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Issue 2: July 2014
In 2013, thanks to grants from the Sports
Council for Wales and Vale Council for
Voluntary Services, we were able to pur-
chase a bellboat (pictured bottom of the
page) and train adults to take young
people on the water.
Since then we have been able to take
over 1000 young people on the water
from Beavers aged 6 to Network mem-
bers aged 24.
We also had funding from the Vale
Volunteer Bureau though their “Dish out
the Dosh” scheme to train 18-25 year
olds in water sport activities of power
boating and kayaking.
We are now looking for funding to pur-
chase a powerboat to increase the
amount of water activities we can offer.
Welcome to the 2nd issue of our
review newsletter “The Bear Factor”; a
review of what we have been doing in
Scouting in Penarth and District dur-
ing the 2013/14 academic year.
In this issue, you’ll read stories about
the Scouts’ adventures, see who has
received awards for their hard work
and read about upcoming events in
the District .
We hope you enjoy reading about all
the fun our young people have had in
the past year supported by our
volunteers.
Julian Jordan, District Commissioner
SCOUTING in Penarth and District has grown again in 2014 and is now 70 per cent bigger than five years ago. Dis-trict Commissioner Julian Jordan says: “It's amazing what has been achieved in the last five years but it’s still saddening to think about the young people we can’t fit in at the moment”.
Big thanks to the following adults that
have joined scouting:
Craig Brown — 1st Penarth Beavers
Zoe Cropper — 1 st Llandough Cubs
Robert Cavaye- 94th Penarth Cubs
Stuart Cuthill — 94th Penarth Scouts
Ellen Edwards — District Treasurer
Llifon Edwards — Chair 12th Penarth
Geraldine Goddard — Treasurer 1st Penarth
Monica Herlihy—Storm Explorers
Judith Ingram — 1st Penarth Cubs
Simon Jones — 12th Penarth Beavers
and 1st Penarth Scouts
James Redford — GSL 6th Penarth
James Rind—12th Penarth Group Exec
Graham Roddis—Treasurer 12th Penarth
Martin Roots– 1st Penarth Scouts
Jon Scott—1st Penarth Cubs
Luke Smith—94th Penarth Beavers
Mingjuan Song— Treasurer 1st Dinas Powys
Sarah Strong— 1st Penarth Beavers
Dave Taylor– 1st Penarth Group Exec
Eirian Thomas—1st Penarth Group Exec
Robert Tipping—12th Penarth Cubs
Karen Wookey– District Secretary
Tom Dyer —Scouts
Stephen Powis—Cubs
Jeremy Hilton—Beavers
Helen Morgan– Beavers
Katie Powis—Cubs
Tony Bennett—Cubs
Adam Morse—Scouts
Will Batten—Cubs
Darryl Payne—Scouts
There’s something for every young person
in Scouting, whatever their physical ability.
Julian Jordan district commissioner says
“the key for us is more adult support. This
can be split in a number of ways:
1) Leader for the young people on weekly
basis
2) Support the leaders when you can at the
weekly meetings
3) Background support with finances and
paperwork
4) Being an instructor in one of the 200
activities
5) Supporting the major activities we run on
a termly basis”
Beaver Scouts are the youngest section of
Scouting. Activities are based around making
things, outdoor activities, singing, playing
games, going out on visits, investigating nature,
listening to stories, learning how to be safe and
most importantly, making new friends. Beavers
is for Boys and Girls aged 6-8
In October Beavers from around the
District met up for a sleepover. The
theme of the night was around the
world and the Beavers visited many
countries including Japan, America and
Italy by doing different activities. Once
all the traveling was completed it was
time to get in their sleeping bags and
watch a film before trying to get some
sleep.
Our Beavers managed to earn 3
badges is just one day. The beavers
went on a hike, learnt about first aid
and IT. They gained their Hikes Away
1, Emergency Aid 1 and IT Stage 1
Badge's.
60 Beavers in June went on a trip to
the Zoo and saw lions, elephants,
meerkats and many more animals.
Sleepover— November
Carol Service– 15th December
St Georges Day—26th April
Outdoors Badge Trip –21st June—£25
Cub Scouts are young people aged between 8 and 10 1/2, who make up the second section of the Scouting family, between Beavers and Scouts.
