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Published by: The Programme Team The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW Contributions to: programme@scouts.org.uk ADVERTISING Richard Ellacott richard.ellacott@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258 This issue’s contributors: Dave Wood Austin Lill Jenny Winn Christine Miles

Intro

Check your change

For ease of reading, this supplement refers to all variations of ‘county’ groupings simply as County.

You can read all the section supplements as well as the main magazine online at www.scouts.org.uk/magazine Cover photo: Pete Howard

Join-in-Jamboree activities June – July We hope you’ve been using your Join-in-Jamboree resources.

The themes for the next two months are Working together, and World Scout Jamboree. Have fun.

Dow nload the PDFs at ww w.scouts.org.uk/wsj2011

Nicola Gordon-Wilson sets the scene for summer Welcome to the latest issue of the Cubs supplement. In the following pages you will find the usual mix of ideas for activities, badges and skills training.

Also included in this supplement are details of minor changes to the Activity Badges and Challenge Awards. These have been made after gathering feedback from a number of sources.

We are always interested to hear from you regarding badge requirements and suggestions for new badges. Any suggestions we receive are collated and incorporated into development work at the relevant time. We are currently working on developing the programme, taking your views into account.

You may have notice that we often include case studies of different Packs, Cubs and Pack leaders. We are always looking for suitable case studies to include or Packs to visit and feature.

If you meet in an unusual place, have a Cub Scout who has done something extra special or have different ways of operating please contact us on scouting.magazine@scouts.org.uk, we look forward to hearing from you.

Cubs

Join-in-Jamboree

Contents 4 News Updates from around the UK

5 The most wonderful time…

Bookings are now open for the 85th Gilwell Reunion

6 Attitude of belief Ideas and activities to explore a spiritual side

10 POP Beliefs and attitudes

16 Learn in Packs A visit to Rolls-Royce for some scientific activity

12 Bushcraft network How one leader used Facebook to inject excitement into knots

14 Badge changes

17 Partners Activites to protect against the summer sun, OS offers and great Scout Shops products

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News

News and views in Cub Scouting. ions Email your stories, reports and opin k rg.u ts.o to scouting.magazine@scou

Scouting goes mobile My Badges, the official badge app of The Scout Association, is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Ideal for quick reference at meetings or camp it contains the requirements for every badge and award in the UK 6-25 programme.

The Scout Association’s first smart phone app allows you to fit the entire programme in your pocket or purse. It comes with a host of features to make Scouting easier wherever you happen to be, including: • Requirements for every badge and award • Promise and Law for all ages (including variations).

• Interactive badge position diagrams • Ability to track personal progress • Share email/text links to scouts.org.uk (iPod Touch – email only).

• Adjust text size Filled with great graphics and images of every badge, participating in the programme has just got easier and more fun for all Scouts.

Available now from iTunes (£1.19) See how it works at scouts.org.uk/tv

Faith and awareness events August/September 2011 August 1 Ramadan begins – Muslim 9 Tisha B’av – Jewish 13 Raksha Bandhan – Hindu 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Christian 22 Krisha Janmashtami – Hindu 26 Lailat al Kadr – Muslim 26 Women’s Equality Day (USA) 31 Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) – Muslim

September 1 Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu 8 Nativity of Mary – Christian 8 International Literacy Day 14 Holy Cross Day – Christian 21 International Day of Peace 22 World Car-Free Day 28 Navaratri begins – Hindu 29-30 Rosh Hashanah – Jewish

Science winners revealed The winners of the Cub Scout Science competition, run by our partners Rolls-Royce, have been announced.

First prize of £500 to Saxilby 24th Lincoln Cubs for Cub Scout Jack’s diary about science at camp.

Second prize of £300 to 1st Foxton Cubs for a poster explaining how birds fly. This was designed by Pack member Will and was inspired by seeing a Curlew during their camp in Norfolk.

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Third prize of £200 to 10th Radcliffe Cubs for working on their Scientist Badge at Winter Camp.

One of their intrepid campers Kyle wrote a diary about how they made wormeries and what happened to these over the next two weeks.

Well done to all. We hope you enjoy the Pack activity you use the money for. See p16 for an article about Cubs visiting Rolls-Royce sites to achieve their Scientist Activity badge.

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Intro

The most e m i t l u f r e d n wo of the year The 85th Reunion will take place at Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre between 2 and 4 September 2011

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ookings are now open for Reunion 2011 and the programme for the weekend is filling up.

What can I expect?

