utingJanuary 2015 o /leaders-newsletter c ts S ict Scou poolescouts.org.uk Poole Distr Want to receive this newsletter via email? If you would prefer not to receive this newsletter via post please sign up online at www.poolescouts.org.uk/leaders- newsletter and we will send it via email instead. Diary dates 2014, it was a great year! Beaver Family Camp 2014 January 14 YL Training (Module E) It’s been another very busy year and "Family camp is SO good, they 20 Beaver Family Camp Meeting once again Poole has grown in should be twice a year, not just 22 SAS Meeting numbers. One of my highlights from 24 Cubs Scrap Heap Challenge 2014 was opening a new group at once!" - Josh, Branksome St. 31 Beaver Painting Competition Burden Hall where we started from Aldhelms scratch with parents stepping forward February to become new leaders. They now form Poole District Family Camp was held on 2 District Team Meeting the new leadership team with a strong the first weekend in September at 4 AAC Beaver Colony and Cub Pack. Butchers Coppice. We were lucky with 9 Open Surgery the weather and it was gloriously sunny 10 GSL Meeting We have had some great events over for most of the weekend. the year with more young people 10 YL Training (Module A) 22 Founders Day enjoying the experience of meeting The camp kicked off on Friday night 24 Module 3 Training scouting friends from across the with a pea hunt, which was a big hit 26 SAS Meeting District, County, Country and World! I with both adults and young people am so lucky to have such a fantastic alike. March dedicated team around me supporting my vision for scouting here in Poole. We had a full programme of activities 3 Beaver Leaders Meeting on Saturday which included archery, 5 AAC Moving forward into 2015 we have catapults, rock climbing, orienteering, 10 All Scouters Forum District Camp to look forward to (3rd back woods cooking and crate stacking. 11 YL Training (Module J) till 5th July) and it would be great to The young people made their own 14 Cubs Football Competition see every group attending an event knight costumes during the craft 16 Explorer Leaders Meeting that promises to be very special. activities, making their own tin foil 24 Beaver Family Camp Meeting swords was a particular hit. On 26 SAS Meeting I would like to thank everyone who Saturday evening some of the adults 27 Cub Leaders Meeting helped with Scouting in Poole this year collected in the main tent for a quiz and wish you all a Happy New Year. I which was lots of fun (but quite look forward to another stupendous difficult!) year of Scouting here in Poole. On Sunday morning after a Full English Ragen we had a fun filled morning of mini games, my children certainly enjoyed Gully's Place Trust a Fund was launched pelting their Dad with wet sponges in October 2013 and since then when he was put in the stocks!The volunteers have raise in excess of catering volunteers were amazing, £50,000 for this worthwhile cause serving great food cheerfully and including the wonderful amount of enthusiastically, despite not having £583.00 from the recent Scout concert much rest, they got up around 4 am to at St James' Church. start cooking breakfast. Gully's Place is special, it's a suite of Among some of the great feedback rooms at the end of the children's ward from the camp, Bethany aged 5 said “I in Poole Hospital where parents and really liked making the cakes they were siblings can have complete privacy Gully's Place Suite provides privacy and dignity its yummy” and Thomas, age 7 said “I during what is a traumatic time for the our patients and their families liked drinking hot chocolate with my family. friends before we went to bed”.Beaver Family camp is set to return in Gully's does not only offer end of life September 2015, watch this space! care but supports children with life limiting illnesses all over Dorset. Up to 40 children and young people pass Carol Concert away year and up to 400 are treated in their own homes. Gully's aims to Poole Scouts Carol Concert was held on support them and there families in Tuesday 2nd December in St. James' practical ways supplying things like Church, Poole. Each group was tasked extra bedding and equipment over and with putting together a reading on above NHS remit. their given topic which the repre- sentative Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Our shopping list is endless and can only be achieved by public support. If Explorers managed fantastically & we Ann & Maureen from Gully's Place with Cllr Philip Eades were even treated to a flying visit from you feel you may be able to support us and Brenda Grove (Broadstone Scout Group) Father Christmas at the