/-----------------------/------------------------------------------/ --- * Kivi (unregistered) 2.01 * * Origin: Ooh! Multiline BBS, London. 0181-395-3108 (2:254/233) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E5100007 Date: 04/30/97 From: JAMES HASLAM Time: 12:15am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Talking Points 48, Part 3 * CROSS-POSTED FROM EMAIL BY JAMES HASLAM * Heres the latest issue of Talking Points, the official newsletter from the UK Scout Association : Page 3 of 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Baden-Powell House Hostel Back In Business After closing for five months for an extensive refurbishment, Baden-Powell House is open for business. It offers modern, air conditioned en-suite bedrooms throughout - single, twin, family or dormitory at very attractive prices in the heart of London. For details contact 0171 584 7031. National Record of Achievement Guidance Notes A certificate and set of guidance notes for the National Record of Achievement which students fill in a school has been produced by the Venture Scout Image Group to help Members explain their Scouting experiences in a more effective way. Sets of five certificates with a copy of the notes are available price 1.18 from the Resource Centre, Gilwell Park. The Year 2000 The Millennium Whether you intend to celebrate the passing of the second Millennium or the arrival of the third Millennium in the year 2000, the Scout Association will be able to help. It is intended to mark the year in three ways. There will be a Millennium Badge to be worn on the uniform for the year. Profits to be distributed to local charities. Counties, Districts and Groups will be encouraged to hold a Millennium Camp on the weekend 26/29 May 2000 with the aim of having all the Association involved. So start your planning now! "The Event" of 2000 will be a special camp at Gilwell over the 30 June, 1/2 July, especially for those who hold the Chief Scout's Award and Venture Scouts who hold the Queen's Scout Award and are in the Sectional age range in the year 2000. Watch these pages for regular updates. Programme Review Your View Counts The "Group Packs" containing sets of questionnaires have now been sent to District Commissioners. When you receive your copy please complete your questionnaires and return them to your Group coordinator. There are opportunities in the "Group Pack" for Venture Scouts, Scouts, Cub Scouts and Beaver Scouts to air their views. Please make sure that there is time in your programme to let them be fully involved. Special Packs have been designed for District and County/Area Teams. This will make sure that we are getting information from people supporting Scouting at all levels. We promise to keep you updated on the results- so watch this space. Free Board and Lodging Situations Vacant The European Scout and Guide Office produce several very useful resources, including "Where to Stay in Europe" and "Eurosteps". The 1998 issues of these publications will be produced later on this year and help is needed. If you can translate between French and English, have good keyboard skills, can go to Brussels or Switzerland for about four weeks in September/ October 1997 and are prepared to work unpaid but with travel, accommodation and meals provided then please contact the International Department at Baden-Powell House. Job Applications Improve Your Chances "Scouting Can Help Your Job Chances", is a publication designed to help adults transfer their Scouting experiences into job applications. Price 2.30 from The Resource Centre, Gilwell Park. Hoax Scheme A Crisp Warning Walkers Snack Foods have been made aware of a scheme to collect Walkers Crisps packets to raise charitable funds for a variety of different cases involving people with serious illnesses. Walkers are sorry to advise that this scheme is a hoax. Field Commissioner Vacancy BSWE A vacancy exists for a Field Commissioner for British Scouts in Western Europe. The post which is for two years, provides Headquarters support to Scout Groups on the Continent and is resident in Germany. For details of this post please telephone the Recruitment Hotline on 0171 590 5129 (24 Hours), quoting reference FC/CD/T. Closing date for applications is 27 May 1997. Cub Scout Section Resources With the Headquarters circulation in May, all Cub Scout Commissioners and ACC/ AAC's (LT) will receive a copy of a brochure giving brief details of all the printed resources available from Headquarters to support the Cub Scout Section. Would Cub Scout Section Commissioners please ensure their Leaders have the opportunity to see this, if possible by making copies. Trainers are asked to bring it to the attention of adults to the Cub Scout Section. National Meningitis Trust Information Offered The National Meningitis Trust is running a major youth awareness campaign about meningitis. Apart from a nationwide cinema advertising campaign, it has also been distributing leaflets and posters to young people and youth workers across the country informing them about the disease. Its aim is to attend relevant conferences, exhibition and training events displaying a stand and giving out the leaflets and posters, there are also video presentations which may accompany a talk on meningitis. For outdoor events there is also an information van. David Edwards, the National Meningitis Trust Campaign Officer would be pleased to arrange visits, exhibitions and displays at events. He can be contacted at the National Meningitis Trust, Fern House, Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucester GL5 3TJ. Telephone 01453 751738. COMMITTEE NEWS Child Protection Policy: It is the policy of The Scout Association to safeguard the welfare of all members by protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional harm. The Committee of the Council has agreed new rules at its meeting in February to support the policy to be published in the next update to POR. These include the designation of individuals to assist all Members of the Movement with their responsibility for implementing the policy and to ensure that they follow the Association's Code of behaviour as outlined on the yellow card issued to all Leaders. Members continue to need to be vigilant and satisfy themselves that Leaders and other volunteers with whom they work in Scouting are fit and proper persons to undertake the duties of their appointments and that they to observe the rules for the safety and security of young people.