Anniversary Adventure for 200 Scouts
What’s the best way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the top challenging hiking events for Scouts in the UK? The answer is to hit the maximum number of 50 teams, sprinkle in some warm and sunny weather on the day, and finally give 220 young people an amazing adventure on the Chiltern Hills. This is what The Chiltern 20 Challenge is all about as the 10-14 year olds perfected their teamwork and leadership skills by hiking and navigating their way through nine checkpoints, all walking in excess of 15 miles. A couple of teams enjoyed themselves so much that they spent 11 hours completing the event, whilst the first team home breezed round in exactly fours hours.
This annual event was organised by a County team from Greater London North supported on the day by 100 adults who enjoyed a day in the countryside as much as the young people. Participants came from across London and Hertfordshire plus four teams from 20th Torbay in Devon.
This year’s winners were from Ridgeway Scout Troop in Tring. This was their fifth consecutive appearance and every other time they have finished in runners-up spot. They finished some 41 minutes in front of last year’s winners from 23rd Southgate. Not far behind were teams from 16th Hendon and 6th Friern Barnet. Altogether, a total of 39 teams from GLN took part from every District. The organisers were delighted with the fact that more girls than ever before took part this year, making up 41% of the total.
Maddie, aged 13, from Barnet said “What a brilliant day, and so well organised. I have never walked so far in my life before and I can take home a certificate to prove it”.
Fozzy Foster, event secretary said “It was a joy to see all the participants going home clutching their individual and team certificates. We also presented the Fitness Challenge Badge to those who had been working towards this award. During the thirty years that this event has been taking place we have had over 5,000 participants walking a total of 75,000 miles. That’s over three times around the world”.
The event organisers will now turn their attention to The Southern 50, designed for Explorer Scouts and adults in Scouting, taking place on Saturday 11th February 2012. Further information can be found on www.scouts-gln-southern50.org.
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Finally, Fozzy adds he didn’t go home with as much lost property as normal, but homes are urgently required for the following items:
- Lady’s cream Per Una jacket with fur trim on hood;
- Boots, Peter Storm, size 7;
- Altec Lansing speaker;
- Boots, Nike, size 4;
- Blue pashmina (scarf);
- Girl’s grey zip-up Gloss top (age 11-12);
- Orange plastic mug;
- Green Highlander mug;
- A right Thinsulate glove.
Join the UK’s largest county Jamboree in 2012!
The Essex International Jamboree happens every four years and is the UK largest county Jamboree. Join thousands of Guides and Scouts from all over the world between 18th to 25th August 2012 for a week of fun, freedom and an active and energetic programme of activities and opportunities.
What is different for 2012?
New location! In 2012 the Essex International Jamboree will have a new home in Roxwell Quarry, Chelmsford. In the heart of Essex Chelmsford is only 40 miles from London and has good links for the A12 and M25 making it an ideal location. Five miles North West of Hylands Park that hosted the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 the site is 120 acres including an eight acre lake- perfect for holding water based activities.
The change of location has provided the opportunity to take a fresh look at the needs of the event to make sure that it is even more spectacular. Plans for the event will be announced in the near future.
Activities
Ten programme zones covering adventurous, creative and cultural activities. Embodying the true spirit of the Jamboree encouraging young people to try something new and make friends.
Entertainment
Full Jamboree entertainment will be announced to include live performances, dance, cinema and a circus experience in the near future.
Volunteers needed
Help make it happen! Donate your time and skills and be apart of the UK’s biggest Jamboree. There will be jobs for all. You could volunteer for one day, one week, or the whole period.
If you are 16 and over join in the festival atmosphere by helping ensure the smooth running of site facilities, assist with the running of the programme or provide support to the event team. Soak up the environment and benefit from adult volunteer training.
Visit our website today to see how you could help.
Booking places and costs
The online booking system will be available during Spring and Summer 2011.
Participants £160
Be one of thousands of young people aged 10 to 18 to have the opportunity to take part in a huge range of Jamboree activities throughout the daytime and evening during week.
Group Leaders £75
Get involved as hundreds of adult volunteers to support young people in Groups on the sub camp. As well as supporting your Group, Group Leaders are encouraged to get involved in assisting the sub camp team in the smooth running of the Jamboree.
Jamboree Staff £100
Be among hundreds of adult volunteers who will help make the Jamboree happen. Have the opportunity to work with a specialist team. There is a £50 reduction for self-catering.
Further details
For further information about the Essex International Jamboree 2012 please contact us by visiting http://eij.org.uk/about/contact-us
All GLN Scouts are cordially invited to be part of the 30th Anniversary Chiltern 20 Challenge, taking place on Saturday 15th October 2011.
In order to properly celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary, the organising committee has planned something new and different this year. They have decided to move the Chiltern Hills just a few miles to the east. The start and finish of this year’s event will be at Cottered on the A507 between Baldock and Buntingford. A top quality route has been created, and as usual, each team must comprise between three and five Scouts. This event is open to any member of the Scout section being born after 15th April 1997. A team may be accompanied by an adult if the Scout Leader decides this would be a safer option for the team.
Teams can enter online now on http://www.scouts-gln-
The Acorn E.S.U. and 1st Islington Scout Group in CCI took part in Bookbridge this summer. The project was collecting books to send to two new libraries in Cambodia.
