HSN February 2011 by Hampshire Scouts

Hampshire Scouts the adventure goes on . . .

February 2011

HSN www.scouts-hants.org.uk

BIG BEAVER STARTS 2011 TOUR OF HAMPSHIRE HSN1

CONTENTS

Nights Away

What’s happening with the promised campsite booklet

Beavers News

Beavers News and 25 year celebrations around Hampshire

Cubs

News from Portsmouth’s and New Forest South.

Scouts

County Scout diary for the next year. Loads of Stuff happening.

Explorers

Reports from some of the Jamboree teams.

Network

The demise of Inter-net and we find out all about SSAGO

Active Support

The first SASH meeting and the County Quiz

Diary

Kaira Konko Twenty-one years ago, Hampshire Scout Expeditions ran an expedition for Venture Scouts to The Gambia in West Africa, where they spent six weeks building classrooms at Soma and Jiroff schools. This January, I listened to Explorer Scouts from New Forest North and Itchen South who had just returned from another successful expedition to Soma and the Kaira Konko Scout Lodge. They talked of the friendship of the Gambian people and their fellow Scouts on the expedition, they talked about the building of a new Crew room to provide permanent accommodation for the Lodge staff, and they talked of how the experience had changed them as individuals. A lot has happened between the first adventure and the latest expedition, and it is worth retelling here because it is a quite exceptional story of what is possible through Scouting and the friendship between the peoples of two very different lands. Following the first expedition, HSX sponsored three Gambian Scouts to visit the UK to participate in the first Hampshire Venture camp. During their visit, they spent part of the time in home hospitality with the Christmas family, and as they were about to leave, Marion Christmas asked them what they would like to have in The Gambia. “A Scout Centre like Ferny Crofts”, was their reply. And so the Kaira Konko project began, led by Marion Christmas who was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to the people of The Gambia.

Marion Christmas with some Gambian Girl Scouts

The definitive guide to all that’s happening in the County.

Activities

News about adventurous activities in Hampshire.

Adult Training

Vital stuff like where to book training now.

Recent Adult Awards 34 Some deserving awards from last year. 2

WELCOME

After much fundraising by Marion and the 2nd Bentley Scout Group, land was purchased in Soma and the Kaira Konko Scout Lodge was built by Gambian Scouts. “Kaira Konko” is the translation into a local Gambian language of “Hill of Peace”, or “Pax Hill” as Baden-Powell’s home in Bentley was called.

Happy New Year and welcome to the February edition of HSN. Another year of hard work at the Scouting “Coalface” is upon us. If only we didn’t enjoy it so much we would have something to moan about.

The project has been supported by the Kaira Konko Scout Fellowship (now the Kaira Konko Scout Active Support Unit), whose President is Dame Mary Fagan, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. This then led to the next development.

Within these pages you will find a wealth of news and useful information about Scouting in Hampshire. It is though, by no means perfect, and if we are not doing something or doing it badly please let us know so we can do something about it.

Dame Mary became personally involved and helped to establish ongoing links between The Gambia and Hampshire schools, the University of Winchester, and many other organisations in Hampshire. She has visited The Gambia and Kaira Konko on a number of occasions, was Patron of the Hampshire Millennium Project to raise funds for Soma School, and has now launched the Hampshire Diamond Jubilee Gambia Project 2012 in partnership with the University of Winchester to raise additional funds.

As promised in the last issue I am finally getting to grips with the Campsites booklet I have long been promising. You can see the first fruits of my labour on the next few pages.

ABOUT US

Through the years there have been many further Scout expeditions to Kaira Konko, from Bentley, Stanley’s Own in the New Forest, and further afield.

Hampshire Scouts provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for over 16,000 young people aged 6-25, promoting the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being of the individual, helping them achieve their full potential.

And so we come full circle, with one of the leaders on the recent Gambian expedition having been a Venture Scout on the original 1989 expedition.

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.

What is especially remarkable about this story is that it is about long-term partnership and development between Hampshire and The Gambia which benefits both partners. To hear the Explorer Scouts talk about their time at Kaira Konko is to realise how much young people can both gain and contribute through international community development expeditions.

JOIN US

“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it”, said Baden-Powell. At Kaira Konko, his home’s namesake in The Gambia, this has become a reality, and I wish the project every success for the future.

To join the adventure of Scouting whether as a Adult or Young person fill in the form at: www.scouts.org.uk/join or email: county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk or phone us on: 02380 847847

Adam Jollans County Commissioner Hampshire Scouting

NIGHTS AWAY IN HAMPSHIRE? By Tim Palmer

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This worthy booklet was produced about 10 years ago and has not been seriously updated since, due to the County Office being so busy. I am now finally making an attempt to create a new version of it, using a similar format to the old one. Every Group Contact should have received an email asking them to complete a form detailing the Venues fo facilities available in their HQ. r C amps, Pat Sleepovers, Pack H Those who can’t host nights County Ca rol Camps, Troop, olidays, Cub mps. They D away, or would rather not, were r’e all insidistrict and e............ asked to let me know so I can HSN1 ... gauge the response to my How the front request. cover to the new campsites and The request was followed up in the Nights away venues could look. e-news bulletin sent out two weeks ago. let me know or pass the form on to the warden or Group contact. I have now received a good number of form back from Groups all over the County. Thank you to all of you who have Your ideas are appreciated regarding anything obvious I have missed out, replied. I appreciate the time taken to the name of the booklet, the layout or complete the form and will endeavour to anything else you need to get off your complete my task as soon as possible. chest. Contact me at county.office@ scouts-hants.org.uk Almost all of those who have replied and said that they can’t host sleepovers If you have a good photo please send it have said what a fantastic idea it is but if not we do have stock photos of all and can they have a copy please which the HQs in Hampshire. Frank Wright our is heartening news as it suggests the County Support manager has spent the exercise is worthwhile. last 2 years putting together a record of them all and in most cases visiting them I am going to try to include, where and taking a series of pics. possible, venues just beyond our borders because for many Groups on the edges You have until the end of February of the County they may be nearer than to get the forms to me and I look a suitable campsite in Hampshire. If you forward to receiving them all. have any suggestions for this please 4

Some examples of how the pages will look. The more info we have about the area and the facilities on offer the better.

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OUR BEAVER FLAG By Helen Renouf

Beavers are 25 years old this year and we wanted something memorable to celebrate it so I asked one of our parents if she could help us make a Beaver flag. I never imagined we would have something so fantastic! Anne encouraged all the Beavers to draw pictures of themselves, and then with 24 Beaver bubbles and 3 Leader bubbles – created us the amazing Beaver Flag in the world. I would never have thought that a simple “can you help us make a flag” would have resulted in such a wonderful flag for our colony? Thank you Anne and everyone else who was involved.

