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Fling With Friends
The Fling It! zone is jam packed with circus activities, go karting and inflatable.
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Inspired for Change?
Issue 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Tea with... Wales
Our dual language article focusses today on Welsh speaking Scouts.
WINGS2014 speaks up about how Scouting and Guiding changed for the better.
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Don't miss Your daily guide to WINGS2014’s hottest events for staff, leaders and participants.
1 Get Crafty for Staff Axford Explorers from Taceham Hundred, Exploration sub camp, on their way to the Help It! zone.
Photograph by Caroline Bird
Community Matters By Joseph Parry and Bianca Cole
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elp It! is your chance to make a difference - an offsite activity that those of you over 14 can get involved with. Conservation is at the heart of the activities taking place across the week all of which showcase the positive impact we in Scouting and Guiding make. The Daily Brew caught up with the Exploration sub camp taking part in clearing and landscaping a local Windsor churchyard. Dan from East and South Cardiff said: “Scouting can be a positive force, doing activities like this spreads Scouting and shows that they can make a difference in the community.” The impact of the work was clear to see early on when we bumped into a local lady, Mrs Beldom who said: “I instantly recognised that the young people were Scouts and Guides from the scarfs they are wearing. I have never been a member myself but I know of the good work they do. They are doing a brilliant job and being respectful of the graves.” Josh from Finchampstead was found tending to a WW1 grave commented: “It is great getting involved as this is not something that I would do if I was not a Scout. It is really important to pay our respects to people who have died for our country.” Also tending to the same grave was a group of Girl Scouts
from Malta, when quizzed about how they felt about tending to graves they discussed the differences between the two countries. Gaby explained: “In Malta the family own the land and so it is their responsibility to care for the grave”. Cheryl continued: “This is something completely new to us helping with strangers memorials”. Nicole added: “although it is a bit scary, we can use this activity for our service badge back in Malta.”
Contributing to conservation projects makes a huge difference
Madeline from Washington State in America was busily pulling weeds. She happily exclaimed: “I love gardening and doing an activity that helps people is great. You get that warm feeling that you have helped someone. I have even made new friends from my sub camp”. Harry from Finchampstead interjected: “we met on the bus down here and had no idea we were in the same sub camp!” Milanna finished: “We will meet up when we are back on sub camp.” Meanwhile Maria from Washington State was found compacting waste in the skip along with Karolina from Cardiff. Together they were discussing the finer points
This evening staff and leaders are invited to try out the arts and crafts activities here at WINGS2014. Head to the Make It! zone.
2 Jumping Jugglers! Main stage tonight, catch a dazzling display of acrobatics, fire limbo dancing and illuminated pois. There will be flames involved.
3 Fancy dress party
of how best to fit all the greenery into the skip without getting prickled by the thorns and nettles: “We met the other day on sub camp while waiting for dinner and we started singing. We were pleased to find out that we would be working together today and we hope to stay in touch after WINGS2014”.
Now, one thing we can all agree on is a smurf outfit looks great on a Guide or Scout leader. Don’t miss the spectacle that is the Legends fancy dress party. Staff and leaders welcome.
There is no doubt that contributing to conservation projects together makes a huge difference, not only to the community but also to those taking part. New friendships are formed along with old ones continuing, respect is recognised and fun is had while doing things you love. The work of Guides and Scouts across the world in communities makes a real difference.
Participants grab your neon neckers and your glow in the dark woggles for tonight’s Neon Party at the mocktail bar and club.
Helping out at St Michael’s Church
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Fun of the Fling It! Fair By Andrew Burdett
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he first thing that greets you, on stepping in to the Fling It! zone, is the breadth of activity on offer. Scouts are on stilts, Guides are on go-karts, and even the leaders are getting involved.
Circus activities are being provided by i.CIRCUS, a team of adults from across the country, all of whom are active members of Scouting and Guiding. “We’re not here to show off,” says Doody, the group’s leader. “We’re here to teach.
