Hampshire Scout News - November 2015

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Twit Twoo 8th Bramshill

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COST OF HIRE JUST ÂŁ10 PER EVENT

Archery Beginners Course 16th November For more information and booking please email: archery@scouts-hants.org.uk

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Contents

Welcome to the Novembers’s edition of Hampshire Scout News 2015 4

A Million Hands

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Scouts Against Malaria

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80 Cubs & The Three Peaks

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Wheely Good Fun!

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Dragon Boat Festival

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Our Camp

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Ocean Explorers & 73rd Portsmouth Scouts In Sweden

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Gone Home

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A flag with a history

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

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, 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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A Million Hands Scouting has always been involved in helping others, and here in Hampshire we have a rich history of community projects through practical action – ranging from Explorers building water wells in Uganda, to Cubs supporting food banks and the homeless, to the dozens of Jubilee Community Projects we ran with Girlguiding.

These projects provide real benefits to both individuals and the community, and they also help young people to grow in confidence and contribute back to the society they live in.

With the Million Hands project, we are looking to expand our community action and involve everyone in Scouting. There are many local projects already which we can build on, and we are establishing partnerships with Hampshire and national charities to offer additional opportunities. There’s also a staged Community Impact badge which young people of all ages can take part in.

Many of you will have already signed up to A Million Hands – if not then please visit www.amillionhands.org.uk and get access to a wide range of programme resources in the four areas of Dementia, Disability, Mental wellbeing and resilience, and Clean water and sanitation. You can decide to support one of these areas – or choose your own local project which you care passionately about – both approaches are fine. The important factors are that the project should be of real value to the community it serves, and that the project should also help the young people involved become people who care about the world.

This summer I had the chance to visit one of our community action projects, in the village of Iragua in rural Tanzania. Explorer Scouts and Scout Network members from across Hampshire and beyond had raised money towards the building of a new medical centre, and then spent two weeks helping to complete the building and prepare for an opening ceremony which involved over a thousand people. One Explorer Scout said to me “It was when I visited the newly opened Centre one morning and saw how many villagers were visiting it, that I realised how much we had achieved.”

Our Youth Council also discussed A Million Hands and Community Impact at their recent conference, where they heard first-hand from Lamin Kinteh of the Gambian Scouts why malaria is such a big issue and what Scouts can do about it. The Youth Council also came up with ideas to translate the charity partners into programme activities, and recognised that community impact is most successful through building relationships in the local community.

Community Impact was also discussed at our County Conference, and Martin Rudd (our new Director of Community Involvement) is reaching out to local charities, branches of national charities, and other youth organisations including Girlguiding to look at how we can best work together.

The tagline for World Scouting is “Creating a Better World”, and that is exactly what we are hoping to achieve.

Adam Jollans - County Commissioner, Hampshire Scouting

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Scouts Against Malaria Hampshire Scouting is at the forefront of an exciting new initiative to save lives in the malarial areas of the world and everyone can join in. This initiative is open to all members of the Scout Association from Leaders right up to Beavers, and everyone can wear the badge if they meet the scheme’s criteria.

Hampshire Scouting has a long history of visiting countries in Africa and of forming lasting friendships and partnerships with the Scouts in those countries, but not everyone is lucky enough to be able to take part in one of these expeditions. Now Scouts don’t have to go abroad to learn about their brother Scouts in other countries and they can save lives too.

Malaria is responsible for over half a million deaths a year in Africa, many of them children under the age of five, and it drastically changes the lives of those who catch it and survive.

Explorers at the Hampshire County Youth Council meeting at the beginning of October heard Lamin Kinteh, a Scout Leader

from the Kaira Konko Scout Centre in the Gambia speak very movingly about the disastrous effects of malaria.

