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Issue 9,

March

2010


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Notice Board

NaonalCouncil

This yearsNaonal Councilistaking

placefrom20th to21stMarch.It

isbeinghosted by the SouthEast

Provincein the TullamoreCourt Hotel.

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So you have something you want to sell

that you think your fellow Scouts would

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Email: [email protected]

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the best photos of your Beaver Scout, Cub Scouts,

Scouts, Venture Scouts or Rover Scouts having fun

while camping, doing acvies or just up for the day

in Larch Hill.

Please email pictures to [email protected]

There will be a prize for one lucky photographer.

Please include a lile informaon e.g. your name,

Group and when the photo was taken when you

submit them.

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Beaver ScoutsIndoor Games People used to

Play.

At a log chew a few weeks ago the topic up for

discussion was games that people used to play

indoors. Beaver Scouts were surprised that

people didnt always have computers and PSPs.

The log chew lasted about 5 minutes at the end of

a meeng but it gave us scope to plan at least two

meengs.

Meeng No. 1 Card Night.

Each meeng will have four bases that last 10 minutes

with a lodge in each base moving around in a circle.

Base No. 1 Snap

Base No. 2 21

Base No. 3 Spoons

Base No. 4 Switch

This le us with about 10 minutes le for a group

game of higher/lower. We used a pack of giant cardsfor this. We set up a line of 10 cards. The Beaver

Scouts had to choose whether the next card was

higher or lower. The method was very simple , if you

stood up your vote was for higher and if you sat down

your vote was for lower.

You could eliminate the Beaver Scouts that got it

wrong, however, we gave the Beaver Scouts three

chances to get it wrong but if they got to the end of

the line everyone won a prize. All the Beaver Scouts

le happy. The most popular game on the night was

spoons.

The following week we ran a similar style of meeng

with board games.

Base No. 1 Twister

Base No. 2 Draughts

Base No. 3 Charades

Base No. 4 Frustraon

The game of frustraon was well named

as we never got a game nished in the

15 minute me frame. Draughts was

similar but the winner was the person

who had the most pieces on the

board when the whistle went.

The SPICESthat we covered inthese meeng include.

SOCIAL Playing games encourages interacon with

others.

PHYSICAL Some of the games will encourage physical

acvity Twister.

INTELLECTUAL Each game will have dierent rules to

follow. Some games require concentraon and decision

making skills.

CHARACTER - Most games require a winner and

someone who doesnt win. It creates posive character

to deal with situaons when you dont win.

EMOTIONAL The manner in which a Beaver Scout

deals with his/ her feeling when winning or losing.

The game of higher/ lower had a great emoonal

experience.

We did not cover the Spiritual but that is not a problem

as we do not have to cover all the SPICES all the me.

We may need to make a mental note to cover that

parcular SPICES at another opportunity.

I have explained how to play the various card games

below. There are many other card games that would

work. Perhaps you will try out these acvies or similar

games and let me know how your Beaver Scout colony

got on. If you have an arcle or photo email it to me at

[email protected] and I will put it in the magazinefor you.

How to Play Switch.

The basic game of switch uses a standard 52 card pack,

or two such packs shued together if there are a lot

of players. The dealer deals (singly) ve cards to each

player (seven each if there are only two players). The

undealt stock is placed face down on the table, andthe top card of the stock is turned face up and placed

beside the stock to start the discard pile.

Starng with the player to dealers le, and connuing


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Beaver Scoutsclockwise, each player in turn must either play a legal

card face up on top of the discard pile, or draw a card

from the undealt stock. The following plays are legal:

1. If the top card of the discard pile is not an

eight, you may play any card which matches

the rank or suit of the previous card (for

example if the top card was the king of hearts

you could play any king or any heart);

2. An eight may be played on any card, and the

player of the eight must nominate a suit,

which must be played next;

3. If an eight is on top of the pile, you may play

any card of the suit nominated by the person

who played the eight.

The rst player who gets rid of all their cards wins.

How to Play Spoons.

These are very simple and enjoyable games for a

large number of players. Up to 13 can take part using

a standard 52 card pack; more if two or more packs

are used. The players sit in a circle, and are dealt four

cards each. The object is to collect four cards of the

same rank, by passing cards one at a me to yourle-hand neighbour while receiving cards from the

player to your right.

