Beaver Community Evening
Last week the 1st Lyndhurst Beavers held a community event at St. Michael’s & All Angels Church. They have been working hard towards their Community Impact Badge and certainly were working hard taking guest’s orders and delivering the tea and cake back. They did a great job of connecting with the community and helping to combat loneliness when the nights draw in.
Lynn of Team DC and Sarah Stride, 5th Testwood Scout sectional assistant both sent good reports and thoroughly enjoyed their cake and coffee. Well done goes to the Beaver Scouts themselves and their leaders Grace & Neil.
Young Leaders – Dates for your Diary
Kevin has organised the following dates for Young Leader training. Module A courses continue to be held at the 5th Testwood’s HQ, Garland Lodge, with a new extended time of 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Module A
Friday 10th January
Friday 24th April
Friday 17th July
Friday 20th November
There is also a locally run Module B-K residential weekend planned for the 12th-13th September at 1st Lyndhurst, Deorfrith Lodge. Booking is directly with Kevin on [email protected]
Wood Badge
Lynn recently popped along to the Scouts at 5th Testwood and presented Sarah Stride with her Wood Beads and certificate.
Originally earned in 2006, there was a mix up at HQs which has now thankfully been resolved meaning her hard work has paid off. Well done Sarah and I hope it was worth the wait!
Explorer Update
In the run up to Christmas, the Explorers of the district all meet up for a programme of joint events to celebrate together.
18/11/2019 International Cooking
27/11/2019 Ice Skating in Southampton
04/12/2019 Christmas Crafts
11/12/2019 Christmas Quiz
17/12/2019 Christmas Film Night
Mandatory Ongoing Learning
It’s important that we keep all our Scouts safe and happy and that our volunteers know what to do if something goes awry. That’s why all our volunteers are required to keep up to date on First Aid, safety and safeguarding training.
Safety is online e-learning, Safeguarding may be done as e-learning, however, face to face courses are recommended. First Aid is now blended learning, the first part is via e-learning and then 2 hours course based.
The County Training Team are running all 3 courses on Sunday 12th January at 1st Lyndhurst, Deorfrith Lodge. With First Aid (9am-11.30am), Safety (12pm-2pm) and Safeguarding (2.30pm-4.30pm). If you have not completed this learning, it is out of date or due to expire in early 2020, this is the link to book your place.
In Hampshire Scouts Update:
This week’s update has information on:
- The Hampshire Scouts Service of Remembrance are looking for volunteers to get involved.
- The Army are organising a day to earn the Mechanics badge.
- Growth and Development forum.
- Free tents from Ferny Crofts
- Rifly Club tutoring course.