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Anne-M
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Area Website: www.clwydscouts.org.uk
Area Directory Hotliner
© Clwyd Area Scouts 2008
Hotliner is edited by Moz, AAC (Communications)
Issue 21 - April 2008 For the very latest see www.clwydscouts.org.uk
Hotliner
News and information for everyone involved in Scouting in Clwyd Area
Clwyd Scouts are inviting EVERY adult
in the Area, Leader, Commissioner, or
non-uniformed Committee member or
supporter, to attend MOTIV8 - a day
where you can meet other Leaders,
take part in workshops, ask the Area
Team questions and even have a free
lunch! The day will take place on
Saturday 12th July 2008 at the Northop
Horticultural College, and is free to all
attending. Further details and a booking
form will be available soon, but at this
stage we’d ask everyone just to put the
date in their diary & listen for more info.
Come to
Training is now free
David Jones in his own words - page 2 �
Great news - Groups no longer have to find the cash to send new
Leaders on Adult Training courses. Due to funding obtained by the
Welsh Scout Council, everyone can now just turn up and enjoy the
training without having to open their Group cheque books!
Not only will new Leaders benefit, but existing adults who feel
that they may want to brush up on a certain aspect of Scouting
can attend a course and get ideas and information to help run
their Section meetings.
See pages 10 and 11 for course dates and details on how to get involved
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
Page 2
Since taking over effectively from early last
Autumn, my job in Scouting has quite simply
been bringing myself up to date with what is
happening in the Scout Districts in North East
Wales.
As to a little background to myself - this is the
second time around for
me as Area
Commissioner as I briefly held the role about
10 years ago. To start with I joined Scouting
as a boy 50 years ago and then on into
Scouts at 1st Gresford, leaving after a couple
of years, but not until I discovered that Scouts
and Guides worked together! I was drawn
back into Scouting as a young adult leader,
then before I knew it everyone around was
calling me Akela! This remained my horizon
in Scouting for the next 20 years. Eventually
people retired and a new window opened for
me and I was asked to become GSL. Then
again before I knew it I agreed to become
District
Commissioner
and the story
continued in various jobs until today when I
resume my role as Area Commissioner.
Throughout this time I have had one objective
- to ensure the children are safe and have fun
in Scouting. This remains the case today. I
still help out at my local Group almost every
week and so fully understand and see the
issues that face the Adult volunteers on a day
by day basis.
We all appreciate that the world is a very
different place these days with significant
change happening in our lives almost on a
weekly basis and everyone competing for a
slice of our time and the pressures that flow
out from a competitive lifestyle.
So why do parents continue wishing to enrol
their child into Scouting? What is it about
Scouting that is so attractive? I think and I
know that Scouting provides through its
Leaders a set of values that is almost unique
in today’s society. Also it provides a platform
for learning and a safe environment for
playing, providing an opportunity to develop
and understand and use these new skills.
Well how then do we keep this tradition
flowing for the next 100 years? We obviously
need more resources and that, in my opinion,
simply means more volunteers.
What are we doing about it? Firstly the Welsh
Scout Council has allocated significant funds
and matched
funding
to
allow
the
employment of a full time local development
officer in North W
ales . In the current phase
of his role he has a rolling, two pronged
attack, based upon tried and tested methods,
i.e. to start or restart Sections of a new Scout
Group, supporting and underpinning an
existing Section of a Group. The scheme has
very aggressive targets and as of today am I
pleased to say we are seeing significant
successes in the first part year of a three year
project. If you would like to find out more
about this project, please contact your District
Commissioner or a member of their team.
Secondly, the Area is trying to build a team of
people that
bring together
as much
experience as practically possible, to focus
our efforts in supporting adults in Scouting
over the next several years. As part of this
process we are holding ‘MOTIV8’ - a day at
Northop Horticultural College on July 12th,
starting at 10.30 pm and concluding at approx
3pm. Everyone is invited to attend. Please
see separate item on this in this issue of
Hotliner.