PORTSMOUTH BEAVERS By Barbara Miles

The City of Portsmouth Scouts have come to the end of their Centenary Year. There have been numerous activities in which the Beavers have participated, including a Birthday Party with over 200 Beavers Cubs and Scouts. The Young People enjoyed an enormous Birthday Cake and participated in a giant pass-the-parcel. 85 Beavers went to Longleat and had a fantastic day. It was a long day for them. The Coaches left at 8.30a.m.and the Beavers arrived back at 6.00p.m. I think the Leaders were just as exhausted as the Beavers. ‘Beavering’ in Portsmouth is going from strength to strength, with new Colonies opening up. Finding Leaders is always a problem, but so far we have managed. With Winter coming very quickly, our activities are now slowing down. Leaders tend to hold their own Christmas parties and the Beavers enjoy Christmas activities at School. We start again with our City Beaver Domino Competition at the beginning of February. This sounds boring, but the Beavers play so many games between the games of dominoes that they do not have time to get bored. 6

EXCITING POR CHANGES

- Minimum standards for Colonies now include offering Beavers the opportunity to go on a residential experience each year.

Last Friday, the 2011 updates to POR were published. You can read all about them here - http://newsletter.scouts.org. uk/t/48343/8842394/1810498/0/

- Beavers can now travel abroad, but must be accompanied by a parent or nominated adult beyond the event leadership team

The main changes are around the rules for Beaver nights away

WELL DONE TO

- Beavers can now go camping, as well as stay indoors overnight.

Fareham East District Beaver Team on a great skills day, roast dinner and campfire packed with Beaver Leaders of all ages. Adam had a great tim emeeting everyone.

- The 24-hour rule on Beaver residential experiences has been relaxed to be a maximum of one night, two days away.

SILVER FUN DAY By Sue Brinkman

66 New Forest West Beaver spent an afternoon doing a variety of activities inside and outdoors. Amongst the bases they made musical instruments, cooked dampers, did a nature walk, made some wonderful â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;junk models,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; all in silver of course, to celebrate their 25 year anniversary. They all had lots of fun and went home exhausted!

Beaver Dates for 2011 - Our 25th Birthday These dates are subject to change so please keep your eyes open as I finalise the calendar in the new year. Teresa Ginn - ACC Beavers - beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk March April May May September October November

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PORTSMOUTH CUBS By Kevin Lee - ADC Cubs

general knowledge challenges to score points. February brought the six-aside football competition with the 62nd Portsmouth going on to represent the City at the County competition.

“Give the rest of the county an idea what Cubs in Portsmouth have been up to recently” is what I have been asked to write, so hopefully what follows will do just that and give you an insight into what Cubs get up to in our little corner of Hampshire. I say little, but I believe we are one of the largest districts in Hampshire, with 23 Packs giving over 350 young people of Cub Scout age.

April was a fairly quite month aside from the St. George’s Day parade which was held at St. Mary’s Church in Fratton. The annual Activity Hike was held in May, with teams of Cubs completing bases such as lawn darts, a giant jigsaw puzzle and getting a teddy bear across a ford, along a 6km route from Bishops Waltham to Lyons Copse campsite.

In Portsmouth we pride ourselves in running lots of activities for our young people, so let us go back to the start of 2010 and take a quick look at a year in the life of Cub Scouting in Portsmouth. January began with the Mastermind competition and teams of Cubs answering the traditional questions on Scouting, General Knowledge and Science and Nature. This year we plan to “upgrade” this to a “Super Cubs” competition with teams completing physical, mental and

June brought the excitement of the County day out “Living it Large at Longleat”, where the City of Portsmouth sent some 180 Cubs, parents, siblings and leaders – not to mention a pile of Beavers as well. Despite a broken down coach before they’d even managed to 8

leave (with an ever-so-slightly stressed ADC already at Longleat) everyone had a fantastic day enjoying the huge range of activities on offer and there were lots of happy and sleepy Cubs on the coaches on the way home.

Similar presentations were also held in the Spring and Summer terms. Yesterday – Saturday 15th January - we had 48 Cubs take part in our Chess and Draughts competition. The standard was particularly high this year and I am ashamed to admit that I lost most of the games I played…. Cubs from the 28th and 72nd Packs will go on to represent Portsmouth at the County event later in the term.

2010 was the 100th anniversary of Scouting in Portsmouth, and the Cub section was well represented at the enormous Birthday Party we held at Springfield School on the 11th July. The day kicked off with a gigantic pass the parcel, with something like 20 parcels each with 20 layers diligently wrapped by a small team of crazy leaders. There was then activities for all to enjoy ranging from archery and shooting to bouncy castles, face painting, biscuit icing (I never want to see another rich tea biscuit again…) and Lego. We were even honoured with a visit from our very own ACC for Cubs; Vanessa. Then it was time to go home and everyone left with a goody bag and a slice of one of the giant cakes.

Hopefully you don’t feel too exhausted after reading about that lot and maybe you’ve even read about something you’d like to try with your own Cubs. I should just like to point out that I am but a small part of a vast team of leaders and adult supporters – including the Scout Active Support Unit – who deserve a mention for all the hard work they put into organising these amazing events. Best wishes to all in Hampshire from “our little corner”. Its 2011 so here we go again…!

CHRISTMAS PARADE WINNERS

September brought the Scrapheap Challenge craft competition, October our very popular Conker Knockout Competition and the Cross Country race along Hilsea Lines.

By: Sandra Paice

1st Milton Cubs and Beavers were overall winners in New Mitons Christmas Lantern Parade in which 30 Cubs and Beavers took part.

The Cub, Scout and Explorer swimming gala was held at the Mountbatten Centre in November, with a huge turn out from all sections and well over 70 races swum in just under two and half hours. December saw the Cubs back at St. Mary’s in Fratton for the Christingle service and a Chief Scout’s Award Presentation evening where many Cubs were awarded with their Silver Awards.

They made their own costumes and lanterns as part of their badge work and created a new version of the 12 days of Christmas. The Cubs and Beavers kept their spirits up as they paraded their costumes with other contestants down the high street in a rainy downpour.

Cub Dates for 2011

Vanessa Slawson - ACC Cubs - cubs@scouts-hants.org.uk March April April More to come so

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County Chess competition Beaver and Cub Leaders Workshop County Six a side finals eyes peeled in HSN and County Website

Unfortunately the rain turned some costumes to mush by the end. Well done Cubs and Beavers.

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MP A C T H G I OVERN RENCE E F F I D A WITH

SEA SCOUT LEADERS CONFERENCE We are holding a South East Region Sea Scout Leaders conference on March 12th at the Warspite-Ajax centre at Thames Ditton, Surrey. The day is open to all leaders, instructors and other members of the Scout Association with an interest in water activities. The day will include: • Keynote addresses covering potential changes to the water activities badges. • Information about developments in rowing/pulling. • A chance to network with other leaders and instructors with a range of experience and specialities. • Workshops including a talk on Sea Scout history as well as a chance to get afloat. •The chance to see and try equipment including: Rigiflex and Funyak hard rescue boats, Trinity 500 and Thames Skerry pulling boats • Sculling over the stern session. How to do it and teaching tips. We will be providing a light lunch and there should be a fairly endless supply of tea and coffee. We are asking for £10 to cover the costs of running the event and hope to have some materials for you to take away. If you wish to attend you need to pre booked. Please email Richard Hunt on scouts@warspite.org.uk or use the online form at: https://spreadsheets. google.com/viewform?formkey=dElpUUg

xYlNBQTBFRXU ycHlXVlZSTlE6 MQ to register your interest. We will circulate a more detailed program in mid January.