To earn the badge Scouts in the UK will learn more about the terrible suffering and unacceptably high death rate of malaria, how it is caught and how it can be prevented. The Scouts in the malarial countries will also learn exactly the same as the UK Scouts. Then the UK Scouts will fund-raise to provide insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets, which will be sent to the Scouts in the malarial countries. The African scouts will educate the people in their area about malaria and will distribute the nets to families. The Scouts will also teach people how to use and maintain their nets.

When the UK Scouts have raised at least £5.00 each their leader will send the money off to “Scouts Against Malaria” who will authorise the nets to be deployed and will send badges to the Scouts both here in the UK and also in the area where the nets

are sent. We hope to see lots of our distinctive badges being worn on uniforms very soon.

We have produced a website www.scoutsagainstmalaria. org.uk which contains program ideas and where we shall post any news and pictures sent to us by UK Scouts working on this challenge. We shall also be able to post photographs sent from Africa showing Scouts learning about malaria, teaching families and distributing the nets. There is also a Facebook page www.facebook.com/ scoutsagainstmalaria.

This scheme has been developed by a small group of County International Advisers and is intended to be an aid for busy Leaders, as it provides a way of educating Scouts at home and in Africa, and it will save lives in malarial countries. It also offers the opportunity to further our friendships with the Scouts in those countries where the nets will be deployed. As one Leader said of the scheme at its launch at the Gilwell reunion, “It’s a win, win, win situation”.

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80 Cubs & The Three Peaks

80 Cubs, leaders, families plus a variety of dogs from Petersfield District hiked 10 kilometres along the South Downs Way on Sunday (20th Sept), starting at Old Winchester Hill and finishing at the top of Butser Hill.

It was glorious weather as the party set off to conquer “three peaks�.

The Cubs covered the first downhill 3km from Old Winchester Hill without a problem taking a well earned water break before the steady 100m climb to the top of Salt Hill with its stunning views of the Hampshire Countryside across towards the Isle of Wight. Pausing for lunch on Wether Down, the Cubs undertook a GPS challenge spelling out the name of their Packs and recording the co-ordinates. The hike then continued past the Sustainability Centre and Tegdown Hill and on up to the trig point at the top of Butser Hill. Prizes were handed out for the Cubs who collected the greatest number of different items in a matchbox along the route and all the Cubs received completion certificates.

Photos: Coming down Old Winchester Hill.

Melanie Robinson ADC Cubs

Petersfield

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Wheely Good Fun! 8

3rd Romsey Cubs entered the Supreme Box Cart Championship which is held annually at Goodwood. The sun shone, the Cubs had fun and a great day was held by all.

There were lots of different cub packs taking part and they all had their own design for the kart. In the morning we had our kart inspected to make sure it complied with all the safety rules. We were given a tape measure to check the width of the kart, how long the wheel base was and we had to explain what it was made out of. There were lots of stewards organising the races and making sure we were safe in the surrounding paddocks

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of the race course. Each team was made up of three cubs: one to steer and two to push.

There were sixteen heats so each cub had a go at either steering or pushing.

We asked the cubs what they thought of the event and they replied:

“Fabulous” “Great” “I will definitely recommend this to my friends” “Exciting” Next year we will design a faster kart and get lots of practice before the day!

Watch this space!

Dragon Boat Festival

32 Scouts & Explorers from 73rd Portsmouth and Ocean Explorers joined together to enter two teams into the Dragon Boat Festival run by the Rotary Club at Lakeside.

The weather held off and on a bright sunny day each team had 4 races against other junior (under18) teams. The Hawaii 50 music accompanying each race added to the terrific atmosphere and spurred the

Scouts on to some excellent performances.

At the end of the day the Boxtrolls (a team of the Ocean Explorers and older Scouts) won the final in the fastest time of the day and all received medals and a Trophy from our Scout Ambassador, Penny Mordant.

all bad news for them as I also invested the new scouts on a Dragon Boat so they have some more memories to take away from the day.

The younger team (Gummi Bears) although disappointed have pledged to come back next year and win. It was not

Bob Miles Scout Leader 73rd Portsmouth

Not be left out the parent also entered a team and came a creditable 5th out of 11 teams – they have also pledged to do better next year.

