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Children in Need
1st Itchen South Scout Group
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Children in Need
1st Itchen South Scout Group
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Adam’s Bit
World War 1
Projects
JOTA /JOTI
October 2014
Boy-hero
A Belated Thank You!
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Toys for smiles
Bursledon Brickwork
Sleepover
just like the
olden days!
1st Hart Plain
PALS Battalion
GREEN
Blue Peter Badge
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Liphook’s Stirling
Explorers win the
top prize at the Scout
National Rifle and
Pistol Championships.
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Milestones & Memories
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Hampshire Scout
& QSA news
Howdy
welcome to the
December’s edition
of HSN.
U Got news For Us?
Do you have a story or success that you’d
like to share? Help us to highlight and
celebrate your achievements in growth,
inclusively, 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.
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.
Join Us
To join the adventure of Scouting whether as
an 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: 023 8084 7847
Photography Acknowledgements
Where we can, we strive to acknowledge
the owner or source of pictures used in this
publication. We accept that pictures on public
and social media sites are for sharing. 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.
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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The
Adventure
Begins...
Last month I was invited to go down to the opening of a new Scout Group, in the Oakridge area of
Basingstoke.
Overshadowed by a tower block, the area is now being regenerated with new housing and increased
open spaces.
Inside the Methodist Church Hall was the new Pack, with eight incredibly enthusiastic Cubs, new
leaders recruited from the parents, and a strong team from the District to help the Cub Pack get started.
Every Cub’s family was there to see them getting invested, plus the community support worker from
the Methodist Church underlining the great support they were providing as well for the new Scout
Group.
There used to be a Scout Group at Oakridge, and the stock of red and gold neckerchiefs had been kept
in reserve for this new dawn.
I had the chance to chat briefly with the new Cubs, and as I talked about what Scouting can offer
in terms of camping, firelighting, and expeditions, their eyes widened in anticipation of their future
adventures.
One of the new leaders talked about how he had been a Scout Leader at university some years ago, and
how pleased he was when his daughter came home from school keen to join the new Cub Pack.
It had taken a year or so to prepare for this moment, with lots of hard work by a collaboration between
the County Development Officer, the District, and the Methodist Church.
This is what #Scouting4All looks like.
Real, community-based Scouting, taking place on a rainy Friday evening, and offering fresh new
activities to young people.
And now the adventure begins for eight more young people and four adult volunteers…
Adam
County Commissioner
Hampshire Scouting
Hampshire Scout
Caving Club
www.hscc.randomstuff.org.uk
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December 2014
Programme Updates
More than 12,000 members told us what they would like to see in an updated
Programme. The results are in and with your help we have refreshed the
Programme to make sure that what we provide reflects the needs of today’s
young people and the communities in which they live.
Section leaders will have received a hard copy in the post and additional
copies can be downloaded from scouts.org.uk/programmeupdates. Most of
the detail on this page refers specifically to the 6-18 sections. Further detailed
information about changes to the Scout Network (18-25) will follow over the
next few months.
The full roll-out will commence from early 2015. The refreshed Programme
doesn’t mean that you will have to stop and change your current Programme
in January; there will be a long transition period through 2015.
Detailed badge requirements will be available in early 2015 once all resources
are set in place.
Brand refresh
To coincide with the launch of the revised Programme we have also refreshed
the five section brands. The revised brands are now more clearly part of a
single family and will make their grand entrance in January.
This work has been done in close consultation with young people and adults
in the Movement; further details are available in the Dec/Jan issue of Scouting
magazine. Guidelines and artwork will be available at scouts.org.uk/brand in
early 2015.
Hampshire Bushcraft & Survival
www.heat-sas.org.uk
The key to the logistics and event communication of many
highly successful Scouting occasions.
For more information: Spearhead@scouts-hants.org.uk
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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World War 1
Project undertaken by Groups
within the County
Thank you very much for the recent submissions for the Hampshire WW1 Badge and congratulations to all of
you for some excellent projects. Here are a few of those we have received in November.
Playing 1914 Children’s Games
Well Done to the 100th Elvetham Scout Group who proved that you don’t need to have 100 years of history as a
Scout Group to participate in the WW1 commemoration badge. The Group is only 6 years old and so could not
research their own history. Instead the Cubs chose to find out about and re-enact what children of their age
would have done in the war. They sent messages using semaphore, played typical games and visited the Royal
logistics Corps Museum. To complete the activity they made badges and sold them, just as children of the war
did, raising £66 which was donated to Cancer Research and then helped to sell poppies for the Royal British
Legion before attending the local Remembrance Sunday Parade.
Badges made by the Cubs to raise funds
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For the past 2 years, in the lead up to Remembrance Sunday, the 7th Itchen South Scouts have been researching
names on the local War memorial and their findings have now become an integral part of the annual Service.
This year they extended their activities and received a WW1 themed talk from the local history society, looked
at some medals and a death penny and discussed how these had been earned, learnt about Cornwell VC and
cooked a WW1 ‘trench meal’ amongst many other activities. They are now planning a trip to visit the Trenches
and war graves in France next year.