3RD FAIRTRADE COOKING COMP 2011 We have received entries from 7 teams so far and have 7 spaces left. As this year will be at the start of FT fortnight all shops should be stocking up ahead of this event with Xtra FT items. Traidcraft for example (see website) sells more than 450 different products sourced from more than 100 producer groups in almost 30 developing countries. Remember the challenge is to find as many FT products as possible from looking around local shops and asking shop keepers which FT products they stock and why? Hope you will all consider taking up the FT challenge and for those who take part and write out their recipes, this will ultimately enable you to gain your Global Challenge award. Please contact me if you have any queries of concerning facilities please contact Ian Collins Rayner Mayer - Global adviser.

Scout Dates for 2011

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Scout Winter Camp Expedition Challenge badge weekend by foot or bike CSA Gold presentation evening Ferny Crofts open day County Camp. Ideal for small groups and new leaders Survival camp

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CONNECT 4 By Adam Jollans

Well done to the Connect 4 Jamboree Unit (joint between Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Dorset) on their training weekend, dinner and entertainment. I had a great time and enjoyed Marc Preston and Flic Wright’s presentation to Connect 4 about their Jamboree experience.

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XPLORE THE LAKES Are you an Explorer who loves adventure and expeditions? If so why not try HSX out. Hampshire Scout Expeditions has been organising a trip to the Lakes for years as an opportunity for Explorers to see if they would like to join us. The cost has not been finalised but will come in at under £100 for 4 days including all travel and food. Accommodation could be inside or out and you will need good boots and Hillwalking clothing. Activities to include Hillwalking, Climbing and Waterfall abseiling! Numbers are limited so get your booking in quick. Contact us via www.hsx.org.uk 12

STRAWBERRY JAMS There’s a definite “food” theme going on with Hampshire Strawberry Jams WSJ Unit events. Our November event, a fund-raising lunch for some Ugandan Scouts who aim to cycle through 10 countries to get to the Jamboree was a huge success welcoming 75 parents, siblings, Mike Parkes, UK Contingent Leader for the World Scout Jamboree. The beef was tender, vegetables steaming hot and Yorkshire puds yummy. We followed it with Apple pie and our new Signature dish “HSJ – Strawberry Flans”. Not a morsel was left! The idea of “Pay what you think it’s worth” with personalised and decorated envelopes really worked as we raised an amazing £834.13 to help towards additional unit clothing. Mike Parkes emailed a thank you ...“I really enjoyed my visit (and lunch) and you have a great bunch of youngsters”. Comments from parents included things like “It was a lovely day with a great vibe” and “We really enjoyed the lunch”. As it was hard work, we decided for our next Unit event to be to sit down and enjoy the food ourselves, so we held a formal Dinner at Base 2000 in Basingstoke and we are very grateful to them for the loan of their facilities.

During the canapes we welcomed Adam and Mark Tarry, Deputy Commissioner of England to chat to our unit. The menu was quite posh with... • Trio of pate • Roast beef & all the trimmings • Christmas pudding flambe or Chocolate Gateaux We held a mini quiz with several rounds during our meal and in the last round all the answers were Germany. Guess the Units Home Hospitality (Ho Ho) destination. Several Network came to cook and serve the meal, for which we were very grateful. A friend of one of leaders put on a Disco after the meal so there was lots of dancing and singing to round off a fun, relaxed evening.

PUPILS RAISE FUNDS FOR THIRD WORLD JAMBOREE SCOUTS Seven pupils at Perins School (Arlesford) who have been selected to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden next summer made presentations during assemblies to raise awareness of The Scout Association’s Solidarity Project. This culminated in a ‘Dress Down Day’ which raised over £900. The charity is offering the chance to 60 Scouts from Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea and Armenia to attend the Jamboree along with the UK contingents. These youngsters could not otherwise afford to attend this prestigious event and meet with the other 40,000 Scouts from all over the world, the aim of which is to promote world peace, understanding and an appreciation of nature and our environment. Headteacher, Mrs Bernard, who presented the cheque from the school to the boys was delighted. “Everyone in the school made a contribution to help these young people so that they might have a truly life changing experience.” 13

MONOPOLY RUN By: Matt Collins

Have you ever played live monopoly?? Well nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your chance. In teams you can travel round London visiting all the places on the monopoly board, but on this run its slightly different. For the last 3+ years we have been running a version of monopoly for our district but this year we have decided to go bigger and better. We have purposely made this run slightly different from other typeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of runs that people have run in the past, and its has been well attended every year so far. On the run you will be put into teams or if you would like you can enter a team(4 to 6). You task for the day is to go round London visiting all of the places on the board. When you visit a place you have to phone in to the monopoly control and they will take some details ie team name, place etc. You will then find out where you can buy the property that you are at, or if another team got there before you then you will have to pay rent.

have a chance to pick a chance or community chest card which may or may not help you. You also have the chance to earn more money as you go round by answering some of the quiz questions that we set you. The winner is the team that has the most amount of money at the end of the day The run is happening on 5th March 2011, and starts at 9:00am and finishes at 5:00pm. If you would like to go on this event you will have to sign up on our district activities website: www.pirate.rotherfieldistrict.co.uk You need to go to booking forms, fill in all of the details on the form. When you have submited your details we will send out a PC form. You will need to fill this in and send it back. This event is open to Scouts (12+), Explorers, Network, Leaders & Parents. It is an enormously fun day that requires tactics, determination and stamina. The final results will be published on the day. I hope you will be able to join us.

Every time you phone in you will also

Explorer Dates for 2011

Paul Shutt - ACC Explorers - explorers@scouts-hants.org.uk For booking forms for these events go to: www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk/programme.html Month April April May May July July August September September September December

Dates 22nd 22nd 13th 20th 1st 29th 7th 8th 9th 30th 2nd

Event New!.....Xplore the lakes with HSX County Explorer camp (cancelled) Young leader first aid training Bush craft weekend Trek Cart Depart for Denmark 2011 Arrive from Denmark 2011 Denmark 2011 presentation evening Explorer leaders camp Young leader training weekend Young leader training weekend 14

Venue Lake District Lyons Copse Cricket Camp Cricket Camp TBC Denmark Denmark Lyons copse Cricket Camp North Hants

At the start of the year, a meeting was organised to give us the opportunity to meet leaders from units in and around By Eleanor Rendells Southampton SSAGO Southampton. At the Guide meeting, there were several people from all 4 When I volunteered to write a short article to explain a bit about Southampton sections who were keen for helpers either on a weekly/monthly basis or just SSAGO and what we get up to, I didn’t whatever time you could give. This is a think it was going to be very difficult really great chance to stay involved in but now I’ve started, I’m going to have Scouting or Guiding outside of SSAGO a hard time not to go on for pages with units who understand that, as about all of the awesome activities we students, you may not be able to commit participate in! The Student Scout And hours on end planning weekly meetings! Guide Organisation is open to anyone at University who would like to join in with One of the first major events of the Scout & Guide style activities. SSAGO year is Freshers’ Camp. This is definitely worth participating in and This year, Southampton SSAGO has 42 this year, 23 students took a road trip members, including 20 Freshers! We to Seaton in Devon on the weekend of have a good split between Guides and Bonfire Night. As well as spending Friday Scouts which is great because we get a night at the famous ‘Tar Barrels Carnival’ real mix of people with loads of different in Ottery St Mary’s, they hiked from personalities. We also get a much wider Seaton to Beer and enjoyed a campfire range of activities offered to us and it’s on the beach and a paddle in the (not-sogood to be in an environment with many warm) sea! different points of view which has led to numerous interesting discussions and Every term, SSAGOs from across the debates! UK host a Rally where everyone goes camping for a themed weekend; in We have a weekly meeting in a local pub where we all get together to catch-up and November, over 240 people (including 20 from Southampton) attended the Silly Hat organise any socials that are planned; Rally in London! On Saturday, everyone it’s a great way to get to know everyone participated in a wide game around else in the society and the atmosphere is London and in the afternoon there was a really relaxed and informal.

