Autumn 2014 term could be a good opportunity for you to fast-track your leader training and earn your Wood Badge!

Beaver, Cub, Scout, and Explorer leaders (and assistant leaders) need to complete modules 1 to 3 in their first five months as a leader, and then modules 5 to 19 within three years. However the scheme is very flexible: prior experience as a leader, a Young Leader, or experiences at work or college, is all recognised; courses are provided but most modules have an alternative way of learning available too e.g. workbook, video, e-Learning. You can complete the modules quickly in one term or gradually over the coming months.

For each module, once you’ve learned the material and put it into practice, then you need to validate it. Here are some dates this term when you can do LEARNING (left hand columns – in purple) and VALIDATION (right hand columns – in green).

LET ME KNOW by email if you would like to complete some or all of your training this term.

Training Date	Module Numbers	Validation Evening	Module Numbers
Sat 06/09/2014	11,12
Wed 10/09/2014	1
Sat 27/09/2014	10
Sun 21/09/2014	13
Sat 27/09/2014	14,15,19
Sun 05/10/2014	5,7
Sat 18/10/2014	1,2,3	Mon 13/10/2014	11,12,13
Sun 02/11/2014	10	Mon 27/10/2014	14,15,19
Sat 08/11/2014	8,9	Mon 10/11/2014	3,5,6
Tue 18/11/2014	1	Mon 24/11/2014	7,8,9
Sat 22/11/2014	17,18	Mon 08/12/2014	16,17,18

More information about the Scout Association’s Adult Training Scheme here: https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/search/?cat=23,223.

 

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The Lee Budd Memorial Award 

Sue Budd presents Joe from the 22nd Southampton Scout Group with the Lee Budd Memorial Award for outstanding and exceptional courage and endeavour.

THANK YOU GIFT FOR OUTGOING DISTRICT CUB LEADER

Pat Rea ADC Cubs presents Patsy Osborne with a gift to thank her for great Service as a District Cub Scout Leader. Patsy having now retired will be joining our Active Support Unit.

The President handover 

 

If you are going off to a summer camp I hope you have a wonderful time and be safe.

Please don’t forget to forward to me your NAN forms so I have the necessary information.

Scout Association Compass Membership System Data.

During the summer holiday the old scout data base will be turned off and the new Compass system will go live. As soon as that happens we will be looking to get all our records recorded safely and fully in line with our safe guarding and data protection responsibilities.

All our adult data will be transferred and we are confident it is in good order.

If you keep your records on OSM there will be a day when that information will be transferred to compass so please make sure what records you have in OSM are correct.

Going forward it will be each group and section leader’s responsibility to make sure that the Compass data is up to date. That is a big job so groups may look to assign someone to take on that work on all the section leader’s behalf. It is your decision. I will be talking more to Group Scout Leaders at our next meeting which is being held on Wednesday 8^th October at Bevious Town School at 7.30pm.

District AGM Headline News

Thank you to everyone who attended the District AGM it was kind of you to come and show your support for the district team.

The headline news was the announcement that we have a new Ambassador who is Jo Ash the chief exec chair of the Southampton Voluntary Service. Jo is very keen to help us by getting our name out in the public and local businesses and help us strengthen our volunteer base.

Also Graham Meering was put forward to be our new District President. A very well deserved appointment and it will enable Graham to help Jo with the volunteer recruitment.

Ken Sherman our outgoing President was presented with a thank you gift and I personally would like to thank Ken for his support and the kindness he has afforded me. Ken is big friend of Southampton Scouts and will I am sure he will still keep in touch.

Patsy after a long distinguished time as a Cub Scout District Leader stepped down and has now joined the active support unit. Many thanks to Patsy for all her work and thank you. Patsy was given a gift of thanks by Pat Rae ADC Cubs.

Wilverley District Camp Site Improvements

The substantial investment in Wilverley continues thanks to the district exec and the wilverley sub committee. We have now a fully regulated fire evacuation and emergency light system along side the new generator. We have also are also improved the drainage on site three which for many years is far to wet for full used throughout the year. These improvements along side the good work of Arthur Jonathan Steve and Graham and Charlie gives us a camp site that we can all be proud of. Our next improvement is to refurbish the cottage kitchen when funding becomes available.

Please support the camp site maintenance weekends they are a vital part of us maintaining the site. Don’t forget if you help you get points to camp for free.

Group Sports Representatives

Our districts holds three main sports events each year, Scout and Cub six a side football which is now wonderfully managed by the sports graduates of Solent University. The Swimming gala is held every year at The Quays and is well run by Graham Thelma and Dave Bowers and a team of marshalls and group sport reps.

