124th Nottingham Scouts Blog

Thank you from Hope Nottingham

To everybody involved in the 124th Nottingham Scout Group
Whilst it has undoubtedly been a source of great frustration for you that you are unable to meet together in the ways that you are used to, I want to pass on some good news about how your Scout group have been making a difference to the local community during these recent, difficult times.

Through the fine driving and impeccable navigation of Richard and Helen respectively, your minibus has taken out (as of 17/06/20) 330 food parcels to people currently struggling through financial and food poverty across the city. Our food parcels some in three different sizes – Single Person, Couple and Family. When you factor these all in, we have worked out that the average number of people per food parcel as being just shy of 5 people per parcel, meaning that as a result of your minibus, approximately 1690 people have been fed, and for that you all have my sincere thanks.

Hope Nottingham currently have an arrangement with the White Hills Park Trust – a network of schools across the NG9 region – whereby we provide food parcels to replace free schools meals that the most vulnerable of children have been unable to receive for a large part of this pandemic. The 124th Nottingham Scout Group have delivered to well in excess of 200 of these households, which should be a great source of pride to your group. It is so encouraging to see an organisation that is designed for young people, helping other young people across their community.

I hope that you are all able to meet again soon, and I hope this letter serves as a source of encouragement that, even though you are unable to meet currently, the good work of the Scouts continues!
My very best wishes to you all.

Chris Dilks
Hope Nottingham

Virtual Family Pub Quiz

We’re missing our young people and their families, – so it would be great if you could come and join us for our inaugural virtual Family Pub Quiz, at 7pm on Friday 22nd May. Nothing too taxing, just a little fun to ease us into the weekend, hosted by Jack, one of our Explorer Scouts. Family friendly questions, you provide the beer and bar snacks and we’ll provide a small prize for the winning team.

Joining instructions will be emailed directly to our families shortly.

Hope to see you there!

ALL FACE TO FACE SECTION MEETINGS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

ALL FACE TO FACE SECTION MEETINGS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The Scout Assocation have decided to suspend all face to face section meetings and Scouting activities until further notice due to the current Coronavirus situation. This decision has been made to protect the health of our leader team (some of whom are in the more high-risk age ranges for Coronavirus) and to prevent transmission of the virus between leaders, young people, our helpers and their families.

However, we are introducing a number of on-line and virtual activities ranging from badge work at home through to hosting virtual section meetings using Zoom and other on-line apps. The relevant section leaders will be in touch and as when these resources become available.

We also plan to run some virtual online Group social activities for parents/Carers, supporters and friends of the 124th and will be publicising these over the next couple of weeks. We’re may even run a virtual Family Camp!

ALL SECTION MEETINGS CANCELLED FOR NEXT 3 WEEKS (i.e. The run-up to the Easter Holidays)

The group have decided to suspend all section meetings and Scouting activities for the next 3 weeks with immediate effect. This will mean there will be no Beaver, Cub, Scout or Explorer Scout meetings before the Easter Holidays. This decision has been made to protect the health of our leader team (some of whom are in the more high-risk age ranges for Coronavirus) and to prevent transmission of the virus between leaders, young people, our helpers and their families. We know that this is disappointing news but are sure that you will understand the reasons for our decision.
The group will review this situation during the Easter holidays and issue an update at that time.

Beavers – Air Activities badge

Beaver Parents
Please find below the details regarding the Air Activities badge that we are completing this coming Friday (28th February). Please could your Son/Daughter bring the items required for parts 2 and 5.

Your Son/Daughter will need to attend the night to achieve the badge.

Kind regards

Hedgehog/ Wendy
Beaver Scout Leader

Air Activities – stage 1
How to earn your badge
1. Make an aircraft out of paper and see how well it flies. You could use a paper dart or a helicopter and drop it from a height.
2. Find out about one kind of aircraft and tell others in your section about it. It could be a commercial aircraft like Concorde or Airbus or a military aircraft like a Spitfire, Lynx or Chinook.
3. Spell your name using the phonetic alphabet.
4. Talk to somebody who has flown in an aircraft, helicopter or hot air balloon. What was it like? If you have already flown in an aircraft, tell others in your section about it.
5. Tell others in your section about an aircraft (real or imagined) that you would like to fly in and why. You can do this through drawings or models.

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Beavers – time change

Beaver Parents – When we return after the Christmas break, Beavers will run from 5.30pm till 6.45pm. We hope this additional time will allow us to cover more badges and enjoyable activities. Please drop your children off on time, so we make the most of the additional 15 minutes.

Speak to the Beaver leaders if you have any concerns.

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A MESSAGE FOR 75th PARENTS/CARERS:

We here at the 124th are really sorry to hear the news about the 75th closing. We will of course do what we can to help.

We operate a waiting list to ensure that we allocate available spaces fairly as and when they become available.

Please note that currently our Beaver waiting list is large as we only have one Beaver Colony – however we are looking to create a second Beaver Colony as soon as we have the right number of leaders to enable this. Our Beaver Colony is at capacity for the next few months. However, these nearby groups maybe be able to offer your child an immediate place:

  • 15th Nottingham Scouts on Woodside Road.
  • 113th Nottingham Scouts on Tremayne Road.

    • Here is the link to our waiting list: http://www.124thnottinghamscouts.org.uk/joining-the-124th/

    Please message us if you have any questions – but please note applications are only accepted via the link above due to GDPR regulations.

    Coffee Morning

    Dear Parents & Friends,

    We are holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday 12th October 10.00am till noon at the Scout Hut.

