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Daniel West a Cub Scout with 1st Fordingbridge Scout Group
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you of the passing of Daniel West aged 9 – Cub Scout with 1st Fordingbridge Scout Group. Daniel lost his battle with cancer on Friday 20th November 2015. He passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Daniel was a Beaver, and Cub Scout with the Group and is well remembered
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for his energy for life and enthusiasm for Scouting. His beaming smile warmed us all. On 18th April 2015, Daniel was awarded the Scout Medal for Meritorious Conduct, for the brave and inspiring way that he had coped with his illness. This medal was presented by James Ketchell, Ash Wilson and Adam Jollans. It was a memorable day
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that filled Daniel with pride. Our thoughts are with Daniel’s parents – Kayte and Mark, and brother David, at this very difficult time.
Adam Jollans County Commissioner Hampshire Scouts
Contents
Welcome to the Winter edition of Hampshire Scout News 2015/16 4
The Alchemy Of Growth
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Humanitarian Citizen Award
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1st Whitchurch Expedition Challenge
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On Target
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Golden Anniversary
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What Is Pro-Badge
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Campfires Burning
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Gone Home
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Our Four Museum
About Us
Hampshire Scouts provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for over 17,500 young people aged 6-25, promoting the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being of the individual, helping them achieve their full potential. In Scouting, we believe that young people develop most when they are ‘learning by doing,’ when they are given responsibility, work in teams, take acceptable risks and think for themselves.
Get Involved
To join the adventure of Scouting whether as an Adult or Young person then contact us at: www.scouts.org.uk/join e: county.office@scouts-hants.org.uk or t: 023 8084 7847
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Do you have a story or success that you’d like to share? Help us to highlight and celebrate your achievements in growth, exclusivity, youth shaped and community – email us your team’s successes along with any photos to: county.office@Scouts-hants.org.uk, please keep emails less than 30mb, if they are bigger we can share our Dropbox link with you, please get in touch.
Photography Acknowledgements
Where we can, we strive to acknowledge the owner or source of pictures used in this publication. We use them under the terms ‘for Scouting use only’. If you would like pictures acknowledged, please let us know the owners name when submitting. Thank you.
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How do we achieve sustainable growth for Hampshire Scouting ? One way to look at this question is to learn from the ideas of the business world – how does a company achieve sustainable growth? This was studied some years ago by three researchers at McKinsey, the business consultancy, and published in their book “The Alchemy of Growth”. The essence of their ideas is that a growing organisation needs to keep building a pipeline of new growth engines, and that there are three horizons to growth. Horizon 1 consists of businesses that are at the heart of the organisation and provide most of the profit. Horizon 2 includes the new fast-moving entrepreneurial businesses which are the emerging stars. And Horizon 3 contains the seeds of future businesses – the experiments for the future. Only by managing and supporting all three horizons concurrently can an organisation build sustainable growth. Let’s translate this into Scouting terms. Horizon 1 consists of our existing Scout Groups, Sections and Units. They are critical to our short-term success. We need to provide them with the support to enable them to continue to succeed, help them to retain their youth members and adult volunteers, and generate our future leaders. An adventurous programme and great leaders are key here.