But for now, from me and the Area Team
many, many thanks for all your hard work and
efforts in Scouting.
David Jones
areacommissioner@
clwydscouts.org.uk
David Jones in
his own words
Dates for your Diary
Why not get your highlighters out and m
ark all the dates that apply to you!
APRIL 2008
13 Modules 4 & 12 Gladstone
T
16 Module 25 Gladstone
T
18-19 Connah’s Quay Exhibition
F
19 Wrexham Cub Factor
C
20 Vale of Clwyd St George’s Activity Day
V
21/22 Network: First Aid
N
21 Flintshire Scouts Quiz
F
25-27 Mountain Leader Training 3
T
25-27 Wrexham District St George’s Day Camp/Funday
W
26-27 RAF Valley training weekend
T
27 Flintshire District St George’s Parade
F
MAY 2008
02-05 River Wye Canoe Cruise
06 Wrexham YL Training
W
10 Jamboree on the Trail
12 Module 11 Gladstone
T
17 Wrexham Sports Day
W
20 Flintshire District AGM
F
20 Module 8 Gladstone
T
20 Network International Night
N
22 Flintshire District AGM
F
23 Vikki’s Vacation
N
28 Module 16 prep night Gladstone (for Scouts and Explorers)
T
30 - June 01 Module 16 Gladstone (for Beavers and Cubs)
T
31 - June 01 Llyn Brenig Sailing
JUNE 2008
04 Module 16 prep night Gladstone (for Scouts and Explorers)
T
05 Module 5 Gladstone
T
13-15 Module 16 Gladstone (for Scouts and Explorers)
T
14 Wales Cub Fun Day
C
18 Module 20 Gladstone
T
20-21 Wrexham Cubs night hike/bivvy
W
20-22 All Wales Scout Camp
S
20-22 Network Walking Weekend
N
25 Module 22 Gladstone
T
27 Wrexham District Explorer Scout Meeting
W
JULY 2008
12 M
OTIV8 - ALL ADULTS IN CLWYD SCOUTING PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND - SEE PAGE 1
B=Beavers C=Cubs S=Scouts E=Explorer N=Network T=Training W=Wxm F=Flints L=Llan V=Vale of Clwyd
If you have events/meetings to be listed contact Moz - see overleaf for contact details
07 Module 7 Gladstone
T
03 Module 15 Gladstone
T
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
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Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
Page 10
How Training Works
Here’s a quick guide to how the Adult Training Scheme works…
1. Recruitment A new adult is recruited into Scouting and agrees a Job Description. The job
description will underline that there is a commitment to training. They will initially be given a
provisional appointment.
2. Training Advisor The new adult will be allocated a Training Advisor (TA). This person will
guide the new adult through the process of training.
3. Stages of Training Within 5 months of provisional appointment, the new adult should com-
plete ‘Getting Started’ which consists of Modules 1, 2 and 3, and attend an Appointments Com-
mittee interview. They will then receive their full appointment. Within 3 years they should have
completed the next stage of their training and e awarded the Wood Badge. There then follows
a commitment to Ongoing Training of five hours a year.
4. Modules and Validation Module 2 is the Personal Learning Plan. The new adult will sit
down with their TA and put together a plan of what training they need to do. There may be
some Modules where the new adult can move straight to validation without attending a course.
Validation checks that the adult has the knowledge covered by the Module. The TA will com-
plete the validation with the new adult and the Module will be signed off.
5. Courses There will be several Modules which the new adult will need to attend a course for.
Dates of courses already planned are on the facing page, and also on the Clwyd website. TAs
will inform the Area Training Manager of which courses are needed so they can be put on.
Once the adult has attended the course, they can be validated by their TA.
6. Booking If the new adult needs to come on one of the courses, they should contact Pat
Royle, the Area Training Manager, in plenty of time. Email [email protected] or
phone Pat.