100 cubs attended camp with over 25 adult helpers. Everyone had a brilliant time, whether it was traditional firelighting or tent pitching, to firing spuds across the river and don't forget the duck race! Seems the cubs favourite part was the eggy bread for breakfast! It was really nice to see 6 out of 7 groups from the district come together to make an excellent weekend.
Just under 80 cubs attended the badge day this year, all completing a badge in one day. The Astronomers paid a visit to techniquest, the cyclists went from the barrage to Padsac, the DIYers made bird feeders, the scientists got experimental, the chefs made pizza, the emergency aiders learnt how to help, and the ITers got artistic (with a camera). Thanks for the help from all the adults, making the day a great success.
Carol Service– 15th December
Badge Day—24th January £7.50
5-A-side—28th March
St Georges Day—26th April
Outdoor Activity –July
Over 20 Scouts took part in the Wii Hike
around the district navigating from scout
hall to scout hall and then competing in
Nintendo Wii gaming and other console
battles. The patrol that won was from a
mixed patrol of 1st Dinas Powys and 6th
Penarth receiving the expedition trophy
for 2013
'Scouting has given me a fantastic opportunity to do
lots of activities and things that people who are not in
Scouts don’t get to do. It’s about having fun with good
friends.’ Scouts are usually aged between 10½ and 14.
6 patrols from around the district
took part in the annual cooking
comp. The patrols cooked dishes
from burgers to curries and the fa-
vourite with the judges; welsh
cakes. The overall winners were
the 1st Penarth. The standard of
the cooking this year was very
high and every team was in with a
shout of winning and should be
proud.
45 Scouts spent a beautiful
Saturday on the water doing 4 dif-
ferent water activities from the
new craze of Paddle Boards to
Kayaking and Sailing. In total the
scouts did over 200 hours on the
water which goes towards their
time on the water badge.
Wii Hike—18th October
Carol Service– 15th December
Cooking Comp —31st January
Snow and Space Camp– Spring - £50
5-A-side—28th March
St Georges Day—26th April
Water Day 2015—16th May -£20
Expedition Challenge –12-14 June £25
50 Scouts from Penarth and District
joined up with over 1000 scouts from
across Wales to take part in the All Wales
Scout Camp 2014 at the Royal Welsh
Showground. They took part in 100’s of
activities including driving a car, zorbing,
mountain biking , wheel chair basketball
and pancake making to name a few.
Explorer Scouts is the 4th section of Scouting for young people aged 14 to 18. Explorer Scouts can work towards their Duke of Edinburgh and Scout Awards. Explorers can also be young leaders with one of the younger sections.
3 of our explorers/young leaders have
been selected to go and represent Wales
at the World Scout Jamboree in Japan in
2015. The world jamboree is the Scout
version of the Olympics and the 3 will
camp with 30,000 Scouts from over 200
countries. The cost of the trip is £3000
per person so look out for the fundrais-
ing events they are running.
MEMBERS of Penarth Scouts Young Lead-ers unit have sampled life under sail aboard the 40 foot ‘X Beat’ in the Bristol Channel.
The IMX 38 racer cruiser is operated for training or charter purposes by the Car-diff Yacht Company. During the voyage the crew ensured that the explorers were fully involved in the setting up of sails and the navigating in and out of Cardiff Bay.
The Explorers who have leadership roles in local scouting all took an opportunity to take the helm during the voyage.
As they returned to the Cardiff Marina the team agreed that they would like to repeat the experience ……when it’s blowing a gale!
Young Leaders support the Leaders of Beaver, Cubs and Scouts as well as get-ting service towards their Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Scout Awards and Welsh Baccalaureate.
CONGRATULATIONS to Network Scouts Megan, Matt and Darryl who all attend-ed the presentation of Gold DofE Award Certificates at St James's Palace in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Megan and Matt (1st Penarth), and Darryl (6th Penarth) are continuing to support Scouting as members of the Scout network and as leaders in local Scout groups.
The Scout Network is the fifth and final
youth section of The Scout Association in
the United Kingdom, catering for those
aged between 18 and 25 years.