Pinnacle Explorer Unit (Portsmouth) spent an evening at the local museum where they learnt about what the
Portsmouth people did during the war and what women did as well as finding out about a Soldiers life in the
Trenches and the life of an airman.
The 1st Aldershot Scout Group and Pioneer Explorers held their annual Group camp with a WW1 theme where
they learnt about many aspects of life in the trenches including the basic rations the soldiers enjoyed (or not)
and casualty handling and treatment in a Field Hospital.
And finally, a very big BRAVO to Cadnam River Beaver Colony No 2. Their WW1 adventure started with a tea
party for veterans from WW2 and the Falklands War during which the Beavers asked questions and found out
about going to War, what the servicemen did and how long they were away. Then, after raising funds including
receiving a grant from the Radio Solent Community Chest, the Colony along with parents and invited guests
including other members of the Group and the Rainbows and Brownies enjoyed a visit to the new WW1 galleries
at the Imperial War Museum before walking by HMS BELFAST, crossing Tower Bridge and viewing the sea of
poppies display at the Tower of London. One Beaver was proudly invested by the Tower in full public view.
At the IWM they learnt about the life in the trenches through interactive boards, uniforms to dress in, pressing
out medals and walking through a section trench. They also had opportunity to see the many other exhibits at
the museum, including real tanks, guns, missiles and artefacts to do with espionage. The museum is free and
they recommend a visit.
Once home all the Beavers made scrap books of their visit and what they had learnt about WW1.
The WW1 team congratulate all who have completed a project and earned their WW1 badge. The range of
activities has been many and most worthwhile in helping our young people understand the significance of
Remembrance Sunday and the sacrifices made by all in WW1. This is the final article in this series but hopefully
you will continue to undertake projects on WW1 as part of your continuing Scouting programme.
Lt. Col. (Retired) David Griffiths
Hampshire County WW1 Group
Note from Martin Rudd, Chair Hampshire WW1 Group - I want to thank everyone in the Hampshire Scouts
WW1 Group for the work they has carried out in 2014 to initiate and support ideas for local Scouting to use
this WW1 Centenary year. We have been greatly rewarded by the enthusiasm of Groups and Sections all over
Hampshire, in some wonderful, detailed and thought provoking projects carried out locally. We were of course
also very pleased that Hampshire Scouts yet again filled Winchester Cathedral on Friday 9th May for our WW1
Service of Reconciliation & Peace with all the additional displays and bands in The Outer Close. We will be back
in 2016 to think about WW1 midway - keep those badges!
Group Members – Laura Betteridge, Andrew Snow, Ollie Murray, Ray Noice, Ron Dear, David Griffths, Dave
Pannell.
Well done team and Hampshire!
Hampshire Scout Mountaineering Team
www.hsmt.org.uk
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Boy-hero
From left, Brian Durrant, his father Peter Durrant, 89, and Pauline McKay. Picture: Malcolm Wells (143130-5371)
GENERATIONS of a family gathered to remember a boy-hero who dived into chilly waters to save a baby’s life.
Percy Durrant was an 11-year-old Scout in Gosport when he saw a pram rolling along the old pontoon into
the harbour and almost-certain death for the baby boy 100 years ago yesterday.
He jumped in, got the baby out and handed him to the boy’s mother.
His brave actions saved the child – and earned him a bravery award from Robert Baden-Powell, founder of
the Scouts.
Speaking at the remembrance service held at Falkland Gardens, Percy’s son Peter Durrant, 89, of Victory
Court, said: “I’ve always been proud of my dad”.
‘He never spoke about it – a picture was on the wall and he just said “I got that when I was a boy Scout, I
jumped into the harbour and got a boy out”
The ceremony was planned after Peter’s son Brian Durrant, 60, of Coach Hill, Titchfield, carried out research
into the rescue this year.
Standing close to where the pram shot into the water, Brian told family members of the brave feat – carried
out in weather conditions similar to those yesterday.
Brian said: “It’s a marvellous achievement to have someone in the family who has done something as brave
as that.”
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‘To actually dive into the harbour is no mean feat.’
He added it was common for young children to play in the mud at the harbour and his grandfather would
have been confident in the water – although Percy did get a clip round the ear from his dad for getting his
clothes wet.
His actions earned him sixpence a year from the child’s grateful mother, whose name was Mrs Turner.
Percy, who died aged 51, did not speak of the day to his children but a medal of merit award, given to him in
February 1915 and signed by Baden-Powell, marks his astonishing achievement.
Youngsters from 6th Gosport Scout Group – the same group Percy was in – attended the remembrance service
and were inspired by the tale.
Aaron Hazzard, 10, a pupil at Bedenham Primary School, said: ‘Percy is a local hero. I wish I could be that brave.’
Percy’s grandaughter Pauline McKay, 64, from Fareham added: ‘You look at the children around here and you
think at that age to do that it was brilliant. He must have been very brave. A lot of people would stand there
and think about it for a while but he just jumped.’