7. Payment All Adult Training courses are now free of charge due to funding obtained by the
Welsh Scout Council.
8. Regular Modules will be repeated throughout the year on different days and times
9. What to Bring Bring pen and paper to take notes. Uniform is not necessary, but activity
wear is usual, and something warm is needed in cold weather. Ladies, please don’t wear
heeled shoes. Bring a packed lunch if the course is all day. Refreshments are provided.
10. Questions Contact Pat if you have any questions.
Remember, all Leaders are now required to undertake a m
inim
um of 5 hours training a
year, and hold a First Aid certificate (the m
inim
um being First Response). First Aid train-
ing can count towards the 5 hours. All Leaders can do the training courses, even if they
have a W
ood Badge.
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
Page 3
Gladstone
needs
your help
again!
Everyone was over the moon late last year
when the Gladstone Centre successfully
won a Big Lottery grant of £64,860.
Part of the ‘deal’ was that there was an in-
put from Clwyd Scouts to implement the
proposal and this was included in the bid.
Six weekends have been identified when a
major impact can be made and so we’re
calling on all Scouts in Clwyd to come and
give a hand at Gladstone.
The dates that work parties will be held are:
5/6th April, 12/13th April, 19/20th April,
26/27th April, 3/4th May, 10/11th May
You may recall that the major work will be a
professionally built agility course, refur-
bished John Clarke building with much bet-
ter bunkhouse facilities, new furniture for
the main hall and improved landscaping.
It would be really great if there could be an
input from every Group in the Area. There
will be some way of recording all contribu-
tions to the project. All groups are stake-
holders in Gladstone and we want to en-
courage ownership.
Offers of help and dates can be sent to
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
Page 4
Developing Scouting
The Welsh Scout Council (WSC) has
recently attracted significant funding to
enable it to employ three full time
Development Officers working across Wales.
This funding has been secured on the basis
of achieving certain targets. Scouting offers a
great programme but is not always able to
deliver it in communities due to a shortage of
adult volunteers. The Development Officer
programme is one positive way in which to
address this difficult issue.
Each Development Officer is required to
enable the opening of two new sections each
school term. This could be the start of a new
Scout Group or a new section within an
existing Group. In addition they are required
to work with two existing sections that are
looking to increase the number of adults
involved. Each term the Development Officer
is required to recruit a minimum of 20 new
adults (Leaders, Helpers or Committee
Members). This is highly focussed work over
a limited period but the Welsh Scout Council
has good evidence that the programme
works and is successful in attracting new
adults into Scouting. Once recruited it is
essential they are properly welcomed and
then supported over the longer term.
WSC has developed a highly successful
programme to enable the start up of new
Beaver and Cub sections either in new
locations or to supplement an already
existing Group. This initiative involves
working with schools and requires some
support from existing Leaders for a short
period of time. The Development Officer
undertakes the majority of the work but does
require some support during the initial few
weeks to ensure that the new Leadership
team feel appropriately supported. The more
people who volunteer to help in this limited
period the less time each one will have to
commit. In an ideal world there would be
sufficient people to limit the involvement to
just one or two extra evenings.
Obviously there is more development work to
be done than there are available Officers and
hours. Currently Clwyd has the support of
Mark Winson who has worked in each
District so will already be known to some of
you.
The Development Team is tasked with
working at Scout Group level to provide
direct support to hard pressed existing
volunteers. Your District Commissioner,
working with the Area Commissioner and
Field Commissioner will determine which
Scout Groups or new locations the
Development Officer will be assigned to.
However we all want to work in co-operation
with you so it is important that you take
ownership for a project – you must want the
support of a Development Officer if the
process is to work effectively and benefit
your Group. Talk to your District
Commissioner about your development
needs. It will not be possible to respond to
everyone’s needs and requirements so there
will inevitably be some who will not receive
help and assistance – not because their
need is less than anybody else’s but simply
because the Development Officer resource is
limited.
