Welcome to
Leek Wootton Centenary
Scout Group
Find us at:
www.leekwoottonscoutgroup.co.uk
Contents
Welcome to Leek Wootton Centenary Scout Group / 3
Who’s who at Leek Wootton / 5
Leek Wootton Scout Group website / 7
Background information on Scouting / 7
Beavers / 9
Cubs / 10
Scouts / 11
Explorers, Network and Fellowship / 12
Badge positions on uniforms / 13
Forms for completion / 14
1. Parent/Guardian additional details / 15
2. Details and Health Form / 17
3. General parent consent form / 19
4. Gift Aid Form / 21
5. CRB completion instructions / 23
6. CRB form / separate document
Welcome to
Leek Wootton Centenary Scout Group
Leek Wootton Centenary Scout Group is made up of several different sections which all meet weekly, during term time, on a Monday evening. These are:
BEAVERS / 6 - 8 YEARS OLD / 5.30 - 6.30pm / Leek Wootton SchoolCUBS / 8 – 10 ½ YEARS OLD / 6.45 – 8.00pm / Leek Wootton School
SCOUTS / 10 ½ - 14 YEARS OLD / 7.30-9.00pm / Leek Wootton School
*please note Beavers and Cubs normally meet at the Village Hall, it is currently undergoing building work.
The Group restarted at the end of 2006 after a break of nearly 70 years since the first group was started for evacuees during the Second World War. Their old flag has made its way back to the Group and we cherish this link to the Groups and Leek Wootton’s past.
Each section meets weekly and also gets together for other special occasions. Sections participate in extra activities such as swimming galas, football matches and District camps.
We aim to offer our young people
· Fun and Adventure
· Challenges
· Opportunities to take responsibility for themselves and for others
· Chances to learn new skills and discover new strengths
· Growing self-confidence
· Awareness of the world and our impact on it
· Experience of sharing and working with others
We try to do that by
· Giving responsibility
· Sharing decision making
· Doing activities in groups guided by committed and trained adults
· Participating in lots of varied activities, often outside
Subscriptions
· Our biggest source of income is our member’s subscriptions. These subscriptions help us to pay for:
o our regular meeting expenses
o equipment maintenance
o national and local membership fees
o insurance
o payment to the village hall and school
o badges
You can help us by
· Popping in and saying hello to the leaders. It means a lot to feel we are in partnership with you
· Reading and responding to the notes we send home
· Ensuring your child attends meetings regularly and in uniform
· Encouraging the youngsters as they meet new challenges. This might be going away overnight for the first time, or taking charge of a patrol on an expedition without an adult present
· Contributing to meetings by helping to supervise the youngsters, subject to The Scout Associations “Safe from harm policies”, (become CRB checked)
· Contributing to meetings by sharing a skill or interest
· Giving transport to an event
· Naming all clothes worn
· Agreeing to Gift Aid your subscriptions to the Group
· Attending our Annual General Meeting to give everyone a chance to question the way we run and to make suggestions for improvements.
We are a new Group and welcome everyone’s ideas to help us to grow and develop.
We want to make everyone who is in our family feel that they are a valued part.
Please join us in building a partnership with the leaders. We want everyone to feel involved in the life of the Group
Please come and join in !
Leek Wootton Centenary Scout Group
Who’s who at Leek Wootton
Leaders
Beaver Leader / Lesley Knott / Ring Jo ElsyCub Leader / Steve Woodward / 07714 243373
Scout Leader / Ian Faulkner / 07718 000305
Group Scout Leader / Jo Elsy / 01926 854623
Group Executive Committee
The Executive Committee exists to help and support the leaders and young people by:
q Co-ordinating and managing resources
q Raising funds and deciding on spending
q Recruiting adult helpers
q Aiding communications
q Supporting Group events
q Representing the views of parents
Group Chairman / VacantGroup Secretary / Julie Chalmers / 01926 856387
Group Treasurer / Jonathan Cox / 01926 511726
Parent Representatives on the Group Executive
Beavers Parent Rep. / Vacant
Cubs Parent Rep. / Vacant
Scout Parent Rep. / Vacant
Leek Wootton Scout Group Website
Information on the Scout Group can be found at:
www.leekwoottonscoutgroup.co.uk
This is a new site which is being developed. The aim is to provide people information on the Group as a whole and also to provide information to you as a parent on a regular basis.
The News section will include:
- special details for the following week
- instructions on forms that need to be brought back
- anything we feel you need to know
- the welcome pack
There is also a secure part of the site which can only be accessed by a username and password. We hope to include for download:
- the parent rota
- the programme for the term
- any letters given out each week
If you want access to this part of the site please tick yes on the additional parent/guardian information form on page 15. We will then provide you with a login and password.
Feedback on the site is welcome as we want to ensure that it works for you. Please send comments via the ‘contact us’ form on the site or speak to Jo Elsy.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SCOUTING
What is Scouting?
· Scouting is a worldwide, values based, educational Movement.
How Scouting began
· The World Scout Movement began in the United Kingdom in 1907 with an experimental camp on Brownsea Island, Dorset. During the week-long camp, Robert Baden-Powell and a small party of boys put into practice his ideas for training young people in responsible citizenship. In August of the following year, the first official Scout Camp was held at Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland. Today, there are well over 28 million Members in over 216 countries and territories and the Movement is still growing. Two-thirds of the world’s Scouts live in developing countries.