Reunion is an event which allows adults and Scout Network members alike to come together for a weekend full of: • Socialising with old and new friends • Programme ideas • Training sessions and workshops on topics that affect you • On-site activities • Meeting the UK Chief Commissioner and team • Evening entertainment

Programme help On Saturday there will be lots of ideas for you to take back to your local Cub Pack which will be based around the six Programme Zones. Stands will include a variety of ideas from specialists within Scouting, our corporate partners and external organisations. Practical skills will also be available as demonstrations as well as opportunities to have a go.

The UK Headquarters Programme Team will be available throughout the weekend to talk about forthcoming developments to the programme and how you can get involved.

The evening entertainment is for you to let your hair down, have fun and ultimately meet old and new friends within Scouting. Do you have a talent that you would like to share?

Headline names Bonita Norris will be there to talk about her expedition as the youngest British women to have climbed Mount Everest.

And if all that wasn’t enough, you will have the opportunity to share a drink with the UK Chief Commissioner, Wayne Bulpitt and his team.

If you would like to get involved in part of the 2011 Reunion please visit www.scouts.org.uk/reunion to book your place. If you have a skill, talent or idea that you would like to share contact the Reunion Organising Team at gilwell.reunion@scouts.org.uk.

Join the Facebook Event to see who else is coming.

Just search for ‘Gilwell Reunion 2011’.

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Attitude of belief Dave Wood looks at some great activities to develop your Pack’s spiritual side

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espite some popular misconceptions, Scouting is not about the religious education of its young people in any single faith; although some closely sponsored religious Groups may have more responsibilities in this area than others.

There is, however, a clear line between being ‘spiritual’ and being ‘religious’. Leaders shouldn’t be scared of including spirituality into their programmes as they’re probably doing it already.

In the Cub Scout section, with the young people in our care developing a greater awareness of the world around them, we have a brilliant opportunity to help them discover their spiritual side through Scouting activities.

Core values You don’t need to run services, attend church parades and the like to achieve this. Instead, I’ve found that simply having a consideration of things spiritual at the core of everything you do will help you and the Cubs meet that side of Scouting. It’s basically all about encouraging good citizenship in young people, fostering a respect for other people and the environment around them.

Here’s a collection of thoughts and activities which should help you to incorporate a spiritual side into your Scouting.

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Lead by example What’s the point of badgering your Cubs to turn up on time when your leadership team regularly turn up late? I remember one leader who was always 15 minutes late for weekly meetings. The meeting time was changed to accommodate her work commitments… but she was still 15 minutes late. However, if you have leaders who have to arrive late due to work or family timings, tell the Cubs this so they understand the reasons.

Action: Be sure to start and end your meetings on time. It is a good idea to plan to start the meeting at, say, 6.30pm, whilst saying that Cubs should arrive anytime after 6.20pm ready for a prompt 6.30pm start. How many times have you had to curtail a great activity simply because you wasted 15 minutes before you held the opening ceremony?

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Activities

The natural world

Involvement Part of thinking about others is for you to be involved as much as possible in what is going on.

Action: This can mean: • attending regular planning meetings • attending District meetings etc • joining in with members during activities, rather than simply starting and finishing the activity, then sitting down and having a cuppa • being a team player.

We are all part of this world. We therefore have a duty to care for it. This is easy to get across to the Cubs by looking at, for example, the Countryside Code and how they can help put it into practice.

Action: Perhaps they can: • make an anti-littering collage • create a poster to promote the Countryside Code • plant bulbs, trees or shrubs to brighten up the meeting place or a local public area • keep the grounds around your meeting place tidy; pruning bushes, cutting grass and so on • all take part in tidying up after activities, rather than leaving it for someone else to do.

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Prayer and worship

Sportsmanship

Even if you are not a Group which is closely linked with a religious centre, there are plenty of opportunities to pause for thought and reflect on greater things.

Action: Include a simple prayer or pause for thought at the end of a meeting, the end of a campfire and other occasions. Other opportunities include: • Encourage Cubs to develop their personal faith.

Perhaps they are about to experience a landmark religious event which they can talk about to the Pack. Maybe they could bring in items (holy books, statuettes, Rosary beads, etc) and tell everyone else about them.

• Visit different places of worship so your Cubs can better understand how other faiths are practiced.

• Ask Cubs to be involved with prayers, perhaps by taking it in turns to write and read out a prayer after flag down.

• In a circle, create a chain prayer. One Cub starts by saying one word, the person next to them says another and so on around the circle. For example: Dear > God > thank > you > for > the > people > who > help us > at >school> and > all...

• Encourage Cubs to respect other faiths, perhaps by finding out about them and bringing in printouts or pictures of key parts of what they have discovered. Perhaps each Six could take a faith and create a collage of imagery and wording linked to them.