SSAGO NOT SAGO!

choice of 15 different activities, ranging from a BFI IMAX screening to a tour of the Dungeons or a stroll in the parks; the day was topped off with a barn dance and another campfire! Sunday morning featured no less than two hours of silly games before Flagdown and ‘goodbye’ for another term! This term, we are looking forward to Cardiff’s ‘Legends’ Rally in February where we hope it won’t get too cold under canvas! As well as these events, Southampton SSAGO organises a social most weeks; when you join the club you are asked to pay a small membership fee which entitles and insures you to participate for free, or much reduced rates, in some truly awesome and hilarious events. Last term’s socials included a ‘biscuit and

booze’ evening where we actually got to decorate the biscuits, rather than being the ‘responsible leaders’ in our units at home! We have also been climbing, on a reunion hike, had a film night and of course a Christmas Dinner, to name but a few of our weird and wonderful events! All of the events are in the evenings so there is as little disturbance to studies as possible. Everyone is more than welcome to come to any social but if you have 10 assignments due in the next day, you won’t have a committee member breathing down your neck. The socials can be suggested by any member but are usually the genius thoughts of the committee; this is comprised of 9 students who are elected by SSAGO members at the Annual

NETWORK ON TOUR 2011 network@scouts-hants.org.uk

Month

Date

What

Where

Who

February

25th to 27th

Fun in Beds

Bedfordshire

February

28th

Cooking Comp

Eastleigh

Real Paul

March

19th/20th

Activity Day

Pinsent campsite

Dave Pannell

March

26th to 28th

Youth Council

Sandy Acres

April

9th to 10th

Apex

Nottinghamshire

www.apexchallenge.co.uk

April

21st to 25th

Revolution

IOW

April

21st to 25th

Network Gathering

Lake district

April/May

29th to 2nd

Not Evo

Ferny Crofts

Sam and Fi

May

1st

Festival

Ferny Crofts

Sam and Fi

BBQ

QE Country Park

Clare Webb

May June

3rd to 5th

PubScout

Coventry

June

24th to 26th

MAD

Basildon, Essex

Essex

July

1st to 3rd

Trek Cart

Hants Explorers

Raft Race

Hants Explorers

July August

Monopoly

Kate Durbin

August

26th to 29th

DNA

Downe

August

26th to 29th

Beer Festival

Drift Inn/Ferny Crofts

Tall Paul

September

2nd to 4th

Theme Park Camp

Thorpe Park

Summit Network

September

2nd to 4th

Reunion

Gilwell

September

9th to 11th

Intense

Bristol

Avon Network

September

30th to 2nd

Youth Council

TBC

October

14th to 16th

Alton Towers camp

Alton Towers

Derby Network

October

21st to 23rd

Sedan Chair

Hertfordshire

October

Kudu

Andover

December

Xmas Ball

Andover Explorers Chris Scott

General Meeting in February. Anyone from any year can stand for committee if they are seconded by two other members. I can honestly say (without any bribing from committee members!) that SSAGO is one of the best (of the many) societies I have joined as a Fresher. It is great value-for-money, which is of course extremely important as a student, but far more importantly, it is pure and simple fun! The older members were so welcoming when we joined and it was so easy to get to know people and make friends. At the start of the term, it was great to be able to relax with like-minded people at the pub if I had time; by week 4, I made sure I had time to spend with one of the friendliest and most comical bunches of people I have yet to meet at Uni. I would strongly recommend that at whatever University you attend, you consider joining the SSAGO; if you have half of the fun I’ve had then you won’t regret it! Interested in joining SSAGO? Go to www. ssago.org.uk for details

WANT TO DO “THE AWARD”? For more information on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme in Hampshire check out the new Hampshire Scouts DofE pages at: www.hampshirescoutsdofe.org or contact Mike Baxter: DofE@scouts-hants.org.uk

SPEAK UP FOR SCOUTING Explorers - Hampshire has a number of Young Spokespeople in it’s ranks and the next training course is in March. If you fancy being the face of Scouting to the media contact George Lewis at george. lewis@scouts-hants.org.uk or 02380 847847 who will be happy to explain more.

The End.....

It is with regret and huge disappointment that we have been forced to cancel internet in its entirety. This action has not been taken lightly and all other avenues of making the event workable have been investigated fully by the event Core Team working closely with the County Team for Hampshire Scouts. Our registration numbers are very low and due to the lack of response from the section we can longer take the risk of carrying on, with the potential of making a great financial loss. The initial response to the event was fantastic, the team as a whole received a huge amount of support and positive feedback with regards to the Scout Network section needing an event of this sort in its program. However, talk is not enough to put an event on of any size. Without real, solid commitment from the audience no event can continue successfully. Quite an amount of research was carried out over the past few months and the over whelming outcome seems to be that this section struggle to commit so far in advance. If you have any feedback as to why you feel that so few people have registered, please let us know by e-mailing amanda. radford@inter-net.org.uk We hope to see you at future Scout Network events. All the best. The inter-net Team

The Group photo taken at the last Fellowship Service

the Fareham Fellowship camp.

FIRST SASH MEETING. The first meeting of the newly formed SASH was held at Copythornes HQ in January. The following districts sent repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s : Basingstoke West, Blackwater Valley, Brownsea island, Fareham, Itchen North, New Forest North, Rotherfield, Southampton City, Waterlooville, Winchester and they were joined by reps from the Trefoil( Guide equivalent of Active Support) and Kaira Konko , Adam Jollans CC, Richard Spearing (ACC Active Support) and the County Treasurer. County Quiz Details elsewhere in HSN Secretary. Volunteer still required to take notes at our meetings.

Presentation by Kaira Konka Active Support Unit. An excellent and interesting presentation on the work, achievements and future plans relating to their work in The Gambia was made by Kaira Konka and was very well received by all. The County Commissioner then addressed the meeting and congratulated everyone on their participation within the County. He then informed the meeting that BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old house at Pax Hill, Bentley was no longer a Care Home and was therefore available and suitable use for it was being considered. Next meeting JUNE 5TH Winchester Future meetings October 23rd, Chandlers Ford, (Notice the date has been moved to one week later than previously advertised.) This will be our first service as SASH. January 15th 2012 TBA. If you can offer assistance, please do.