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Horizon 2 includes the new Sections and Scout Groups we are opening around Hampshire where there are long waiting lists, new housing developments, or no current Scouting presence. They need a lot of initial support to help them get up and running, and many of the volunteer leaders will be new to Scouting, but these projects are driving our current growth. Horizon 3 contains our new Scouting initiatives – establishing Scouting where it’s least expected, from inner cities to hospitals but where a values-based adventurous youth provision can provide real benefits. Here we need new ways of thinking and volunteers with different skills, who are prepared to experiment and push the limits. The key for us as Scouting managers – Commissioners, GSLs, and Executives – is to manage all three horizons concurrently. Ignore Horizon 1 and Scouting will collapse. Ignore Horizon 2 and Scouting will fade away. And ignore Horizon 3 and Scouting will lose its opportunity to be relevant. Each horizon needs different skills from its volunteer leaders, and different resources. Our challenge is to ensure we are focusing on and supporting all three horizons – in Groups, Districts, and County. As we move into 2016 and refresh our County Strategy for the future, we’ll be using these three horizons to help shape our future. Adam County Commissioner Hampshire Scouting
Humanitarian Citizen Award Will Grange, who was an Explorer Scout from Petersfield has won the fundraising category of the Humanitarian Citizen Award at a prestigious ceremony held at Westminster Palace today. He was an amazing Scout and when he was 13 camped out 365 nights raising nearly £7,000 for the Scout HQ roof appeal, even staying in the hotel grounds when on holiday! He also cycled the South Downs Way to raise £300 for Bliss, a charity for premature babies, as he was born at 28 weeks himself. Then to top it all, he did the South Downs way twice over 6 days to raise £650 for Lymphoma and
Leukaemia Cancer as his Grandma was diagnosed. He still plans to try and ride the whole distance in one day to raise yet more money. 1, The camping outside for 12 months raised £6,600 for the scout hut, I started in March when I was 13 (I think) and slept in the tent in hotel grounds on a family holiday and things... 2, Cycling the south downs way one way over 3 days was about £300 for bliss which is a charity for premature babies because I was born at 28 weeks and some of my family joined for a day each and that was in the summer in 2013
and then... 3, Cycling it both ways over 6 days raised £650 last summer for lymphoma and Leukaemia Cancer as my grandma was diagnosed and ellie and family and a friend joined me for a day each. Will is planning to cycle the whole South downs way in one day this summer for further fundraising I believe... you can ask him. He is an amazing scout. He is self motivating and initiating these challenges. Will has completed bronze dofe and last weekend completed the silver exped.
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1st Whitchurch Expedition C
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Challenge
We weren’t sure if we were adventurous or crazy planning our expedition challenge in a wet half term after the clocks had gone back?…..either way it was great fun. Scouts from both troops set off at the start of the Test Way on Walbury hill the highest point in south east England, with great views over Hampshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire. It was a long day and we ended up pitching tents in the dusk and cooking under a tarp to keep the rain at bay. Thanks to a local landowner we had a great greenfield campsite close to a village shop and public WC. Morgan (age 11) tells the rest of the story…. On the 27th October 12 scouts set out on a hike from Combe Gibbet to Whitchurch. This was my first trip with scouts so I was very excited. I was in a group with Archie, William, Toby, Jacob, Jack and Me. We had to carry a backpack with all our day stuff and snacks. It was very heavy. On the way we had various stops for rest and snacks. After the first days 12-mile walk, we stopped at St Mary Bourne to set up camp. We pitched our tent and then went to the local store to buy our food for tea and breakfast. After that we came back and cooked our food on trangias. Our group had pasta with a cheese and sausage sauce. For pudding, we had some chocolate! When everybody had finished their, tea we went on a spooky walk. When we got back, we got into bed and went to sleep. In the morning, we got up and cooked breakfast. We had bacon sandwich and a croissant. Then we put down the tents and set off. We then walked a further 4 miles to the scout hut where we were picked up by our parents. Overall I really liked the trip and I am looking forward to another trip like this. We are now looking for more places to camp further down the Test Way, and it’s quite possible that a few of our scouts will complete the long distance path over the next couple of challenges.
John Bentley ASL 1st Whitchurch Wyvern & Phoenix Scouts www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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On Friday 13th November 1st Aldershot Scout troop spent the evening at Aldershot’s Buddhist Community Centre UK in the centre of Aldershot. The Buddhist Community Centre UK is run by a team of volunteers with an aim to provide a peaceful place for meditation and a community of support for the practice of Buddhism with an emphasis on the teachings of Lord Buddha. Ten Scouts and four leaders from the group visited the Centre in the early evening and were greeted by several members of the Buddhist Community to show them the facility and to experience a teaching from a Buddhist priest. Their lesson focused on the importance of being kind and the influences of karma but they were also given the opportunity to ask any questions about the practices and ways of Buddhism. At the end of the session the Scouts and leaders were each presented with a Khata Buddhist scarf and individually given a blessing by the priest who took the session. It was a very interesting evening and some of the Scouts mentioned they felt enlightened after listening to the presentation. The Buddhist Community Centre UK is part of the Nyingmapa tradition of Mahayana Buddhism and open to all members of the public regardless of their faith in Buddhism or in any other religion (www.bccuk.co.uk). If you would like to know more about 1st Aldershot Scouts please contact: firstaldershotscouts@gmail.com (1st Aldershot Scouts can also both be found on Twitter @1stAldershot or at www.1staldershot.co.uk).
