Category: Leaders

14th October 2021

Chief Scout’s Gold Award

It was a busy evening yesterday during our investiture of all of our new members and the ones that have moved up in Scouting. Wonderful to see so many happy faces.

We also have been grateful to all of our leaders, with some of them being awarded with long service awards and 2 have been handed their wood badge.

And in Scouts we have been able to hand Kirsty and Molly their Chief Scout’s Gold Award. They have been working hard to get this badge, and it will give them the drive to pursue the ultimate badge, the Queen’s Scout Award.

The Chief Scout’s Gold Award is the highest award that you can achieve in the Scouts section. It is a difficult badge to earn. The young people that have earned this award have shown great commitment and determination, and should all be proud of their achievements.

Both of them are continuing their journey within Scouting in Explorers.

Well done and good luck.

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23rd September 2021

Scout Investiture

Welcoming a new Scout is important, so we would like to celebrate this with a great investiture.

We are grateful to have the opportunity again to meet face-to-face and we have managed to make a great start this new season. Now we would like all the new Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to become part of the Scout family. To become a member of the Scout Association and our group you will be asked to make a promise at the investiture ceremony. Please see our Investiture Information Page for more information.

On Wednesday October 13th we will join all together at the church, and if the weather is good will have this celebration outside. The ceremony will take place around 19:00 and we would like to welcome all parents/carers to join us. Details will follow closer to the date.

To be invested you will need to have a uniform, we will provide you with a necker and the Region, District and unit badges.

Uniforms can be purchased from a couple of places:

  1. Via the official Scoutshop
  2. Via one of our suppliers: Monkhouse, OneStopScouting or Amazon

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4th September 2021

Welcome Back

We hope you all have had a great summer. 

With great pleasure we would like to let you know that we are back and will be meeting again as of Wednesday 8th September. There will be some minor changes to the meeting times to help with logistics and church guidelines about meeting up inside. 

Beavers 6-7pm

Cubs 6-7.15pm

Scouts 7.15-9.15pm

We look forward to seeing you next week and getting back to normal with some fun activities.

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20th July 2021

Summer Break

Summer is here and we are going to take a break. If all goes to plan we will be meeting again in September.

We have been fortunate that our Scouts have been able to enjoy an almost normal program throughout the year, and we can’t wait to meet up again with our Beavers and Cubs.

Now it is time to enjoy the sunshine and have an excellent summer. We are looking forward to see you all again in September!!

Have Fun.

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12th January 2021

The Great Indoors Continues

First of all, welcome to 2021. Although we were all getting ready to get back to face-to-face meetings, we unfortunaly in the current situation are unable to do that.

But there are some great new resources to keep busy, and Scouts UK have released a whole bunch of new activities on their Great Outdoors site.

Have a look and see what you could be doing from home, and work towards one of the three badges! But there will be many other badges that you can earn whilst Scouting from home.

All information can be found on https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/ and you can log your progress via OSM.

We hope to see you all again soon, but for now stay safe.

Yours in Scouting,

Staff at 78th Kingswood Scout Group

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20th December 2020

See You Next Year

It doesn’t look like COVID-19 is going anywhere anytime soon, and the threat of holiday get togethers being canceled like everything else is becoming very real. But as the year is winding down, it seems like there is nowhere to go but up. Please remember all the things we have collectively overcome this year and send wishes for a better 2021.

Throughout the year we have been involved in a wide variety of activities, even though most of these have taken place via Zoom. There have been an incredible amount of badges earned whilst working on them at home, and we are very proud of each and every one who achieved their goals.

We have no clear idea of when we are able to meet face-to-face again in the new year, but we will do our best to create a programme that can at least be done from wherever you might be. The year ahead will be challenging, but we will get through this.

From all of us here at 78th Kingswood Scout Group, see you next year!

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5th November 2020

Virtual Remembrance Service

Coming Sunday 8th November there will be a virtual remembrance service being held by the Staple Hill & District Branch of the Royal British Legion.

The service will take place online on Sunday 8th November from 10:50am and can be followed here: https://www.staplehillrbl.org.uk/

One of our Cubs, Ronnie, has laid a wreath at the war memorial in Staple Hill Park on behalf of 78th Kingswood Scout Group.

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4th November 2020

England will move to Red readiness level

Following the announcement of a four-week lockdown in England from Thursday 5 November, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has now issued guidance about what this means for all youth sector activity. From tomorrow, Scouts and all other youth activities will move to Red readiness level.

This decision by the Government means that there can be no face-to-face activity with young people or adult volunteers.

We expect these restrictions to last until 2 December, when the lockdown is currently scheduled to end in England.

You can keep an eye on the readiness levels on the Scouts UK website.

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31st October 2020

Returning to ‘face-to-face’ meetings

Dear Parents / carers,

As previously agreed, the Group Leaders have reviewed the current guidelines for returning face-to-face activities for scouting as we are keen to get the group back together.

We have to adhere to the Scouts Framework which is aligned to the Government-approved guidance for the youth sector developed by the National Youth Agency. This framework applies in every nation within UK Scouting and addresses: the permissions process, key considerations to be ready for face-to-face meetings, legal and liability conditions, and key control measures.

Taking into account all considerations and key control measures, it was agreed that the Scouting section could safely resume face-to-face but only outdoors and in a small group. However, indoor meetings are far more difficult to accommodate and therefore Cubs and Beavers will be reviewed again before the end of the year to determine if it is practical to start up face-to-face meetings.

The Scout Leaders are now in the process of preparing the necessary risk assessments. Assuming this is all acceptable and agreed, Scouts will return after half term. There will be further communication providing details in due course.

Please be assured we are working hard to return all our young people to face-to-face meetings, but can only do this with their safety and that of our volunteers as paramount.

Russell Clark – Executive Chair

John Llewelyn – Group Scout Leader (GSL)

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