(Further copies of the card are available from the Resource Centre at Gilwell Park.) Programme Review Group. The first stage of information gathering about the strengths and weaknesses of the current training programme is starting. Group packs containing several questionnaires are being sent out via District Commissioners. Responses are requested by July 1997. Exit interviews are being organised with around 3,000 young people to establish why they have left Scouting and external research is being commissioned into the trends of society and needs of young people today and in the future. Consultation Policy on Shooting. Many Groups and Commissioners will be receiving documents requesting their views on shooting as a Scouting activity. The aim is to secure views and opinions from a great many people including young people and parents. Full details can be found in the May edition of SCOUTING Magazine. Religious Development. Father Tony McSweeney has been appointed as National Adviser for Religious Development. Uniform Matters. Mr Derryck Draper, presently National Adviser for Air Activities and ACC(Activities) for Merseyside has been appointed Chairman of the Uniform Board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /-----------------------/------------------------------------------/ / ______ / / / / / / / Internet: jhaslam@ooh.dircon.co.uk / / / /---/ / / / \_/ames / /aslam / FidoNet: 2:254/233 BBSNet: 405:100/1 / /-----------------------/------------------------------------------/ --- * Kivi (unregistered) 2.01 * * Origin: Ooh! Multiline BBS, London. 0181-395-3108 (2:254/233) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E5100008 Date: 04/30/97 From: JAMES HASLAM Time: 12:16am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Talking Points 48, Part 4 * CROSS-POSTED FROM EMAIL BY JAMES HASLAM * Heres the latest issue of Talking Points, the official newsletter from the UK Scout Association : Page 4 of 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Integrated Pilot Project. The final report will be produced in May . It will provide recommendations based on the results of the experiment to make Headquarters services and support more locally accessible It was reported that some 70% of Groups in the three Counties taking part in the Project had made use of the opportunities offered in a variety ways. World Scout Foundation. In response to an invitation from the Chairman of the World Scout Foundation, a number of the Baden-Powell Fellows resident in the UK have proposed to form a Chapter of the Fellowship in London. The Foundation has been in existence since 1982 to raise funds for World Scouting and Chapters are created in different countries with the approval of the national Scout Association concerned. This approval has been given by the Committee of the Council. Co-Education. At its meeting in July 1996 the Committee of the Council confirmed its long-term vision of a fully co-educational Scouting Movement. Further work is to be done on revised guidelines for mixed membership. The booklet 'The Appointment of Adults in the District' is to be amended so as to encourage Appointment sub-Committees to ensure positive attitudes toward co-education. Guidelines for Trainers are also to be updated as appropriate. Committee Working Arrangements Review. In response to a request from the Chairman, some members of Committee of the Council had offered views on the work of the Executive Committee. It has been agreed that the four main sub-Committees should continue for the time being. All elected members should be invited to serve on at least one sub-Committee and there should be at least three elected members (including the Chairman) of each sub-Committee. This will be to be made clear to prospective candidates at election time. As a matter of routine, new members of the Committee will should be provided with appropriate documentation and induction training. The appropriateness of the title of the Chief Scouts Committee and its functions have been discussed. The Committee acts as a Headquarters Appointments sub-Committee, as a line network for County and District Commissioners and provides an opportunity for peer group support for Chief Commissioners. The Committee of the Council agreed that a day-to-day business Committee was needed and that the Executive Committee be retained. A major review of the way Headquarters operates and its volunteer structure may arise from a Strategic Development Plan being prepared. The Local Support Services report was considered but it was agreed not to modify the Headquarters structure until after the lessons of the Integrated Pilot Project had been reviewed and County Commissioners consulted on the provision of local support services. It was agreed that there should be at least one and possibly two more meetings of the Committee of the Council each year to deal with the increasing volume of strategic planning being undertaken by the Committee. Local Support Services. A revised version of a paper from the Local Support Services Working Group is to be used as a basis for consultation with County Commissioners about local provision of Headquarters services. It was agreed this will be done by inviting County/Area Commissioners or their nominees and one other from the Area/County to a national meeting in Birmingham on 12th July 1997. Thereafter Counties will be asked to consider the matter and provide written comments to the Committee of the Council. Publications Catalogue. A new edition of the Publications Catalogue is to be produced in May. A copy will be sent to each Group in the next Headquarters circulation. SCOUTING Magazine will contain information on obtaining more copies. ScoutBase Web Site. As part of the implementation of the Association's IT strategy the ScoutBase web site is being supported to provide a comprehensive source of information and up-to-date news about Scouting. Mr Ray Salisbury, County Commissioner for Cheshire is chairman of a Web Management Team working with the Members of the Association who had originated the site. The Association's web site is http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/ World Scout Jamboree. Consequent on the appointment of Steve Peck as Director of Programme and Training, Stuart Little has been appointed as UK Contingent Leader. Derek Humphreys is the new Deputy Leader. Appointments: Chief Commissioner of Scotland: Mr. Andy Matthew wef 1/7/97. County/.Area Commissioners: Berkshire - Mr Michael Evan wef July, 1997. Jersey Mr Ian Dulakes wef 1/5/97. Northumberland Mr. Peter Nicol wef 2/4/97. (end) Public Relations Department. The Scout Association E-mail ukbphscout@aol.com -- Forwarded by Chris Wilkinson - Group Secretary - ScoutBase UK The Scout Assocation's Web Site http://www.scoutbase.org.uk E-mail chris@scoutbase.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /-----------------------/------------------------------------------/ / ______ / / / / / / / Internet: jhaslam@ooh.dircon.co.uk / / / /---/ / / / \_/ames / /aslam / FidoNet: 2:254/233 BBSNet: 405:100/1 /