Was it your dad or grandad who was saved from the harbour by Mr Durrant? If you know, please call the
Newsdesk on (023) 9262 2118.
by Ben Fishwick
ben.fishwick@thenews.co.uk
Article taken from: www.portsmouth.co.uk
Beavers decended on Paultons Park
On Saturday 8th November Beaver Scouts, their Leaders and families decended on Paultons Park, over
3700 of us in total, and what a day it was!
Despite the dreadful weather there were huge smiley faces wherever you looked, with everyone having a
great time.
This year was a special year for Paultons and the Beavers as this was the 10th successive year this event
has taken place. To celebrate there was cake and entertainment in the Party tent, and a Big Brother style
diary area for Beavers to tell us about their day - thanks to Nikki the Magiclady and her team and our own
Ray Noyce for all their help.
Of course our very own Chip was there, along with a VIP visitor - BBCs Pudsey Bear came along to help
us raise some money for Children in Need.
It was also a sad day as this was the last event that Teresa Ginn (who has been ACC Beavers for over
11 years) will be organising for the Beavers in her current role, and I would like say what an absolutely
fantastic job she has done. However she is taking on an exciting new role and we all wish her the very
best for the future.
So here’s looking to next year.....
Wendy Turner
Deputy ACC Beaver Scouts
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Hi I would like to tell you about our new explorer pack at Headley that was just an idea in June with lots
of scouts having left and not gone on to other packs due to having gone through with all their friends right
from beavers till scouts. we as adults felt that we could carry on our close knit group and rope in parents
to become leaders and take the teenagers further. we have 12 on roll and 4 adult helpers with the young
people keen to give us the ideas about what they wanted from the group, things from driver training to
longer, harder camps. We began in September. So far we have succeeded in a night hike which by all
accounts was an interesting experience, to this term having a bake off using camping stoves and more
shooting practice. We have been approached by other packs to work alongside and share ideas and
experience which will help us meet new people and make explorers more fun.
Thank you Lara Balchin-Murray
A Belated Thank You
We would like to send a “Thank You” message out to those members who have sent nametapes and
badges to the Heritage Collection since they attended H0014. As part of our display we showed the
nametapes and District and Group badges we have recorded and many of you noticed that we were
missing some of your badges and during the last few weeks a steady stream of nametapes and badges
have been arriving at County Office with the aim of filling some of the spaces. For this we are most
grateful.
Since HQ gave the job of recording badges to Counties rather than themselves, it has actually been
harder to keep track of them than before. If any badge is to be worn on uniform, which includes
nekkers, a copy of the badge should be sent to County Office and the design should be approved by the
County Commissioner before manufacture. We have been working very hard to make sure we have an
example of all Group Badges as we have been asked to produce a booklet about them and it is no good
doing it if the records are incomplete. We know of a few groups who have a badge which is not in the
records. They are:
1st NFS Barton Sea Scouts
4th Itchen South (Netley) “Sir Harry Crichton’s Own”
4th Andover (The Clatfords)
22nd Andover (25th Anniversary)
7th Southampton (Bassett) 75 years
If anyone can send us an example of these badges we would be very grateful. We did collect a lot of
nametapes as a result of the camp but we are still missing an awful lot and as we go round the County
to various meetings we will be on the look out for missing items.
Have a great Christmas and New Year and remember the cold, wet winter months are a good time to
get out those Camp Blankets and sew on all the badges you have obtained from various events during
the year.
The Heritage Team
Richard Spearing
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Can you put a smile on the face of a refugee child in Jordan?
Za’atariand Azraq Refugee Camps in Jordan shelter more than 200,000 Syrian refugees of which over 90,000
are children
Last year as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations, the National Scout and Guide Fellowship UK collected
nearly half a ton of toys in 161 boxes for refugee children aged 4 - 10 years who have been forced from their
homes in Syria.
This year the collection will be repeated with International Scout Active Support taking the Scouting lead in the
“Toys for Smiles “ project collecting toys for the Syrian refugee children in the Al - Za’atari and Azraq Refugee
Camps Jordan.
Partners: The partners for this project are:
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International Scout Active Support Unit – Berkshire Scout Enterprises Ltd (BSEL)
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United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Aviation Without Borders (AWB) with a grant from the ISTAT Foundation
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GIST
You can help by collecting good quality used toys, (listed below) for these children
Suitable toys:
Bats – rounders, cricket, table tennis Balls • Tennis and other similar size
Footballs and similar balls •Skipping ropes • Lego and other building modelling type blocks
Plastic toys • dolls • Dominos, chess, checkers, snakes and ladders and other board games
Crayons, colouring books • Paper, pencils • Cars, lorries, tractors etc. • Jigsaws
Building bricks, plastic shapes • Cut out animals • Frisbie • Kites • Animals - farm or zoo
Spinning Tops • Hoola hoops
Unsuitable toys:
No: Soft, fabric, stuffed or cuddly toys (for reasons of hygiene), war games, toy guns or battery operated toys.
Details of how to package the toys and toy collection points will be available in the new year. We are hoping to
send out the toys in February 2015.
