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Group Scout Leader’s report
Prague Scouts has gone from strength to strength this year. Although young people membership numbers have not gone up this year, the quality of the programme offered and the number of leaders in the group has increased, giving the young people of the group a far better Scouting experience.
Firstly I would like to thank all the young people in the group for their enthusiasm and enjoyment of Scouting, this is primarily why I do Scouting. But I would of course like to thank all my leadership team, including our fantastic young leaders, who have done a terrific job of providing such great activities, we couldn’t do it without you. We have done very well at recruiting new leaders this year and it is great to have a group of keen adults available to help run our programme. In particular I would like to thank my Assistant Group Scout Leader and Beaver Leader - Jenny KyselaHeikkinen who has provided hours of support to myself over the year. I would also like to thank my line manager Dominic Afriat – District Commissioner for Northern Europe for his support.
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Finally I would like to thank Gina Hearn my Group Chairman and her team in the Group Executive Committee, the admin of the group may not be as exciting as a night hike or a camp but it is just as important to get it done correctly with the right checks and balances and the committee do this really well.
The Beavers and Cubs Sections still run their activities together due to logistics. They have taken part in hikes, camps, they have visited the local fire station, celebrated Chinese New Year, done cooking, first aid, crafts, learned scouting skills and scavenger hunts. One of the highlights for the Beavers and Cubs was the St.George’s Day Camp and Hike with the Czech Scouts in Beroun.
The Scout Troop did far more independent activities away from the Cubs and Beavers this year, including, learning about Shelter Box and charities, they took part in YouShape 2017, they did cooking, plane table surveying, several challenges and hikes including a night hike near Beroun, The Scouts also had a St,George’s Day Camp with Czech Scouts and a Winter camp near Peruc. The highlight for four of the Scouts was attending Intercamp 2017 in Germany. We would again like to thank the BSO leaders of the Northern Europe District in Germany for supporting our attendance at Intercamp and to Scott Baker for driving us there.
We were also honoured this year to be visited by the new British Scouting Overseas, Area President, John May, he took time out of his busy schedule to spend the evening with our young people and leaders.