Whether you have any experience within
Scouting or are completely new to it your
skills and personality as an individual will
only complement our existing members.
As a Scout Network Member you get to
take part in all the usual great Scouting
activities such as kayaking, climbing, ori-
enteering... as well as work on projects
helping to support your local community.
You can also, if you choose, get more
closely involved in working with the
younger Sections and providing them
with the same kind of opportunities you
will have through Network Scouting.
Meeting as regularly as your personal
time allows, you have the opportunity to
engage in a wide range of situations that
are both stimulating and fun, making
new friends and discovering how,
through working together and following
a simple commitment to some really great
values you can become a better person
If you're aged 18 to 25 and would
like to find out more about or get
involved with Penarth Scout Net-
work contact us at:
or alternatively drop in to our open
recruitment evening. This will be
held at Penarth and District Scout
Activity Centre (PADSAC) on
Monday 1st September 2014 from
2000 – 2130hrs.
50 Families totalling 160 people attend the 2nd bi annually district family camp
at the national scout activity centre in Bristol. The families camped together and
got to take part in a wide range of activities such as Jacobs ladder, high ropes,
team challenges and backwards cooking. The activities were for everyone and
we’re not sure who enjoyed the camp more; the adults or children.
Feedback from the families attending was fantastic and the next family camp
will be 18th to 20th September 2015. Cost £30 each.
Each year awards are awarded for the section
and groups that attend the most activities, do
the most nights away and gain the most
badges in total (relative to the number of
members). The 2013 awards were presented at
the District Carol Service at All Saints Penarth.
Have a look below to see the details!
Membership Nights Away Events Chief Scouts Average
Les Pughs 17 171 22 0 11.35 1st
1st Dinas Powys 92 361 251 8 6.67 2nd
Network 13 70 8 3 6.13 3rd
Membership Nights Away Events Chief Scouts Average
1st Penarth 23 38 95 10 5.93 1st
94th Penarth 28 23 98 9 4.43 2nd
1st Cogan 13 6 55 4 3.23 3rd
Membership Nights Away Events Chief Scouts Average
1st Dinas Powys 27 68 82 2 5.58 1st
1st Penarth 32 48 97 0 4.53 2nd
6th Penarth 25 36 49 5 3.47 3rd
Membership Nights Away Events Chief Scouts Average
1st Dinas Powys 25 194 57 2 10.07 1st
94th Penarth 19 131 11 3 7.53 2nd
1st Penarth 19 78 41 2 6.30 3rd
Penarth and District Scout Activity Centre (PADSAC) is the district HQ and home to Explorer Scouts, Network and 1st Penarth Scout Group. We currently have a project to make the building more energy efficient. We are looking to raise £12000 to install a new boiler and heating system, change the outside lighting to LEDs and install Solar panels.
Thanks to RWE Npower (£1000) Penarth Town Council (£250) and Llandough Village Council (£50), £1300 has already be raised.
As described in this newsletter already we are doing lots more water activities but we are looking to do more. Thanks to VVB “Dish out the Dosh” We have been able to train leaders in activities such as kayaking and power boating. The next stage of the project is to purchase a powerboat (£32,000) and stand up paddleboards(£5000).
We are looking for help with writing grant applications and finding sources of funding for both the projects on this page as well as to continue to develop scouting. If you can help in any way with either of these projects please get in touch.
Pat Davies—Bar to Silver Acorn
Ian Robinson—Bar to Silver Acorn
Ieuan Harvard —Silver Acorn
Nicola Harvard—Silver Acorn
Susan Powis– Award of Merit
Published by:
Penarth and District Scout Council.
Address:
PADSAC, Bedwas Place, Penarth,
CF64 2UA.
Tel:
0330 330 1907
Email:
Scouting is open to boys and girls
aged 6 onwards with youth
membership from 6-25 years.
Scouts is an invaluable experience for many people and as you know,
Scouts wouldn’t exist without its volunteers. Whilst we are able to
impact positively on our members’ lives, there are many young people
that we simply don’t have enough adults to cater for. If you think you
can help - from being a leader to help support activities on an ad hoc ba-
sis - and contribute to this amazing group, please contact Julian Jordan
on 0330 330 1907 or go to www.scouts.org.uk/join.