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On Target Tim Joined the troop when he was 10 ½ and loved camping and from an early age had an interest in air rifle shooting with taster sessions at Ferny Crofts. He and other Scouts joined in at the County Shooting Competition it was at one of these events it was noticed because of Tim’s disability’s he had difficulty in loading the more conventional rifle. With the support of Hampshire Scout Rifle Club and Hampshire County Scout Council we got a grant for a rifle more suited to his needs. Baughurst Scout Troop has its own air rifles and regularly shoot. Tim progressed through the County Shooting competitions and The Scout National air rifle and pistol competition held at the National Shooting Centre at Bisley where he achieved very good results. Tim progressed through the national teams now he shoots all over the world. It’s thanks to Tim’s determination and the support in his early years from Hampshire Scouts, Tim is now off to the 2016 Olympics at Rio.
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To help celebrate the Golden Anniversary of 1st Warsash, Portland Scout Troop laid on a meal and entertainment for past and present members of the Group as well as representatives from Fareham West District, Hampshire County and National Scouting. Guest of honour was Wayne Bulpitt, who as well as being the UK Chief Commissioner is also an old-Warsash’er. We were also pleased to host Adam Jollans, Hampshire’s CC and our own DC and ADC (Scouts) – Brigid Ryan and Anton Strzelec. The Scouts decided to prepare a meal for parents of the troop, but we sort of got carried away, until the culmination on Monday 7th December saw what we hoped was a great night’s entertainment enjoyed by all. As one of our Scouts is participating in the Fareham West Explorer visit to Mexico next year to help out in a local street children’s charity and to help forge links to troops in Mexico City, it was decided that we would make it a Mexican themed evening. The Scouts spent troop nights leading up to the event practising and preparing the menu. They also made the decorations and finally the dressing of our HQ to support the evening. Members of the Aztec Quest Leadership team were
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present to highlight what is intended to be accomplished during the summer 2016 trip and to help add some more Mexican ambience there was even a local ukulele band to add the Mariachi music! Also to raise awareness for Young Epilepsy, Ashley Wilson was present to talk about his work and adventure on his attempt to row the Indian Ocean this year. For the evening, the Scouts cooked the starters to order, and then served the main course and dessert to the invited guests. During this time, as many guests were able to catch-up on old times and friends, a themed quiz was available for each table to compete in. Although fairly run, the table with Wayne, Adam, Brigid, Louise (1st WSSG GSL) and our past and current Group Chairmen, John and Tony managed to answer the most questions on Mexico correctly. During the evening the scouts helped run the tombola in aid of the Aztec Quest fund-raising goal and finally the Scouts (& Wayne) were able to let off some energy by attacking the Christmas Piñata. The evening was brought to a fitting end by Wayne as he kindly presented Chief Scout Gold awards to our Scouts who have recently qualified all their Challenge Badges and to Leaders who have achieved Long Service Awards.