Solent Sky Museum in Southampton recently held a competition for children to draw one of the aircraft in the museum, with the winner having their picture in the quarterly Solent Sky magazine, 2500 copies of which are sold to our worldwide visitors and distributed to all local Councillors.

The winning entry chosen from over 100 entries was by Archie Harris Lines, an 8 year old Cub Scout from 1st Shedfield Grey Brother Pack, who were at the Museum to work on the new Aviation Skills Stage 2 Badge, and also their Artist Badge.

Archie is here holding a copy of the magazine showing his winning picture.

Solent Sky offer a wide range of Badge opportunities for all youth sections of the Scout and Guide Associations and open on Thursday evenings specifically for them in addition to our usual opening times. For further information please contact the museum on 023 8063 5830 or email on aviation@spitfireonline.co.uk

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Twit Twoo

On the 9th September, 8th Bramshill Landscouts hosted an evening with GMG Falconry at Burrell Lodge. This was well attended by Beavers, Cubs, Land and Airscouts from the 8th as well as some of the 6th Bramshill Scout Group and a few of our Explorers. This was an extremely special evening for me, Landscout’s Skip, as we invested two new Scouts moving up from Cubs into my troop… with a little help from Colin, our GSL and Bertie the European eagle owl, who behaved very well and hooted co-operatively through most of the evening (the owl, not the GSL!)

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Paul and his apprentice falconer, James, flew a Harris hawk and a tawny owl in the hall (which had most of the parents ducking and the kids squealing in delight) and outside they flew a gyr-saker falcon cross and a kestrel.

After the outdoor display we all trooped back into the hall for refreshments while everyone who wished to hold a bird had the opportunity and the choice of Bertie – European eagle owl, Pip – a little owl and Timber – great grey owl. Just when we thought it could not get better Paul went out to collect his last bird… a golden eagle crossed

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with another bird of prey. It was huge.

In short… a fantastic evening full of beautiful birds and two very knowledgeable gentlemen.

Thank you GMG Falconry.

Colin and Paul look on as the two Cubs get ready to re-take their promise as Scouts. Crackle the Harris hawk looks on with interest as Bertie and my assisting Patrol Leader face up to each other.

Jane-Louise Bassett (Skip) 8th Bramshill Frogmore & Derby Green

Magic and fun were the order of the day at Petersfield District Cub Camp which was enjoyed

by Packs from East and West Meon, Liphook, Petersfield and Sheet and held at Lyons Copse Scout campsite.

Our Camp

Based on a Harry Potter theme, Cubs from different Packs worked together in teams taking part in Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration activities. These included tie-dyeing T-shirts using natural materials, building sedan chairs and taking them round an obstacle course and collecting keys on a blindfold trail to open a secret casket.

Archery, jam making, using a flint to light a fire to bake bread, playing Quidditch for Muggles, beating the Dementors in a wide game and enjoying campfire songs were also part of the busy programme. A competition ran over the 3 days and after many twists and turns, Hufflepuff were the eventual winners – a team comprising Cubs from East Hants Villages and Liphook Packs.

Despite a forecast for rain and storms, the sun shone and everyone is looking forward to a spectacular camp planned for the 100th anniversary of next year.

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visited us to see how we enjoyed the Swedish style of Scouting.

After lots of planning and even more paperwork we (Debbie Piercy, Jack Revis, Bob Miles, Graham Spiller and 4 Explorers and 8 Scouts) finally made it to Sweden.

Kisa (pronounced Shisa) is a small town of around 5000 people with a thriving Scout community and a (very) large headquarters. Any Group in Portsmouth would give their eye teeth for it. It is a 3 storey, classic Scandinavian design with large store including 2 workshops with halls and kitchen on the ground floor with 4 patrol rooms (not corners – rooms), upstairs an Explorer Den complete with hammocks TV etc.