• Create a song of praise or thanksgiving to a well-known tune.

Good sportsmanship is to be demanded in games.

Action: Those who cheat or are too rough should be removed from games and activities for a few minutes to consider their actions. Cubs should be encouraged to share equipment during activities as this shows they are thinking of others.

Caring society We all like to live in a safe, caring environment.

Chat with the Cubs about where they feel safe or unsafe – how ‘streetwise’ are they? Do they know why it is unwise to walk alone across parks, fields and unlit lanes? If they feel unsafe at school, what would they do about it?

Action: Avoid singling out individuals to tell them off in front of everyone. Far better to do it in a corner of the room while the others get on with something else. Your comments will mean more and the individual's defences will not be raised.

You may also discover an underlying issue that might be behind their poor behaviour.

Welcome new Leaders/Cubs (and their parents), spend time with them, one-to-one, to show you care about them as individuals.

Run regular co-operative games, where nobody is ‘out’ and there are no specific individual winners or losers. The enjoyment should be in the game or activity and, therefore, nobody gets singled out for derision.

Leaders and Cubs alike should always be kind and helpful to everyone in the Pack at all times.

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Activities

Discipline

What is spiritual development?

Good discipline is essential for the smooth running of any Cub Pack.

Action: Encourage Cubs to be still and quiet when giving instructions for games and activities. Many leaders raise their right hand in a Scout salute above their heads to request silence, with all present (including Leaders), copying the action and standing still and quiet.

Again, when requesting silence from the Cubs, it is imperative that other leaders, parents, guests etc are quiet too. When explaining things, it is best to get everyone seated in front of you and looking at you.

When standing, Cubs will naturally move about and create noise and distraction.

Spiritual development implies that leaders and young people should be encouraged to follow the five principles.

1. Develop an inner discipline and training.

2. Be involved in corporate (group) activities with others.

3. Understand the world around them.

4. Help to create a more tolerant and caring society.

5. Discover the need for prayer and worship, both personal and shared.

These principles are what is meant by spiritual development in The Scout Association and it should be an integral part of every activity, meeting and event.

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Activity/Game

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10 mins

Beliefs and Attitudes

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Community; Beliefs and Attitudes

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What am I like?

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Beliefs and Attitudes

Help peop Pray and

Closing ceremony

5 mins

Beliefs and Attitudes

Pray and

Nicola Gordon-Wilson explores a Beliefs and Attitudes programme

POP Programmes on a plate

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Method

Instructions

Themes

Discuss the theme for the meeting

Make things; Try new things

• Explain to the Cub Scouts that they are going to make some small dolls that have a special use.

• Using cut or crafted matchsticks or cut cocktail sticks (just removing the heads of the matchsticks or the sharp points from the cocktail sticks should suffice) wrap some paper round one end and stick it down before drawing a face on it.

• Now wrap and stick some fabric round the rest of the body or wind wool or thread round it to make the clothes.

• Using a piece of pipe cleaner about 3cm long make some arms and stick them to the doll’s back.

• Wind some wool or thread around the arms and body.

• The Cub Scouts can make a selection of these and decorate a small box to put them in.

• Explain that it is a custom in Guatemala that if children are worried about something they whisper their worries to their dolls and put them under their pillows while they sleep. When they wake the dolls are supposed to have taken their worries away.

• You might use this as an opportunity to talk about the fact that sometimes talking about something that worries you actually makes it seem less of a problem.

Help other people; Games; Activities with others

• Announce that you are going to challenge your Cubs to see if they can link everyone in the Pack to show they all have lots in common.

• The activity follows the principle of playing dominoes by matching those who have things in common.

The first young person says: ‘On my left hand side I am ….. and on my right hand side I am…..’, stating two characteristics. These could be a hobby, their favourite football team, the number of siblings they have or anything at all.

• Someone else from the group who shares one of those characteristics goes and stands on the relevant side of that young person, which in essence ‘joins up’ these group members – like joining up dominoes with the same spots. If more than one person shares a characteristic, the first one to say so joins themselves on.

• The first ‘human domino’ should now have someone on either side of him or her, but these new ‘dominoes’ will each have a ‘free side’. They now state something about themselves and in the same way, others join themselves on like dominoes. This continues until everyone is joined on. It may become more difficult towards the end of the activity, when there are less people to find something in common with.

• Once everyone is joined on, the two 'domino’ ends need to find something they have in common so a complete circle can be formed.

• Remind the group that they have proved that they all have things in common with each other. Therefore no one can be singled out as different.

The leader may need to start this activity by being the first ‘domino’ so that the group get the idea.

