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Farnham District Scouts Volunteer Canoe and Kayaking Permit Training

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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.

Welcome to the Autumn Term 2023

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Welcome to the Autumn Term 2023, I hope your summer break was great and you are all ready for an exciting new term.

Wood Badges

Well done for completing your Wood Badge
Christopher Pike – Assistant Beaver Scout Leader – 2nd Farnham (Hale)
Marc Harry – Scout Leader – 7th Farnham (Elstead)
Rebecca Garner – Assistant Beaver Scout Leader – 5th Farnham (Bourne) – Riverbank Colony
Rowan Smith – Assistant Scout Leader – 11th Farnham

Long Service Awards

Thank you for commitment and hard work.
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 Gill Sneddon – Group Section Assistant – 3rd Farnham
Vicky Hiorns – Cubs Scout Leader – 3rd Farnham
James Long – Assistant Explorer Scout Leader – Elstead Eagles
Maria Finch – Beaver Scout Leader – 12th Farnham (Wrecclesham)
Guy Elliot – Assistant Cub Scout Leader – 11th Farnham
Martine Trebucq – Assistant Cub Leader – 5th Farnham (Bourne) – Tiger Pack
Nicola Droogmans – Assistant Beaver Scout Leader – 7th Farnham (Elstead)
Oliver Sancroft – Group Skills Instructor – 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Sandra Carosi – Assistant Cub Scout Leader – 7th Farnham (Elstead)

Diary Dates:

2023

4th September – Explorer Belt Presentation – Garners Field – 7pm

7th September – District Scout Shop reopens after Summer – Daniel Hall – 6pm-8pm (then every Sat 9am-12noon and Thurs 6pm-8pm) – volunteers wanted

8th-10th September – Theme Park Camp – Explorers & Network – FULL

13th September – Cub Scout Leaders Meeting – Garners Field – 7:30pm

18th September – District Managers meeting – Zoom – 8pm

8th October – Young Leader Conference – COBHAM AREA (TBC) – https://www.surrey-scouts.org.uk/events/14050

13th-15th October – 12th Farnham 10th Birthday Party Camp – Scouts – Garners Field – refer to Scout Leaders

14th October – Beaver Scout Activity Day – Beavers – Barfield School – refer to Beaver Scout Leaders

18th November – FULL Day FIRST AID COURSE – Volunteers – Garners Field – 9:00am-6:30pm – contact DC for details and to book

8th December – SASU Xmas Meal – Daniel Hall – SASU – more details near the time

2024

9th January – BLENDED FIRST AID COURSE 12 Places – Volunteers – Garners Field – 6:15pm (approx. 3hrs)- contact DC for details and to book

23rd – 25th February – Frost Camp – Scouts – Bentley Copse – https://www.surrey-scouts.org.uk/events/frost-camp-2024

19th – 21st April – Family Camp – All – Garners Field – booking opens January 2024

28th – 30th June – Scoutabout – Scouts – Ardingly Showground

10th – 23rd August – Explorer Belt – Explorer & Network – Sweden – sign up 24th September 2023 at 6pm and 4th October 2023 at 7:30pm – https://www.surrey-scouts.org.uk/events/explorer-belt-sweden-2024

People

Facebook Page – Farnham District Scouts – Co-Ordinators and Leadership Teams– group is designed for a place to share ideas, ask questions and ask for help for co-ordinators, trustee boards, SASU and leaders incorporating all member roles of Farnham District.

Surrey Leader Discussion page :https://www.facebook.com/groups/18201824509

 

Farnham District Permit Holders
List of Activity and Nights Away Permit holders and Nights Away Assessors in Farnham:
Farnham District Training Advisors
District Volunteer Opportunities – Opportunities

Training Requirements

Check with your Training Advisors what training you need and when it will need renewing.

Mandatory Training

Please find the training links in one place to help ensure we are all up to date.

All Scout Members: (every 3 years)

Safety(every 3 yrs)- Safety Training | Scouts

Safeguarding – Safeguarding | Scouts

GDPR – GDPR training | Scouts

1st Response –

Surrey Scouts – 1st Response

Hampshire Scouts – 1st Response

Getting Started: (within 5 month of role) – 

Getting started training | Scouts

Young Leader Training inc. Module A – https://youngleaders.hampshirescouts.org.uk/2021/05/18/you-can-now-complete-your-young-leader-training-via-e-learning/

Regards,

Ann-Marie Vinnicombe
District Commissioner
Farnham District Scout Council

T: +44 (0)7410381071 | E: dc@farnhamscouting.com | W: https://www.farnhamscouting.com

First Response Training

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1st Aid is required for all volunteer leader roles and no session/activity can take place without a volunteer with a valid first response qualification.

There is now a variety of ways to met the requirements including F2F min. 6 hour course, Zoom sessions, e-learning and F2F practical/online or a recognised 1st aid qualification.

Courses are run across Scouting and it is the volunteers’ responsibility to find a course that suits them.

In Farnham District we are planning to put on 3 courses per year Jun; Oct; Feb, this is likely to be with an external provider and each is of 12 participants.

We are looking to start in June with a blended format; e-learning and then F2F practical session – the e-learning is designed by Hampshire Scouts and takes around 2.5 hours with a certificate which will be needed to attend the practical session.