To meet the cost of transportation of the toys from the UK to Jordan, we ask for a small donation of £5 per box.
This will help go to meet the full cost of transportation.
Further information will be available in the next edition of HSN or if you have any questions contact Tim or
Margaret Ellis, on 01252 409269 or email tim.j.ellis@ntlworld.com.
Information about last year’s collection can be found at www.unhcr.org.uk/news-and-views/news-list/newsdetail/article/uk-toys-bring-smiles-to-syrian-refugee-children.html
12 December 2014
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Bursledon Brickwork Sleepover
The year of adventure began early for the Cubs of
10th Fareham Uplands Cub Pack with a sleepover at
Bursledon Brickwork Museum.
On a bright sunny morning in November, we arrived
at Bursledon Brickworks. The dust from the bricks
gripping hard on our shoes as we walked along. We
were shown to the room where we could leave our
kit, it had a concrete floor which we thought would
be hard to sleep on.
When we were all together, we had a tour of the
museum where we learnt about the history of bricks
and how hard it was to work at the Brickworks.
We learnt that children as young as 13 worked in
the Brickworks earning very little money. The tour
ended in the education room where we made our
own bricks.
Then we ate our packed lunches before designing
and building lego houses and trying to make
the tallest, self-supporting cocktail stick and
marshmallow towers. We then had some free-time
in the adventure park and hands-on section of the
museum.
We had spaghetti bolognese for tea. After which
we played some games until a story-teller arrived.
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First he took us on a torch-light tour of the museum
which some of us found really scary!! We then had
a selection of ghost stories before it was time for
hot chocolate and bed.
In the morning, we had cereal and bacon
sandwiches for breakfast. We went to the education
room again where we each had a large block of clay
and made a home for an insect. After an hour or so
when we had all finished, the leaders picked the
best three to be fired. We had great fun smashing
up all the others and putting the clay back in the
large barrel.
It was then time to go home so we went back to our
room to collect all our kit and wait for our parents to
arrive.
We were the first Cubs to ever have a sleepover at
Bursledon Brickworks but, because it went so well,
they have said they would be happy for others to do
the same thing – we will definitely be going again.
Dawn Mansfield
Akela, 10th Fareham Uplands Cub Pack
1st Hart Plain
PALS Battalion
WW1 Scout Camp Friday night, the 1st Hart Plain PALS Battalion, made up of 26 battle ready Scouts, marched
from Wickham to the Scout Army Barracks at Lyons Copse campsite.
Barracks were set up in the main hall with the luxury of camp beds and two separate bunk houses. The
commanding officers carried out a troop inspection first thing. The Troop carried out a good kit inspection.
The Troop carried out many interesting activities which included, gun supply run, drill practice, first aid training,
rifle shooting and semaphore. The camp was themed on the Great War to remember those who fought in it and
for the scouts to learn from it. The Troop all made trench cake, using an actual recipe used back then, it was
really tasty. They also tried Hard Tack biscuits which were really hard!
In the evening the Red Cross delivered vital food parcels filled with many goodies all themed to that era. The
Troop had a great sing song, singing some of the favourites of the time which was great fun.
Throughout the camp, many stories were read to the troop. Accounts of what it was like for people who were
in the Great War.
On Sunday, the Troop marched back to Wickham and visited the war memorial to pay their respects and had
a minute’s silence. The Troop then marched into Wickham. The commanding officers were very proud of them
all, the training paid off.
Callum was Scout of the Weekend and Harry scored the most points in the rifle shooting. Finally the troop did
a final salute and were dismissed.
All in all it was a successful, interesting and fun camp. It took a lot of time and support to make this camp the
success it was and to that end we, the commanding officers, would like to thank all those involved with the
camp.
Tris Emmett, Assitant Scout Leader
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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JOTA /JOTI
October 2014
Jamboree on the Air, on the Internet? We had never heard of it before, let alone arrange it. What was it all
about again? Oh yes, an entire weekend with Scouts and Guides all over the world having the opportunity to
communicate with each other. Was it worth it? Definitely! Did the Scouts have fun? Oh, Yes! Would we do it
again? With certainty.
The Leaders arrived at the Cricket camp on the Friday afternoon to set camp before dark closed in, along with
the local Radio club to set-up their ‘rig’. We had a leaders briefing and confirmed the plan (along with a few
adjustments). We spend most of the night sorting out the IT suite, before settling down and going on guard duty
for the radio ‘rig’.
In the early morning our Scouts arrived. We raised the colours and gave them their safety briefings on the
activities. The scouts split up into their sessions which rotated though-out the day; We had sessions running on
Morse codes; wiring the ‘keys’, how it worked, why we used it, sending messages etc. We had sessions outdoors
covering various other activities including; radio orienteering, semaphore flags and a treasure hunt. We used the
Internet PC suite where Scouts chatted online or used Skype with Webcams to talk to troops around the world.
Then we also had the radio, where our Radio Hams explained how radios all worked, talked about Q-codes/Jcodes and then had them locating stations and talking to other Radio Hams/Scouts around the world.