The District Cross Country and the Cub sports competition really do need lots of help from the sports representatives of every group. Every group are asked to enter a team of participants and for a group representative to act on the groups behalf with the organization of these two events. So please could all GSL’s please notify me the contact details of your group sports rep so we can make contact prior to those two events and get them involved.

All of the details of the FOUR events are in put on the News items on our web site well in advance of the events.

What is needed is for one person to take on the responsibility to book the venues for these four events. So if you are willing to do this job please make contact with me.

I Challenge you all. I would like many more Parents to be asked to get involved the more we have the more fun it would be for us. I challenge all of you to ask one person to get involved. I often get told that Parents would help if they were asked.

District Web Site

If you have looked at the district web site in the last week you will see that we are making a substantial amount of changes. Mike Johnson has lots of ideas how the site can be developed and we would like to have someone to help him complete the changes. We have lots of people that are wiz kids on computers and web sites if you can help us for a few months please contact me I would be grateful.

Minibuses

The district now has two district permits these are held by me. Every group that uses a minibus from time to time must get the “section 19” permit from HQ. One certificate for each minibus being used. Information here: http://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/3413/minibus-permits?moduleID=10&cat=55,400

District Diary and Directory 2014

Graham has completed the task of producing this year’s directory which is now available in hard copy. We can also send you an electronic version for you to keep. Please make sure you notify Graham of any changes to your details such as a move of house and changes to your contact numbers and email addresses.

If anyone wishes to talk to me and clarify anything, I am always pleased for you to contact me by email or by phone or in person just ask away.

Yours in Scouting,

Colin Floyd|District Commissioner|Southampton City District Scout Council                 Tel: 07770364711 Email: dc@southamptoncityscouts.co.uk

Please visit our district web site:  southamptoncityscouts.co.uk

 

Even though they might not realise it yet, a Young Leader’s experience in Scouting will help them develop a whole range of important skills that higher education establishments and employers are looking for. 

Competition is high

Whether they are applying for jobs, apprenticeships or a place at college/university, competition is higher than ever. The skills developed through the Young Leaders’ Scheme, including leadership, interpersonal skills and decision-making will help to set them apart from the crowd.

In order to demonstrate this, we have had the Young Leaders’ Scheme externally recognised by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) as a Development Programme. The ILM is one of the UK’s leading providers of leadership and management qualifications and the accreditation shows the quality of the Young Leaders’ Scheme to any external organisations that Young Leaders might apply to in the future.

As a development programme there is no formal assessment required by the ILM, which means that there is no extra work for the Young Leaders. As the ILM recognises the quality of the programme content, aims, objectives and learning outcomes, all the Young Leaders have to do is complete the scheme (ALL the modules and missions).

The cost of the recognition is £46 per participant (non-refundable). As an Area/County/Region (Scotland) you can choose to subsidise this to lower the direct cost for the young person if you wish. This is a decision that will need to be agreed at a local level.

Signing Up

To sign up for this there are two forms for Young Leaders to fill in. The first is a registration form, which can be completed as soon as the Young Leader decides they would like to work towards the development programme. This should be sent along with the full payment to the address included at the bottom of the form.

Once the details have been processed, the young person will receive an email with their personal login details to the ILM learning access zone. The learning zone offers a wide range of online development tools, resources, journals and magazines specifically tailored around leadership and management, created by professors from some of the world’s leading universities including Cambridge, Harvard, London Business School and INSEAD. Young Leaders will have access to this zone for the duration of the scheme, from when they register.

You can find further information surrounding the ILM at the ILM website.

The second form is a progress sheet  which needs to be signed off when the Young Leader completes each module and mission by the Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader) and section leader. Once this form has been completed (ie they have completed the full scheme), please send a copy either to the address on the bottom of the form or email as an attachment to programme@scouts.org.uk. Once processed, a certificate will be sent to the Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader) to be presented to the Young Leader.

All Young Leaders can sign up for the recognition and this can be at any point during their time in the scheme. If they decide on completion of the scheme they would like this recognition this can be achieved by sending the registration and completion form, along with payment, together.

For further information please contact the educational programme team by email at programme@scouts.org.uk.

• Information for Young Leaders
• Registration Form
• Completion Form
• Completion Form (Word)

Tutor Membership

If you are Leader and would like to apply for free tutor membership so you have access to the Learning Zone please send an email with the following information to customer@i-l-m.com:

• The Scout Association
• Centre Number – 079706
• Your full name
• Date of Birth
• Town
• Postcode
• Personal email address