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What is Pro-Badge? Pro-Badge is a Training Scheme for Cubs and Scouts run at Lyons Copse. We have just finished our second weekend of this season. We have just run the Navigator Stage 2 badge for the Cub Scouts the activities included walks, 4 figure grid references, making their own maps and learning all about map symbols. The Scouts took part in the Pioneer badge which saw the patrols creating both large and small pioneering projects over the weekend. This involved building a bridge over the pond (only one fell in) and an indoor project. We also ran as an experiment the Explorer
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pioneer badge - following on from this we are looking to run this next season in parallel with the Scout pioneer badge. On our next weekend in January we are running the environmental conservation badge for both the Cub Scouts and the Scouts. The Cubs and Scouts will be learning about recycling and sorting, reducing waste and how to reuse everyday items in order to achieve this. Both Scouts and cubs will work together to investigate energy, how we use it and how we can reduce our energy consumption. The Cubs will also look at habitats
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and how we can improve them. Scouts will look at how we can generate more sustainable energy. The cubs will create some light switch surrounds and posters about climate change. The Scouts will be focussing on one point impacting on climate change and writing to the government to elicit a response they can then work with next year. Last year we wrote about street lighting and our current scouts this year will work with the reply letter we received back from Parliament while looking at energy use and consumption. The Scouts also need to complete a project as defined in their
joining instructions; this will be assessed for the Oswald Owl award. We are also running the first weekend of the Scout expedition challenge. This is a new badge for us open to all Scouts over 12 years of age. The first weekend is a training weekend when the Scouts will learn the navigation and other skills needed for the second weekend in March. This course takes two weekends to complete with the second taking place in March away from
Lyons Copse. In February we are running our popular Cub Pioneer badge along with the Navigator Stage 3 badge course for both Cubs and Scouts which expands on the knowledge gained in Stage 2 with an emphasis on map work and a hike
on the Saturday afternoon where the young people have the opportunity to get the leaders lost. If your Cubs or Scouts wish to apply for a place on a course or for further details please visit our website: www.pro-badge.org.uk
We rely on volunteers to help on all our courses if you are interested in helping please contact me: Scissors / Clive Clark, Camp Leader Pro-Badge Scout Training Scheme Scissors@Pro-Badge.org.uk
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Campfires Burning!
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It was a wild and woolly night for just about anything, but at the fine Sandleheath Scout H.Q. (just outside Fordingbridge), Gordon had built a quite impressive bonfire finished off with traditional pallets. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts gathered in the wet and blustery weather and it was definitely a welly, scarf and cap night. There was a crackle and a roar as we gathered round the blaze confounding the dark. We couldn’t really settle on the big setting logs for long as when the gusts of wind moved round they sent a shower of glowing sparks that would have been the envy of a serious fireworks show; and we all moved. As the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts bravely sang we were grateful for the iconic (battery powered) lanterns. At half time, we started the Campfire Story, the tale of “The Christmas Scout” who on Christmas Day took all his gifts down to a poor section of town and knocking on doors offered his own presents to those who had none. When the serious downpour started, we wisely decamped into the Hall and clustered around an electric campfire (with logs and light) peered at the remains of the soggy song sheets. Singing was hearty and carols were mingled with “Rudolph” and “Jingle Bells” with several sets of bells to set the pace. We closed with prayers from Father Mike, our District Chaplain and then there was hot cocoa with marshmallows floating, mince pies and biscuits. All in all, a memorable start to Advent.
Chas Cochand G.S.L. 1st Forres Sandle Manor
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GONE HOME Bridget Caunce was an Assistant Cub Scout Leader at the 1st Lyndhurst New Forest North Scout Group and sadly passed away peacefully on Saturday 21st November 2015 after a short illness. Bridget had been a Member of the Scout Association for over 30 Years, during which time she had for many years been the Cub Scout Leader of the Pack and led them with enormous enthusiasm and Scouting
Skill, leading them in all manner of exciting adventures and camps and taking part in all the Group and District activities that were going. Bridget stood down as Leader in 2005, knowing that new ideas and fresh faces were always welcome, she however continued in her unwavering support of the Pack and the Group. Bridget gained her Wood Badge in 1996 as Cub Scout Leader and received her
Long Service Award in 2013. Bridget was also well known for where she lived, Long Acre Farm, many a District Camping Competition, Group/Section Camp or Activity Day took place at the Farm and you could always be sure of a happy and smiling welcome. Bridget will be sadly missed for her Scouting enthusiasm, knowledge and smile by all who knew her in the Scouting world.
