Dear Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Parents. Happy New Year!
As always, we try to keep you informed of events in the life of the group with this half-yearly newsletter.
Our Scout Section is run by Simon Gankerseer and Liam Gallagher and Emily Ramus. We have Graham Kingsley as Parent Helper and our Young Leaders. Cubs are run by Richard Johnson as CSL Andy Johnson ACSL and Graham Kenwood ACSL, also assisted by their young Leaders. Our Beavers is run by Margaret Barter (Brown Beaver), Helen Thomas (Grey Beaver) along with their Young Leaders.
All of the Leaders and Committee contact details are on the hall notice board at the Scout Hut.
We are now well into the new Scout year and I hope that your young people are enjoying Beavers, Cubs or Scouts. We are sorry that due to necessary building work on the Scout Hut, we needed to rearrange a few evenings during December, just before Christmas. I’m pleased to say that the work has all now been completed.
There will be a County Cub Camp and a District Camp this summer. You will hear all about this in the coming weeks. We will look forward to the lighter evenings and the outdoor activities.
As a Scout Group, so far this Scout year we have already had a number of excellent events including: raft building and racing at Southwater Park; the District ‘escape and evade’; dam building; Remembrance Sunday parade; Swimming; District shooting competition; Police visit and talk; of course, the Beaver Legoland visit; and many other events.
As always there is a packed programme this term for all sections, so please be sure that you know what Beaver/Cubs/Scouts programme events are taking place each week by looking at the programmes listed on our website. Here you will see what they are doing, what they should wear, what they need to bring etc. Also, reminders will often be emailed out prior to events. If you are not receiving these or have changed your contact details please update them on our website www.5hhscouts.org click ‘update your details’.
To find the programmes go to www.5hhscouts.org
- Then for Beavers click ‘Beavers Home’
- Then for Cubs click ‘Cubs Home’
- Then for Scouts click ‘Scouts Home’
Most of the events that the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts take part in, one way or another; enable them to work towards gaining badges. The badges are not usually awarded on the day, but at award days or at other special events. If you (or your boy) think that he is due a badge, please discuss with your leader, as I know that this is sometimes seen as an issue if the badge doesn’t appear ‘on the day’.
Subscriptions
In the next couple of weeks, the second installment of subscriptions will be due. Thank you to all the people who have already fully paid and many that have set up Standing Order payments. I will remind people who have yet to pay or are due to pay the second installment. You will receive a letter shortly regarding subs and explaining our costs.
If you want to know all the payment options, please go to www.5hhscouts.org and click ‘subscriptions’.
If you are not sure if you have yet paid, please send me an email to michael@cedartech.co.uk and I will tell you.
Thank you to all who have completed Gift Aid forms. We will be asking anyone who hasn’t done so, to complete one. Gift Aid raises an extra £16 per young person and without it our subscription charge would need to be increased by this amount.
Our Website
Please take the time to find our website at www.5hhscouts.org here you will find:
- Beaver, Cub, and Scout programmes
- Leader Contact Details
- Our Group Calendar
- Group News and Announcements
- Subscription information and forms
Our Website Policy
We may, from time to time have website photos and ‘news’ of activities from our Scout Group (Beaver, Cubs and Scouts). These will normally be group photos, but may also be of individuals. It is our policy to only use first names with no further individual information. We will also sometime have articles in the local news papers under the same conditions.
Group Fund Raising.
It is important for our group to raise funds. The subscription of £90 per year is used to pay our capitation and insurance premiums to national Scout headquarters, Scout Hut rental (including heating, lighting and water), most activities at weekly meetings, equipment insurance, training for leaders, and so on.
So we need to raise money from fund raising events and activities to purchase equipment (for camping, games etc) for our group. Thank you so much for your continued involvement with our fund raising programmes.
Easyfundraising
Here’s an easy way for you to help raise funds for 5th Haywards Heath Scouts
I would like ask you to help us fundraise for our group by taking a very small action whenever you make an internet shopping purchase. As a Charity we are registered with www.easyfundraising.org.uk . You won’t need to register your details or give your email address....we have done it all for you!
Please go to www.5hhscouts.org and click ‘easyfundraising’. There is a simple example of an internet shop at Sainsbury’s, but it works the same for online shopping with Amazon, Tesco’s, Argos, buying insurance, booking a hotel and almost anything online. Please note! You will not buy anything from www.easyfndraising.org.uk . The website will only redirect you to the website that you wanted anyway, and that shopping website will pay our Scout Group (this only applies for charities) a small referral amount via easyfndraising.org.uk. We have raised over £200.00 so far!
Other Fund Raisers
We have a ‘things to hire’ section on the website - If you are (or know someone who is) planning to have a BBQ party or a special occasion this year, why not hire:
· The Scout Marquee, our Parachute, BBQ’s, various tents, Tipi tent, a 'Colman Event shelter' ,Gazebo, Camping equipment, Fire Grate and Tripod Oven.
· Or Games equipment, such as giant skittles, bean bags, indoor hockey, marble alley etc.
· A computer projector and screen
Group Fleeces
We have been able to acquire ‘Scout green’ fleeces that we have sewn a group badge and will be selling as an optional addition to the Uniform.
These will be available for sale at meetings and priced 10/11yrs - £5.00. 12/14yrs -£5.50. Xsml -£5.50 Sml/Med/Lge -£6.00
Look out for them in the hut!
Snooker/Pool Table for sale
Following the donation of an ‘unused/like new’ Snooker/Pool Table, we would be pleased to sell this to any parents who may be interested.
Details are: BCE Foldaway Snooker Table, 6 Ft x 3Ft
Complete with 2 Cues, snooker and pool balls
More details at…www.amazon.co.uk search BCE Foldaway Snooker Table.
Retails £310.00 Offered at £100.00
Ask to see it at the hut!
We use this Newsletter to keep you informed. If there is anything that you would like to know or see, please let me know. I will add it in. Finally, thank you to you all, as you continue to support our Scout Group.
Michael Main - Committee Chairman
5th Haywards Heath (St Paul’s) Scout Group.
