Category: Group News

To All Parents, all sections – Beavers, Cubs and Scouts

In light of the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday regarding a national lockdown, the Group Executive Committee, and Section Leaders have agreed to postpone our planned return to face to face meetings this week. There will be no meetings for Beavers, Cub, and Scouts until further notice. This decision will be reviewed in December with a view to restarting in the New Year.

We regret the disappointment for the children, however their safety and that of our volunteer leaders is paramount. Our leaders are also extremely disappointed with this postponement, as a lot of hard work has been done in preparation.

We are sure you will understand and agree that restarting face to face meetings at this time, as we enter another period of national lockdown, is inappropriate. Thank you for your continued support.

Regards

Andy Skinner

Group Scout Leader

1st Linslade Scout Group

Dear Parents

We have just received the following announcement from Tim Kidd, the UK Chief Commissioner of Scouting regarding the coronavirus outbreak:

Tim Kidd, UK Chief Commissioner:

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

Suspension of face-to-face activities

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.”

In light of this announcement our Spring Camp at Milton Bryan this weekend is cancelled, and all Scout meetings and activities at 1st Linslade are suspended until further notice. 

We apologise for the disappointment to the children (my leadership team are gutted!), but we have to follow instructions by The Scout Association.

Regards

Andy Skinner

Group Scout Leader

1st Linslade Scout Group

The Scout Group Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 26th June 2019. Unfortunately it was poorly attended with just a handful of leaders and committee members attending.

Draft minutes of the meeting can read below:

1stLinsladeScoutsAGM26.6.19_DraftMinutes-2

We are still desperate for adult helpers throughout the Group – leaders, helpers, administrators and committee members. Please get in touch and get involved! Specifically we need:

• help look after our camping stores and equipment (Quartermaster(s))
• help with premises maintenance
• Assistant Beaver Leaders, Assistant Cub leaders, and section assistants
• help with implementing our reviewed safety policy (Safety Officer)

We look forward to hearing from you.

We are holding another maintenance day at “Nyamba” on Saturday 11th May, 10.00am ’til 3.00pm. Please can you help! We have a long list of jobs, inside and out, that need doing to tidy up and keep the headquarters safe for our children.

Note that this invitation is aimed at parents, so please ignore references to your child in the documentation. Of course youngsters like to come and help, and we welcome it where possible as long as parents can supervise. There won’t be lots of leaders around to supervise, so we have to be mindful of health and safety, and it may not be the best environment for our youngest members.

Some of the general jobs include: gardening, pruning, driveway clearing, clear brambles, stores tidying, cleaning, painting

More specific tasks:

• lay a concrete path to gas storage cage to rear of hut,
• level out path to canoe storage,
• sorting out camp cooking equipment ready to replace,
• painting / marking steps in external areas,
• repair minor leaks in toilets,
• boxing in pipe work in toilets,
• loading skip with rubbish

No particular skills needed, just lots of enthusiasm! So please put on your old clothes, grab some tools and join us for a couple of hours. Your time will be much appreciated! Stick it in your diary…..

Bacon rolls and gallons of tea / coffee on tap all day!

Please could you let us know if you can make it using the link to the Parent Portal above. If you think you could help with one of the specific tasks above please make a note when registering.

Thank You!!

1st Linslade Scout Group Executive Committee

Another successful international cooking event this year. All groups worked very well together and produced great plates of food for the judges.

The judges took into consideration, taste, team work, innovation and creativity, and presentation. ALL groups did really well. Each group had chosen a country the previous week and planned a menu, worked together to organise themselves and arrange shopping for ingredients. Many thanks to all parents for supporting their Scouts with this activity. See below for more pictures of the night.

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2018 Thursday Troop F1 RC Cars champs
Izzy and Chloe conquered all to win this years remote control car championships this week. They had the fastest times on the laps and the drag races. Well done – Girl Power!

The Executive Committee would like to inform all parents, leaders and friends of the Group that the 1st Linslade Scout Group Annual General Meeting will be held at Nyamba Scout Hut on Wednesday 27th June at 8.00pm.

Documentation for the meeting can be downloaded below:

AGM-Agenda, 2017AGM Minutes, Group Constitution, 2017 Group Accounts

All Welcome. Please come along and support the leaders and your children.

We are still desperate for adult helpers throughout the Group – leaders, helpers, administrators and committee members. Please come along and get involved! Specifically we need:

• help look after our camping stores and equipment (Quartermaster(s))
• help with premises maintenance
• Cub Leader, Assistant Cub leaders, and section assistants
• help with implementing our reviewed safety policy (Safety Officer)

We look forward to seeing you.

Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers attended the annual District Christingle Carol Service at the Baptist Church in Hockliffe Street on Thursday 7th December. There was a good turn out from all sections. Leaders Tracey Chisnall and Trevor Burns received 10 year service awards from the District Commissioner. Well done!
Happy Christmas!