Kerie Wallace District Commissioner, New Forest North District Scouts It is also with sadness that we have to report that Tim Warren, Rotherfield Districts ADC Cubs and former GSL of Medstead Scout Group has also passed away. Once again our thoughts and prayers go to his family and we hope that we will be able to advise of the funeral arrangements shortly. Mark Hughes District Commissioner, Rotherfield We are saddened to hear that Hazel Preston the District Secretary for Itchen North has recently passed away. Thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Asa Moore District Commissioner, Itchen North
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It is with great sadness that we have heard that Jill Walden has lost her fight with Motor Neurone Disease and passed away at the end of last week. Jill has been Beaver Leader with 21st Romsey (Nursling and Rownhams) since 1992 and before that with 15th Romsey (North Baddesley). A testament to the quality of the programme and the continuous hard work Jill has put into the running of the Beavers is seen in the numbers of young people who have enjoyed and benefitted from her leadership. Numbers
have always remained healthy and peaked to such high numbers that a second colony starting at 21st Romsey earlier this year. Jill did not just run an active programme each week, but also involved the Beavers with community events and fundraising for the group. Jill enthused the Beavers to join in with these events such as the community May Day and senior citizens Christmas party each year, in addition to tidying up the grounds around the local lakes and in the local church yard each year. In addition to this, each
year near Christmas Jill arranged for the Beavers to sing Christmas Carols at a senior citizens nursing home in the local community…and were always asked to come back. All the Beavers that have been part of Jill’s colonies over the years have loved her and she was awarded the Scout Associations “Award for Merit” last year for her exceptional service to Scouting. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and Kerrie and the team at 21st Romsey at this very sad time.
John Papworth District Commissioner Romsey
It is with sadness that we hear Maureen Calver passed away on 31st Oct Saturday evening at Bournemouth Hospital. Many of you will remember her for her service as Badge Secretary to Basingstoke West and more recently in New Forest North since her move to Verwood a few years ago. Our thoughts are with Brian and the boys and when details of the funeral are known, they will be circulated. Richard Spearing Assistant County Commissioner Scout Active Support
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DofE & QSA Leader Conference - Sunday 7 Feb 2016, Ferny Crofts Following our survey, we are putting on a DofE/QSA Leader conference on Sunday 7th February at Ferny Crofts. Topics will include: DofE Updates & News, Use of mobiles, GPS & Trackers, Expedition Training Ideas, Increasing completions, QSA mentor training, Supporting the Skills, Physical and Volunteering Sections, Expedition Aims and 60th Anniversary ideas. The cost is £5 including lunch and resources. Sign up at www.tiny.cc/ dofetraining2016. You can also attend in conjunction with the DofE training - see below. Opportunities Open Gold 2016 The County DofE team are running another Open Expedition in 2016. 28 Mar - 01 Apr - Training & Practice Expedition, Brecon Beacons 15 - 20 Jul - Qualifying Expedition, location TBC Cost will be between £200 and £240 depending on the locations of the final. To register an interest go to www.tiny.cc/opengold2016/. DofE & QSA Leader Training & Conference - 5 to 7 Feb 2016, Ferny Crofts We are again running a DofE training weekend which will include training on running the award, supervisor and assessor training. We are also looking at running a DofE conference for leaders on the Sunday - more details to follow. To find out more and express an interest www.tiny.cc/dofetraining2016. General DofE Updates Updates to age criteria This is the new wording for the minimum ages to start awards from 01/01/16. Provision of the DofE sits with the Explorer Scout and Network Sections. This means that only members of these sections may participate. If a young person transitions to Explorer Scouts before their 15th birthday they can still register and start their Bronze Award. The minimum age for the Silver award is being removed. The Gold award will still have a starting age of 16 and no activities can count before this date. Changes to training requirements for Scout Associatin volunteering This is the new wording for the training requirments from 01/01/16. There is a requirement for everyone to undertake training appropriate to their role. This will depend on their age and includes a minimum of either Module A of the Young Leaders’ Scheme or the Getting Started modules of the Adult Training Scheme.to be achieved by the participant. In addition to this, young people are encouraged to complete training appropriate to their role. Updated Resources There is a new DofE Leader guide downloadable here: https://members.scouts.org.uk/dofeleader