We stopped in the evening, eventually managed to get the Altar fires alight in the rain (a few scouts even
managed to cook their meal on the fires). We lowered the colours and ran a few wide games in the dark before
having hot chocolate and settling for bed under canvas for the night.
The Sunday morning was much the same. We stopped at lunch time and then broke camp (luckily there had
been no more rain since the torrential downpour in the night, which had allowed the tents to dry).
We followed up our activities at our next troop meeting and managed to complete both the Communicators
badge and the Global challenge badge. We had chatted (using both Internet and Radio) with Scouts/Guides
from the UK, from Europe, Canada, South America, Africa, India, Russia, Japan (the list goes on). The scouts
had a great time and learnt lots, having never heard of the JOTA/JOTI just weeks before, this evolved to being
a great success.
I’d like to thank ‘Cookie’ from the Cricket Camp; along with Liz Jones & friends (our Radio Hams) for giving up
their time and helping us make this possible.
Yours in Scouting
David Broomfield (Navs)
Assistant Scout Leader - 31st Itchen North ‘Amazon’ Sea Scouts
16 December 2014
just like the olden days!
In the summer my troop 10th Farnborough attended H0014 and while we were there we visited the Hampshire Scout
heritage exhibition. We were all very impressed and decided that we would like to run an old style camp of our own, so on
the last Friday of October half term 13 scouts and 6 leaders loaded up our trek cart with as much kit as we could fit on and
walked the 4½ miles from our base at Samuel Cody school to the scout camp site at Runways End.
When we arrived we had lunch and then pitched three old style patrol tents. We made a camp gadget table for each patrol
and cooked all weekend on open fires. We based our menu on food from the 1950’s including stew and dumplings.
In the evening on the Saturday we had a camp fire where we cooked twists and toasted marshmallows. On Sunday morning
after we had breakfast we had to pack up all of our kit in the pouring rain.
We had a very enjoyable camp.
Abbie Anderson
The event is on the 28th Feb 2015, open to all Scouts, Explorers, Network and Leaders from
across the county and UK. More information on the run can be found at:
www.monopoly-run.co.uk
hAMPSHIRE SCOUT ARCHERY CLUB
www.hsac.org.uk
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Children in Need
1st Itchen South Scout Group
1st Itchen South Scout Group held a fun evening to raise money for
Children in Need on Wednesday 12th November. The Beavers, Cubs
& Scouts were all given sponsor forms and on them it said they were
fundraising by dressing up as superheroes or having crazy hair
and doing different things with their hair. This was a competition
judged by Chris Walker.
The evening was for all the children and parents. There
was great atmosphere and plenty of people to join in
with the variety of games that were organised. We
had name the teddy, pick a straw, guess the number
of sweets in a jar, lucky dip, icing biscuits, treasure
island, face painting, splat the rat and refreshments. We
held a raffle with a variety of prizes that we also asked the
parents if they had anything suitable. The BBC came along and
filmed the evening and were on BBC South Today. On Friday
14th November a group of us travelled to Newbury to appear
on the live show for Children In Need programme which was
exciting. At the time of writing this we have raised £670 and still
have some more money to be handed in. It was a great evening
enjoyed by everyone despite the rain.
Esther Seal
1st Itchen South
18 December 2014
GREEN
Blue Peter Badges
3rd Romsey Scout Group
There was great excitement last Thursday as the postman arrived at the homes of Beavers, Cubs &
Scouts from 3rd Romsey Scout Group. In the post were letters for members of 3rd Romsey who had
taken part in the Himalayan Balsam pulling and attached to these letters were GREEN Blue Peter
Badges.
We have helped Catherine Chatters of the Hampshire & Isle of White Trust to clear balsam at Newtown
in the New Forest and at the Blackwater River at Ower. The Scouts & Cubs braved very wet weather
last year and the newest Beaver members of the Group joined them in blazing sunshine & stinging
nettles this year to help clear this very invasive plant. The Scouts & Cubs learnt a great deal from
the evening and Catherine explained to them the invasiveness of this plant and how it can clog our
waterways. They also did a report for the Scout website and for the local village magazines and the
local paper explaining the importance of this work and what they had learnt. To gain the Blue Peter
Badge each Beaver, Cub & Scout had to write a letter or article or draw a picture explaining what
activity they had undertaken and how it had benefited the environment and what they had learnt.
It was only on receiving their badges that the Beavers, Cubs & Scouts worked out that they can now
apply for a Blue Peter Card and gain free entry (with a paying adult) to many attractions throughout
the UK - an added bonus!
Congratulations to all of you!
Sarah Beaman
3rd Romsey Scout Leader - Ashanti Troop
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Calling All Explorer Scouts
KUDU NIGHT HIKE
When: Overnight 14th - 15th February 2015
Start times from 7 - 9pm
Where: North Andover
Age range:
Three different levels to cover all Explorers Scouts
Team Size:
4-6
Registration Closes:
18th January 2015
For further inforamtion please visit:
www.hampshirescouting.org.uk
youth-progamme/explorer-scouts
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7th Fairtrade cooking competition
Fair trade fortnight is held every year during the last week of February and first week of March. Products
with the fair trade mark generate extra income for the producers which is generally used to pay for their
children to go to school. So by buying fair trade products, you are helping others to help themselves.