Elsewhere at Fling It!, Guides from East Lothian enjoy the hula-hooping. Emma is wiggling with five hoops simultaneously, with more being thrown on all the time by her friends. Molly, 14, is less confident than her peers: “This is going to end badly”, she chuckles, as she attempts a modest two hoops. The Guides arrived at WINGS on Saturday afternoon, after a nine-hour coach journey. “We had to get up at 5am!”, cries 17-year-old Mairi, “But it was definitely worth it. WINGS is amazing!”.
Young people love our workshops because they can pick up a new skill and take it forwards.”
Behind Paul as he speaks, a youngster is spreading his weight over a teeterboard, which is little more than a wooden plank balanced on a small rubber ball. Suddenly, he loses his balance, the plank beneath him flies off, and he falls down to the floor. “I’m fine!”, says 11-year-old Harry, of 101st Odiham Scout Group in Hampshire, as he picks himself up and tries again. Asked what he thinks of this Fling It! activity, his new friend, 1st Trentside Scout Alex, 12, said: “Standing see-saw is brilliant fun, but hard to stay on.”
Paul, whose nickname is QM, adds: “Yesterday, we had a 10-year-old who suffers from tics, but while he was juggling the diablo he was completely relaxed. It was wonderful to see.” Pointing to the corners of his mouth, QM notes: “He had a big, beaming smile from here to here.”
They’ve made friends with their campsite neighbours, a Norway Scout group, who’ve shared a game of football with the Guides. Katie explains: “They speak amazingly good English, but we’ve learnt some Norwegian phrases too. It’s incredible to be at a truly international camp.”
finish-line in spectacular fashion. Arms stretched in the air, he’s through to the next round of their informal Grand Prix. His delight is plain to see. The 11-year-old says that Fling It! is “easily my favourite” zone of WINGS2014 so far. “I love the number of different activities that there are to do here.” Already he’s eyeing up the trampolines and the bouncy slide, and looks as if he can’t wait to try them out – but, naturally, only once he’s had a chance to claim his go-kart glory.
At the back of the zone, a go karting track is on offer. Scouts from 8th Rushden were quick to head to the unpowered vehicles, and assemble on the start-line to begin a race. Harvey takes an early lead, grinning as he overtakes his fellow troop members. Quickly they fall far behind, and Harvey crosses the
Daily Brew managed to grab ten minutes with Catering Manager, Phil, in 1000 Hungry Mouths Thebetween preparing the meals to feed the 1000 hungry staff on site. By Vicki Moore Phil described his 31 volunteers, who range from 20 to 70-year-olds and include volunteers from France, Ireland and Belgium, as his “Dream Team”. Katie Workman returned the compliment described working with Phil and the Catering Team as: “Always a pleasure, never a chore!”
The team get up at 4:45am each morning to start cracking and scrambling the eggs and working through until midnight, clearing up after dinner and making packed lunches for the following day, it is non-stop action in order to be able to provide the 42,000 meals needed for the WINGS2014 week.
Rachel and Katie from the Try It! activity zone wanted to express their thanks for the delicious meals so far stating, “After a long day on activities, it is great to have hot, tasty meals that are different every day. They are definitely tastier than the meals we normally have on camp.” Alongside Staff Catering, the 23 strong team from Food Distribution are working tirelessly with Bob, Food Distribution Manager, to supply 6000 participants and leaders with meals throughout the week. Scampering around us, the team and sub camp staff were busy with picking lists, filling boxes full of food, much of which is delivered to the site daily.
Fun Facts from Staff Catering! 42,000 meals cooked 21,000 eggs 9,000 litres of milk 34,000 sausages
Random Acts of Kindness
19th Cardiff Scouts have been making new friends by Fresh News Daily asking passers by to sign their gateway with their finger print and picture. There is nothing worse than a dribbly spout.
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They were also busy making yummy welsh cakes for an international dinner with their Russian, Austrian, American and English subcamp neighbours.
600kg of chips 4,500 loaves of bread 100,000 cups of coffee
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High Five Harry
This is Harry Moore, 4, who is at WINGS with his brother and friends running the Soak It! zone. Harry visited Poacher for a day in 2013 but this is his first residential international camp. Pop along to the Soak It! zone and high five Harry!
