Hampshire Scout News September 2011

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Welcome to my first edition of HSN. This month I have assembled news from all around the County and caught up with WJS news that has arrived in my inbox.

Next issue is all about Summer Camps and Expeditions, so please send in articles and photos now. Even better get your Scouts to write them or take the photos. Some of the best photos we have had recently have been taken by Scouts who had been loaned a camera by their leaders.

Please use the following e-mail now for all photos and articles, adverts and roll of honour entries: hsn@Scouts-hants.org.uk For Distribution and any other County Office matters please use:

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

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.

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To join the adventure of Scouting whether as a Adult or Young person fill in the form at:

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Adam’s Bit

The County Commissioner speaks to the County.

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Beavers

Loggerheads Competition.

10. Cubs Survival Camp.

12. Scouts Fleet Scout go up in the world.

16. Explorers Visit Demark.

18. Network New Network Chair.

20. WSJ Driving taxicab to WSJ, Catch up with IST.

24. Queen’s Scout Award Queens Scout Award presentation on HMS Warrior.

26. Youth Council Catch up with what is going on.

27. Development A successful rota.

International Friendship &

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One of the most remarkable things about Scouting is how well it crosses international borders, bringing together young people from vastly different backgrounds as friends.

Hundreds of young people from Hampshire experienced this over the summer – from the World Scout Jamboree to the Denmark expedition, and from the Haarlem Jamborette in Holland to Kandersteg in Switzerland and Masindi in Uganda.

Camping alongside Scouts from other countries, sharing meals, playing football, and chilling out together helps people realise what they have in common and appreciate the differences in their lives.

I was lucky enough to visit both the Denmark Expedition at the Naesbycentret Camp and the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, along with members of the Youth Programme Team. Arriving in a heavy rainstorm, we saw the Scouts and Explorers on the Denmark Expedition canoeing on the lake and being filmed for Danish TV. With them, we travelled up to the vast World Scout Jamboree and met up with some of the Eureka Jamboree Unit who were relaxing on site that day.

Meanwhile, the HSJs, Allsorts and Connect-4 were either going to, in the middle of, or coming back from the memorable “Camp-in-Camp” experience where they stayed in wilderness camps with Swedish Scouts. Leaving a hot and sunny Jamboree, the next day we took part in an international barbeque at the campsite in Denmark, and heard the sounds of the camp’s night escape exercise in the distance as we retired to our tents.

Everyone I’ve spoken to about the Jamboree and Denmark had a fantastic time, and my thanks go to all the leaders on these and other international expeditions for enabling so many young people to have the adventure of a lifetime.

Hampshire Scouting has a phenomenal track record of international expeditions to nearly every part of the world. In addition to the Belize and Tanzania expeditions which have already recruited their teams, here’s a preview of some of the other international opportunities from both Hampshire and the UK coming up over the next few years •

European Roverway 2012 in Finland - 16 to 22 year olds

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Suisse Adventure 2013 to Kandersteg -

Explorers and Network

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HSX Nepal 2013 to the mountains -

Explorers and Network

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World Scout Moot in Canada 2013 -

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Namaste Nepal 2014 to the jungle -

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World Scout Jamboree 2015 in Japan -

Explorers

Plus there’s rumours of District or County trips to Belgium, Adelboden, the Maldives, the Gambia, Namibia, and Uganda.

The opportunities for international expeditions with Scouting are limitless. Sign up for your next adventure today !!

Adam, County Commissioner, Hampshire Scouting

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Welcome Back to...

All the Hampshire Jamboree participants, leaders and international service team members who have returned over the past weeks from an amazing three weeks. They’ve explored and partied in Copenhagen, met new friends from around the world at the Jamboree in Sweden, and enjoyed Home Hospitality in Finland, Germany and Romania.

Congratulations to...

Dom Howell and his team on running a great County Scout Camp for a hundred Scouts at Lyons Copse. The event has attracted Scouts from individual patrols and troops who wouldn’t otherwise be able to go on a summer camp, and they’re all having a great time and meeting other Scouts from around Hampshire

... o t s n o i t a l u t a r g Con Eastleigh District Scouts for raising a phenomenal £2,446.58 and funding four Shelterboxes which will support families around the world in future disasters.

Allsorts Jamboree Unit on a great reportback on Thursday evening, fresh off the plane home from Finland. Highlights of their trip included Camp-in-Camp in patrols with Swedish Scouts at local camps, swapping uniforms with the Boy Scouts of America, hot showers on the ferry and saunas in Finland.

