What’s in this Issue?

1. Our County

2. Badge Courses

3. St. George’s Day

Awards

4. News from

Gilwell

5. County Exec.

Highlights

6. Dates for you

your diary

Hello and welcome to i.SCOUT-GLOS.

This is the first issue of what we hope will

be a helpful and interesting newsletter

for all things “Scouty” in Gloucestershire.

But any newsletter needs news. If you

would like to send in your stories then

just email us at news@gscouts.org.uk

and we will do our very best to include it

in the next issue.

Issue 1

In Cheltenham, membership is up

by 12.5% showing an increase in

all sections and leaders. Beavers

can also look forward to a Teddy

Bear’s Picnic to celebrate 25 years

since Beaver Scouts started.

Two Explorer Scouts from the

Cotswold district have just been

awarded their Gold D of E award;

congratulations to them. Also,

there has been an increase in

district events so there will be lots

to do throughout the year!

Congratulations to Cam Scouts

who recently won the County

Cooking Competition and went on

to the regional competition. Also

in Cotswold Vale, a tour of

Highgrove has been organised

and will take place on the 5th of

May.

District football competitions have

taken place for Beavers, Cubs and

Scouts! Speaking of district

activities, planning is well under

way for the May Olympics, a series

of events to take us all the way to

the opening ceremony in 2012.

A district camp is due to take

place on the 6th to the 8th of May

where all of the Groups in the

District will be represented. St.

George’s Day parade is going to

take place on the 1st May with a

military band to lead the march.

Nearly 400 young people and their

families took part in a District hike

recently. Congratulations to all of

them. May seems to be a busy

month in Stroud and Tetbury with

events including a Beaver Air

Activities Day, a Pennwood open

day and a Cub football

competition

What’s been going on in your district?

Email us at news@gscouts.org.uk and share your event for

everyone to see.

Two Explorer Scouts from the

Cotswold district have just been

awarded their Gold D of E award;

congratulations to them. Also,

there has been an increase in

district events so there will be lots

to do throughout the year!

Congratulations to Cam Scouts

who recently won the County

Cooking Competition and went on

to the regional competition. Also

in Cotswold Vale, a tour of

Highgrove has been organised

and will take place on the 5th of

May.

A new Beaver Colony has recently

opened in Mitcheldean and was

met with a flurry of interest from

both potential leaders and young

people. Also, 70 Scouts are going

to the Haarlem Jamborette. Good

luck to them and have fun!

A district camp is due to take

place on the 6th to the 8th of May

where all of the Groups in the

District will be represented. St.

George’s Day parade is going to

take place on the 1st May with a

military band to lead the march.

Nearly 400 young people and their

families took part in a District hike

recently. Congratulations to all of

them. May seems to be a busy

month in Stroud and Tetbury with

events including a Beaver Air

Activities Day, a Pennwood open

day and a Cub football

competition

In Tewkesbury, two new Explorer

Units have been set up to improve

Explorer Scout provision in the

County. The district has also

created a new website. New

sections are also to be established

in Bishop’s Cleeve.

What’s been going on in your district?

Email us at news@gscouts.org.uk and share your event for

everyone to see.

Want to find

out more?

Visit:

gscouts.org.uk

Thank you to everyone who helped collect the

required information for this year’s census.

The results show the county’s total has risen

for the 5th year in a row. Special

congratulations to Cotswold Vale who

achieved a 12.9% rise and Cheltenham with

12.5%! More work will be needed this year to

maintain this trend but we know it is possible.

29th April-2nd May Mountain Activities Long Weekend

14th May Try Dives 2011

19th May Young Leaders Module A

21st May PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

Specialism

28th-30th May Survival Skills

2nd June Snorkelling

18th-19th June Gliding Weekend

20th June Young Leaders Module A

24th-26th June

1st-3rd July

PADI Open Water Scuba Diver

Qualification

9th July Try Dives 2011

16th-17th July Gliding Weekend

28th July Snorkelling

6th-7th August Gliding Weekend

18th August Snorkelling

20th-21st August

3rd-4th September

Gliding Weekend

16th-18th September PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba

Diver Qualification

23rd-25th September “Beast of the Lake” County

Explorer Camp

Celebrating those in the

county who have received an

award for all their hard work

over many years

George Hiscocks - Forest of Dean

Brian Kimber - Gloucester

Reg Poulton - Cotswold

Peter Hudson - Gloucester

Terry Newland - Gloucester

Paul Cobb - Cotswold

Nicola Hewlett - Cotswold

James Maher - Tewkesbury

Adults Venture Scouts Scout Network Explorer Scouts Scouts Cub Scouts Beaver Scouts

Thank you to everyone who helped collect the

required information for this year’s census.

The results show the county’s total has risen

for the 5th year in a row. Special

congratulations to Cotswold Vale who

achieved a 12.9% rise and Cheltenham with

12.5%! More work will be needed this year to

maintain this trend but we know it is possible.

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5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

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Recently Gilwell have made some

changes to the rules on swimming of

which leaders need to be aware. The

changes are:

• Paddling has been clarified and

requires no qualification by leaders

• No further qualifications are required

in instances where a lifeguard is

provided (including swimming pools

and beaches)

• Swimming in pools and Class C waters

are now managed in line with other

Class C water activities. No

qualifications are required by leaders

• Swimming in all other open waters (B1

and higher) has been simplified and

safety cover can be provided by either:

- a water activities permit holder

(when following the guidelines outlined

in the swimming factsheet)

- someone who holds the Royal Life

Saving Society Water Safety

Management Programme (WSMP) or

any equivalent or higher award.

Full guidance is available in

the swimming factsheet

Most Adults in Scouting will

be aware that responsible use

of social networking sites such

as Facebook is an important

issue for adults in Scouting. A

new factsheet has been

published to provide advice

and guidance to adults about

using social networking sites.

Click here to access the factsheet

Did you see the article on

“The Scout Who Escaped

Auschwitz” the incredible

story of a young man who

was imprisoned by the

Nazis simply for being a

Scout?

Most Adults in Scouting will

be aware that responsible use

of social networking sites such

as Facebook is an important

issue for adults in Scouting. A

new factsheet has been

published to provide advice

and guidance to adults about

using social networking sites.

Click here to access the factsheet

County Chairman

- to chair County

Executive Committee

and lead County

admin support.

Chairman, County

Finance Sub-committee

- to support County

Treasurer and advise

on budgeting and

investments.

Chairman, County

Appointments Advisory

Committee

- to interview

candidates for

county appointments

Please contact the County

Commissioner if you would

be interested in any of these

roles at cc@gscouts.org.uk.

Did you see the article on

“The Scout Who Escaped

Auschwitz” the incredible

story of a young man who

was imprisoned by the

Nazis simply for being a

Scout?

3rd May County Leadership

Team Meeting

19th May County Exec.

Meeting

26th May DCs Meeting (with

County Leadership

Team)

5th July County Leadership

Team Meeting

For more information visit:

gscouts.org.uk or phone County Office at:

01452 812309

A large trailer is to be purchased for use on survival

skills weekends and other

events.

New rates were agreed for Cranham with charges being

raised by an average of 5%.

It was also agreed that the county centre will in future be

known as Cranham Scout

Centre

CATs meetings will continue to be held more locally and with

greater sectional focus

Development work is continuing in Lechlade and

Winchcombe

Scout Network leaders or contacts have been identified

for each district

Dame Janet Trotter DBE as Patron of

Scouting in Gloucestershire

Alexa Collicott as County Media

Advisor.

The next edition of

i.SCOUT-GLOS will be

published in June. Please

submit all contributions by

31st May 2011.