You require four cards of one rank for each person

playing and you need a collecon of spoons, with one

fewer spoon than the number of players. The spoons

are placed in the centre of the circle of players. For

example, with seven players you could use all the

aces, kings, queens, jacks, tens, nines and eights from

a standard pack (28 cards). With four you could just

use the aces, kings, queens and jacks (16 cards). The

cards are shued and dealt out to the players so that

everyone has four cards.

All players simultaneously place one unwanted card

face down to their le, and then pick up the card that

the player to their right has placed. Then they do the

same again, and connue unl someone collects four

of a kind. There are no turns - the passing happens

as fast as the players wish, but during the play cards

must only be passed one at a me, and you must

never have more than four cards in your hand at

one me, so you are not allowed to pick up a new

card from your right-hand neighbour unl you have

reduced your cards to three by discarding one to yourle.

If you manage to collect four of a kind you do not

say anything. Instead you take one of the spoons. As

soon as a spoon has been taken, all the other players

are entled to take a spoon each, even if they do not

have four of a kind. Since there is one spoon fewer

than the number of players, one player will be le

without a spoon. This player is the loser of this deal.

It is surprising how players will somemes connue

to study their cards for quite a long me, not nocingthat everyone else is grabbing spoon

A series of deals can be played in which the loser, or

a player who has lost three mes, is eliminated from

the game. Each me a player is eliminated you must

remove one spoon from the game; you also remove

one set of four equal cards from the pack.


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The Olympic GamesInteresng facts!

When were the rst OlympicGames?

The rst known Olympic Games

were recorded in around 776 BC in Olympia, Greece.

They were celebrated unl 396 AD.

What events took place in the Ancient Olympic

Games?

The Ancient Olympic Games consisted of only one

race, the stade race, which was the length of the

stadium and between 180 and 240 metres long. Over

the years more running races and other events wereadded, including boxing, wrestling, chariot racing,

long jump, javelin and discus throwing.

Who took part in the Ancient Olympic Games?

Only young men could take part. They had to be free

men, and speak Greek. They usually competed nude,

and the prize was a crown of olive leaves (a sign of

hope and peace).

Were women allowed at the AncientOlympic Games?

Women were not allowed to take part.

Married women were not even allowed

to watch!

Who revived the idea of the Olympic Games?

A French nobleman, Pierre Fredy, the Baron de

Coubern, born in 1863.

When he was young, Coubern was a very keen

sportsman. As he grew older he

developed a passionate belief

that sport could encourage peace

throughout the world and bring

people from all over the world

together.

Coubern was inspired by the

ancient Olympic Games and travelledaround the world, spending his own money, trying

to persuade people to revive them. Eventually he

managed to bring together representaves of many

dierent countries in Paris, in 1894, and the Olympic

Movement was begun.

When and where were the rst modern Olympic

Games held?

The rst modern Olympic Games were held in Athens

in 1896.

Did women compete in this rst modern Olympic

Games?

Cub ScoutsGO FOR THE GOLD

As the athletes of the world strive to do their personal best in The 2010 Winter Olympics, Cub Scouts

why not take the opportunity to Go for the Gold by doing your best in feats of skill and prowess.You could learn about exercise and sports and put that knowledge to use playing or teaching a sport that

you already take part in or why not try out another sport that you have not played before.

Remember that not only is it important to do your best when you play a sport but it is important to

understand the rules of being a good sport no maer the outcome of the game.

Here is some informaon on the Winter Olympics and some ideas for you to hold your own Olympics!

You could make Olympic Rings, ags for each country, medals and crowns . You could even make

cookies and decorate them in the Olympic colours. Maybe invite another Cub Scout Pack to join you inyour Cub Scout Olympic Games.

Have fun and be careful!!

Annee


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Cub ScoutsNo! Women began to compete in 1900. For many

years there were problems for the women athletes

about what to wear, because it was considered very

rude to show any part of the body or even the shape

of the body! Can you imagine trying to run and jump

covered from head to foot in clothes?

Who supervises the Olympic Games?