end of the either through sponsorship or you concert! The retiring collection was would like to volunteer please contact held in aid of Gully's Place, which you Annie Mcgrath, Volunteer can find out more about below. Coordinator, on [email protected]. Collection in aid of Gully's Place So what does being the Compass Mayor's Youth Escort Involve? Setup your login now! Compass (the new membership system Louisa from 1st Lilliput tells us for the Scout Association) is now open what they get up to to all adults in Poole. To login you need to visit the scouts.org.uk website and You may remember in the last news- click on members, then click compass. letter we mentioned about Jamie & You will need your membership and Marieanne from 1st Hamworthy Scouts email address that HQ have registered who were two of the Mayor's youth for you.This year’s Census is now online escorts this year, unfortunately we and section leaders have been asked to forgot to mention Louisa from 1st upload youth data by 31st Lilliput who is also a Mayor's Youth January.Compass offers many tools to Escort, so apologies to Louisa for leaders like welcoming adults and missing her out! She's told us a bit young people, tracking badges, about what they get up to below. keeping in contact, organising camps, managing payments and more. These ------------------------------------ are tools will be released into the system in phase 2 and 3. "If you ever get the chance to be a Mayor’s Youth Escort, grab it. I’ve been Buddens District Camp 2013 a Youth Escort for the Mayor of Poole Cllr Peter Adams since May and have had some great times that I will never Kit vehicles are now allowed on to site forget. to drop equipment. This year the Mayor chose 3 Youth Escorts; Jamie & Marieanne from 1st All Scouters Forum Hamworthy Scouts and me from 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts. We attend formal 10th March 2015 events such as the Civic Parade, Remembrance Day Service and, this We are holding an All Scouters Forum year being the centenary, other World on 10th March open to all leaders and War 1 commemorations held in Poole. adult supporters in Poole. Come along to find out where we are in our Our role is to be a useful extra pair of development and chat about other hot hands by helping the Civic Party, repre- Mayor's Youth Escorts topics. To have your say on what we senting the youth of the town or even cover on the evening let us know reading a speech at a church Service, online at which I did at the WW1 Church Service www.poolescouts.org.uk/forum in August. I’ve also met some interesting people; District Camp the High Sheriff of Dorset, the Police & Crime Commissioner and other Mayors from Dorset. Everyone has been really 3rd - 5th July 2015 friendly and made us feel very welcome. I have also learned a great District Camp is taking place this year deal about our town of Poole and its from 3rd - 5th July. It would be great to history. have every group in attendance as it already looks set to be a great event. District Camp 2013 But I’ve never had to polish my shoes so More information to follow about the much!...even though that doesn’t really online registration process this year. sound very appealing it’s worth it Keep your eyes peeled! because you are representing your scout troop and are spotted in photos, like in the Daily Echo, for example, and New Scout Troop have to look extremely smart! BSA St. Francis Our next event is the Christmas Lantern Parade at Poole High Street. If the Branksome St. Aldhelms - St Francis are opportunity ever comes your way, say opening a new Scout Troop in the next yes please - I’ll do it." few months. They have a new section Louisa 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts. leader but we need some support for them with the programme. If you fancy being a part of this exciting project supporting a new scouting provision please get in touch with Ragen Online Calendar ([email protected]). Any support will be greatly received. The District Calendar (as in the Directory) is now available online and Vacancies as an 'ics' link so you can subscribe to it on your phone. It will also allow us to update it automatically if any changes Fancy a new challenge in 2015? occur. Find it at www.poolescouts.org.uk/calendar. We're keen to hear from anyone who would be interested in taking on either of the two roles listed below, young or Brain Teaser old, experience or a fresh faced leader, we'd love to hear from you if you think Last issues Brain Teaser was: 'What you have what it takes! Email Ragen on mathematical symbol can be placed [email protected] for more between 5 and 9, to get a number information.