Ferny Crofts on the new evening activities during summer camps - including the volleyball competition and the campfire, both very well received by the campers from across the UK. Charlotte Cox from our Youth Council and Basingstoke on becoming a Youth Editor for Scouting magazine this Autumn

Looking forward to

Denmark Expedition Reportback on Tuesday 6th September at Thornden School in Chandlers Ford Hampshire Strawberry Jams Reportback on Sunday 11th September at IBM Hursley House

Get involved

Volunteer opportunities to in Campdowne 2013. www.glseScouts.org.uk/campdowne Adam, County Commissioner, Hampshire Scouting

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What a great event the District sleepover at JJ’s was. With 74 Beavers sleeping over in the play centre they even had a visit from Chip the County Beaver. It was great to see 25+ hike tents in the soft play area and so many leaders from all groups helping out and playing on the equipment; good fun was had by all. My thanks go to Laura Robinson for arranging and planning the event for her Nights Away permit and to Claire Hawkins for supporting her with the logistics of so many people. Well done to them both.

Andy Cullen DC Basingstoke East

Sleepover season has hit the Beaver section in the last month, with both the District Sleepover and Air Scouts holding their first ever Group event. The District Sleepover was a night of firsts - the first time 75 Beavers attended our District Sleepover. the first time many of the children had a night away from home, the first time ANYONE has spent the night at JJ’s and the first time a Beaver leader has not had to do the washing up! In true sleepover style, we started the event with some craft before starting an organised activity on the soft play equipment. The Beavers then had free time before our campfire, led by Andy, with special smoke effects provided by JJ’s. Whilst the Beavers slept in tents in the toddler area, leadership perks stepped in and many leaders slept on the equipment. It is reported that the Young Leaders were still playing once everyone else was asleep!

Sunday morning started with a full English breakfast and the arrival of Chip (the life, well Andy, sized Beaver) who joined the Beavers for more play on the equipment before making thank you posters for JJ’s and home. I have had lots of positive feedback from leaders, Beavers and parents, but my favourite has to be from the Beaver that was really upset at having to sleep in his own bed the next night and would like to sleep at JJ’s every night. Negotiations are already underway for a return visit next year.

Earlier in the month Keith and I spent the weekend at Base 2000 with Air Scout Beavers. They held their sleepover for a full twenty four hours and the activities included games, craft, singing and sleeping in tents. All the Beavers helped with the chores and

as the activity was open to the whole Colony; only a couple of Beavers were missing —I feel it was a very good exercise in strengthening Colony relationships. Congratulations go to Eve Alexander (Air Scouts) and Laura Robinson (Chineham Grey) for all their hard work in organising these two sleepovers and by so doing gaining their night’s away permits. And also to Vicky Evans (Chineham Brown) for completing her permit as well this term.

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For Summer Camp this year, the 22nd Odiham Fleet Troop went to Blackwell Adventure, which is the Birmingham Scout County Site near Bromsgrove, in the West Midlands. It is a very large well equipped site with space for 29 Troop camps as well as about 20 really exciting activity areas, a good camp shop and an excellent open air swimming pool.

Sunday – arrived at lunch time and got

our camp set up including altar fires for each Patrol, a decorated gateway and our own flag pole. Fires were lit and our first Dinner of Spaghetti Bolognese was soon prepared. After clearing up, we had an Orienteering competition which also helped the Scouts to get to know their way around the site. Our first day finished with a Scouts Own on the theme of “our Father”.

Monday - this morning we went to the high point of the camp from where two Zip Wires, both about 220m long, trail down into a lower field. There are wooden towers to climb onto the runway seats to give an even higher start and getting off at the bottom end is via a rope hoist. After a few runs in a normal sitting position, some of our Scouts went down almost upside down ! After lunch we moved onto the High All Aboard activity area. There are two really cool challenges here and we had 8 boys on each. One is a Giants Ladder with thick log “steps” which you had to climb using only a rope loop and help from your team. The other is a vertical single pole about 8m high with a small platform on the top. You climb this with metal rods which can be slid into the pole to act as steps and the object is to get 2, 3 or even 4 Scouts all onto the little platform

at the same time. After this it was time for a rest and a visit to the camp tuck shop. For their second dinner of the camp, the Patrols cooked pork chops with potatoes, carrots and sweetcorn. For pudding we had a delicious strawberry gateau.

During the evening, the young boys had a session on Emergency Aid as part of their Outdoor Challenge.

Then it was time for volley ball and cricket in the field.

Tuesday – we wanted to leave camp early

today so breakfast was cooked on gas stoves and soon cleared up afterwards. All then got into the minibus for our trip to Cadbury World which is about 12 miles from Blackwell. We joined many other people who were booked at the same time as us to go round the exhibits telling the story of this old firm and showing some of the machines which produce chocolate bars, etc. There was much to see and it was all a bit crowded but there were regular hand-outs of chocolate in different ways as we visited each of the 14 zones. We had a picnic lunch and visited the large gift shop before returning to our camp.