Cracking the Code Participants were treated to a beach party on Sunday evening in the club tent.
Photograph by Edward Jackson
The Technology sub camp isn’t just looking to the future – it’s looking back, as the team are reviving a version of the Enigma code cracking machine. With the aid of a generic crisp tube, you can make your very own code cracking device, to solve messages that the sub camp team are going to share on their noticeboard, and on WINGS radio throughout the week!
Inspired for Change? By Melissa Vagg
We asked the question: how would you change Scouting and Guiding for the better? The initial response from the Firefly Rangers was: “We wouldn’t change a thing!” But with both Associations trying to keep up with ever changing times and modern technology, how can Scouting and Guiding ensure that young people and adults remain enthusiastic? “More camps like WINGS2014!” cry both 1st Carisbrooke Guides and Heron Rangers. “We get to have fun, meet new people and try new activities that we can’t do in a hall.” Jackie, a leader from 1st Thatcham agrees, “WINGS helps kids to change and grow…Scouting and Guiding gives young people opportunities they would never experience in school.” Kieran and William from 1st Sonning Explorers ask for more days out and chances to join up with other Scout groups for activities and competitions. Everyone we spoke to loved this idea and several groups also want to make more global links. Currently, many units struggle to form foreign friends outside of Jamborees and international camps. Lots have asked for HQ to create a pairing system between overseas units. Some of you suggested creating an international social media group just for Guides and Scouts, similar to Facebook where Scouts and Guides of all ages could communicate to form friends and learn all about cultures and traditions across the world.
Callum and Detty from Exploration sub camp are all for this: “We would definitely use it and tell all our friends too! We have just made friends with our Swedish partner group who we met through home hospitality, its great!” Maybe this would encourage more young people into Scouting and Guiding too. With nearly every teenager having access to websites like Facebook or Twitter, Caroline and David from Banstead District Explorers think that it could be clear to see how fun Scouts and Guides really can be for both kids and adults, people often don’t appreciate the benefits and skills you learn. Sean and Jess, also from Banstead, think they have the ideal solution to cater for everyone: “Make joining free, then fundraise as a group to pay for membership and costs. We have fun together and can show the community how cool we are!” Heron Rangers think that taster sessions to get more people involved would help too. Finally, everyone we spoke to would like more leaders! Jackie thinks that having buddies for kids who need extra support would take some pressure off other leaders. Julie from 2nd Newbury Scouts said: “I want grumpy leaders to discover their childish sense of humour again too.” Isabel from 1st Ventnor Guides said; “We are so lucky to have our talented and enthusiastic leader Julie!”
David from Banstead District Explorers proves to Jess, Tom, James and James that leaders can have fun too.
Tea with... the Challenge Team
By Christopher Smith
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he WINGS2014 Challenge team are hard to miss adorned in very fetching luminous pink attire and sporting friendly grins. Henry, AnnaClaire, Sophie, Hannah, Kerryn, Clare, Sharon and Ian joined us for a cup of Earl Grey and a biscuit or two. They explained that the Windsor award for 10-13 year olds, the Herald award for those aged 14-17, and the Sovereign award for adults, together make up the Berkshire Challenge which has been created especially for WINGS2014. Ian said: “We want people to have fun, do something different, and see how many challenges they can do. Don’t stop once you’ve got the Award – keep going and see if you can do them all!” Sharon added: “There’s a big emphasis on international friendships too, and
for the first time, we’re running an award for adults and staff. We think they’re important and wanted to recognise that.” The Challenge Team are organising WINGS on Wednesday. ‘WOW’ is an opportunity for the Brownies and Cubs of Berkshire to experience a whole week of WINGS in just one day. Kerryn said: “There will be 720 Cubs and Brownies on site, and with their leaders, it will add a total of around 1000 extra people on site. The Brownies and Cubs visiting WINGS2014 will be the first people on the list for the next WINGS so we want to give them their own forever memories to take away.”