The first night we spent in their HQ and then moved to the campsite at Rummingebo – about 25 km south of Kisa.

The week was spent as a traditional camp with all the ‘usual’ Swedish activities – swimming, canoeing and rafting in the lake, hikes, pioneering, Swedish crafts and Fika (11’s and afternoon snack). The Explorers have brought back A LOT of ideas for our future camps including new menu ideas. We met Scouts of all ages and saw the differences that lie between British and Swedish Scouting.

Two of the local newspapers

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On the last day of the Camp I was proud to be able to award all 8 of the Scouts their Gold Chief Scouts Award which they had completed with this International Experience.

Then they were invested into the Ocean Explorer Unit

by Debbie and Jack. The 4 Explorers also achieved their International activity badge.

After an exhausting 6 days we returned to Kisa for HOHO and a whole lot more activities that our hosts had planned for us.

Caving, even more swimming, short hikes, shopping for Swedish sweets, cooking and trying out the more ‘exotic’ Scandinavian foods and understanding some of their culture and other activities until.

Finally exhausted we bid a very emotional farewell to our hosts and boarded the train for Stockholm for a day of sightseeing before returning home exhausted but with great memories of an awesome expedition and a promise of a returned trip to the UK in 2017.

Debbie Piercy & Bob Miles Ocean Explorer Scout Leader and 73rd Portsmouth Scout Leader

Cooking on the top of a 50m cliff with staggering views

Rafting

Checking out the Troll Caves

All of us together

Our first night

Mini Golf

Goodbye

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GONE HOME Pat Rea, A.D.C. Cubs for Southampton City District passed away on Monday 14th September 2015 at The Countess Mountbatten Hospice Southampton. Pat had held a warrant as a Cub Scouter for 43 years and had been awarded The Medal of Merit and The Silver Acorn. She had carried on her duties as A.D.C. Cubs to the best of her ability even whilst receiving cancer treatment during the past year. Pat was an excellent Scouter and A.D.C. and a very courageous lady who will sadly missed by everyone in Southampton City District. Our thoughts and prayers are with her husband Don and all her family.

George Longhurst.

Active Support Manager.

To all Leaders, exec members and supporters 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 started 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. We will send details of Jill’s funeral arrangements as soon as they have been confirmed.

Yours in Scouting, John Papworth, District Commissioner Romsey

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Service Of Remembrance

It was a pleasure to see so many people at the Service of Remembrance held at the United Reform Church at Drayton in Portsmouth on the 11th October. What was sad was that 36 names had to be added to the roll, the highest number we have ever had in a year since it was begun back in 1993. Family members, Scouting friends and Church members heard Richard Spearing, the ACC Active Support, introduce the reading of the names with a poem called The Dash written by Linda Ellis. It talks about the little line often found between a date of Birth and that of Death, sometimes seen on Tombstones. Richard also drew attention to the church stained glass window behind the altar which is dedicated to youth and shows among others, a Scout, Guide, Cub and Brownie in their uniforms.

The names were read out in alphabetical order as is tradition for the service and a member of Scouting, a Family member of the County Chaplain, Sue Breakwell, lit a candle in their memory some of which were in a circle representing the “Gone Home” symbol which Richard explained to the congregation for those who were not familiar with it.

Following the service, everyone was invited to the Church Hall for refreshments provided by the City of Portsmouth Active Support team and Richard thanked them for this.

Next year the service will be moved to May because the County are introducing a meeting of teams in September and it was felt that things would clash date wise, and the next Active Support Meeting will be held in February rather than March. Dates are being fixed at the moment. Please continue to send Richard names to be added to the Roll. We have three for next time already.

A Flag with a History!

This is Helene Marsh from Canada returning the Hampshire Scout’s union jack which was given to her at the end of the 15th World Scout Jamboree back in 1979 in Canada. The flag was presented to her by John Derben OBE County Commissioner at the time and 3 Patrol Leaders Steven Baynes, Kelvin Brown and Nick Gibbons.