Hampshire Scouting have marked this occasion for the past 6 six years with a fair trade cooking
competition. The challenge is to source such products for a 3 course meal and prepare and cook such
a meal and serve to 4 guests on Saturday 28th February in the food preparation rooms of Cranborne
College, Basingstoke. Entries are invited from teams of 4 Scouts, Guides or mixed, aged 11 to17,
which is restricted to 7 entries.
To enter or get further information contact Rayner Mayer, Global Adviser, Tel: 01252 873564
email: rayner@sciotech.demon.co.uk Space only available for 7 teams so don’t delay , enter today.
Hampshire Scout Rifle Club
2015 County Airgun Competition - Comprising Air Rifle & Air Pistol.
Next year’s competition will be held at the Hiltingbury Scout
Headquarters on Sunday 1st March.
Entry is restricted to members of Scout Troops, Explorer &
Network Units and to adult leaders of all sections within
Hampshire Scout County.
Please note the date and look out for entry details on HSRC website.
www.scouts-shoot.org.uk/hsrc
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Tanzania 2017
Leader Recruitment
Now Open!
Hampshire County Scouts plan to take a group of 160 - 200
Explorer aged Scouts to Tanzania in the Summer of 2017.
We are now looking for around 30 - 40 Leaders to help run
the 8 - 10 Expedition Teams.
We are holding open information sessions in Totton and Basingstoke
on 31st January 2015. Leader applications close on 28th February.
For further information please check out:
www.int-scout.org.uk
Or contact Julian Sore on
mob: 077 8996 6440
email: macawleader@hotmail.com
If you have ever wanted to take part in an International Experience,
leading young people on an experience of a lifetime, please take a look!
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up your communications by using some
The Print Centre Smarten
of our new templates on the Scout Print Centre
CD and DVD labels, festive posters,
Supporting Local including
bunting, Facebook banners, infographics and
Communications certificates. Log in to get started:
http://goo.gl/88ss81
Milestones & Memories
Two old Scouting friends are
‘deadly’ rivals when it comes to
Geocaching. Mike Dawson and
Steve Callaghan are Leaders in
north Hampshire and passionate
advocates of the pursuit of
geocaching. They have spent the
last couple of years trying to be top
of their leader board for the number
of caches found but they decided
to call a truce and find cache
number one thousand together.
For their 1000th cache they visited
the Guildford to Horsham Extreme
Series to attempt Cache #3 which
is graded a 5/5 (www.geocaching.
com - GC23Z06). It was a rather
wet and soggy Sunday which didn’t
dampen the spirit of the small group
that accompanied them to make
their attempt. To retrieve the cache
was not to be undertaken lightly
as it required the use of climbing
equipment and a good knowledge
of abseiling techniques. With the
abseiling rope correctly placed
and a safety line attached Mike
abseiled down to the cache and
found it hidden in a pipe. Once they
had signed the log and replaced it
in its hiding place Mike returned to
‘terra firma’. So what happened
next? With a thousand done they
of course headed off to 1001!
The outdoor adventure game
of Geocaching, Geocaching is
a fun sport that combines being
physically active and challenging
the geocachers mind. It joins a cool
technology with the thrill of finding
a hidden box of mystery prizes – no
wonder Scouts find it irresistible.
There are a wide and varied range
of challenges in geocaching
and they are all rated according
to difficulty both for terrain and
locating the cache. The higher the
number the greater the difficulty so
a 1/1 would describe an easy walk
combined with an easy find of the
cache.
The requirements of the Scout
Geocaching Activity Badge can be
found here http://members.scouts.
org.uk/supportresources/4211/
geocaching-activity-badge
and
information on the activity of
geocaching can be found here
www.geocaching.com
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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The spring of 2015 has opportunities for members to gain adventurous
activity permits in a range of water activities (maximum B2 water
classification). These include opportunities for young people to gain personal
& leadership activity permits.
Practical Assessment Days
Pulling - 25 April 2015 - 25th Southampton Sea Scouts HQ - The assessment will only allow applicants to gain a maximum
of B2 water classification if suitable. PLEASE CHECK THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SIGNING UP. Click here for the leadership permit assessment criteria and here for
the personal permit assessment criteria. Check all the rules & guidance on this activity on the A-Z directory. For those
outside of Hampshire the cost per person is £15, there is no charge for Hampshire members. Closing date for bookings is
11 April 2015.
Kayaking/Canoeing - 10 May 2015 - 25th Southampton Sea Scouts HQ - The assessment will only allow applicants to gain
a maximum of B2 water classification (Open Inland & River - Canoeing) if suitable. PLEASE CHECK THE ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SIGNING UP. Click here for the kayaking
leadership permit assessment criteria and here for the personal permit assessment criteria. For the canoeing leadership
permit assessment criteria click here and for the personal permit click here. Check all the rules & guidance on this activity
on the A-Z directory - Canoeing; Kayaking. For those outside of Hampshire the cost per person is £15, there is no charge
for Hampshire members. Closing date for bookings is 26 April 2015.