The world of work has changed and with it
has come the need for us to be more flexible
in our recruitment. Some newly recruited
adult volunteers will be prepared to give the
amount of time many long standing Leaders
have given to the Movement. However it is
more likely that many will only stay whilst
their children are involved. This means that
the need to recruit is a continuing and
ongoing process. Some new volunteers will
not be able to come along every week but
are able to commit to say every alternate
week. Groups need to be flexible and
capable of handling the different ways in
which volunteers will commit their time.
Being flexible means more opportunities for
everyone.
Clive Bracewell
clive.bracewell@
scoutswales.org.uk
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
Page 9
The Queen’s Scout Award is
the highest youth award you
can achieve in Scouting.
Once the award has been
achieved many opportunities
will open up to you, including
being able to take part in the
National St George's Day
Parade at Windsor Castle as
well as having the opportunity
to join the Queen's Scout
Working party. You will also
be invited to receive your
award at a National Queen's
Scout Reception. Potential
employers also look for the
Queen's Scout Award on
CV’s as it displays qualities
such as teamwork and
personal initiative.
We have already
congratulated Chris Smith,
James Graham and Helen
Smith for gaining this award.
I’m very pleased to announce
that three more Network
members have just had
confirmation that they will be
receiving theirs very soon too
so congratulations to Hannah
Dooley, Chris Williams and
Dan Campbell.
Lets see who can be the next
Queen’s Scout!
Anne-M
arie Roberts
Dorothy Jackson, the Clwyd Area Secre-
tary, is undertaking her own adventure by
trekking to Everest base camp at Easter to
raise money for the brick school in Nepal.
Dorothy is joined by her Flint High School
colleague Marjorie. Both are not keen on
flying, which should make the long haul
flight to Kathmandu interesting. Marjorie is
terrified of heights and has to be forced to
walk across anything that is six feet or
more off the ground. Dorothy cannot cope
with cows, yaks and bulls without breaking
out in a panic stricken sweat.
Despite all this they are determined to
make it to Everest and support their cho-
sen charity, the Brick School, with as
much determination and effort that they
put into everything that they attempt.
As Hotliner goes to print, the intrepid two
are in Nepal. To find out how they got on
and to contribute to their fundraising for
the Brick School visit their website:
http://www.freewebs.com/everest2008
Area Secretary
heads for Nepal
Last year was a very
special year for us all when
Scouts around the globe celeb-
rated the Centenary of Scouting.
2008 is going to be just as special for
the members of the 1st Connah’s Quay
Scout Group, who will be celebrating
their Centenary. The Group was one of
the first, if not the first Scout Group to be
founded in the Area, way back in 1908.
The Group will be holding lots of
celebrations this year to mark the
occasion, including an exhibition on the
18th and 19th of April
All members of the Group will also be
wearing a special badge.
The badge designing process
was run as a competition, and
each Section had a winner, then an
overall winner was chosen to have
their design made into the badge. The
winner was Lewis Jones who is a
member of the Mohawk Cub Pack.
Are any other Groups out there
celebrating their Centenaries? If so
please contact Moz, AAC
Communications on 0777
xxxxxxx or via email:
We’d love to hear your stories and
celebrate with you!
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
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Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
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Clockwise from top left: Tamsin Harrison-R
oyle,
Pat Royle, May Castrey and Nicola G
amlen
New Appointments
for Clwyd
Area Commissioner David Jones has made
several new Appointments to the Area team.
Nicola Gamlen has been appointed Assistant
Area Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Pat Royle
takes over from May Castrey as District
Commissioner for Flintshire, with May
becoming chair of the Area Appointments
Sub committee.. Another new appointment is
Tamsin Harrison-Royle as Assistant District
Commissioner (Cub Scouts) for Flintshire.
