Brilliant Fun Day for 100 Beaver Scouts.
Well done to all the volunteers that help co-ordinate all the activities and give all the Beavers a fun day.
Special thank you to Clair Waterman, ADC Beavers for organising the day.
Category Archives: Activities
Policy, Procedures, Risk Assessments
| District Policy | District Policy agreed and signed 22 March 2024 | |
| Family Camp RA | Family Camp Risk Assessments – Farnham Scouting | |
GARNERS FIELD
| Campsite RA | Garners Field General Risk Assessment – Review Oct-23 | |
| Campsite rules | Campsite-Rules-March-2023 | |
| River Procedure | Garners Field River Operation Procedure 07-2024 | |
| River RA | Canoe-Kayak-Raft Garners RA 07-2024 | |
| Climbing Operating Procedure | Climbing abseiling Tower Operating Procedures V1.6 (Final) | |
| Climbing RA | Garners-Field-Climbing-Tower-at-Garners-Field-v2.doc-March-2023 | |
| Archery Procedure | ||
| Archery RA | Garners Field – Come and Try It Archery Session | |
| Tomahawks Procedure | ||
| Tomahawks RA |
| Shooting Procedure | ||
| Shooting Rules | Garners Field shooting rules September 2023 | |
| Supervised Assault Course | ||
Farnham District Scouts Volunteer Canoe and Kayaking Permit Training
Farnham District volunteers completed another round of Canoe and Kayak training last weekend in the sun-drenched waters of Hawley Lake, near Farnborough.
Equipped with buoyancy aids and paddles, instructors Stephen Moore, Tim Shellard and Bill Weller put the latest cohort through their paces to achieve British Canoeing’s “Explore” and “Paddle Safely” syllabus, which simultaneously enables a permit to be recommended to take up to 4 scouts each out on sheltered water.
Congratulations to the leaders and explorer young leaders on achieving their qualifications and leadership permits.
Frantic23 – *********Help Required!*********
Frantic 23 is now only weeks away – 14th-16th July 2023 and volunteers are needed to help throughout the weekend and beyond.
Whether it is 1 hour or lots your help would be appreciated.
All volunteers over 18 must have a valid DBS
*********Help Required!*********
**Site set up – from Wednesday onwards – various jobs to get the site set up – tent
pitching, putting up fencing, putting up signs.
**Car parking – assistance at both Islamabad and the main site to control parking. This
will be needed Friday evening, Saturday morning, Saturday evening (day pick up) and
Sunday afternoon (weekend pick up).
**Minibus driving / or minibus additional adult – we have 7 mini buses to transport people to the site and need drivers for the periods of times above. You need class D1 if they passed their driving test pre 1997, after 1997 you must be over 21, and have held your licence for 2 years. Also need adult passenger who does not need to drive or have DBS.
**General Activity Helpers – we will need people to help with general activities.
**Activity Helpers with permits or qualification – if you hold a permit / qualification for
shooting, climbing or archery would you be prepared to help for a session over the
weekend?
**Catering helpers – we will need people to help with food prep, serving etc.
If you can volunteer to help with these items please complete this form:- https://forms.gle/vBR82izRuJtf3Wha9
If you are not already registered with a Group/Unit then please e-mail : frantic23team@gmail.com
Farnham District Tomahawks Trained
| Name | Group | Course Date |
| Adam Chambers | 12th | 04/09/2021 |
| Aidan Moorcraft | Network | 01/04/2021 |
| Amanda Morgan | 11th | 26/06/2022 |
| Angela Cowdry | 5th | 04/09/2021 |
| Ann-Marie Vinnicombe | District | 26/06/2022 |
| Austin Tolkein | 11th | 30/10/2022 |
| Charlie Morgan | 11th | 26/06/2022 |
| Denise Iverson | 4th | 30/10/2022 |
| Diego Colombo | 5th | 04/09/2021 |
| Elspeth Fletcher | 5th | 04/09/2021 |
| Gary Thain | District | 30/10/2022 |
| Gemma Bland | Network | 30/10/2022 |
| Graeme Morgan | 11th | 26/06/2022 |
| Guy Elliot | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Ian Turton | 5th | 30/10/2022 |
| Isaac Purkiss | 11th | 26/06/2022 |
| Jack Fidler | 3rd | 04/09/2021 |
| James Nicholls | 5th | Surrey 2021 |
| Janet Elliot | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Judith Parish | 5th | 30/10/2022 |
| Mark Ousey | 5th | 04/09/2021 |
| Mark Purkiss | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Melanie Lawton | 12th | 04/09/2021 |
| Michael Daborn | Network | 30/10/2022 |
| Mike Salmon | Network | 30/10/2022 |
| Nick Smith | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Peter Reynolds | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Richard Adolph | 8th | 30/10/2022 |
| Rob Walters | 7th | 30/10/2022 |
| Rowan Smith | 11th | 04/09/2021 |
| Sam Everitt | 3rd | 04/09/2021 |
| Shelley Fassett | 12th | 04/09/2021 |
| Stephen Parish | 5th | 30/10/2022 |
| Tony Marshall | 12th | 04/09/2021 |
Farnham District Scouts – The Big Help Out and other dates
The Big Help Out
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Farnham Town Council are organising ‘The Big Help Out’, taking place on Monday 8th May from 10 am -12 pm in Gostrey Meadow.