Round The Districts

Hampshire Scout Heritage Badge Day. 17th April at Hedge End (13th Itchen North group HQ) and is open to all. Details are in the HSN. Next Heritage meeting will be at Winchester on 3rd March when alternative times and venues of these meetings will be discussed.

Southampton reported that they had taken part in the District Christingle and Carol services.

Fellowship Scrap Book Richard had received more information about Fellowship Camps and four more Region III badges had been obtained. Alan Seeley reported that he had a video of

Basingstoke West had two talks, a Skittles evening, their Christmas party and supported Beaver, Cub and District events including Hand Crafts, a Cooking competition and Carol Services.

Rotherfield had continued to provide support to units and the district in general.

Chandlers Ford had provided refreshments at the District CSA presentation and the Carol service, ran a base at the District Night Hike and supplied the Heritage stand at the District Conference. They are at present having a recruitment drive as their numbers have fallen recently. Fareham made the transmission to AS on 27th November with a dinner for members and invited guests including the Mayor. They have 38 members at present and served refreshments at the Beaver Carol service and are sponsoring the Jamboree participants. A St. David’s Day dinner is planned for the future.

weekends at the District Camp site, held a Skittles Evening and a Quiz to raise fund for the Jamboree Fund plus lots of tea and buns. Service Agreement is in place and updated at bi-monthly meetings. Odiham held their sparkling Aladdin pantomime which Adam thought was great (oh no it wasn’t...Oh Yes It Was !!)

New Forest North had organised the District Stag’s Head Trophy, judged the Cubs’ Scrap heap Challenge and assisted with the District Swimming Gala. Founder’s Day Dinner planned for 19th Feb. Winchester have held a number of working 19

Hillwalking and Mountain Skills weekend (GLSW +Surrey)

4th

10th

11th

18th

26th

5th

11th

19th

20th

25th

26th

2nd

9th

10th

15th

17th

February

Februry

February

March

April

Heritage Open day

Lake District Hillwalking Week

Probadge naturalist, camper, survival skills

County Cub 6-a-side football finals

County Conference

Beaver and Cub Leaders Workshop

Kayaking Permit and BCU Foundation Safety Training

Safeguarding workshop

Youth Council weekend

County Cub Chess Competition

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

SASH County Quiz

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

Probadge campsite service

Scout Winter Camp

Nights Away Advisors Workshop

Monopoly run £15 or £52 for weekend inc B+B+D

Beaver ADC and Leaders meeting (10am-12pm)

Fairtrade cooking competition- 3 course meal

Probadge Leader skills , map reader, Global

Explorer Survival camp

Safeguarding workshop

NSRA rifle Leader training

PL Training, £22 per Scout. Fun training camp

Event

Date

COUNTY DIARY

All

S+E

C+S

DC, DCh

CSL, BSL

Leaders

E+S

S+E+N+L

S+E

C+S+L

Leaders

16+

For

13th Hedge End HQ

Cumbria

Lyons Copse

Eastleigh

TBC

Stoke lake, Gosport

Hillsea Scout centre

Sandy Acres campsite

TBA

Mendips

Gosport

Mendips

Lyons Copse

Ferny Crofts

London

3rd Chandlers Ford

Cranborne College

Lyons Copse

TBA

Hook Scout HQ

Ferny Crofts

Lyons Copse

Bethseda, Wales

Venue

Richard Spearing

John Dohoo

Les Farrington

Ivan Sparkes

County Office

Teresa Ginn

John Penfold

David Stemp

Fi Durrant

Vanessa Slawson

Andrew Watson

Richard Spearing

Andrew Watson

Les Farrington

Dominic Howell

Russ Parke

Matt Collins

Teresa Ginn

Rayner Mayer

Les Farrington

Paul Shutt

David Stemp

John Dohoo

Dominic Howell

Ian Tombleson

Contact

2011

fellowship@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.dohoo.clara.net/active/Lakes11.doc

www.pro-badge.org.uk

longfello101@tiscali.co.uk

county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

John.penfold@scouts-hants.org.uk

safeguarding@scouts-hants.org.uk

fiona.durrant@hotmail.com

cubs@scouts-hants.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

fellowship@scouts-hants.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

www.pro-badge.org.uk

hants.scouts@gmail.net

manager@fernycrofts.org.uk

http://pirate.rotherfieldistrict.co.uk/

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

rayner@sciotech.demon.co.uk

www.pro-badge.org.uk

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

safeguarding@scouts-hants.org.uk

manager@fernycrofts.org.uk

hants.scouts@gmail.net

ian.tombleson@moorfields.nhs.uk

New! - Xplore the Lakes with HSX

22nd

26th

6th

13th

14th

15th

17th

20th

5th

18th

25th

26th

1st

8th

9th

23rd

27th

April

May

June

July

WSJ

Inter-net 2011 - cancelled - see article on Network pages

County Sailing Regatta

Gilwell 24. 24 hours of activites for Explorers

Trek Cart - more info and rules on Explorer website

NSRA rifle Leader training

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

Ferny Crofts open day

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

Gilwell Park Fundays. £13 Cubs/ Beavers, £4 Adults

Scout Active Support Hampshire (SASH) Meeting

Explorer Bushcraft Camp

Expedition Challenge badge weekend by foot or bike

CSA Gold presentation evening

Beavers 25th Birthday Celebration

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

Beavers 25th Birthday Celebration

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

Young Leader First Aid training

Hillwalking and Mountain Skills weekend (GLSW +Surrey)

National Scout Archery Competition

Safeguarding workshop

County Explorer Camp- cancelled

Event

22nd

Date

COUNTY DIARY For

S+E+N+L

All

S+E+N+L

B+C

S+E+N+L

16+

S+E+N+L

Leaders

Venue

Sweden

Newbury

Blashford Lakes

Gilwell Parl

Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Ferny Crofts

Mendips

Ferny Crofts

Mendips

Gilwell

Winchester

Cricket Camp

Ferny Crofts

Mendips

Cricket Camp

Bethseda, Wales

Phasels Wood

Copythorne HQ

cancelled

Great Tower, Lake District

Ian Porter

Neil O'Sullivan

David Chadwick

Gilwell

Paul Shutt

John Dohoo

Andrew Watson

Ferny Crofts

Andrew Watson

Gilwell

Richard Spearing

Paul Shutt

Dominic Howell

Teresa Ginn

Andrew Watson

Teresa Ginn

Andrew Watson

Paul Shutt

Ian Tombleson

Tim Beeching

David Stemp

Paul Shutt

Matt Perkins

Contact

2011

wsj@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.inter-net.org.uk

hscc@theroost.demon.co.uk

http://www.gilwell24.info/

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

manager@fernycrofts.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

manager@fernycrofts.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

http://fundays.scouts.org.uk/

fellowship@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

hants.scouts@gmail.net

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

explorers@scouts-hants.org.uk

ian.tombleson@moorfields.nhs.uk

info@hsac.org.uk

safeguarding@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

www.hsx.org.uk

20th

29th

12th

2nd

October

November

December

16th

October

30th

September

October

25th

September

15th

23rd

September

October

17th

September

15th

16th

September

October

16th

September

8th

10th

September

October

10th

September

7th

2nd

September

October

County Camp. A traditional summer camp

20th

August

HSX trip to Belize

YL Training Weekend (must have completed Module A)