The Aim and Method of Scouting
· The Aim of Scouting is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.
· The Method of achieving the Aim is through the provision of an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training based on The Scout Promise and Law guided by adult leadership.
The Programme is a seamless progression of training, activities and awards that covers everything that young people do in Scouting from the age of 6-25. The Programme is delivered in five age groups – called Sections; Beaver Scouts (6-8 years), Cub Scouts (8-10½ years), Scouts (10½-14 years), Explorer Scouts (14-18 years) and The Scout Network (18-25 years). The Programme is based around helping young people to grow in a number of personal development areas to ensure young people really are ‘learning by doing.’
Promise and Law - The Scouts, with the Guides, are unique amongst youth Movements in having a Promise and a Law which Members willingly accept as a guide to the standards of conduct required of them.
Safe from harm - It is the policy of The Scout Association to safeguard the welfare of all young people by protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional harm. Our ‘Young People First’ policy includes a code of good practice for adults in Scouting. The Scout Association has an effective, well tried and tested system for vetting adults coming into the Movement to protect young people from harm.
Scouting for all - In 1997, The Scout Association published its Equal Opportunities Policy covering both adults and young people.
Adult Leaders
· Successful Scouting depends on the quality, commitment and enthusiasm of its adult leadership - volunteers who freely give their time to help the development of young people. All Leaders are required to undertake training to equip themselves for their roles and the Movement's training programme has become recognised by professional trainers as one of the best of its kind. One of the Scout Association's strengths has always been its ability to attract a strong element of adult support for Leaders.
Further information
· To find out more about Scouting in the United Kingdom, please visit our Members’ website www.scoutbase.org.uk or corporate website: www.scouts.org.uk. You can also call the Scout Information Centre on 0845 3001818.
· Warwickshire Scouts has its own website at www.warwickshirescouts.org.uk
Scout Uniform
· You will find specific details for each of the sections uniform elsewhere in this welcome pack. We also often have uniform passed down from members who have moved on in the group, or simply grown out of it, so please ask your section leader if they can help. Please check with the Section Leader first, but New uniforms can be purchased from either:
· The Outdoor Shop, 41 Smithfield Way, Coventry
· Chez Rama, 18 Clemens Street, Leamington Spa
6 – 8 year old
Monday 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Leek Wootton School
Beavers are the youngest section of the Scouting family.
Beavers have fun making friends, playing games,
going on visits and helping others.
THE BEAVER SCOUT PROMISE:
I promise to do my best
To be kind and helpful
And to love God.
· Beavers began in the early 80s and were such a success that they officially became Beaver Scouts in 1986. Beavers belong to a Colony of 6 – 8 year olds. In the United Kingdom, Beaver Scouts wear a turquoise sweatshirt and Group Scarf, with optional navy activity trousers and turquoise t-shirt. The new programme consists of 5 zones: Getting to Know Other People; Learning About Yourself; Exploring the World Around Us; Discovering Creativity and Practical Skills; and Discovering Beliefs and Attitudes. Theses zones are delivered by 12 methods: Help others; Go on visits; Play games; Make things; Explore their world; Meet new people; Act, sing and make music; Listen to stories; Prayer and worship; Chat; Follow themes; and Go outdoors. Beavers can now gain Challenge and Activity badges as a reward for their enthusiastic joining in.
8 – 10 1/2 year old
Monday 6.45pm – 8.00pm
Leek Wootton School
There are loads of things to do as a Cub Scout, and if we do them to the best of our ability we can we get badges. We DO things like swimming, making things, exploring, games, collecting and we go camping and sleep in tents and do
loads of outdoor activities.
THE CUB SCOUT PROMISE:
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen
To help other people
And to keep the Cub Scout Law.
· Cub Scouts are young people aged between 8 and 10½ years old. They are easily distinguished by their dark green sweatshirt and Group Scarf, and make up the largest Section of Scouting in the United Kingdom. Baden-Powell's original intention was that Scouting should be for boys between the ages of 11 and 18. But younger boys, seeing the fun and adventure older brothers and friends were having as Scouts, began asking to join too. However, the physical development and interests of boys differ considerably over and under the age of 11, and Baden-Powell appreciated that training must therefore be designed on quite separate although complementary lines. In 1914 'Junior Scouts' were announced and in 1916, they became 'Wolf Cubs'. In 1966, as part of a modernisation plan, a number of sweeping changes were introduced in preparation for the years ahead and the Section became known as Cub Scouts. New proficiency and training schemes were introduced and the Cub Scout Law and Promise revised. Following an update in the early nineties, the Cub Scout Section has changed again within the introduction of the new 6-25 programme. With a fresh new image, cartoon mascots and an exciting and balanced programme of activities, which for the first time included girls as well as boys, the Cub Scout Section is as strong as ever. There are currently some 142,589 Cub Scouts in the United Kingdom.
101/2 – 14 year old
Monday 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Leek Wootton School
Participation is the key to Scouts and for those who want to be recognised for their achievements there are
Challenge Awards and Activity Badges.
Scouts take part in a balanced programme that helps them
find out about the world in which they live, encourages them to
know their own abilities, develop their creative talents
and provides opportunities to explore their own values and attitudes.
Being outdoors is very important – camping, fires and cooking
as well as sailing, abseiling, hiking etc.
THE SCOUT PROMISE:
On my honour, I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen
To help other people
And to keep the Scout Law