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The National Museum of the Royal Navy encompasses the 4 museums based around Portsmouth harbour including the National Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower and Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport and Royal Marines Museum in Eastney. Special badge workshops for scouting and guide groups now available at the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Access parts of the museum not normally accessible to the public to discover for yourself amazing stories and hidden mysteries! Badge workshops currently available: Local history & Naval Heritage: Delve into how Portsmouth became home to the Royal Navy and how the dockyard and the Royal Navy has changed over the past 100 years in our hands on workshop. As part of the session you will go on a exploration of the dockyard looking at key buildings which played a pivotal role, then piece together the evidence of how the Navy and dockyard has changed and then go behind the scenes and have access to our attics and Georgian storehouses which were built from wood that was captured from enemy sailing ships. You’ll also have the opportunity to take rubbings of some of the marks and graffiti that the sailors and dockyard workers left behind! Photography: Explore how and why photography became an important job in the Royal Navy in our hands on workshop using real objects and documents. Groups will explore how photography went from
being a sailors hobby and documenting places visited to using photography collect and gather top secret information, spy on other countries Navies above and beneath the waves and much more. Young people will also have the chance to take photos within and around the museum galleries and behind the scenes of objects not normally on display. Ideal for groups wishing to complete their photography badges Sessions tailored to your badge work: We can tailor sessions to meet your badge work requirements as there are lots of connections with our stories and collections of quirky and unusual objects not normally on display to the public There are numerous possibilities to link to the following badges for different ages: Beavers: Communicator activity, explore activity and experiment activity badges Cubs: Communicator activity, scientist and experiment activity badges Scouts: Communicator activity, local knowledge, photographer Costs: Badge workshop visits and prices ÂŁ50 for a minimum group of 35 people (young people and leaders) including a 1 hour workshop and free entry to the National Museum of the Royal Navy For more detail please contact: tel: 02392727595 e: daniel.ball@nmrn.org.uk
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Don’t Throw It Away, Let Us Have It! The Hampshire Scout Heritage collection has now been brought together since we have recently acquired space on the 2nd floor of Dukes Keep in Southampton. The Project, Active Support Team are busy developing and researching on how to progress with our project which aims to provide for our young members and Leaders to access and explore our history, artefacts and memorabilia items held in this collection. Donate to our collection. We are anxious to collect any items from the past. Stored away in your Headquarters, garage or attic may be items which could help us tell the story of Scouting in Hampshire to future generations. Whether it’s a Special Badge – Photographs – Old Uniforms – Old Trophies – any details relating to your Scout Group or perhaps memories of Special Events or Ex Leaders. If you think you may have something that could be included in our collection then please contact us and give us some details. Contact us e: ron@hampshirescoutheritage.co.uk | t: 023 8055 9724 www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/about-us/heritage
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County Badge Secretary
Don’t forget to register for your Queen’s Scout Award at:
Don’t forget you can reach Ann Hall County Badge Secretary at:
www.scouts.org.uk/qsa
e: les_ann@live.co.uk t: 01252 515767
If you need help, please email: qsa@scouts-hants.org.uk
INVITE CHIP TO YOUR EVENT Chip is available for hire to Beaver colonies and for appearances at District events being attended by Beaver Scouts. Chip is self funded, so it is a case of use him or lose him. So lets see him getting out and about around the County. Please contact Chris Scott for availability and booking at: chris39scott@hotmail.co.uk
COST OF HIRE JUST £10 PER EVENT www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Limited Edition
Badge youth.council@scouts-hants.org.uk
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Badge sales are funding a large Hampshire Scouts Zebra, going on display next year. Everyone who purchases one will also go into a prize draw to win a family ticket to Marwell, or one of 15 pairs of children’s tickets! Get in touch to get yours, before it’s too late!