Beavers Paultons park santa visit TBC

Caving day. For novice cavers. £90 for a group of 6

SASH Meeting

JOTA/ JOTI Jamborees on radio and internet

National scout Rifle Championships

Beaver Legoland trip

Youth Council weekend

YL Training Weekend (must have completed Module A)

Basingstoke canal Challenge

Leaders Skills/ i scout weekend TBC

County Pulling Regatta

Emlyn Camping competition

Survival camp

Beaver ADC and Leaders meeting

Explorer leaders workshop

Gilwell Reunion. Wood Badge holders get together

Event

Date

COUNTY DIARY

E+N

S+E+N+L

ALL

S+E+N+L

E+S

S+E+N+L

For

Belize

Cricket camp

Wellow

Mendips

Chandlers Ford

Bishops Waltham

Bisley

Windsor

Runways End

Cricket camp

Basingstoke

Ferny Crofts

Testwood Lakes

TBC

Lyons copse

Gilwell park

Venue

Charlotte Walsh

Paul Shutt

Teresa Gin

Andrew Watson

Richard Spearing

Andy Digby (GØJLX)

John Dohoo

Teresa Gin

Fi Durrant

Paul Shutt

John Penfold

County Office

David Chadwick

Les Farrington

Dominic Howell

Teresa Ginn

Paul Shutt

Gilwell

Dominic Howell

Contact

2011

www.hsx.org.uk

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

lemoncandy@btinternet.com

fellowship@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.radio-scouting.org.uk/

John.Dohoo@scouts-hants.org.uk

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

fiona.durrant@hotmail.com

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

John.penfold@scouts-hants.org.uk

county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk

hscc@theroost.demon.co.uk

www.pro-badge.org.uk/emlyn

hants.scouts@gmail.net

beavers@scouts-hants.org.uk

www.hampshireexplorers.org.uk

www.scouts.org.uk

hants.scouts@gmail.net

ACC Activities - Mark Langdown activities@scouts-hants.org.uk

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K L A T S LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ! T I T ABOU Nights Away Adviser Workshop Saturday 5 March 2011 10am to 4pm

An opportunity to get updates and support on the Nights Away Permit Scheme from Gilwell staff. Open to all District Nights Away Advisers and those Responsible Commissioners. Cost is ÂŁ10.00 per person, including refreshments (please bring a packed lunch). Hampshire Scouts Sky High Conservatory Ferny Crofts Scout Centre New Forest Hampshire call Mark Langdown for a booking form on 01252 513521 or email activities@scouts-hants.org.uk www.scouts-hants.org.uk

The Scout Association Registered Charity Number(s) 306101 (England and Wales)

Participant Booking Form

Nights Away Adviser Workshop

Ferny Crofts, Hampshire – 5 March 2011 Name

Address

Telephone

Daytime

Home

Mobile

Email Scout County

County NAA

Y/N

Scout District

District NAA

Y/N

Details of any assessor training undertaken

Any special requirements

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Y/N

Date

Completed booking forms should be sent to Nights Away Advisers Workshop, Hampshire Scouts, The County Office, Ferny Crofts, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7YQ including payment of £10.00 (cheques payable to HCSC) by 19 February 2011. Office Use Only Acknowledgement Sent

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3 STAR WHITEWATER TRAINING Lee Merrett, ASL, 9th Itchen South

In what seemed like the depths of winter Hampshire Scout Canoe Club took a trip down to Devon to paddle the river Exe. On the Saturday morning we practised our white-water skills on a couple of local weirs trying them out going forwards and backwards. We also practised some throw bag skills and had a general safety brief, different methods of launching, backwards paddling and emergency stopping and were forced into practising Eskimo rescues by one of the weirs. In the afternoon, we paddled upstream towards the highlight of the day, the big double weirs. Unfortunately on arriving at the brilliant, fantastic weir that we were going to have so much fun on, we discovered that there was a kayaking completion, on so we turned around and got off the water.

to watch some kayaking DVDs. After working out the heating controls, we all had a warmer nights sleep. Breakfast, packed, and away to the get in on the lower Dart. Here we got to practice some of the skills we had looked at the day before. We bobbed, braced, sweeped and paddled our way down stream, taking on the all of the might of the river Dart. We experienced little difficulty and had just one swimmer. At the end it was a quick change in the car park, where our kit had literary frozen as it was so cold! The Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club is currently recruiting for new members of any age, who hold BCU2*/Paddlepower Discover or above. Below are a few events you could be joining us on:

• 3* Rescue Skills Training – 13th February A spot of free time was then on the cards • River Usk Trip – 20th February where I accidently bought a new boat in • 3* Whitewater Kayak Assessment – 5th the canoe shop across from the scout hut. March • Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning – In the evening, rather than relaxing, John 12th March got us setting up chairs in the hall as See our website for an application form: kayak simulators, we weren’t convinced, www.hsccc.org.uk but it worked and we all learnt a bit more. We look forward to welcoming you as a Every holiday needs a trip to the cinema, member soon. we didn’t go, John bought us a little telly 26

3 IN A ROW This week Itchen South Canoe Centre celebrated their latest Canoe England award. Joan Veal was presented the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Paddlesport’ in 2010. This follows awards for the past two years to Steve Moore ‘Paddlepower Coach of the Year’ in 2009 and to Pat Tarry ‘Female Coach of the year’ 2008. These are national awards that recognise the very top people in the sport. They rank among the professional recipients that are coaching international and Olympic Teams. Itchen South Canoe Centre has been accredited for 15 years and achieved Canoe England ‘Club Mark’ 6 years ago. They have over 75 adult and junior members that include 16 coaches at levels ranging from 1 to 3. As well as many teaching sessions, expeditions and competitions, six younsters have undertaken D of E Silver training and expeditions with the club. The Club contacts are Steve Moore steve_canoeing@btinternet.com and Joan Veal joan.veal@isdsc.org.uk

UN G R I A Y T COUN N O I T I T E P COM 2011 Come along and experience using the same highly accurate pre-charged rifles and pneumatic pistols as are used at the National Scout Championships at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley. Classes for: 10 yrs and under 12 yrs 12 yrs and under 14yrs 14 yrs and under 18 yrs 18 yrs and over. The entry fee is £4.00 per person Medals will be awarded for Rifle, Pistol and Overall (combined Rifle and Pistol) Scores. Sunday 3rd April Hiltingbury Scout HQ Hiltingbury Road Chandlers Ford SO53 5NP Downloaded an Entry Form at: www.scouts-shoot.org.uk/hsrc All entries must arrive by 5th March but the event is very popular and may be closed early if full.