One of our two groups then went on the indoor climbing wall whilst the other went on the 3g swing. For this, two Scouts are strapped into an open seat on the end of a long cable and the carriage is winched up with another rope until the cable is almost horizontal. One of the Scouts releases the seat from the rope and it drops down and swings round at very high speed.

Later in the afternoon we had an hour in the swimming pool and enjoyed playing water polo as well as trying to

drown each other ! Dinner this evening was lamb burgers with peas and potatoes followed by sticky toffee cheese-cake.

During the evening, some Scouts made more progress with their Camp Cook Badge and then played more field games.

Wednesday – after breakfast and a morning

Inspection, the two groups from yesterday changed over so that by lunch time all had been up the climbing wall and had several goes on the 3g swing.

The whole of the afternoon was spent at Pikes Pool which is another part of Blackwell about ¾ mile away, so an easy walk. The Scouts were first given some instruction about how to control their canoes and the capsize drill. Then it was all on the water for about 2 hours of paddling practice followed by various games and canoe formations which led to water being washed into most of the boats and some complete capsizes.

Back at the main camp most changed and had a shower before we all sat round together for our final camp dinner – fish and chips from a local chippie followed by jam doughnuts and drinks.

We gathered some wood and took it to the site camp fire circle. There we made our

fire and enjoyed some of the old camp fire songs and even older stunts by each Patrol.

Thursday – for all of our camp so far, the

weather had been warm, sunny and dry.

We had been warned about rain on this final day and had taken down two of our dining shelters and the altar fires on Wednesday morning. It started at about 4.00am this morning, never stopped and at times was really bucketing down. Breakfast was cooked under the remaining dining shelter and two Patrols eat in the mess tent and the other in the back of our transport van which had arrived yesterday evening.

There was a lull of about 10mins when we had our final flag down, Outdoor Challenge Awards were presented to several of the younger Scouts and there was time for another reading about our Eternal Father and prayer of thanks for all of our camp enjoyment.

Not a very nice journey home because of the rain and lorry spray everywhere but lunch at Warwick Services was good thanks to KFC and Burger King !

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That was what we all had at Corf camp on the Isle of Wight in early June.

Twenty of us enjoyed everything from:

Go Karting Dodgems Isle of Wight Railway Robin Hill Country Park Pirate themed activities around camp RNLI visit Jungle golf Sandown pier Fort Victoria (Aquarium) (Planetarium) By using a few contacts we were able to keep costs down, which was a bonus. Especially as we wanted to give the Scouts a action packed five days away, without the parents paying out lots of money. This idea proved to be a good one, as we managed to take along a couple of Scouts who had never camped before. Would definitely do the camp again, but next time try to get a 100% turnout which would be a dream come true.

Doug Symonds Scout Leader 14th NFE (Applemore) Scout group

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Visit to WSJ It was an early and misty start to the day followed by a long trip in the coach to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. An amazing sight and an amazing thing to be part of even as a day visitor. The Explorers made the most of their time visiting the many international Scout organisation tents and swapping badges, neckerchiefs and who knows what else along the way. We met a few old friends including some of the Hampshire WSJ participants and I am sure made many more new ones during the day.

Another long drive back in the coach got us home to the campsite tired but having had a fantastic day!

UK Day Another sunny day - a little untypical perhaps for our UK day! We gave the camp site a spring clean, finished the construction of Big Ben, set out the badge maker and badge swapping, began cooking Scones and generally made this little corner of a Danish Campsite a true UK destination. Many visitors came to sample the delights on offer, some of them even stayed for Sausage and Mash! After dinner there was a little energetic dancing before the Explorers went off to play rounders. The George and Dragon opened its doors at 8:30 to provide a little taste of real British beer and a hint of the british pub experience for the leaders only!!

Here comes the rain again!!

Saturday was a day of goings - the last official flag break and many of the other groups on site started to drift away. So we embarked on an ambitious project to build huge rafts big enough to cook, eat and sleep on the lake with. The bravest of them managed to stay through the rain till around 5am!

15th International Workshop to be held on Saturday 12 November at United Reform Church,

London Road, Basingstoke from 10.00 to 16.00 – come along and listen to those who have been abroad this year, network with those who are thinking about going next year and get ideas for the Global programme zone. Suitable for Leaders, Explorer Scouts and Network Scouts.

For further information and attendance contact either Rayner Mayer rayner@sciotech.demon.co.uk or Roger Lillicrap sagitta428@ntlworld.com M*E*S*H VII (Mixing*Explorer*Scout*Holiday) 2011 Bookings are open for this year’s camp. Now in it’s 7th year and with ever increasing popularity.