Helene was recently in the Uk visiting family and she thought that it was time for this flag to return home. Helene brought the flag to the county office and met with Ken Sherman from Hampshire Scout Archives. The flag will now be given to the Hampshire Scout Heritage team.

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Training Advisers evenings 2016

These events are for current and aspiring TA’s.

All the events will start at 19.30 and finish at 21.30.

• (Tues) 3rd November 2015 at Cricket Camp • (Mon) 9th November 2015 at 1st Eastleigh • (Thurs) 12th November 2015 at Hook Scout HQ This will be an opportunity to take part in TA workshops and receive information and updates.

To book your place either email Gene Burgoyne (County Training Admin) at trainingadmin@scouts-hants.org.uk or phone/text 07582 158709 with your Name, District and the date you would like to attend.

Further details and information on the evenings will be sent out nearer the date.

Adult Training dates for 2016

These have now been published and can be found at www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/county-adult-training-dates.

Most course venues have been booked and are shown on the calendar, however there are still a few dates where the venue still needs to be confirmed.

You can book on to any of the courses by either downloading an application form from www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/adult-training-application-forms or using the online application form.

Some courses fill up fairly quickly, especially the Residential weekends, so don’t delay booking your course.

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Scouts Speak Up 9am Saturday 28th to 4pm Sunday 29th November Solent Scout Training Centre, Lyons Copse, Sandy Lane, Shedfield, Southampton. SO32 2HQ Do you know an Explorer Scout, older Scout (13+) or young adult (under 21) who is keen to promote Scouting and learn more about the media?

Are you a youth member of Scouting? You can convey first-hand the fun, challenge, adventure and global citizenship that Scouting offers.

Booking: http://goo.gl/forms/3p9HwCgrMi

http://stories.scouts.org.uk Tips On Writing Your Story

Answer the following questions and you will have a great start to your story.

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Who is involved — your Group or District, a supporting organization or company?

Who does your news affect/who does it benefit?

What is new? What have you completed or taken part in?

Why is this story of interest — what does it say about Scouting that is new or surprising?

Where is this happening? Please provide a postcode if you have one What is the timing of this? Does this add significance?

As a starting point, writing down the answers to these questions can be helpful.

It’s then a matter of putting them together in short punchy sentences. That sounds simple, but can be quite challenging. If you can’t get the words right straight away, keep trying.

For more information Scout Story how to brand and writing style please visit:

https://members.scouts.org.uk/documents/Brand%20Guidelines%20January%202015.pdf

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An Insight into Young Leaders

My name is Steve Turner and I am the Assistant County Commissioner for Young Leaders in Hampshire, if you wish to contact me to discuss any contents in the following articles on Young Leaders you will find my details in the Hampshire Directory.

At a number of meetings recently across all Sections, I have been asked to explain the role of Young Leaders (YLs), their responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Leader. In order to deliver this information to the largest number of Scouters I intend over the next few months to write in Hampshire Scout News a number of articles explaining the basics. I wish to apologise as many of you already know about YLs, but may I ask you to read the article in case it covers something you are unfamiliar with. I also apologise that the article looks like a “you shall / shall not” but I cannot think of another way to quickly explain.

Firstly I would like to say that our Young Leader section is the future of Scouting in Hampshire, if Hampshire is to meet the target for growth in the movement it is likely that an active, adequately trained, YL provision will provide the new Leaders that will be necessary.

Adults and Parents taking on the role of Leaders is crucial to our success but unlike many adults recruited from out side of the movement YL’s come with a background of experience potentially totalling twelve years, four of which could be in a YL role before they are old enough to become Adult Leaders. Little additional training is normally required before they can be awarded their Wood Beads.

What is a Young Leader YL’s are aged between 14 and 18 i.e Explorer age.

There are three types of YL within the Scout movement.

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An Explorer who is active within a District Explorer Unit and who attends regular meetings, and who pays ‘subs’ to that section.