In many schools around the world pupils are taught without any books at all. Bookbridge aims to change that by building libraries with donated books. In the summer of 2010 the first Bookbridge Library was built in Mongolia – it has 13,000 books and to date more than 25,000 children have benefited. In 2011 they are aiming to build six more libraries. The UK Scout Association has twinned up to help find books for the library in Cambodia.
As a group we collected in excess of 300 books which we sent off to the project. The whole group were all involved in the effort from Beavers to Explorers – the Beavers helped us count, the Cubs designed posters and Scouts sorted through the books to check they were appropriate. The Explorers and Leaders also made the 3hr trip to the national sorting days in Nottingham – whilst we were there we sorted through nearly 40,000 books, loading hundreds of boxes into containers! Across the country in excess of 70,000 books were collected.
You can find our more about Bookbridge, the libraries and our links with Scouts at www.bookbridge.org/scouts. The books collected will be a huge boost to children in Cambodia – thank you to every one that helped!
Following on from the success of the previous event held in March of last year the County will be holding this years event on Wednesday 16th November 2011 at the RAF Museum in Hendon at 7.30pm. This event is to celebrate the achievement of young people in gaining the highest awards in the Scout, Explorer Scout or Scout Network sections. The awards presented will include the Chief Scout’s Gold, Platinum and Diamond Awards, the Queen’s Scout Award and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.
We have been fortunate to secure the use of the RAF Museum and it will provide marvelous surroundings in which to hold this year’s event. To ensure we have details of all young people who have achieved these awards since the last event, leaders have been asked to log these awards via the County website. The young people will then get a personal invitation to attend.
Click here for the form and details.
The 2011 Chiltern 20 Challenge Hike celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and will follow a similar format to last year’s highly successful and well-attended event. The Chiltern 20 is open to all Scout Troop members born after 15th April 1997. The Challenge is for teams of 3 – 5 Scouts and is a test of physical ability as well as good orienteering.
This year’s Chiltern 20 will be centred around an area of the Chiltern Hills which this event has never used before along with a new and a start/finish base. Team entries will be accepted on the online booking form from 1st August on www.scouts-gln-southern50.org.uk
Any adults who fancy a rewarding day helping out in the open air and seeing 250 young people get a real taste of adventure, please contact Chris Foster on secretary@scouts-gln-southern50.org.uk
(From www.scouts.org.uk )
Don’t miss this opportunity to get some coupon discounts on food for camp, as well as Camp Cook badges.
Wall’s sausages are delighted to become a partner of The Scout Association and are supporting the Association’s exciting initiative The Big Adventure as well as becoming a partner of the Scout Camp Cook Badge.
Wall’s are interested in supporting youth groups that encourage outdoor fun and activity and therefore have an interest in helping to support The Scout Association.
Sausages are one of the main staples of any Scout camp and Wall’s will be offering specific coupon discounts to Scout Leaders participating in Scout Camps and The Big Adventure this summer.
Wall’s sausages are composed of prime cut meats and are therefore a very welcome ingredient for easy to cook recipes for your Scout camp – be it breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Get your Scouts involved in helping with the preparation and explain to them at each stage what you are doing and why. The recipes can be interchanged for different meals or can be used as snacks for your hungry Scouts who have no doubt been active all day!
Find out more about the requirements for the Scout Camp Cook Badge.
About Wall’s…
Wall’s sausages is one of the main consumer brands manufactured by the Kerry Group, a leader in the global food industry.
Find out more about Wall’s.
Don’t forget to register your Scouts for the Shelterbox Scavenger Hunt, taking place in London on the 16th July. More details can be found by clicking this link to the Shelterbox site .
For more details about Shelterbox and their partnership with the Scout movement, see the main Shelterbox site
www.scouts.org.uk – 07/06/2011
A number of badge requirements have been updated or amended as of June 2011.
Most changes are very minor, but for full details please see the PDFs below which describe changes relevant to each section. (Each PDF has the minor changes highlighted in red, which makes them easier to spot)
June 2011 badge changes for Beavers
June 2011 badge changes for Cubs
June 2011 badge changes for Scouts
June 2011 badge changes for Explorers
June 2011 badge changes to Staged Activity Badges
June 2011 flexibility statement
For a full list of all badge requirements, please see the badges and awards section of Member resources.
The 2011 GLN County Scout Raft Race will be held on Sunday 12th June 2011
ESSA, Central Lagoon, Meadgate Road, Nazeing, Essex
Time 10.00 – 16.00
All Scouts taking part must be able to swim 50 metres.
Teams of a minimum of 4 – maximum of 6 scouts.
Raft building equipment may be brought on site a few days before the event at your own risk. If you wish to hire ESSA rafting equipment there will be a small charge.
Please book raft building equipment as early as possible.
There will also be a Dragon Boat session whilst rafts are being judged
at lunchtime.
Application forms can be downloaded here or from the ESSA website at
www.essa.org.uk Closing date for entries 9.6.11
Why not have a practice raft building Troop meeting at ESSA before the
main event. Book a two hour evening session between 18.00 – 20.30
BBQ available for your use.
Scouts taking part in the Raft Race could pass elements of their
Adventure Challenge Award and making model rafts on Troop night beforehand could
also count towards the Creative Challenge badge.