Anne Kelly Steps Down from NMC At last week’s NMC meeting Under 26 member of the NMC Anne Kelly from Raheny Scout Group stepped down from her position. Anne finished University in the Summer and has decided to travel and explore the world for the next year or so. Anne is travelling to the far east first and then on to Australia. In her time on the NMC Anne has be vocal on matters pertaining to youth involvement and has been a great ambassador for Scouting. Speaking to the Communications team at the weekend Anne stated that it was spending a summer working in Kanderstag that has given her the travel bug. Actually she hopes to meet up and spend some time with Scouts she met in Kanderstag as she travels through Asia and Australia. During the meeting the Chief Scout made a presentation to Anne to mark her time on the committee and he wish her well on her travels. Anne wants to let people know that she will still be contactable on her Email address and she will be updating her Facebook page as she makes her way around the world. So on behalf of Scouting Ireland we wish Anne happy trails and hopefully it won’t be long until she is back in Raheny telling all the scouts out there the stories of her travels.
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Beaver News When visiting groups the question often arises about how best to introduce the characters that are in the handbook. The beaver team have developed a number of stories that can be read aloud to the beaver scouts at a large log chew or to get the beaver scouts to read out in their lodges. At various stages you can interrupt and ask questions or explain something if it is not clear. The first story sets the scene and explains a little about the symbolic framework of the tribe. It is a simple story but interweaved are important elements of the beaver programme. ◊ This story introduces the idea behind the memory bag. ◊ Beaver scouts help to plan their progamme. ◊ Beaver scouts is about helping each other using our own unique talents. Each of the character’s characteristics shines through in this short story. ( Beaver scouts will identify with the different characters.) ◊ The Elders are seen as a guide, to keep things safe, it is the fox lodge that decide the journey. ◊ Beaver scouts are friendly and kind. ◊ Beaver scouts love adventure and FUN ! If you enjoyed this story we will be publishing further stories in the coming months based around each of the characters, if you have any queries or comments please email me at beaverscouts@scouts.ie , I would be very interested to hear the beaver scouts thoughts about the story. Yours in Scouting, Stephen Halpin