Book Your Group Photo Now
Our team of professional photographers can be booked, for free, to photograph your group here at WINGS2014. Whether you want a big unit photo or a small friendship group shot, come and see us in The Squircle to book your photo now. Book early to avoid disapointment. Printed photographs are £3.00 each, keyrings are £1.50.
We couldn’t let the team get away with visiting us here at The Daily Brew without asking what their favourite biscuit is. For Harry, it has to be a Custard Cream, for Ian though it’s Bourbons. The team had a little work to do educating AnnaClaire about the delicacies of British biscuits but by the time we finished, she had devoured half the packet of Bourbons so clearly the enthusing worked. Sharon pithced for a West Country favourite, the Dorset Knob. If you see the Challenge Team, say hello and see if you can challenge them. Whether you want to challenge them to a race, an arm wrestle, or something a little more obscure – the challenge team are probably up for it!
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Tea With... Wales By Vicki Moore
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fter a plea for Welsh visitors to speak to the Media Team, we were overwhelmed with the response and welcomed three different Welsh groups to give us the lowdown on Scouting in Wales and their journeys to WINGS2014. Although Welsh is spoken widely in Wales, Cai explained to us that he is fluent in Welsh because he goes to a Welsh school where all of Cai’s lessons are in Welsh. Wales is a small country but is home to many diverse communities and landscapes. Ioan and Rowena, from Gilwern Scouts in South Wales, live near the mountains. Their programme often features mountain walks with map and compass skills. Brianne, a leader, and Polly, an Explorer from Cardiff, spend more time playing wide games at the park. Ar ôl ple i ymwelwyr o Gymru i siarad â'r Tîm Cyfryngau, roeddem yn llethu gan yr ymateb a chroesawodd tri gr p Cymraeg gwahanol i roi'r chael holl fanylion ar Sgowtiaid yng Nghymru a'u teithiau i ni WINGS2014. Er bod y Gymraeg yn cael ei siarad yn eang yng Nghymru, esboniodd Cai i ni ei fod yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg oherwydd ei fod yn mynd i ysgol Gymraeg lle mae pob o wersi Cai yn Gymraeg. Mae Cymru yn wlad fach ond yn gartref i lawer o gymunedau a thirweddau amrywiol. Ioan a Rowena, o Sgowtiaid Gilwern yn Ne Cymru, yn byw ger y mynyddoedd. Mae eu rhaglen yn aml yn cynnwys teithiau cerdded mynydd gyda sgiliau map a chwmpawd. Brianne, yn arweinydd, a Polly, archwiliwr o ardaloedd trefol Caerdydd, yn treulio mwy o amser yn chwarae gemau eang yn y parc. Cai, Lewis a Sam, y Sgowtiaid o 1 Newton Llanilltud, yn wirioneddol frwdfrydig am waith bathodyn. Medden nhw:
Cai, Lewis and Sam, Scouts from 1st Newton Llantwit, are really enthusiastic about badge work. They said: “It’s amazing how Stuart our leader always manages to make badge work really fun. Recently we’ve been doing first aid which was great because Stuart is a nurse and he knows all about it. We have also really enjoyed our community work where we are clearing some land for a soldier memorial.” Everyone agreed they are looking forward to trying new activities and making new friends at WINGS2014. Brianne and Polly said: “We love the diverse programme of activities and events at WINGS2014. We feel we are already growing as individuals by learning together with people from all around the world without boundaries. WINGS2014 has given us an international experience which is fantastic preparation for the next World Scout Jamboree.”
Cai, Sam and Lewis are particularly looking forward to Splash It! and anything involving getting wet. They made friends with Scouts from Norway and Belgium and hope that these friendships may last to the next WINGS.
Monday's challenge Get 10 people’s signatures from 10 different countries on your postcard in your WINGS2014 goody bag.
Bourbons have been on offer at The Daily Brew today but Cai, Sam, Lewis’s favourite biscuits are Oreos, Chocolate Digestives and Custard Creams. Nancy, Katie and Jenn completed Sunday’s challenge
Nancy, Katie and Jenn from 11th Europe 2014 Independent, Canada had their postcard signed by people from Scotland, Norway, England, New Zealand, USA, Austria, France, Northern Ireland, Canada and Wales.