Activities planned include a litter pick, creating a dead hedge to support biodiversity, planting and weeding. We welcome individuals, families, community groups and organisations.
If you are able to help out, please register and don’t forget to wear your Scout Scarf.
SASU Bowles
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Monday 15th May – SASU Bowles – Crondall Bowls club, Hook meadow, Crondall. (behind the village hall) – from 6pm – £4 per head – e-mail dc@farnhamsocuting.com if you coming.
Big Handshake World Record Attempt
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Surrey Freemasons are proud to be working with Surrey Scouts in our attempt to break an unofficial world record of the ‘Longest Handshake Relay’ and at the same time raise funds to deliver a new and exciting project at the Bentley Copse Activity Centre.
Surrey Sports Park, Guildford – Saturday 3rd June 2023 – https:/bighandshake.org.uk/
Ann-Marie Vinnicombe
District Commissioner
Farnham District Scout Council
T: +44 (0)7410381071 | E: dc@farnhamscouting.com | W: https://www.farnhamscouting.com
WELL DONE – Youth Proficiency Scheme (YPS) Shooting Certification Success for Scouts
Youth Proficiency Scheme (YPS) Shooting Certification Success for Scouts
Four scouts completed their National Small Bore Rifle Association (NSRA) grading last week, resulting in 3 x Expert Shot and 1 Skilled Shot gradings. All participants also qualify for their Scout Master-at-Arms award.
The YPS course was run over the 2022-23 season and comprised 9 modules covering the firearms law, range safety, sighting, shooting technique and scoring amongst others. This is the first cohort to complete the programme in Farnham, which can also benefit those seeking to demonstrate skills competency in their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
The scouts attended multiple air rifle and air pistol shoots at The Lord Roberts Centre (Bisley), Taylor Hall and Garners Field and also completed a taster clay shooting session at Chobham Ridges range last summer.
Many congratulations to these Top Guns!
The Programme Roadshow
The aim of the session: to get people talking about the Programme: understanding the Story (the why?); understanding Core Scouting (the what?); understanding Progression (the how?); understanding what Support is out there.
Powerpoint Slides: ProgrammeRoadshow 1
Frantic 2023
Hello everyone…..
Frantic 2023 is just around the corner.
What is Frantic:
FRANTIC 23 is taking place over the weekend of 14th – 16th JULY 2023
At Herons Wey & Garners Field Tilford
The event started in 2007 as a camp for the three Scout Districts – Godalming, Farnham and Haslemere to celebrate the Scouting Centenary. They had such a good time it was repeated in 2009, and from 2012 included the equivalent Guiding Districts/Divisions.
The last event in 2018 saw over 1000 young people form Scouting and Guiding taking part in various activities over the weekend event.
For those who have never been it is a weekend of activities for the young people.
Scouts, Guides and Cubs camp for the whole weekend.
Brownies, Beavers and Rainbows join the fun for the day on Saturday. (although can camp if you want)
Young Leaders, Rangers, Explorer Scouts are asked to help with the event, either centrally or with their unit, but can have some time to join the fun.
More information can be found on Facebook HERE
And HERE too….