CRICKET CAMP AND PAULINE’S LODGE. We have been having some difficulty with our phone service. The number to use is 02380 405151 and leave your phone number and we will get back to you. This will normally be within 24hours as the calls are replayed each evening. You can also email Brian.Cooke@isdsc. org.uk As always we offer many facilities and activities. Indoor accommodation for 48 and traditional camping. Archery, Bushcraft, Caving, Climbing, Grass sledges, Rifles. High tech with computer technology and Amateur Radio in TRACS Canoeing, Sailing, Bath tubs or even a RIB ride at ISWAC School Groups and Corporate Team Building events accommodated

Bookings and Information on 02380 845092 Walls & Towers Activity Permit Training & Assessment Date: 16-17 April 2011 Venue: Ferny Crofts Cost: £65.00 per person Course Contact: David King - 023 8084 5092 GNAS (Archery Leader) Date: 14-15 May & 21-22 May 2011 (both weekends) Venue: Ferny Crofts Cost: £160 per person approx Course Contact: David King - 023 8084 5092 National Smallbore Rifle Association (Rifle Shooting Leader) Date: 1-3 July 2011 (one weekend only) Venue: Ferny Crofts Cost: £115 per person (residential) Course Contact: David King - 023 8084 5092 Please visit www. scouts-hants.org. uk to download the joining instructions & application form. You can find the links in the news area.

Bursledon, Southampton.

No previous experienced is required. If you have any general queries regarding the course, please contact David King on 023 8084 5092

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WANT TO TRY SOME NEW CANOES? Woodmill Canoe Shop is looking to encourage new users onto the water and we would like to invite any local Scouting groups down to the centre to try out our demo fleet. We have a wide range of kayaks ranging from 16ft sea boats to tiny play-boats all available to paddle. It would be a great opportunity for any groups looking for new activities for their members to enjoy. The day would be a brilliant experience for the scouts and completely free. I have attached a couple of relevant documents. Please could you forward this email on to any groups that you believe would be interested in attending Many thanks Ben Glenister Retail advisor Woodmill Canoe Shop 023 8091 5740

SCOUT SHOP REVAMP Congratulations from Adam to Odiham District on opening their new, revamped Scout Shop in Crondall - it looked very posh

LEADERS ‘HAVE A GO DAY 2’ Winchester District Activity Team are running an activity day for adults in Scouting on Sunday 20 March 2011 at Pinsent Scout Campsite. Activities include Crate Stacking, Archery and Shooting. The cost is a mere £5.00 per person. Closing date for bookings is the 5 March 2011

Y R E H C R A COUNTY N O I T I T E P COM 2011 Area eliminators will be held in the following areas. North Hampshire 5th June at Basingstoke Contact: Phil Smith philsmithxtreme@ntlworld.com South East Hampshire 11th June at Lyons Copse Contact: Nigel Vosper Nigelvosper@btinternet.com South West Hampshire 26th June at Colbury Scout HQ Contact: Cyril Allen - cyril.allen@ lineone.net Central Hampshire 3rd July at St George School, Soton Contact Tim Beeching - timfbb@ ntlworld.com Final to be held on 17th July at: St Georges School, Southampton For more details contact one of the above area advisors.

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INTRODUCING DIANA BRUSHWOOD URGENT ADULT TRAINING NEWS

By: Martin Rudd - County Training Manager As you may know Margaret Taylor retired from many years of hard work in the role of County Course Administrator on 31st December 2010. Clearly we need to move to a fully integrated ‘on line’ electronic system, where people can ‘book on’ learning opportunities themselves, and which will register course bookings, give venue and pre course details/requirements and also generate joining instructions and so on. We are talking to Berkshire as they now have such a system (although very new) they say will also be OK for Hampshire. In the meantime, the County Office will be taking this role on temporarily, and all applications whether by email or post, should be marked ‘Adult Training Bookings’, and will go through them. We will then as said before, be working to move it all to an electronic system, although we do acknowledge we may have to still have a ‘limited’ hard copy process running in tandem. Please bear with us, however if you have any questions, please contact me on either 07747 476 755 or leadertraining@ scouts-hants.org.uk Training Bookings made after the 1st March should be sent to: county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk or The County Office, ferny Crofts, Beaulieu Rd, Beaulieu, Hampshire. SO42 7YQ

By Martin Rudd

I am certain you will have seen my announcement just before Christmas, that we have appointed Diana Brushwood as our Local Training Manager (LTM) to look after and support colleagues appointed to a County role i.e. DC’s/Core Team members/ACC’s etc. You may well know of Diana from her previous roles in Hampshire Scouting (DC/DCC) and I know she is keen to get started on this new challenge. It is certainly Adam’s and my wish that current County Team members who still have training to complete or validated do so with Diana’s support. Clearly, Diana cannot start with everyone on the County Team, who have not completed the appropriate adult training for their current role, so we have initially selected ten colleagues - ‘ a starter for ten’ as they say!! Over the next few weeks Diana will be getting in touch with you to arrange to update or prepare a new Personal Learning Plan (PLP) for you. I do hope you will support her in her endeavours to work towards all County Team members having a Wood Badge/training appropriate to their role, or the appropriate modules undertaken/validated for their appointment.

WANTED: COUNTY COURSE ADMINISTRATOR (CCA) By: Martin Rudd

We are looking to appoint someone who can drive forward the move to an electronic system. Anyone interested should ideally be IT literate, both in terms of Microsoft Office applications (including Excel), and perhaps also be able to support the transfer from a long time ‘paper based’ 30

system to a fully online electronic booking and administrative system.

SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS COORDINATORS BY DISTRICT

Anyone interested should talk in the first instance to Martin Rudd, Director of Adult Training, Hampshire Scouts by email to ctm@scout-hants.org.uk

Want some safeguarding advice then contact your local coordinator who will be happy to help:

NEW ADULT APPLICATIONS FORMS In the past there was just the AA form. Now there is more than one form for notifying changes to the District Appointment secretary: Adult application (AA) form Occasional helper (OH) form Change of role (CR) form Repeat CRB check (RCRB) form Which form(s) should be used? For a person who is not already on the system or who are returning to Scouting after a break of service: Use the OH or AA form as appropriate. Use the OH form for a parent or other adult who will help less than once per month, or a Network member who has no other appointment. Use the AA form for all other appointments - Leaders, Commissioners, Trustees, Sectional Assistants, and so on. For a person who already has a record on the system and does not have a break in service: Use the RCRB and CR forms as relevant. Use the RCRB form to obtain a new CRB Disclosure. Use the CR form when a new role is being added (whether or not the old role is being retained). Finally, make sure you are using the newest forms which do not require a supplementary information sheet. These are labelled on the front: version 2 September 2010 and can be downloaded from www.scouts.org.uk

Katy Bass tel 01256 769403 Andover Basingstoke West Basingstoke East Silchester Bramshill Donna Kerrigan tel 01425 656895 New Forest East New Forest North New Forest South New Forest West Romsey Lynne Kay 01252515267 Blackwater Valley Odiham Petersfield Rotherfield Winchester David Stemp tel 023 92814577 Fareham East Fareham West Gosport Havant Portsmouth Waterlooville Aileen Wood tel 02380 405863 Chandlers Ford Eastleigh Itchen North Itchen South Meon Valley Southampton City