The e-learning is transferable between our own practical sessions as well as those of other counties.

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Look out for these dates when set:

Farnham District Scouts: Calendar – Farnham Scouting

Surrey Scouts: Training Calendar | Surrey Scouts (surrey-scouts.org.uk)

Hampshire Scouts: First Response – Hampshire Scouts – Adult Training

Berkshire Scouts: | Diary 2.0 (berkshirescouts.org.uk)

You can also search other county websites

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Surrey Scouts are looking to increase the number of 1st response trainers and have an open evening 20/07/2023

SSFAS Trainer Development Programme v3 (2)

 

If you need any assistance please do not hesitate to contact your Training Advisor, Group Leaders or dc@farnhamscouting.com.

Farnham District Scouts – Well Done

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Garner’s Field Car Park

Well done to the crew who spent Saturday laying and improving the car park at Garners Field, great teamwork and it looks fantastic.

Thank you – Philip German, Gary Thain, Steve Thames, Neil Peerman, Ian Wilkins, Ian Turton, David Crowe, Guy Elliot, Janet Elliot, Victoria Elliot(Scout), Sophie Elliot(Cub).

Explorer Scouts – Aaron Thain, Monty Warner, Jake Wood, Max Wood

Also Davis Clements and Danielle Amies for helping me preparing a well deserved lunch.

District Cub Scout Quiz – onto County

Thank you to the 3rd’s and 4th’s Cub Scout packs who took part in the District Cub Quiz on last Sunday.

Congratulations to the 3rd’s for winning, they will go on to represent Farnham District at the County Quiz being held in February 2023.


Well Done to the Hogshots

Well done Lennon for coming 1st in the SE junior heat of British Shooting Schools Rifle Championships with Kieran coming 4th and Ewan 5th, Jack came 3rd in the SE intermediate heat, all have made it through to the finals in February together with Jamie shooting pistol.

Farnham District Training Team

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Local Training Manager – Liz Chart – Liz.Chart@5thfarnham.org.uk

Training Advisor – 1st Aid = Laura Dando – training@farnhamscouting.com

 

Training Advisors:

Liz Larkin 2nd Farnham (Hale)
Bill Weller 4th Farnham (Tongham)
Janet Jones 4th Farnham (Tongham)
Angii Cowdry 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Dominic Getting 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Liz Chart 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Mark Ousey 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Matt Willis 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Debbie Ollerenshaw 7th Farnham (Elstead)
Peter Everett 8th Farnham (Rowledge)
Graeme Morgan 11th Farnham
Adam Chambers 12th Farnham (Wrecclesham)
Ian Wilkins Explorers
Paul Hammersley Explorers
Ann-Marie Vinnicombe Farnham District
Marion Stagg Farnham District
Nicky Clements Farnham District

Farnham District Permit Holders

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The following leaders have Scout Permits or necessary training to lead sessions:

Archery – Farnham District Archery Permits – Farnham Scouting

Climbing – Farnham District Climbing Permits – Farnham Scouting

Nights Away – Farnham District Nights Away Permits and Assessors – Farnham Scouting

Shooting – Farnham District Shooting Qualified – Farnham Scouting

Tomahawks – Tomahawk Trained – Farnham Scouting

Water – Farnham District Water Permits – Farnham Scouting

 

SASU Christmas Meal

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Thank you to the Summit Network Team for putting on a fantastic Christmas meal for the Scout Active Support unit on Friday 3rd December 2021;

Thanks – Eleanor, George, Jenny, Aiden, Gemma, Matt, Harry, Neil and Simon.

We had a great time;

Archery Course

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Thank you to Kristal Derrick,  Bob Miles and Jeremy Burden from Hampshire Scout Archery for coming to Garners Field on 6th/7th November 2021 to train 17 leaders to be able to run archery sessions.

     

Well done to the following for achieve their archery permit;

Ann-Marie Vinnicombe – District

Matt Larkin – District

Danielle Amies – District

Davis Clements – District

Liz Larkin – 2nd Farnham (Hale)

Ellie Rees – 3rd Farnham

James Rogers – 3rd Farnham

Steve Rattan – 4th Farnham (Tongham)

Daryl Waterman – 4th Farnham (Tongham)

Diego Colombo – 5th Farnham (Bourne)

George Cowdry – 5th Farnham (Bourne)

Debbie Ollerenshaw – 7th Farnham (Elstead)

Laura Dando – – 7th Farnham (Elstead)

Marc Harry – 7th Farnham (Elstead)

Richard Thorpe – 7th Farnham (Elstead)

Adam Chamber – 12th Farnham (Wrecclesham)

James Barrow – 2nd Bentley

 

Existing Archery Permit Holders:

Gary Thain District
Eleanor Hughes District
Annie Armfield District
Dave Cocker 4th Farnham (Tongham)
Gloria Barnard 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Gulfer Budden 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Angela Cowdry 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Ian Edwards 5th Farnham (Bourne)
David Fennell 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Oscar Gutierrez Martinez 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Ed Hill 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Dan Josty 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Judith Parish 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Stephen Parish 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Martine Trebucq 5th Farnham (Bourne)
Guy Elliot 11th Farnham (St Andrews & St.James)