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Scouts is for boys
and girls aged between 10˝ and 14 years of age.
We have two
troops which meet on Mondays and Fridays.
Belfast
meet on a Monday night from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
It is led by Tracy Cartland-Ward (C-W for short) and Nikki
Gardiner.
Victory
meet on a Friday night from 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
It is led by Chris Kinch, David Ferrington, Dave Ebel and
Nikki Gardiner.
In general,
those moving from Cubs until the age of 12-12˝ will join
Belfast on Mondays. Once our Scouts reach the age of 12 the
leaders will review them and when it is felt they are ready to
join the older members of Scouts they will be offered a place
with Victory on a Friday. Exceptions to the above may be made,
but we do ask the parents to discuss this with Tracy or Chris.
Keep in
touch
If you need to contact one of the leaders simply use their
full name (replacing the space with a “full stop” ) and add
@2ndBracknell.co.uk. Failing that, click on "Contact us" and
complete our enquiry form.

The Summer Term programme is now online.
We have changed this to pdf format. If you want to look a bit further ahead
see our 07/08 planner or
the diary page.
St George's Day parade
This important date in the Scouting calendar takes place
this year on Sunday 27 April, All Scouts are asked to attend
and full details of the arrangements are on our
St George's Day parade page.
New Scouts
We have two Cubs moving to Scouts this term and would
like to wish them a very warm welcome as they continue with
the next step of their Scouting life. The dates for the
moving-on and investiture for these scouts is available in
the 07/08
planner with moving-on taking place at 7:50pm during the normal Cub
meeting and Investiture taking place at 8:15pm during the Scout meeting.
Joint Troop Meetings
Whilst our younger and older Scouts meet on different
evenings, we like to ensure at that there are a couple of
joint troop meetings during each term. This term we are
having two joint troop meetings:
- Friday 9 May, 7.30pm to 9.30pm
- Monday 21 July, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
This means there will be no troop meetings on Monday 5th May
or Friday 25th July.
Back to Basics Camp: 9th - 11th May
This is really just a reminder date for the diary, as all
places are currently fully booked. This camp will
hopefully become a regular event in the Scout year and is
aimed at some basic Scout Camping skills for those with fewer
Scout nights away. This year we are camping at Walton Firs
with a programme full of basic skills, including tent
pitching, Backwoods Cooking and Bivouacking. Look out for all
the pictures, I'm sure we will have several online at the end
of this camp.
Catch-Up Camp: 30th May - 1st June (TBC)
Both the name and dates of this camp are to be confirmed, but
we do hope to run a general camp, with places for those that
have not been able to make (or book) for camps so far this
year. As we have grown, there have been more demand for camp
and nights away than we have been able to provide spaces for.
With this in mind we are hoping that this mid-term camp will
give those that want to camp a chance to spend some
nights-away with Scouts. Watch out for future e-mails on this
camp, and remember book as soon as you can (once the details
are released) to avoid disappointment.
Summer Camp: 26th July – 2nd
August
This is really just a reminder date for the diary, as all
places are currently fully booked. The camp will this
year will be a joint camp with our Cub Scout Packs. We are
going to Cranham in Gloucestershire from Saturday 26th July to
Saturday 2nd August. We last went to Cranham in 2004 (see our
Past Events page). All deposits for the camp should have been
paid by now.
... and finally
Some of you may have noticed, with the Walton Firs - Back to
Basics Camp, that we introduced a new process for booking and
confirming Scouting events. This new process has worked well
and it is our intention to continue the process for all future
events. For those of you that don't know what I
am referring to, we have decided to introduce a deposit
confirmation system. What this means is that when you/your
child is offered a place on a camp or event the place will
only be confirmed on receipt of the event deposit. This is
vital for several reasons:
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we have grown and as a result
there are less places on events than we have demand for;
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2nd Bracknell Scouts is a
registered charity and we need to ensure we balance the
event costs out with the event costs in;
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this process helps the poor
leaders keep track of and organize things a little easier;
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and one of the most important
reasons is that it has been disappointing for those on the
waiting list to not get a place on an event, only to then
discovered afterwards that there were people who booked but
didn't turn up resulting in places going spare, but without
the notice to offer the place to others.
I know those that have come to Scouts from Cubs are already
used to having to pay the deposit for events before getting a
place, but for those that are not we hope the implementation
of this new system does not caused you any concern. As usual
if you do have any concerns then do contact the Scout Leaders.
Fund raising the easy way
2nd Bracknell has joined the "buy.at" network which means
that we earn commission on things you buy online if you go
through our online shop at
http://buy.at/2ndbracknell. You'll find over 100
retailers there including M&S, Game, Expedia, play.com, HMV, Amazon, John
Lewis, Thorntons and Field & Trek. You pay the
normal online price which is generally less than on the High
Street so you can raise money for us and still save money.
Scout Shop
If you need uniform then the Scout Shop is the place to
go. The Scout Shop page
has more details and includes
a map showing how to get there.
Badge Requirements
We
don't publish the requirements for badges on our site. To
ensure that you are looking at the latest information follow
the link to Badges & Awards
and find the badge on Scoutbase. You can also find
information about
where the badges go on your uniform.
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