Note: This activity can be done in a large group, but beware that if the group is very big, it will take a long time to join everyone on.

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Help other people; Prayer, worship and reflection

• At the start of the meeting give each Cub Scout a piece of paper and a pencil.

• Ask them to write down or draw their biggest drawback and their greatest advantage.

• Pair them off and ask them to repeat the activity, but to do it for their partner.

• They then compare notes. One might have written ‘ I find reading hard’ as their drawback while the other has said ‘You are good at remembering jokes’ as that person’s advantage.

• You will need some practise and perhaps a demonstration between two adults to start with and plenty of encouragement and tact will be needed.

The Cub Scout should begin to see that one person can been seen in different ways and that others don’t always see them as they do.

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t f a r c h s u B network Assistant Cub Leader Austin Lill is keen on bushcraft and decided to use the networking power of Facebook to make a recent knot-tying evening a little different.

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aul Kirtley and Simon Ellar are both wellknown in the bushcrafting world. Paul is a professional bushcraft instructor and blogger who was Ray Mears' right hand man for many years. Simon set up Bushcraft & Survival Skills magazine with his wife and is editor of the publication.

Both men are friends with me on Facebook so I hatched a plan to involve them to make a forthcoming evening, where I planned to run a knot-tying programme with Cubs, a bit more special.

Virtual leaders I contacted them about the evening and both duly agreed to help. They sent my Pack a message, via email, where they talked about the importance and usefulness of knotting.

I had found that this seems to be one of those topics that kids can find a chore, so what better way to liven it up than to read out two emails; one from a professional

bushcrafter who learned from Ray Mears and one from a Bushcraft magazine editor?

Rather than having the same old leaders telling them about how important the skill they are learning is they were hearing it from real experts. Not only that, but each was good enough to tailor his response especially to the Cubs.

Real gratitude It was especially good of them to help as, at this time, Paul was getting ready for an Arctic trip and while Simon is always busy working on the next issue, he is also busy organising The Bushcraft Show in the summer.

My Cubs were delighted and couldn’t wait to learn knot-tying so they too could be like real bushcraft experts. I can’t thank Paul and Simon enough for helping out. Maybe you have someone in your online social network who could do the same for you?

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Scouting skills

Reproduced here are the two emails, just in case they are of any use to other leaders.

It’s great to hear that you are teaching your Cubs knots.

Knots can seem a bit abstract and boring at first but being able to tie knots is a really important skill for any outdoorsman or woman as knots have so many uses and you don’t need to know hundreds of them. The few most useful ones will get you a long way so it’s really important to learn how to tie these, but also important to learn how to tie them quickly.

Today I’ve been packing for a camping trip in the Arctic forests of northern Sweden. In this environment your hands get cold really quickly so you need to be able to tie knots quickly and efficiently otherwise your hands freeze. The Evenk knot that has now been widely adopted for tying up tarps and hammocks originated in the forests of Siberia, where reindeer herders used the knot to quickly tie up their reindeer in the cold conditions. Maybe you should challenge your Cubs to see if they can tie the knot as fast as a reindeer herder would!

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck with your knot session. When I worked with Ray Mears, I was always very impressed by how good at knots he was, because knots really are an important bushcraft skill. For example, if you are going to light a fire with a bow-drill, you need to know some knots to tie your string on to your bow with…

All the best, Paul Kirtley

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e recently looked at the requirements of the current Activity Badges and Challenge Awards to make sure that they are still relevant and suitable.

We gathered views from: • comments send to the Programme Team over the last three years • focus groups held last autumn • discussion groups at the 2010/11 round of Development Advice and Support Days • Your Programme, Your Voice questionnaire in February 2010 • advice given by the specialist UK volunteers.

The information gathered from these sources tells us that most of the badges are still appropriate, and only minor changes are needed.

Badges changed

Collector – removed one of the examples (as it was outdated)

Water Activities – updated to reflect the names used for water activities in Scouting

At the same time as updating the requirements for the badges and awards we have also updated the flexibility statement for young people working towards their badges and awards.

Note on flexibility Every individual who undertakes an activity badge should face a similar degree of challenge and as a result some requirements may need to be adapted.

It is completely acceptable to change some of the requirements of the badges to allow individuals to access the badge (for example where there are special needs, cultural issues, or religious considerations to take into account) and the requirements outlined for the activity badges do allow for some flexibility in order to obtain the badge.

If you would like help or advice when considering adapting the requirements of a badge please contact programme@scouts.org.uk.

The updated requirements are available in the Member Resources pages on www.scouts.org.uk. They will also be incorporated into Pack Programme when it is next reprinted.