An annual camp run by Chislehurst District (& friends) to give your hard working leaders a well earned break after the long summer months.

Full programme of onsite activities including Pimp my Tank, Silent Disco, Military Fitness, I’m an Explorer Scout get me out of here, Flight Simulator, Human Battleships, wide games and much much more!

This year we’re signing up to the military with all the ‘Drills’ and ‘Black Ops’ you’d expect to go with it.

23-25 September 2011 To Book: Our booking system can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/meshvii All bookings will close on 11th September.

Contact: Field Marshal Sonny – mesh@chislehurstdistrictscouts.org.uk Please pass these details to anyone who may be interested in attending.

If you and your unit would like to join us, please add yourself to the Facebook page M*E*S*H VII for updates Yours in Scouting

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EW N Network co-Chair

We voted to continue with two to three County Scout Network co-Chairs as this proved to be so successful over the past year. Fi Durrant was voted in for her second year and we welcome Jason Ledwich, Chair of Southampton Duck Network who was voted in as the second co-Chair. We also said thank you and goodbye to Sam Chapman, Account Manager Southampton Duck, who had to retire at the grand old age of 25!

We Welcome

This month we welcomed 7 new Scout Network members from the new Bramshill Ninjas Network that meets in Hartley Wintney near Hook.

Get involved

We are still seeking support with projects such as members of the GNet team, a Facebook events editor, etc. If you would like to get more involved or have ideas to improve Scout Network and our communications, please contact us.

Life after Network...

Are you aged 25 plus?

You may keep involved by becoming as a Leader or Helper with a Colony, Pack, Troop, Unit, Group or District and now you could join a District or County SAS (Scout Active Support (was Fellowship).

Namaste Nepal (www.namaste-nepal.org.uk) is a County SAS with a clear aim of supporting Scouting in Meghauli of Nepal. The team also help with County events such as and have been asked to help at some District events.

Itchen South Service Team (Facebook ISST) a District SAS based at Cricket Camp, Burseldon would also welcome you with open arms.

● Tue5July CSNC attended Havant District AGM spoke with DC acting DC Chair 2 GSLs

1 Explorer Leader. All want a local Network. Watch this space! ● Mon 4th July County QSA Reception planning meeting. 3 Network members (2 are

also QSA holders) gave their very valid input. It happens Thu 1st Sept ● Trek Cart Congratulations 1st place Eastleigh/Chandlers Ford Steamers Network.

They were the only Network entry! Ray wears medal with pride! ● Trek Cart Fri 1-Sun3 July Scout, Explorer, Network. Another great success with over

double the teams v last year. Trek Cart 2012 is planned.

Join us Hampshire Scout Network t/text: 077 7228 9061 Facebook: Scout Network Hampshire t: 02380 847847 e: county.office@Scouts-hants.org.uk w: Scouts-hants.org.uk/network

August

Date TBC

Monopoly Run

An Exotic City TBC

August

Fri 26th - Mon 29th

Beer Festival

Drift Inn, Beaulieu

Gilwell Reunion

HQ Gilwell, Chingford

GNet Act!ve meeting

TBC

County Youth Council GNet Act!ve meeting

Gordon Brown Centre, Rotherwick. RG27 9AT TBC

County Kudu

Andover and area

County Scout Network Committee All Chairs & Leaders Network Ball

TBC

September Fri 2nd - Sun 4th September TBC October

Fri 7th - Sun 9th

September TBC October November

Overnight Sat 29th - Sun 30th Date TBC

December

Date TBC

Waterlooville Black Sheep

GNet

Network Programme co-ordinators

Andover

TBC

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Gilwell Reunion - What can you expect?

Socialising with old & new friends; Programme ideas to take back to the younger sections; Training sessions and workshops on topics that affect you as an individual; Meeting the UK Chief Commissioner and team; Evening entertainment; On-site activities.

For more information and booking: www.Scouts.org.uk/reunion2011/cms php?pageid=2689

Join the Facebook event: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157898747586842

GNet meeting team

September 2011 date and venue TBC by your County Scout Network co-Chairs, Fi and Jason GNet (Get Network Act!ve) is made up of Network members and Leaders interested in supporting the County Network Programme. If you are your Network’s programme co-ordinator or just interested in getting involved, we would be glad to see you.

Interested?

Contact:

Fi e: fiona.durrant@hotmail.com m: 077 0839 1137

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Three UK leaders including Alastair Sawdy from Hampshire under took the challenge to drive the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in a black taxicab. Their journey took them across six countries, covering around 1,000 miles in the process.

Automobile adventures The trek was dreamed up by James Treadwell while returning from the last World Scout Jamboree. ‘It all came about as a result of a conversation I had with friends about how we would like to go to the 2011 event,’ he said.

