78th Kingswood

16th March 2020

Meetings Cancelled

Dear All,

We are writing to share critical pieces of information relating to the developing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.

Late this afternoon, Monday 16th March, the Prime Minister has said that everyone in the UK should now avoid non-essential travel and contact with others.

Given this guidance, all face-to-face Scout meetings, activities and events must be suspended from tomorrow, Tuesday, 17 March 2020. This suspension applies to young people and adults, and will be until further notice.

We must continue to respond to the developing situation in a calm, measured and appropriate way. We will continue to follow official guidance. The safety of everyone involved in Scouts, both young people and adults, is our number one priority. That is always at the heart of our decision making.

Keeping you updated

It is likely that this will impact us for the rest of this term, but we will keep you informed as best as we can.

The Government have now committed to daily briefings. To keep us up to date, Scouts UK have created a webpage: scouts.org.uk/coronavirus which will be updated from tomorrow.

78th Kingswood Scout Group

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15th March 2020

Avon Jamboree Postponed

Further to the recent UK Gov announcement about the move from Contain to Delay in regard to the growing pandemic of Covid-19, and the advice from Tim Kidd, UK Scout Commissioner for local areas to review and make the best decisions in a calm, measured and appropriate way.

I have discussed with Isabelle Mills, Camp Chief & Simon Crowden, Deputy Camp Chief, and agreed that due to the impact for Health & Safety on our young people, volunteers, contractors, wider family members, visitors to the event, as well as our financial commitment, to make the difficult decision to postpone Avon Adventure until 2021.

We are very fortunate to have excellent relationships with the North Somerset Show Ground Committee as well as supporting contractors, many of whom have confirmed that they will honour our booking when we will be holding the event between 28 May 2021 and 31 May 2021.

Refunds
Any group that has paid a deposit or paid in full will be refunded the full amount paid.

Lastly, thank you all, for your continued support, keep safe and well, follow all Public Health Guidance and we look forward to seeing you in 2021,

Graham Brant

County Commissioner

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13th March 2020

Sport Relief 2020

Our Scouts have been very busy last Wednesday evening, working their socks off for Sport Relief.

They were faced with half a dozen of challenges, and they all were up for taking part to see how far they could push themselves.

An evening full of energy, finding their limits, but battling through in order to raise money for such a good cause.

We have managed to raise an amazing £60 on this evening, well done Scouts!!

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10th February 2020

Avon Scouts Cooking Competition 2020

Each year there is a South West Scout Region Cooking Competition. In advance of this and to see the great culinary skills of the Scouts across Avon teams take part in an Avon Scouts Cook Off.

Last Sunday, February 9th, the Avon Scouts Cooking Competition was held at 1st Keynsham Scouts HQ. 6 teams were battling for a place on the leaderboard. 78th Kingswood had 2 teams taking part, and they were having a blast.

This year the meal and table setting should reflect this year’s theme – “Olympics Past, Present and Future “. The theme needs to be reflected throughout the whole aspect of the entry; Dress, Table Decoration, Menu and Food Presentation.

The teams had 2 hours to prepare, cook and serve a 3 course meal, prepared using equipment which would be available in an average camp kitchen.

And the scores are in – Kingswood 78th 1 (Molly, Toby, Olly, Kirsty) came 3rd and Kingswood 78th 2 (Jacob, Sebastian, Anya, Libby) came 4th. A great achievement, considering the scores between 2nd place and 4th place were very close.

Thank you all for participating! Well done.

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13th December 2019

Happy Holidays

Was it not a great year? With us celebrating our 60th anniversary? And what about all the activities and camps we have enjoyed?

Our group has seen some amazing things this year and we are grateful for all of it. Already we are looking forward to next year, with one of the highlights going to be the Avon Jamboree.

We have enjoyed our Christmas parties this week and are now going to have a break. We would like to welcome you all back in the new year on Wednesday 8th January.

From all of us at 78th Kingswood, have a fantastic half term, and we wish you all happy holidays and a lovely new year.

See you all again in January!

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12th November 2019

Bag Packing

As you may be aware, we have managed to get a slot at Downend Co-op coming Saturday 16th November (10:00-14:00) to help raise some money by bag packing. We are hoping to be able to have a continuous stream of help throughout the session, without asking anyone to be there for too long.

Please arrive in time for your chosen slot to help out. If you want to do more than 1 session you are welcome to do so. Make sure you wear your uniform as we are representing our group. There is no need for parents to stay, just come and collect your child after his/hers session ends.

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8th November 2019

Remembrance Day Parade 2019

We are attending the Service of Remembrance at Page Park this Sunday 10th November.

We will meet as usual at the 28th Kingswood Scout Hut (Christchurch Avenue, BS16 5TG) at 9:20 to parade from there with the 28th and 85th Group to Page Road to assemble with other units and the Salvation Band, who will lead the parade at 10:15. We will then parade along Staple Hill High Street behind the band and assemble at Page Park Cenotaph for the service, laying of wreaths and minute silence.
When this service has finished we (28th, 78th and 85th) will parade to the Downend Cenotaph for a wreath laying and short service lead by the 78th. This normally is finished by midday.

It is imperative that each member is in FULL uniform (no jeans) and wearing their Poppy. Well turned out youngsters will be awarded the honour of being in the Standard Party which leads their pack and are front row at Page Park. Please wear warm clothing underneath uniform and only have a lightweight coat if raining. Parents are encouraged to walk along side on the pavements, but if you can’t attend please ensure your child’s name is recorded as such with a leader.

78th Kingswood

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23rd October 2019

Macmillan Fundraiser Evening

In one word; WOW! After weeks of planning and a lot of baking that has been done by some of our parents we have had a fantastic evening tonight.

We have had a massive amount of cake, which went well with a cup of tea or coffee. There were games to play, a tombola to win some great prices, name that teddy, lucky dips and custom made key rings.

The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts loved helping out and they all have had a great evening. And we have managed to raise £322.20 in order to support the great work that Macmillan does.

An absolute amazing amount, thank you very much!

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Chief Scout’s Silver Award

Today at our fundraiser for MacMillan we have had the pleasure to award Matthew and George, 2 of our Cubs, with the Chief Scout’s Silver Award.

Well done for doing all the hard work to achieve this ultimate award in Cubs and good luck with working towards your Gold award in Scouts.

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28th August 2019

Summer nearly over

Incredibly, summer is nearly over. Only a couple more weeks and we are welcoming Autumn. In fact, we will welcome it whilst going on our group camp.

As the summer holidays draw to a close we are getting ready for the new Scouting year. We know, just like us, you are all exited to begin a new season again. But although schools might be back next week, we will have our first meeting on Wednesday 11th September.

We will see you then!

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