TRAINING HELP Want to know who your Local Training Manager is or what a TA does then look no further than the County Websites Training area. Downloads for next years training courses, booking instructions, PLPs and much more can be downloaded from: www.scouts-hants.org.uk/training 31

NEWS WANTED The next deadline is 20th February Send everything to:County.office@ scouts-hants.org.uk The County Office, Ferny Crofts, Beaulieu Rd, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7YQ Tel: 02380 847847

SAFEGUARDING WORKSHOPS Can we again remind all DC’s/GSL’s and Line Managers to note that these additional Safeguarding Awareness Workshops (H2) are ‘refreshers’ and are for existing leaders nearing their 5 year review, and certainly not for new leaders or leaders who have not been appointed yet through their District process. These leaders should initially access Safeguarding & Duty of Care learning through Module 1 of the ‘Getting Started’ modules. Saturday 26th March- b to b 0930 to 1200; 1300 to 1600 (Hilsea Scout Centre) Tuesday 26th April 1900 to 2230 (Copythorne Scout HQ) Romsey Rd A31

INTRODUCING DONNA KERRIGAN

What is your Scouting background? First supported cubs in Cyprus as a Ranger Guider and then as a helper in Salisbury before becoming a CSL in Salisbury. After getting married became CSL in Sandleheath, ADC Cubs and ADC Leader training in New Forest West. I was DC in NFW for 9 years (not consecutive!)Trainer and ACTM in Hampshire since the 1990s, UK appointments as Chair of the National Moderation Panel, then UK Adviser Adult Training until March 1st 2011. What are your non Scouting Roles? Mother of two, now adult boys. Husband also in Scouting in Hampshire. Professionally teacher for over 25 years, then Education Adviser for a Local Authority then the National Strategies. From April will be self employed as an education adviser. Little time for hobbies but I try to swim regularly and I enjoy reading, and walking with my husband. What is your favourite campsite and why? Harry’s Island in NFW. This is because I helped to create it when I was DC and it is a haven of peace in the middle of the forest. What would you like to achieve in your new role? I hope that my new team will be supported and able to develop and support all sections in the county. Not to forget the support for 1st Aid. Who would you like to be the next Chief Scout? Prince William – but I guess it won’t happen (Maybe Harry could do it) What is the worst thing about Scouting? Adults who forget why we are all in scouting and the importance of the young people and our fundamentals.

The new Director of Youth Program gets to face our rigorous questioning. What is the best thing about Donna has taken on the role of supporting Scouting? the Assistant County Commissioners for Young people. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers and Network Commissioner, Ray Noice. 32

What is your fondest memory of Scouting? Camping with Cub Scouts , especially those who were going away for the first time. Many memories of campfire experiences. How do you relax when you have spare time (this is a joke question) Swim, read and walk – really!! Where did you go for your last holiday? Austria - walking What is the best meal a Scout has cooked for you? Has to be sausages! Scout cooked sausages are unique. What % should we set as our target for growth of the movement each year? At least 5%, 10% would be good. What’s your dream vehicle (apart from a new minibus) One that could take me back in time to put right things I got wrong and to give me more time to develop things I got right!

DAVID AND MOLLIE HARDEN Gone Home July & September 2010 Mollie and David Harden died within months of each other last year and members of Hampshire Scouting and especially Chandlers Ford have lost two most dedicated leaders and friends. David started his Leadership career in Crawley West Sussex in 1961as an Assistant Scout leader and moved to Eastleigh district in 1965 as a Scout leader and thence as Venture cout leader until in 1973 he and Mollie established the 5th which met at Fryern School David ran the Group as Group Scout Leader and Mollie as Akela for many years and through the transition from Eastleigh District into the new Chandlers

Ford District in 1984. Mollie retired as Akela in 2000 and quickly took on a role in Scout Fellowship a role she held until she became unwell, although she kept a keen interest in Scouting within the District supporting and advising us in all we did. David meanwhile had resigned his role as Group Scout Leader and taken on the role of ADC (GP) and as Parade Marshal at St George’s Day was memorable for his organisation and skill at getting the best out of the young people whilst also keeping Leaders and DC’s under control ! As the years passed David became Deputy District Commissioner and held this role until 2000 when he became Fellowship Manager ‘ taking over from Mollie and also around this time he became Cranbury Park Campsite manager and spent many happy hours there caring for and improving the site. Who can forget David digging a huge trench on his own when we had a crisis with the electricity supply ! One very large part of David and Mollie’s Scouting life was the Eastleigh Gang Show and David appeared in many memorable shows with eventually his sons Alan and Tom and daughter May and daughter in law Lizzie joining him later in his Thespian career. Mollie too had a very big impact on Gang Show as she was Gang Show Akela for years and her skills at controlling back stage behaviour had to be seen to be believed. There are so many more memories that I and so many others in Scouting have of David and Mollie from all over the District and the County but what I will always remember was the fun laughter and sheer love of Scouting that they brought to all of us and the impact they had on so many young and not so young lives. We miss them but they have left, both in their Family and in their many friends a legacy of dedication and commitment which will always be remembered Carolyn Darbyshire - DC Chandlers Ford 33

RECENT AWARDS Congratulations to the following adults who have been presented with awards for their outstanding contributions to Scouting in Hampshire.

BAR TO THE AWARD OF MERIT

The Bar to the Award for Merit may be awarded after a period of not less than five years of further outstanding service after the Award of Merit has been presented.

John Pask Gavin Clark

Fellowship AGSL

Blackwater Valley Basingstoke West

David Pannell Peggy Clarke

DESA ABSL 3rd Winchester

Winchester Winchester

THE AWARD OF MERIT

This award is given for outstanding service of not less than 12 years and 10 years exceptionally. It implies keen, conscientious, imaginative and dedicated service over a sustained period.”

George Biddlecombe Jonathan Coppock Donna Tew Neil Storey Barry Ward Richard Lambert Stephen Bays Suzanne Hughes Francis O'Callaghan Paul Dique

ACSL 10th Farnborough GC 5th Farnborough Active support member ASL 1ST Horndean SL 7th Farnborough CSL 5th Farnborough Gp Exec Member 2nd cove BSL 1st Horndean DDC ASL CSL

Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Itchen South Waterlooville Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Waterlooville Winchester Winchester

THE CHIEF SCOUTS COMMENDATION FOR GOOD SERVICE

The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service is given in respect of not less than 5 years good service, which stands out. It should be regarded as the Chief Scout’s recognition of the very real contribution made to the Association by the individual concerned.

Kiernan Lane Michael Jacoby Peter May Robert Wardle Kelvin Goodson Liz Keys Susan Cooper Christine Cook Richard Tate Carol Dicks Dawn Ford Ian Stewart Douglas Field Andrew Blake Gwyn Griffiths

SL 14th Aldershot CSL 1st Cove Fellowship ASL 14th Aldershot ASL 1th ACC DSL SL 3rd Winchester DSL Active support member ACSL DESL CSL District Secretary Fellowship 34

Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley Winchester Winchester Basingstoke West Winchester Winchester Basingstoke West Basingstoke West Basingstoke West Basingstoke West Blackwater Valley Blackwater Valley

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