‘I came up with the idea and bought the cab out of my own money. This is going to be quite an experience.’

Skills and experiences Co-pilots Matt Hart and Alastair Sawdy are also hugely excited about the road trip ahead, not to mention the Jamboree which will follow. Upon reaching their destination, all three will join the International Service Team (IST). This multinational collection of adult volunteers work long hours to make sure the event runs smoothly. ‘I’m looking forward to meeting new people, making new friends, having a really good time and coming away with new skills that I can pass on to others in Scouting,’ said Matt. ‘I went in 2007 and had a fantastic time,’ explains Alastair. ‘I just wanted to give something back on this occasion which is why I volunteered for the IST.’ Valiant volunteers Do they have any worries? ‘I just hope the taxi is reliable’ laughs Matt. ‘We’ve been told it is but I guess we’ll find out soon enough.’ For Alastair, this sort of adventure is just part of being a Scouting volunteer. ‘I got into it because I had a number of friends who were volunteering.’ James was ‘born into volunteering’, following in the footsteps of his parents, while Matt highlights ‘teaching outdoor activities skills’ as his favourite part of being a Scout leader.

Join You don’t have to drive a black cab across Europe to volunteer for Scouting. There are a number of roles you can take on to help your local Group. Join the adventure today and find out how you can make a difference.

Planning Team Perspective!

22nd World Scout Jamboree I was lucky enough to be able to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden this year as part of the Planning Team - a group of people from all countries in the work together to try to create an incredible experience for 29,000 participants and 10,000 staff!

My role on camp was to work as one of a group of 20 “Listening Ears”, who acted as a sort of Camp Counsellor and worked closely with the Child Protection Team.

As a listening ear I had responsibility for two sub camps, and had to attend daily meetings and work shifts in my camps to provide emotional support to leaders and young people where necessary. Being a youth worker professionally, I thought that working at the jamboree would be easy - however I was wrong. Working with people from nearly every country in the world means you have to address various cultural differences, as well as cope with the language barrier (speaking English, Spanish, and a little bit of Portuguese doesn’t get you that far!), and of course try to find time to get a good night’s sleep. That said the jamboree was an incredible experience, and it was humbling to be at the opening ceremony

where everyone stood together and supported each other, and a particularly emotional moment was when we held a minutes silence for the Oslo tragedy; one Scout stood up and the world followed suit - it makes you realise the power of Scouting, and the strength we have if we all work together for a force for good.

I had the opportunity to mix with a wide range of people at the jamboree - from those whom I had met in Brazil at the world conference, to members of the various UK units, as well as the King of Sweden at his Royal Campfire!

Being at the jamboree was a dream come true, and I cannot imagine anywhere else in the world where all people can live together in harmony, and you can visit Ireland for lunch and then Hungary for dinner, whilst grabbing a pastry from Denmark on the way! Being surrounded by 39,000 people all sharing in the same values as you is incredible, and meeting up with friends from across the world is even better! As I am sure any of the participants will tell you - the jamboree is a life changing experience, and I strongly recommend Japan for 2015!

Simply IST ree o b m a J t u o Sc 22nd World The IST, or to give them their full name The International Service Team were the group of people at the

Jamboree that kept everything running.

The jobs at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree, near Rinkaby, Sweden, ranged from running the participant activities, to serving in the cafes and kiosks, providing round-the-clock medical care, to dealing with the trash, supporting the logistics of moving large numbers of participants and to the ‘bog squads’. You name it, the IST probably did it! Some of the IST also undertook multiple back-to-back shifts and did more than one job just to keep things running over the course of the twoweek-long camp.

I arrived near the site at approximately 2am on IST arrival day, on what may well have been the first of the arranged shuttle coaches from Copenhagen Airport.

I was taken quickly through the check-in process, where we (mostly) received our ID badges and the information envelope that detailed our patrol number and when our first round of training would be. However, no information on what our specific jobs would be; that would hopefully come later. Following the check-in, we got back on the coach and were taken the short distance to the site and up to the ‘Spring Town’ canteen.

Spring town was the adult only area of the jamboree – the home of the 10,000 IST members. It was there that we picked up our t-shirts, Jamboree handbooks and maps and had our ‘Safe From Harm’ training status checked. Next, it was out into the darkness to find the correct designated pitch. Each was denoted by a small numbered plaque on knee high

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posts. All throughout that day, then into the early hours of the following day, members of the IST were arriving on site from all over the world.

