DEANE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY SCOUT COUNCIL WEB SITE http://www.scoutingintauntondeane.btck.co.uk

ISSUE 150 MARCH 2012 APPOINTMENTS Meeting – February 9th ROSIE DAVEY – Beavers – DARREN ANDREW – TROOP ASSISTANT - HENLADE

CHANGE OF ROLE JO LUKE FROM ABSL TO CSL – CENTRAL SALLY CRIDGE FROM BSL TO GROUP SECTIONAL ASSISTANT – NICKY DAVEY FROM COLONY ASSISTANT TO ABSL – TRINITY

FIRST AID Roy will be holding courses at Tangier on the following dates. Refresher Monday 26th March, 7 – 9.30 and a full course on Mondays 12th & 19th March 7 – 10 pm. You must attend both Monday sessions. Contact June on 284028 or [email protected] to book a place.

CENSUS – THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE UP BY 24. 2011 Figures in brackets. BEAVERS 288 (299), CUBS 450 (449), SCOUTS (307) 342 & EXPLORERS (87) 86. Thank you to everyone for their help with completing the census.

NAN FORMS to [email protected] please and not Huish Woods.

TANGIER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE has been looking to see if the building is suitable in the event of an evacuation anywhere in the country. EMERGENCY PLANNING on a large scale is being revisited and is well ahead with their plans. A decision has to be made as to how many could be cared for, for up to a maximum of 7 days. Also whether we could take pets! Will keep you informed as other Scout HQs may be interested in getting involved.

St. James Swimming Pool in Taunton is having a session to specifically test for the Scout SWIMMING STAGED ACTIVITY BADGES using the pool's swimming teachers. It is to take place on Monday 2nd April from 13.30pm to 16.00pm and will cost £2.50 per participant. Bookings are being taken from the 20th February. There are several little Beavers in my Colony who intend to take full advantage! Hopefully this news may help some other Scout Groups. Juliet Thompson, ABSL Trull.

Dave Mullen GANG SHOW Producer writes ” We have another fantastic show for our 23rd year at the Brewhouse. It would be great to see more Scout Groups supporting this annual event. Tickets available from the Brewhouse. Show dates Tuesday 3rd April to Saturday 7th April including a Saturday matinee.”

ST GEORGE’S PARADE – APRIL 22nd. Assembly point will be in Cannon Street Car Park which has toilets. The parade will then go through St Mary’s Churchyard into Hammet Street and on to our normal route past the Municipal Buildings etc. The service will be held on the Wilton Lands part of Vivary Park near the golf course entrance. This is because there is another event in the main park. The collection will be for Riding for the Disabled - Conquest Centre.

DISTRICT CUB HANDICRAFT was held at Tangier on Saturday 25th February. It was very well attended and the Cubs had put a great deal of thought and effort in to their entries. The cake table must had been on the edge of collapse there being enough cake to feed a average family for a month! Individual certificates will be presented at a later date. We will do this on their Pack night. Thank you to all the Judges for their hard work on the day. 1st place Oak, .2nd West Taunton & 3rd Central. Design for District Cub Camp Badge - 1st Place Trull, 2nd Henlade & 3rd Bishops Lydeard Oak. Here’s a picture of the winning cake in the Handicraft Competition. North Taunton Cub, Adam Bowers won! His Mum commented - “He was delighted as it was the first time he’d attempted the use of an icing gun.” It is with great sadness that we report the death of MARGARET PITMAN on February 7th after a very short illness. She was Treasurer at for nearly 16 years and received the Chief Scout’s Commendation in 2007. Her Brother is Pete Bawler GSL at West Hatch. She will be sadly missed for carrying out the role of Treasurer so efficiently. The District was represented at her funeral and was able to form a uniformed Guard of Honour for her with other leaders.

YL’s have been really busy in the last month, not only within their Sections but also at training events. Four YL’s have completed a 16 hour first aid courses, and 19 attended the training weekend where modules A-J were covered. They were a credit to themselves and their Groups. Also 4 YL’s who have completed their training came along to help out as training facilitators and were fantastic and really helped the weekend go smoothly. There is a module A on the 6 March at Tangier 7.30-9.30. I am aware there are a few new YL’s out there who need to attend this session, so please encourage them to come along. The other major YL event coming up is a camp at Huish Woods where we will be doing camping skills and some site work from 30th March to the 2nd April. Again please encourage your YL’s to come along, even if it is for some of the time fitting in around coursework, exam revision and work etc. If you have any questions relating to YL’s, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Lyn – ESL (YL)

31 WEST MONKTON CUBS went to Taunton Fire Station and had a fantastic night. The evening closed with an investiture with a difference. Andy Newland, Executive Officer for and Somerset Fire Service in full Ceremonial Uniform held the Union Jack for Kati to be invested. Andy was a Scout and Kati's Dad is a Queen Scout which made it a memorable evening for them both. Thanks to Andy and White Watch for entertaining us all evening.

7 teams from 6 Troops took part in this year’s SCOUT 5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL competition at The Princess Royal Centre in Wellington. Some very classy football was played with many fantastic goals and superb saves and all played with excellent spirit. The winners were West Taunton with 16 points very closely followed by Wilton Wanderers with 15 points and Wellington on 11 points. The competition was very close right until the end. Well done to all of you. The next event is the FIELD AND RIFLE SHOOT at Huish Woods on the 25th March. GRAHAM BELL

WELLINGTON - Roly Weaver, Hazel & Steve Altria have been touring their local primary Schools informing the pupils of the benefits of Scouting during the month. Along with others asking to join Scouting 40 young people have joined Wellington Group in 2012. After an initial planning meeting with each Head teacher Steve obtained permission from the secondary school to have older scouts released so they could run activities on the school visits. Each visit was tailored to the schools specific requirement but year 1 and 2 (i.e. Beaver age) were targeted. After a short presentation by Steve the pupils undertook activities in rotation (each activity was from a different zone of the Beaver programme) run by a Scout, Roly or Hazel. We used both "on brand" pull up and equipment displays (tents, kayaks, climbing ropes, grass sledges etc etc), handouts and posters obtained from Gilwell. Existing members were permitted to wear they uniform to school that day. At each school we also had a display area and we stayed on to chat to parents who had been pre-invited via the school heads newsletter. From these we also picked up new Cubs and Scouts. I would encourage you to do this; please don’t be put off by being full. The days were interesting and fun to run and we are now aiming to encourage some of their parents to become leaders. Steve is already talking to one!