The first item on the agenda was a safety briefing.’ The club had arranged a timed programme to ensure the day went smoothly and each Colony was given the same opportunity to watch and take part in the planned events.

Two of the gliding club instructors helped out with badge work and were joined by six pilots from The Gloster Strut, a local aviation group. The Beavers were keen to sit in the cockpit of a two-seater glider and have a look around. They were told how gliders work and saw the club Pawnee towplane.

Having learned how planes fly, the Beavers made their own paper gliders. The rain didn’t dampen their enthusiasm as they went outside to try them out.

During the day they were also shown microlights and similar light aircraft, and talked to the pilots who flew them. Before they left, the Beavers were given certificates signed by one of the pilots. Some of the parents who waited were given their own tour of the airfield by one of the club’s instructors.

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Special thanks to the Bristol and Gloucestershire Gliding Club instructors and to Fred Ballard and Bernard Smyth for their help. The Club has become a Junior Gliding Centre affiliated to the British Gliding Association, to provide dedicated training to young members.

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Head to the Continent for a change

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ave you considered taking your Beaver Scouts abroad? A day trip to Calais or overnight in Stockholm is worth thinking about as long as you are well organised and realistic. Cheap flights, ferries and coaches to the continent can make it a lot more affordable. Speak to your Assistant County Commissioner (International), or other leaders who’ve taken young people abroad for their advice.

Globe Trekker is an online interactive world map where people submit reviews of their international trips.

Leaders leave reports of places they’ve stayed and activities they’ve done. Beavers who have been on a day trip to France have added their views. It’s a great way of finding out more about a country you’re thinking of going to.

If you’ve been on a trip and would like to share your experience, good or bad, visit www.scouts.org.uk/globetrekker. There’s an option to leave your email address if you’re happy for other people to get in touch with you for further advice.

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Pets at Home offers great products, tips and advice to keep your pet happy and healthy, There are over 280 Pets at Home stores across the UK. To find your local store visit www.petsathome.com/storelocator

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Help Beavers understand money up with NatWest to create a series The Scout Association has teamed your Beavers more about money of activity packs which will teach

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he packs cover five areas of money management and will provide exciting ideas for you to do within your Colony.

They will also give young people an opportunity to relate money management to their own lives. This will include information and activities specific to Scouting and will help towards achieving a number of activity badges. Specific activities will teach Beavers about fundraising and how to help budget for camp.

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The packs are: • Making the most of your money • Money and event management (including fundraising) • Fundraising • Money and your life • Running your own business

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