Part way through the IST arrival day, lists started appearing relating an individual’s patrol number to job departments. In my case, this was ‘Subcamp and Contingent Support’ and ‘Modular Activities’ and directed me to another board. After asking many questions, I eventually found out, the following day, that my primary job would be in the ‘People’ area of Modular Activities but there was no news on the second department. However, during the IST introduction program on this day, I first met my patrol that I would be working with for the entirety of the Jamboree. It comprised of two Swiss, one Irish, one French, one Finnish, and one Swedish (via an American overseas unit) Scout and myself.

The days until the first participants began their programme were taken up with job training and building the activity area.

The part of People we would be delivering would be a cultural mixing game called ‘Raffa Raffa’. This game called for two IST and approximately 40 participants that would be split in half. Each of these halves would make up a fictitious culture with five rules;

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Once the rules were decided and a President nominated in each culture, five ambassadors would be taken from one culture and swapped over to the other. The aim for the ambassadors was to work out the five rules of the culture they had been put in to. However, if they got something wrong, they were briefly ejected from the culture in order to work out what they had done wrong, before being allowed to re-enter. On the first participant programme day, our area was staffed by in the region of 100 IST. We had approximately 6,000 participants to deliver the activity to, in the space of about five hours. Most days there would be between 3,000 and 6,500 participants passing through the activity.

On one of the quieter days in People, my patrol and some others were drafted to the ‘Camp in Camp’ department, to help load the coaches that would take the Jamboree participants out to Swedish Scout camps in the area, for an overnight stay. I can honestly say that the luggage compartments are all different from the number of times I must have banged my head! After loading in the morning, it was back to People in the afternoon, to get though the participants there.

Finally, the question on what the original ‘second job department’ of Subcamp and Contingent Support meant was answered; this now was my third department. It would mean that we would be assisting with visitors to the site on Culture Day, when none of the activities were going to be run. Instead, the participants would show off their cultures to each other, by making or cooking foods from their countries. They would also spend the day visiting other units, sampling food and making more friends. The visitors were the host campers from the ‘Camp in Camp’ events. My patrol’s task for the

day was to guide the visitors from the bus stops, to a food point, via a short tour of the site. However, due to having injured my knee a few days earlier, I was stationed at one of the end points of the tours, to deal with any questions, or to provide directions to the visitors. The following day it was back to People to get through the next set of participants.

On the participant pack up day, all of the Modular Activities staff were drafted in to dismantle and pack up the activity areas. Some dismantled carefully, screw by screw, whilst others with chainsaw, sledgehammer and crowbar! This deconstruction effort was echoed all across the site, as kiosks, cafes, and all sorts of other structures were dismantled and packed away for transportation.

Even after our activity area was cleared though, our work was not done. We were drafted into my fourth department, ‘Logistics’, to assist in the participant departures. The shift we were given was the midnight to 6am slot, directly following the Closing Ceremony. Our job involved making sure that the correct units got on coaches at the right time and to the right destination, so that they could make their flights and connections to either get them home, or on to their Home Hospitality destinations. This was hampered by awful thunderstorms and heavy rain that kept blowing through throughout the night. Although we seemed to get everyone out on time, and relatively dry even if we were not!

All in all, the Jamboree was hard work and frustrating at times, but this was far outweighed by the overwhelming satisfaction in knowing that I have helped make what may well be one of the best experiences that the participants have had, and could remember for a very long time.

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OUR Queen’s Scouts

Photo by Vanessa Slawson

On a perfect summer’s evening 33 Queen’s Scouts from across Hampshire were honoured on board HMS Warrior in Portsmouth on 1st September Over 140 friends, families, Scout Leaders and Guests joined the Scouts and were welcomed on board by Ken Jones, Captain of HMS Warrior. With the setting sun illuminating Warrior’s ensign as a backdrop, each Queen’s Scout was presented with a certificate

by John May, Vice Chairman of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

John described his job as like being “an ADC of the World” and said that he was delighted to be there. He urged the Scouts to “believe in themselves, believe in others and believe in action”. As the presentations were made, Stephen Cook and Charlotte Cox from the Youth Council read out highlights of the activities each Scout had completed to gain their Award.

Expeditions and residential experiences ranged from the Arun River to Zambia

and from Greece to Guernsey. For many the most memorable part of gaining the award was the friendships they had made and the laughter they had shared on their expeditions. They had hiked, paddled, climbed and sailed hundreds of miles and provided hundreds of hours of voluntary service to their local communities; helping in Charity Shops, in Care Homes and working on environmental improvements.

They have developed new skills ranging from dancing to ice climbing, and from bee-keeping to scuba diving. Their final projects included a web site, a report on the impact of tourism on the Yorkshire Dales, a video promoting sport at University and even a “Sheep’s guide to Exmoor”.

