Leaders
We’re changing the meeting times of sections to make it easier for parents, leaders young people to get to meetings and pick up and drop off for each section.
The new meeting times are
Beavers 6pm to 7.15pm
Cubs 6pm to 7.15pm
Scouts and Explorers will continue meet from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.
All sections start back on Monday, 8th January.
Just to remind everyone that the subs for all sections increased to £2.50p per week with effect from Monday 4th September 2006.
There are monthly, termly and annual payment options. For more information please talk to your child’s section leader.
Monday 1st May is a bank holiday and there will be no meetings.
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We look forward to seeing you next Monday.
We will be enjoying a meal at that Thai Restraunt in Rochester again on Saturday. Please dress smartly.
You should check out the Scout Associations website (not to be confused with Scoutbase) – they’ve done a lot of work updating it and it’s quite good.
To get access to the members areas, you’ll need your membership number which you can get off the label of Scouting magazine if you recieve it.
However, if like me you’ve never recieved a copy, you can get your membership number and magazine subscription (it’s free) sorted out by calling the information centre on 0845 300 1818. They’ll ask for your post code and if that fails your name and date of birth. My details were only out by 4 years! The guy was helpful and arranged for the current issue of the magazine to be sent out to me – although no back issues were available.
They’ve also started a programmes online project to get a quality program material database setup. They’re looking for people to submit programmes and then they will get edited and added to the POL system when it comes on line in Janruary. They’ve only got 250 contributors so far, including me and they want about 10 programmes from each person. The only one I’ve thought of so far is the Morse Code Encoder/decoder one, so if you can think of others that may be of interest, let me know and I’ll take all the glory for them!
Don’t forget, if you can read this, you should be a leader with the group – no one else can see it so if you’ev got information you want to share with the other leaders, this is a place to do it. Just write an acticle and set the category to Leaders.
This weekend, over 40 Scouters and Guiders from around the UK joined together in Batley, West Yorkshire, to have a weekend fellowship.
Everyone arrived on the Saturday and enjoyed lunch together. Then in the afternoon we visited the National Coal Mining Museum for England. Here we went down the mine and were shown how coal mining has been done for the past 400 years.
In the evening on the Saturday there was quiz; we were joined by other members of the Batley Salvation Army for this and had a great time.
On the Sunday morning there was a Church Parade led by Majors Ruth Clarke and David Jepson. This was followed with a meeting about next years International Jamboree in Holland and lunch before everyone travelled home.
It was a great time to catch up with friends from around the UK. If you’d like to see more pictures from the weekend, visit the photo gallery
At the 4th Medway (Salvation Army) Scout Group, we (like so many other Scout Groups) have a need for reliable adult leaders.We currently have vacancies for leaders in our Cub, Scout and Explorer Scout sections.
If you feel you could offer some time in one of these sections in this Scout Group we would very much like to hear from you.
Essential criteria:
Over 18 years, Available Monday evenings for about 2 hours, Of good character (subject to Criminal records Bureau and other vetting) want to work with young people regardless of age,creed, race or gender to achieve their maximum potential. Understand and accept the Scout Promise and Law. Be willing to undergo training and do all this as a volunteer!
Desirable criteria:
Be energetic, willing to learn and have a sense of humour!
Want to know more? Contact the Group Scout Leader, Graham Phillips at info@fourth.org.uk