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An Explorer who ONLY attends a Colony, Pack or Troop as a YL. This YL pays NO subs and their Annual Capitation is paid for by the Group or District in which they work. It is not permitted for a District to insist an Explorer attend regular Explorer meetings as a prerequisite to becoming a YL, nor is it acceptable for the YL to be charged subs by the section they are working in.

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A Young Person from outside of the movement working as a YL as part of their service award. In this instance Scout Insurance will cover the Young person for the duration of their Service award usually 3 months.

Please note that YLs should be encouraged not to work within a Scout section until a minimum of 6 months have passed since they left Scouts.

ALL Explorers or Young Persons working as a YL MUST complete a Module A within three months of starting, there is NO exception. YL’s not completing Module A within three months of commencement of their role should not be permitted to continue within that role until Module A is complete. The responsibility for ensuring compliance is with the Leader of the Section in which the YL is working. Provisions for supplying Module A training varies from District to District, speak to your ADC or DC for details. On completion of Module A the YL should be awarded their YL Badge, as each Mission is completed (more next month) they should be awarded one of the ‘edge’ badges that go around the YL Badge.

Note: Young Persons from outside of the movement undertaking DofE Service awards require two additional hours of training in addition to module A.

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What are YLs allowed to do A YL is permitted to undertake anything a Leader can do providing they are under supervision, i.e. if they are running a game within the HQ a Leader must be able to view the proceedings, but not necessarily be in the same room as the game i.e ability to view through a kitchen hatch would be acceptable. If however you are discussing issues with parents you must ask yourself if the YL is adequately supervised.

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YLs should be encouraged to take responsibility for part or all of the evening.

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YLs should be asked to attend your planning meetings and their input should be encouraged.

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YLs should be encouraged to hold and run Forums and Log Chews and bring information discussed to the Planning meetings.

What YLs cannot do •

A YL cannot be left on their own to run part or all of the evening.

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A YL cannot during outdoor activities be used to make up the ratio of Adult to Children detailed in POR.

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YLs require their own sleeping accommodation they cannot share with the Section or Leaders even if they have only just left Scouts and are attending a Scout camp.

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If a YL needs to take part of a Section outside of the HQ they must be accompanied and ratio’s must be adhered to.

Leaders Responsibilities Leaders should: •

ensure Module A is complete it is the ONLY compulsory module.

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encourage the YL to complete their training whenever possible.

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assist the YL in completion of their Missions following their training.

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encourage the YL to attend and input into the Planning meetings.

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ensure YLs are adequately insured by paying Capitation annually.

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ensure that YLs are fully engaged with the running of the Section, they are not there to make squash and coffee.

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YLs are documented on annual returns especially those that are not active within an Explorer section.

Next Month: Training requirements, Missions explained and Presentation of Belt Buckle.

If any Leader or Young Leader wishes to discuss anything about this article or have any questions on Young Leaders please feel free to call me on 07742 968502 Steve Turner, Assistant County Commissioner for Young Leaders

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HSX Cambodia 30 years of exploration

Since HSX was founded in 1986 they have run over 20 international Expeditions for Hampshire Scouts to over 10 different countries on six of the continents. In 2016 to celebrate 30 years of exploration we are heading to Cambodia.

Cambodia is rich in culture, with incredible sights, beautiful beaches and a fascinating history. All elements that we wish to explore as well as meeting warm and welcoming people. The expedition aims to send 20 participants with five leaders on this four week expedition over the winter of 2016/17.

There will be 18 months of training prior to the expedition focusing on teamwork, personal development and leadership to ensure that members gain as much as possible from the experience. The hope is that as well as being a life changing experience for those involved, such experiences and contacts will bring greater understanding, and therefore tolerance, of the multi-cultural society in which we live today.

The expedition aims to continue the HSX tradition of being a life changing experience for all involved and inspiring the next generation of expedition leaders.