    We will be selling hot drinks, squash, cakes, cards, wrapping paper, books – funds raised will go to subsidise our young people going to Kandesteg International Scout Camp in Switzerland in 2020.

    Please come and have a drink with us and meet the Scouts, Explorers & Leaders who are going on this trip.

    Any donations of cakes will be gratefully received

    Beavers 4th October

    This week the Beavers are visiting St. Leonards Church for the Harvest Festival preparation – meet at the hut as normal at 5.30pm

    Please would it be possible if they could bring along some tins/packets of food so that they can add to the baskets.

    As always your continued support is much appreciated.

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    Woggles

    Hi all,

    Hope you are all well and have had a great summer break.

    Andy Cumberpatch, at a previous Beaver District Meeting, mentioned about “Woggle Amnesty” and trying to reduce the use of plastic woggles within our groups. I have therefore ordered turquoise leather woggles for every Beaver Scout at 20p each, to replace the red plastic ones. There are a huge variety of colours and think the turquoise ones are very apt for the Beavers.

    I have purchased the woggles from The Woggle Makers and will visit their Facebook site to get ideas on how we can recycle our plastic woggles.

    See you all very soon.

    Wendy (Hedgehog)- Beaver Scout Leader

    Beavers Blog – May 2019

    Welcome to the 2nd Beaver Scout Blog. The aim is to provide a blog/newsletter per half term when the programme is produced. This will hopefully reduce the numerous letters and emails being sent.
    Here are a few things happening this term :- (Please also refer to the Programme at the Scout Hut and on the 124th Web site and Facebook)

    Friday 24th May – Pond Dipping

    Please meet at Martin’s Pond entrance, Russell Avenue at 5.30pm. Please bring along a net
    and bucket if you have them. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather. To collect at
    6.30pm. Parental help much appreciated please.

    Friday 7th June – Explore Bramcote Hills Park and Hemlock Stone

    Please meet at the car park at 5.30pm. Collect at 6.30pm. Parental help much appreciated
    please. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather.

    Friday 14th June – FootGolf at Highfields.

    This is a recently opened activity – yes golf but with footballs😊
    Please meet at the entrance to the Crazy Golf at 4.50pm to start at 5pm. To collect at 6pm.
    The cost is £2 per child. (Group to part subsidise). Unable to book a later time as the
    FootGolf closes at at 6pm – sorry for any inconvenience.

    Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd June – Family Camp. No Beaver night.

    Friday 5th July – What do we do at Work?

    Do you have an interesting job that you think the Beavers would be interested in? If so please contact the Beaver Leader Team. We would love to hear what you do.

    Friday 12th July – Bring a picnic and play some games. Wollaton Park

    Please meet the play park from 5.30pm. If it is raining then meet at the Scout hut for indoor picnic and games.

    Jumble Sale -Saturday 13th July

    This is a great time to donate items you no longer need. The money raised from our jumble sales allow the group to function and provide essential equipment and subsidise camps and activities.

    Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September – Beaver District Camp.

    This is a brilliant camp for Beavers to attend, to join in with the numerous activities and get to make new friends with other Beavers in the District. Details to follow.

    Reminders

    And last, but not least just a few polite reminders. Please could the badges be sewn on the sweatshirt and not the polo top.

    And please could your Son/Daughter arrive promptly. We appreciate that some may find this difficult due to other commitments, but please be mindful that we may have to finish a little later than planned to complete the activities.

    We hope that this information has been helpful to you and if you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

    Beavers Blog Jan 2019

    Welcome to the first ever Beaver Scout Blog.

    The aim is to provide a blog/newsletter per half term when the programme is produced. This will hopefully reduce the numerous letters and e-mails being sent.

    Here are a few things happening this term :

    Jumble Sale – Saturday 2nd February

    This is a great time to donate items you no longer need. The money raised from our jumble sales allow the group to function and provide essential equipment and subsidise camps and activities that your Son/Daughter take part in.

    Movie Night and Sleep over – Friday 15th February

    We will be playing board games and making popcorn.
    We will be having hot chocolate and supper. In the morning we will be serving sausage cobs and cereals.
    This will be an exciting evening (and work towards a couple of badges). If your Son/Daughter would like to bring a den to build then they are more than welcome but they will need to take it away with them on Saturday as we only have small bins.
    The cost per Beaver Scout is £3, payable on the night.
    Beaver Scouts that are not sleeping over are still able to join in on the usual Beaver night.

    Hobbies and Collectors Badge Night – Friday 22nd March

    Hobbies Badge – to be awarded this badge each Beaver Scout needs to :-

    1. Choose a hobby to take part in for at least 6 weeks
    2. Show that you have stuck with your hobby. Show what you know about your hobby and the skills you have learned.
    3. Tell and show the Colony, your Lodge or Leaders about your chosen hobby. Talk about why you enjoy it.

    Collectors Badge – to be awarded this badge each Beaver Scout needs to:-

    1. Spend at least 6 weeks making a collection.
    2. Show your Colony or Lodge about your collection. What is your collection? Why do you collect these things? What is your favourite thing from your collection?

    Your Son/ Daughter can do either of these badges or both but they will need to bring their collection/ hobby on Friday 22nd March. So they need to start collecting etc from at least 25th January (if they haven’t already got one)
    We look forward to seeing what they are interested in.

    And last, but not least just a few polite reminders.

    • Please could the badges be sewn on the sweatshirt and not the polo top.
    • And please could your Son/Daughter arrive promptly. We appreciate that some may find this difficult due to other commitments, but please be mindful that we may have to finish a little later than planned to complete the activities.

    We hope that this information has been helpful to you and if you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

    Until next time! Hedgehog and the Beaver Leader Team

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