Dinghy Sailing - 25 April 2015 - 25th Southampton Sea Scouts HQ - Please note this course is only to lead one boat, if
you wish to lead multiple boats then please contact an assessor directly. The assessment will only allow applicants to gain
a maximum of B2 water classification if suitable. PLEASE CHECK THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
THE SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SIGNING UP. Click here for the leadership permit assessment criteria and here
for the personal permit assessment criteria. Check all the rules & guidance on this activity on the A-Z directory. For those
outside of Hampshire the cost per person is £25, there is no charge for Hampshire members. Closing date for bookings is
11 April 2015.
Rafting - 9 May 2015 (afternoon only) - Lakeside, Eastleigh Lakes. The assessment will only allow applicants to gain a
maximum of B2 water classification if suitable. PLEASE CHECK THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
THE SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SIGNING UP. Click here for the leadership permit assessment criteria and here
for the personal permit assessment criteria. Check all the rules & guidance on this activity on the A-Z directory. For those
outside of Hampshire the cost per person is £15, there is no charge for Hampshire members. Closing date for bookings is
25 April 2015.
Powerboating - 11 April 2015 - Hamble Sea Scouts HQ, Mercury Marina, Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton. The
assessment will only allow applicants to gain a maximum of B2 water classification if suitable. PLEASE CHECK THE
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SIGNING UP. Click here
for the leadership permit assessment criteria and here for the personal permit assessment criteria. Check all the rules &
guidance on this activity on the A-Z directory. For those outside of Hampshire the cost per person is £30, there is no charge
for Hampshire members. Closing date for bookings is 28 March 2015.
Please bring your boating kit and a packed lunch (except rafting), refreshments will be provided throughout the day. If you
wish to bring your own kayak on the kayak assessment day then please do so.
To book yourself on an assessment day please fully complete the below application form in Word and email to Joan Veal at
joan.veal@isdsc.org.uk by the booking date specified, please do not turn up at the assessment day with your completed
form as you will not be able to take part. Please also send an up to date copy of your logbook to Joan. Any questions
regarding the assessments, please contact Joan on the above email address or telephone 01489 782804. The below
completed medical form and payment (if applicable) should be brought with you to the assessment day.
Prior to the practical assessment it is encouraged to refresh your knowledge on the Scout rules and the theory elements of
the assessment. You can do this using the online package we’ve created, please click here.
Water Permit Assessment Application Form (Enable Macros before completing form within Word):
www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/water-activity-permit-assessment-days-2015/
24 December 2014
Activity Leadership Courses 2015
Sat Feb 14-15, 2015
All day - NSRA Rifle Shooting YPS Tutor Course
Where: Woodhouse Park Scout Activity Centre, Woodhouse Park, Fernhill, South Gloucestershire BS32 4LX.
Description: £115 per person Email: woodhouse.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01454 613 006
Mon Feb 16-21, 2015
All day - Water Sports Academy
Where: Great Tower Scout Activity Centre, Birks Rd, Newby Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3PQ.
Description: £175 per person Email: greattower.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01539 531 279
Sat Feb 21-22, 2015
All day - Archery GB Instructor Award
Where: Youlbury Scout Activity Centre, Boars Hill, Oxford OX1 5HD.
Description: £190 per person. Email: youlbury.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01865 326 264
Fri Feb 27-Mar 1, 2015
All day - Cty Act NSRA Rifle Shooting YPS Tutor Course
Where: Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre, Beaulieu Rd, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst SO42 7YQ.
Description: £140 per person (food included) Ferny Crofts E: manager@fernycrofts.org.uk T: 023 8084 5092
Fri Feb 27-Mar 1, 2015
All day - Hill & Mountain Skills Course/Hillwalking Activity Permit Training or Assessment
Where: Yr Hafod Scout Activity Centre, Snowdonia.
Description: £70 per person for training £80 per person for assessment Email: yr-hafod.sac@scouts.org.uk
Tel: 0845 519 6114
Sat Feb 28-Mar 7, 2015
All day - Cty Act HSMT Winter Mountaineering Skills Week
Where: Scotland, UK Description: This week will cater for three target audiences – 1) those that are
experienced Winter mountaineers 2) Scout leaders who wish to be assessed for their terrain 1 and/or 2 Winter
Scouting authorizations and 3) four (4) places are available on this week for novices i:e those who want to gain
experience in Winter conditions having already gained a good Summer mountain walking experience. Further
information on course requirements, costs and the application form can be found on the
www.hsmt.org.uk/winter2015.htm
Sat Feb 28, 2015
All day - Rafting Activity Permit Training & Assessment
Where: Great Tower Scout Activity Centre, Birks Rd, Newby Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3PQ.