To find out more contact: matt.prince@hsx.org.uk

Twitter: @HSXOffical

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Facebook: /hampshirescoutexpeditions

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You Tube: HSXOnline

Limited Edition Badge!

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!

youth.council@scouts-hants.org.uk

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Only £2

DofE & QSA updates

As the Expedition Season comes to a close for another season and nearly 70 expedition groups have completed thier expeditions, read Ed’s tips to prepare for 2016! Enjoy this edition - Mike, ACC (DofE / QSA) 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.

Young Leader Training Weekend - 27 to 29 Nov 2015, Farnborough The next County Young Leader training covering modules B - K is running from the 27 - 29 November in Farnborough. The cost of the weekend is £12 and you can book online at www.tiny.cc/ylt. Those doing DofE need to complete module A plus at least two hours additional training at each level of award.

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.

Welcome to our Young Ambassadors for DofE and QSA We now have some young ambassadors who will be supporting our DofE & QSA work across Hampshire. You will hear more from them over the next year as we prepare for the 60th anniversary. They are - Laura Smith (Chandler’s Ford), Ben Simpson (Winchester), Jaz Bourne and Sam Malcolm (Bramshill) and Adam Ferris (NFN Lyndhurst).

60th anniversary of DofE 2016 is the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. There is a number of events and projects in planning.

1. The Expedition 60 challenge - to complete at 60 challenges (and optionally,60km) on DofE expedition - could be done as a project on Bronze, Silver or Gold expeditions - more info to follow.

2. Fri 30th Sept will be a day for Gold Award Holders at the Great Hall.

3 There will be a Cathedral Service in Winchester - date TBC 4. We are planning a DofE Conference on 7th Feb 2016 - more info to follow.

5. The DofE have a Diamond Challenge to fundraise £60. www.dofediamondchallenge.org.

We are looking for more ideas dofe@scouts-hants.org.uk Ed’s Expedition Tip #1 - Rolling Pins & Flat Packing When on your expedition, space and weight are limited in your rucksack so I’m forever finding ways to reduce my load. One of the best ways is to ‘flat-pack’ food. My favourite is to squash a malt loaf flat with a rolling pin. This contains lots of energy, saves space and, as it all goes down the same way, tastes great too! A friend of mine sits on his hot cross buns to cut down on food space as well. Also, if you have lots of flattened food, it will pack together well and slip down the thin spaces in your bag to make the most of the space available. More next month!

Ed Burfield is a Silver Participant from Fareham West.

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Calling All Explorer Leaders Ferny Crofts are looking for more Young People to join the Gold Team.

Gold team is a group of young people ages 14-18 interested in learning and developing their skills in outdoor activities and willing to take on the challenge of running an outdoor centre.

If you have passionate, enthusiastic, outdoorsy young people in your unit, we will happily come to your Explorer meetings and explain what we do, and what you can get from us.

If you would like us to come to one of your meetings, then contact us on fernycrofts@fernycrofts.org.uk or on 023 80845 092 Kind Regards Ferny Crofts Team www.fernycrofts.org.uk Ferny Crofts, Beaulieu Road, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7YQ

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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November Twenty Fifteen

100 Years of Cubs Scouts Centenary Mugs Only ÂŁ 6.50 each

Two Great Personalised Designs!

No Minimum Quantities

Pre Order For Christmas!

Made From Acrylic Free P&P

Delivery time is 3 weeks from order. Please see enclosed order form.

For any more info and order form please contact: Tel: 01489 783 538 or Email: hazepress@yahoo.co.uk All proceeds go to Hampshire Scout Heritage project

www.hampshirescouting.org.uk/about-us/heritage

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Suisse Adventure Summer 2016

Kandersteg Switzerland, 14th - 29th August Cost ÂŁ650.00 per person plus food Included in the price is your Travel, Camping fees, Hikes, Day trip to Berne, Evening entertainment including International Campfire.

Book now www.sa16.weebly.com places are limited!

Open to 14 to 25 years old.