Speaking of her appointment as DC for
Flintshire Pat Royle said, “I'm very happy to
be moving back to 'my home' District of
Flintshire in the challenging role of District
Commissioner. I feel that my role in training
will enhance and compliment that of DC and
I look forward to carrying on where May
Castrey has left off.”
Group Details
I’m trying to update details of which nights
Groups meet and what colour necker they
wear for the Clwyd Area website.
We’ve got most details thanks to people
emailing in, but there’s a few blanks.
Some of the Groups we need details for are:
Halkyn M
ountain
Hawarden
Mynydd Isa
Sandycroft & M
ancot
Shotton
Sychdyn
Trefynnon Cyntaf
But we’d appreciate it if everyone could
check that their details at
www.clwydscouts.org.uk//local/groups.html
Moz
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
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CRB checks
for all
At a recent meeting of the Clwyd Area Team
it was agreed that it should be the aim for all
adults in Scouting in Clwyd to complete CRB
checks by the end of 2008.
Until now only new adults have done the
checks, but it is now considered best practice
for those who had joined before the CRB
system came in to undergo the checks. This
includes all trustees and officers eg Group
Chairmen, Secretaries and Treasurers etc.
Calling all
Calling all
Calling all
Calling all
Explorers
Explorers
Explorers
Explorers
Last year we held a very successful meeting
of Leaders and Commissioners with the Ex-
plorer Scout Section. 16 people attended
with representatives from every Scout Dis-
trict. It was the first time we’d actually got all
of the DESCs to sit down together!
Things like the Jamboree got in the way of
holding another meeting, but we’re going to
try to hold another meeting sometime in
April.
In a slight change of format that will see Ex-
plorer Scouts themselves attending the
meeting, we now want 2 reps from every
Explorer Scout Unit in the Area to attend - at
least one should be an Explorer Scout.
If your details are listed in MyBackpack as
being an ESL, AESL, DESC or DESL then
you’ll be posted details of the meeting when
a date and venue has been agreed. Details
will also be posted on the Clwyd website.
If you don’t hear anything about the meeting
and don’t have access to the internet, but
would still like to be involved, give Moz a ring
on xxxxxxx.
The idea of
the meeting
will be to get
all in Ex-
plorer
Scouts in
Clwyd to-
gether twice
a year to look at whether we need Area Ex-
plorer Scout events, to discuss issues effect-
ing Explorer Scouting, and also to be a link
between Clwyd and the Wales Explorer
Scout Team and Wales Explorer Scout Fo-
rum.
Team X
Team X is a Wales-wide Young Leaders Unit
that puts on YL training all over Wales as
well as providing a service team for the All
Wales Scout Camp and Wales Cub Fun Day.
It’s also a great way for Explorer Scouts in
rural areas to meet other Explorers from
across Wales.
To find out more and to be put on the mailing
list (Explorer Scouts themselves can be
added too) contact the Welsh Scout Council
on 01446 795277, or visit
www.scoutswales.org.uk
Quiz Corner
Have a go at these few questions:
1. have you gained your Wood Badge?
2. Have you got new Leaders in your Group or Leaders who haven’t
finished their training?
3. Are your new Leaders still trying to find out what it’s all about?
4. Do you often help and encourage your new Leaders or your Assistant
Leaders?
5. Do you find yourself teaching your Leaders new skills?
6. Would you like a new challenge?
7. Would you like a new “buzz”?
If you’ve answered “yes” to at least one of these questions, t
his may be for you. Read on…
There are lots of exciting roles to fill in the training-learning dimension.
These are just a few:
Presenter
Facilitator
Training Advisor
Local (District) Training Manager
Local (District) Training Administrator
Area Training Administrator
Area Training Manager
To find out more about any of these roles please contact Pat Royle,
Area Training Manager, for an informal chat - no obligation - no
tricks - no traps, just suss it out!
Pat Royle
Clwyd Area Scouts Hotliner April 2008
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