Daft Dave's Ducks
"Mae'n anhygoel pa mor Stuart ein harweinydd bob amser yn llwyddo i wneud gwaith bathodyn llawer o hwyl. Yn ddiweddar rydym wedi bod yn gwneud cymorth cyntaf a oedd yn wych oherwydd Stuart yn nyrs ac mae'n gwybod popeth am ei. Rydym hefyd wedi mwynhau'r diwrnod yn fawr ein gwaith cymunedol lle rydym yn clirio rhywfaint o dir ar gyfer cofeb milwr. " Cytunodd pawb y maent yn edrych ymlaen at rhoi cynnig ar weithgareddau newydd a gwneud ffrindiau newydd yn WINGS2014. Dywedodd Brianne a Polly: "Rydym wrth ein bodd y rhaglen amrywiol o weithgareddau a digwyddiadau yn WINGS2014. Rydym yn teimlo ein bod eisoes yn tyfu fel unigolion trwy ddysgu ynghyd â phobl o bob cwr o'r byd heb ffiniau. WINGS wedi rhoi profiad rhyngwladol sydd yn baratoad gwych ar gyfer y Sgowtiaid Jamborî Byd nesaf i ni. " Cai, Sam a Lewis yn edrych ymlaen yn arbennig i Splash It! ac unrhyw beth sy'n cynnwys mynd yn wlyb. Maent yn gwneud ffrindiau gyda Sgowtiaid o Norwy a Gwlad Belg, a
Director's Challenge
Dave from Free Spirit Explorer Unit has gone duck mad for the World Scout Jamboree in Japan! Help him fundraise by visiting him in the Space sub camp and buying a duck woggle for £2.
gobeithio y gall cyfeillgarwch hyn bara i'r ADENYDD nesaf. Bourbons wedi bod ar gael yn The Daily Brew heddiw, ond Cai, Sam, hoff bisgedi Lewis yn Oreos, Digestives Siocled a Hufen Custard.
Try Your Hand at Parkour By Lucy Stapleton
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arkour, sometimes referred to as freerunning, is a sport becoming increasingly popular across the UK.
The sport, which is the art of movement, encourages selfimprovement on all levels. The training develops a person’s ability to not let anything stand in their way and helps to channel their ability and energies to overcome all obstacles both on the course and in their lives. Modern Parkour has been developing since the early nineties with the growth of the internet and online video ability. However, the history of Parkour reaches back to the 1850’s when it was developed by George Herbert as a training exercise for French military education and training. Brad, from Team Kinetix, said, “I really enjoy Parkour and
encouraging young people to get some movement in their lives. There is such a temptation for teenagers to stay at home - whether parents, or they themselves, are afraid to go out, or whether they are tempted by television and modern technology. I love running this activity for Scout and Guide groups as they are all so keen to be involved and have a go; their attitude to life is spot on.” The greatest advantage of Parkour is that no equipment is required and the sport can be practised in most areas, particularly urban areas. If you would like to try your hand at Parkour you will find it on the Try It! zone along with an array of other activities such as: high ropes, B.A.S.I.C caving, inflatable caving, climbing, abseiling and pole jousting.
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The Brewers
Written and produced by Claire Holland, Vicki Moore, Melissa Vagg, Bianca Cole, Christopher Smith, Lucy Stapleton, Andrew Burdett, Joseph Parry, Richard Shepherd, David Brookes, Kriss Brookes, Caroline Bird, Matt Buchanan, Graham Smith, Ed Jackson, Matthew Woolley, Stuart Wells and Graham Sprought. Thank you to Brianne and Polly for translating ‘Tea With Wales’ into Welsh. Thank you to Mick Stocks for proof reading. Thank you to the loo roll distribution team for delivering our paper (hopefully to the subcamps, not the loos) and Josh Railton and Dalek Mulvana for entertaining us with daft memes and installing the internet into our tent. Congratulations to The Daily Brew Newspaper team who were highly successful at the Staff Quiz on Sunday night and won. Nearly. Page 4