Description: £30 per person Email: greattower.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01539 531 279
Sat Mar 14-15, 2015
All day - Climbing (Walls & Towers) Activity Permit Training
Where: Great Tower Scout Activity Centre, Birks Rd, Newby Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3PQ.
Description: £70 per person Email: greattower.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01539 531 279
Sat Mar 14-15, 2015
All day - RYA Powerboat Level 2
Where: Hawkhirst Scout Activity Centre, Northumberland.
Description: £85 per person Email: hawkhirst.sac@scouts.org.uk Tel: 01434 250 217
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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November 2014
Hampshire Scout
& QSA news
Welcome to the November DofE and QSA e-news. Please join our news. Please
join our new Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/hsdofe/ to keep up
to date. Email us your stories & questions to Mike Baxter, Assistant County
Commissioner for DofE & QSA on dofe@scouts-hants.org.uk
Well Done
Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Janine Fergus, Sam Tyler & James
Heasman (Andover).
Queen’s Scout Award
Heather Porter (Southampton),
Robert Vine (Fareham East) &
James Heasman (Andover).
e-
Upgrade
EDofE (http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/edofe/)
is being upgraded over the weekend of 28
– 30 Nov. Improvements will include better
navigation, less pop ups, easier timescale
selection for participants and those who are
inactive will become active when they login.
More info see the
(www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/dofe-magazine/).
Training
We are running our annual DofE Leader
training weekend from 6-8 February 2015 at
Ferny Crofts. This will cover Getting Started,
Expedition Supervisor, Expedition Skills plus the
Expedition Assessor course. More information
see www.hsdofe.org. For other courses see
www.scouts.org.uk/events.
Thank You!
Our Youth Leadership Volunteers Ollie & Tilly
have again organised awards for DofE leaders
and this year a new award for participants
too. A thank-you and outstanding service
award are available, judged by a team of young
people: http://goo.gl/fUKJx1 & adults: http://goo.
gl/UFXZzQ. You can submit your nomination
for an adult or young person who have
done something to help you or others. More
information at www.hsdofe.org.
Gold Award Presentation Open Gold/QSA Expeditions
Our bi-annual Open Gold/QSA expedition takes
place in 2015 from 11- 15 April and 27 – 31
August in Dartmoor. You can find out more
information and book at place at
www.tiny.cc/opengold2015. There are
several other opportunities available to
join an expedition with various groups and
open centres – please contact us for more
information dofe@scouts-hants.org.uk.
Opportunities
Well done to the 17 Explorer and Network
Scouts who attended the Gold Award
Presentation at St James’ Palace on 15th
October. The names of the recipients appear
on the DofE Hall of Fame: http://goo.gl/bl1GES.
Also congratulations to Cogy (Fareham
East/County) and Pat Savage (NFW) who
were invited as VIPs in recognition of their
outstanding support to DofE in Hampshire
Scouting.
- All people wanting to start their QSA must register
at www.scouts.org.uk/qsa.
- Nights away completed as a leader can now be
counted towards the total.
- The presentation needs to be given at the end of
all the challenges before the award is approved.
- When complete approval needs to be given the
ACC Explorers: acc.es@scouts-hants.org.uk for
those under 18 and by Mike Baxter: dofe@scoutshants.org.uk for all Network completions.
- To find out more and download our Quick Guide,
visit our QSA pages: http://goo.gl/xkw4hf
www.hampshirescouts.org.uk
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Liphook’s Stirling Explorers win the top prize at the Scout National Rifle and Pistol Championships
The Connaught Shield is one of Scouting’s oldest trophies, first presented in 1911. It is now shot for at the National
Scout Rifle and Pistol Championships every October and is won by the best overall team in the Championships.
This year it was won by Max Stevens, Ben Tinegate-Smith and Jonathan Sainsbury of the (Liphook) Stirling
Explorers. Competition is fierce- more than 70 teams entered for the Competition’s most prestigious trophy and
Liphook’s team showed great discipline and marksmanship to with the best aggregate score across the whole
Championship. It’s the first time the trophy has been won by Liphook and more than 12 years since it has been
won by a team from Hampshire.
All three of the boys are delighted to have won and it as it capped a great weekend for the Liphook squad who
also had top 3 positions in pistol (Jonathan Sainsbury) and in Advanced Field Target (Eoghan MacLeod and Dom
Gwilliam) who were 1st and 2nd respectively.
Shooting is a popular activity in Liphook Scouts. It is safe, open to all and encourages concentration, responsibility
and a skill development. For the dedicated, there is progression to the Scout National Squad or the Great Britain
or England junior squads and many of our members choose shooting as a DofE skill. However, those who want
come along and enjoy shooting just for the fun are equally welcome. Every year we run the ‘Liphook Postal’
competition which is open to Scouts, Explorers and helpers. There are competitions in rifle, sporter rifle and pistol
and the emphasis is very much on developing and encouraging skill and participation. We understand that
Scouts are Scouts and that there will be the odd late card etc, so if you fancy entering as a group or individually
we would be pleased to hear from you. Email sainsbury.david@gmail.com for further details.
David Sainsbury
28 December 2014