Members of Hampshire’s Youth Council hosted the official guests during the reception as they toured the ship. These included the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Cheryl Buggy and her Consort, Mr Andy Fraser, Rear Admiral David

Bawtree, Chairman of The Warrior Preservation Trust and his wife Ann, and Lt Commander David Griffiths RN, Staff Officer Scouts. Simon Ellis, accompanied by his wife Jane, represented Box-it of Winchester, sponsors of the reception.

Scout guests included Richard Woolsey, recently appointed Regional Commissioner for the SE of England, Tony Chambers, Deputy County President, with his wife Rosemary, and the host DC, Richard Merefield with his wife Sue. Adam Jollans thanked everyone for the support they had given to the Queen’s Scouts and of his pride in their achievements. He said that the skills that they had learned would be so useful as they moved through life, and quoted the motto of the Outward Bound trust “To serve, to strive, and not to yield”, as it reminded him of what being a Queen’s Scout meant.

Following the presentations, refreshments were served on the gun deck and guests were able to enjoy the experience of dining on the mess tables surrounded

by Warrior’s massive guns. To round off the evening the Queen’s Scouts were split into groups for a series of bases.

Karen Newton, from the Queen’s Scouts Working Party spoke to the Scouts about opportunities to be involved in National Events such as the annual Windsor Parade and the Remembrance Day Parade in London, whilst Vanessa Slawson, the County’s Development Officer, chatted to them about Leadership. In a reversal of roles, Henry Harrison and Matthew Clarkson, two of our Young Spokespeople interviewed the Queen’s Scouts about their experiences. Finally, as their guests looked on, the Scouts were able to experience a little of life on board Warrior as they were put through a gun drill by the crew, hauling on ropes to move the massive gun.

Thanks must go to Mike Baxter and his team for organizing the event, to Russ Parke and his helpers for providing an amazing spread of food and drink, to Portsmouth’s Active Support Unit for their help on the evening, and to the YSPs and members of the Youth Council for hosting the guests.

A fantastic evening in a great venue – looking forward to the next one!

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Youth members will also be joining this term but how many of their parents will be asked to help on a regular basis as part of a parent rota. Even if you do have enough appointed leaders and section assistants it is always a good idea to get parents involved from day one. The parent rota is just the tool to do this.

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• Make it clear if strict attendance is required – we welcome help from anyone (as long as they are over 18 years+) to cover the week that a family are on the rota.

Encourage them to swap with another family if they are struggling to attend.

• Ask them to turn up 5/10 minutes before the meeting so you can explain what they will be doing that night. If they don’t get involved in a task they may be left wondering why they are actually needed.

• Introduction them to the young people and the other leaders. Check with them what the young people should call them, Mr or Mrs Smith or John or Janet?

• Ask them to complete the Occasional Helper (OH) form. Until this is completed and returned (i.e. CRB clearance is given) they will still be able to help at a section meeting but MUST not have unsupervised access to the children. This means they will need to remain in sight of the leader at all times.

• Make sure they are involved in the activities and have fun. Remember to thank them at the end of the evening……..

Long term you might find that a parent enjoys themselves so much helping out that they would like to attend more regularly! Remember 45% of all our leaders in Scouting got involved because their child’s group needed help.

Resources to give Parents: http://Scouts.org.uk/parents/

Where Did all that Mud Come from?

Include in the handy pocket in the back an OH form, information about your group, a sample programme.

You can order 50 at a time (all you need to pay is the P&P).

https://members.Scouts.org.uk/documents/supportandresources/Administration/ Parent_Pack.pdf

Resources for Leaders: Because Parents are Part of Scouting Too.

https://members.Scouts.org.uk/documents/supportandresources/Administration/ ParentsPackLeadersGuidev2.pdf This is for you and your leaders. Packed with information and tools you need to work with your group’s parents to encourage them to help support the group.

Development News…

Thank you …Over 20 leaders and adult supporters attended the first Development meeting on 24th August in Winchester. It shows there is a great deal of interest in growing the movement and providing a better quality of scouting throughout the County.

The next meeting with be in November.

From the meeting it is clear that we need provide resources and support for a positive and professional approach to recruitment. We will also provide a forum for discussing development and good practice. There will be a central point for downloading resources and the chance to hold development workshops within your own district.

Get in touch...

If you need any advice or support, why not see if we can help.