Athlete and Athlete Plus Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about the Athlete Activity badge. We are still consulting on changes to this badge, and will publicise them in the next issue of this supplement.

Cyclist – altered to match the Bikeability Scheme

IT – updated to reflect changes in technology

New badge suggestions In the process of checking the relevance of the current badges, we have received a number of suggestions for new badges, which we have collated and will be considering as part of the longer term work that we are doing to develop the programme over the next couple of years. If people have any suggestions for new badges they can forward them to programme@scouts.org.uk, and we will include them in the list.

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Badge page

Learn in Packs As part of its celebrations for National Science & Engineering Week (11-20 March 2011) Cub Scout Scientist Activity Badge sponsor Rolls-Royce welcomed more than 130 Cubs to its facilities in Bristol and Derby.

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our Packs from the Bristol area and five from near the company’s Derby site spent time carrying out fun investigations based on simple scientific principles. These included designing and testing a hot air balloon, creating an electrical switch and making a simple compass.

During the evening, each Cub completed three activities and, at the same time, three of the six requirements needed to achieve their Scientist Activity Badge.

Future engineers Rolls-Royce Community Investment Manager Gill Fennell said: ‘Technology-based businesses, like Rolls-Royce, need engineers and scientists with a passion for innovation to develop the world beating engines of the future.

‘In order to recruit the passionate engineers of tomorrow we help young people develop an enthusiasm for science and technology from an early age. That is what community engagement activities like these are designed to achieve.’

Rolls-Royce has sponsored the Cub Scout Scientist Badge since 2007 as part of the company’s commitment to promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics to young people.

Leader's resources There are a number of Scientist Badge resources at www.scouts.org.uk/rollsroyce including an activity pack, worksheets and more.

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AFT is a UK charity that helps people affected by skin disfiguring illnesses and disease. This summer, RAFT is asking Cub leaders to talk to their Pack about staying safe in the sun and avoid being joining the 1,800 people who die from melanoma each year (equivalent to five people every day).

Most skin cancers are caused by too much sun and could be prevented by taking care in strong sunshine and avoiding sunburn.

Try this activity with your Cubs: Match the flag to the temperature Ask the Cubs to think about the temperature of various capital cities in a certain month. For example, in February 2011: Washington DC, USA; 1°C Ottawa, Canada; -7°C Cairo, Egypt; 18°C Nuuk, Greenland; -13°C Rome, Italy; 13°C Kingston, Jamaica; 29°C Madrid, Spain; 11 °C To choose more countries you could visit www.bbc.co.uk/weather Ask them to match the country to its flag and to guess its temperature. For pictures of flags, you could visit www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk The Cubs could be asked which country mentioned in that meeting is the hottest, and how

RAFT’s advice on staying safe • Spend time in the shade between 11am and 3pm.

• Apply a layer of moisturising cream under a layer of sun cream (factor 15+) that protects against UVA and UVB rays.

• Make sure you never burn.

they would protect themselves from the sun if they were to visit that country.

To extend the activity, ask your Cubs to draw what they think each country is famous for. For example: America for hamburgers Canada for mountains Egypt for pyramids Greenland for Santa Claus Italy for pizza Jamaica for beaches Spain for Flamenco dancing

Alternative Ask the Cubs to research their own country to find the flag, the temperature and what it is famous for. They could be asked to draw and colour the flag and the next Pack meeting could be used for the Cubs to guess each other’s drawings.

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3000 camping capacity on 95 acre site Indoor accommodation for 42, 26 and 16 Large range of on site activities Qualified instructors available all year Easy access and parking for coaches/cars Fully catered packages available Close proximity to M25, M1, M4, M40 and A41 25 minutes to London by Rail Near Luton and Heathrow Airports 5 minutes from the new Harry Potter Attraction Scout National Archery Competition host

100 acre site available for camping 15 minutes from Lea Valley White Water Centre 55 minutes to the Olympic Park by Rail 5 minutes from junction 25 of the M25 Situated between Stansted and Luton Airports Full Catering available for groups CTT activity camp for Scouts & Guides Indoor accomodation for 60, 36 and 15 Large range of on site activities Camping space for over 3000 Large car park for coaches and lorries Contact - Chris Rainbow - Warden Tolmers Activity Centre, Tolmers Road, Cuffley, Herts. EN6 4JS Tel: 01707 872900 Email: info@tolmers.org.uk Web:www.tolmers.org.uk

Contact - Doug Stack - Activity Centre Manager Phasels Wood Activity Centre, Rucklers Lane, Kings Langley, Herts. WD4 9NA Tel: 01442 252851 Email: info@phaselswood.org.uk Web:www.phaselswood.org.uk

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