Vanessa Slawson County Development Officer Tel: 07900 536504 E: vanessa.slawson@Scouts-hants.org.uk

11 September Foundation Safety & Rescue Training

17 September Module 25 – Assessing Learning (Adventurous Activities) 24-­‐25 Caving Experience September Weekend 23-­‐25 September (part 1) 23-­‐25 September 23-­‐25 September

23-­‐25 September 24-­‐25 September (part 1) 30 September -­‐ 2 October (part 2) 7-­‐9 October (part 2) 7-­‐9 October

7-­‐9 October

£10.00 per person + £10.00 for certificate or £5 if BCU member No cost

Lakeside Country Park, Eastleigh

Joan Veal Joan.veal@isdsc.org.uk

Central Hants

Gene Burgoyne trainingadmin@scouts-­‐ hants.org.uk

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Priddy, Somerset

Dave Chadwick 07768 040088

Mountain Leader Award Training/Assessment Walking Group Leader Award Training/Assessment Hillwalking Permit Assessment (Terrain 1) or refresher training Single Pitch Award Training/Assessment

£240 per person

South Wales

£120 per person

South Wales

£90 per person

South Wales

£100 per person

South Wales

BCU UKCC Level 1 Coach (Canoe/Kayak) Women only BCU UKCC Level 1 Coach (Canoe/Kayak) Women only Mountain Leader Award Training/Assessment Single Pitch Award Training/Assessment

£150 per person

South East England – location TBC South East England – location TBC North Wales

£100 per person

North Wales

Hillwalking Permit Assessment (Terrain 1 or 2) or refresher training

£90 per person

North Wales

£150 per person £240 per person

hscc@scoutshants.org.uk

Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Canoe England rachel.derry@canoe-­‐ england.org.uk Canoe England rachel.derry@canoe-­‐ england.org.uk Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info Hampshire Scouts Mountaineering Team www.hsmt.info

6 November

Module 25 – Assessing Learning (Adventurous Activities) 12-­‐13 BCU 5* White Water November Kayak – Leaders Assessment 19 November BCU 3* White Water Kayak Training – part 1 of 4 20 November BCU 3* White Water Kayak Training – part 2 of 4 26 November BCU 3* White Water Kayak Training – part 3 of 4 27 November BCU 3* White Water Kayak Training – part 4 of 4 18 December BCU 3* White Water Kayak Assessment

No cost

Central Hants

Gene Burgoyne trainingadmin@scouts-­‐ hants.org.uk

£235 per person

Plas-­‐y-­‐Brenin, North Wales

£18 per person (for all 4 sessions) £18 per person (for all 4 sessions) £18 per person (for all 4 sessions) £18 per person (for all 4 sessions) £25 per person

Winchester

Plas-­‐y-­‐Brenin Mountain Centre www.pyb.co.uk Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club committee@hsccc.org.uk Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club committee@hsccc.org.uk Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club committee@hsccc.org.uk Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club committee@hsccc.org.uk Hampshire Scouts County Canoe Club committee@hsccc.org.uk

27-­‐29 January NSRA Air Rifle 2012 Instructor Course

TBA

Ferny Crofts

April 2012

TBA

Ferny Crofts

Newbury

Winchester Newbury

Devon

Climbing & Abseiling (Walls & Towers) Activity Permit Course & Assessment

Ferny Crofts 023 8084 5092 Fernycrofts.sac@scouts.o rg.uk Ferny Crofts 023 8084 5092 Fernycrofts.sac@scouts.o rg.uk

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Hi everybody, I am the new editor of HSN. Most people know me as Tall Paul.

I am a Network leader for Newforest North.

SE A E PL e-mail now all photos and

articles, adverts you have for the next edition of HSN hsn@Scouts-hants.org.uk

! ! d e 3 v l 1 0 o 2 v e n i n Get pdow Cam

01-10 Aug

Campdowne is an international Scout and Guide camp held in the UK at Downe Scout Activity Centre in South-East London’s greenbelt.

The event has run every four years for over 20 years with around two thousand participants from the UK and Overseas attending each year. Campdowne 2013 will follow a similar format to previous years but with a greater focus on mixing opportunities and with this year’s theme of Carnival, there will be a greater emphasis on entertainments on the main stage at the heart of the event.

Carnival spirit exists around the world, e.g., Caribbean, New Orleans, Notting Hill, Polynesian, San Francisco and so many more. Carnivals are participative and fun for all.

That’s what we aim Campdowne 2013 to be!

There will be a comprehensive programme of activities on and off site ranging from the traditional to the unusual with we hope some new experiences for all. We are planning a traditional campfire with International feel, discos, talent competition, days out, and a huge programme of lunchtime and evening stage entertainment both home grown and professional, not forgetting our renowned opening and closing ceremonies.

Oh, and there will be a Leaders’ Club with its own programme of entertainment to allow leaders and volunteers a little time to relax!

We are looking for: •

Activities Manager

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Catering Manager

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Compliance Manager

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Customer Service & Communications Manager

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Entertainment Manager

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Finance & Administration Manager

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Marketing Manager

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Sales Manager (Event Tickets)

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Sales Manager (Merchandise)

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Site Services Manager

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Sub Camp Manager x 3

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Volunteer Support Manager

www.glsescouts.org.uk/campdowne