When Baron de Coubern founded the Olympic

Movement he established the Internaonal Olympic

Commiee (the IOC) to supervise it, in 1894. He

himself served as its president for 29 years, and

there have been 8 presidents since then. There were

originally 14 members but the Commiee has now

grown to over 130 members, all of whom must speakeither French or English. Exisng members elect new

members as required. The IOC is based in Lausanne,

Switzerland.

What is the aim of the Olympic Movement?

The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute

to building a peaceful and beer world by educang

youth through sport pracced without discriminaon

of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires

mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship,

solidarity and fair play.

What is an Olympiad?

An Olympiad is the period of four years which starts

with a summer Olympic Games. Each Olympiad is

counted with Roman numerals, and the year of the

Games cannot be changed (although Games have

been skipped out, as in 1916 during the First World

War)

Who chooses the next host for the Olympic Games,and how?

Members of the IOC choose the next venue for the

Olympic Games, which must be a city rather than a

country. So, for example, the next Olympics, in 2012,

will be hosted by London, rather than England. Any

city which wishes to host the Games put their bid to

the IOC. Only one city from each country can bid, and

even pung forward a bid takes a huge amount of

work and is very expensive.

Who selects each countrys team of athletes?Each country has their own Naonal Olympic

Commiee (NOC). The NOCs represent their

countries at the Olympic Games and select their own

naonal teams.

What is the Olympic torch?

Prior to each Games, the Olympic Torch or Flame is

lit in Olympia, Greece and brought to the host city by

runners carrying the torch in relay.

What is the Olympic creed?

The most important thing in the Olympic Games

is not to win but to take part, just as the most

important thing in life is not the triumph but the

struggle. The essenal thing is not to have conquered

but to have fought well.

Who wins medals?

The athletes or teams who come rst, second and

third win medals: respecvely gold, silver and bronze.

Are the gold medals real gold?

No! They were solid gold unl 1912, but are now

silver covered with a thin layer of gold.

Why do we have the Olympic rings as the emblem of

the Olympic Games?

The ve interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black,

green, and red respecvely) of the emblem was

originally designed in 1913 by Pierre de Coubern, to

symbolize the ve connents of the world taking partin the Olympic Games (the Americas are viewed as a

single connent, and Antarcca is omied).

What is the Olympic moo?

Cius, Alus, Forus., which is Lan for Swier,

Higher, Stronger These prey medals will take pride

of place at your own Olympic Games - or perhaps

you can make them with the kids to hand out as an

award for extra special behavior.

Make your own Olympic Medals

Clay medals

You will need:

Modelling clay

Rolling pins

(or a plasc bole lled

with water)

Cuers

Modelling tools (or straws)Paint brushes

Gold, Silver & Bronze paint

Ribbon


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Cub ScoutsMake polymer clay medals by rolling out your clay to

about 3 mm thick.

Cut out circles with a small biscuit cuer and using

the end of a paint brush or a plasc drinking straw

make a small hole near the top.

Decorate your medals with modelling tools or rubber

stamps.

Bake following the instrucons on the clay.

When they are cool, paint and leave to dry.

Thread ribbon through the holes so they can be

worn.

Quick card medals

You will need:

Gold, silver & bronze cardScissors

Paper punch

Ribbon

Black marker

For really simple medals use a large circle cra punch

to punch circles from gold, silver and bronze card.

Use a smaller punch to make a hole in the top and

thread your ribbon through.

Make your ownOlympic Rings

You will need:

5 small paper plates

Blue, black, red, green

and yellow paint

Glue

Carefully cut out the centre of the 5 paper plates.Paint each plate in a dierent color and leave to dry.

Lay out the rings in the Olympic design and glue

together

Silly Olympic Games

You could run these Olympics with one Cub Scout

from each team / Six coming forward to compete in

each event, or the enre team/Six for

group events.

Olympic Torch Lighng:

You will need:

20-30 tea lights

Box of matches

Set up a row of 20 or 30 small tea candles.

At one end, have a box of matches.

A Cub Scout lights a match and sees how many

candles he can light with that one match before it

goes out.

(Have some burn spray handy for this one!!)

Torch Run:

Candle and holder for each Cub Scout

Obstacle Course

Each scout has a lighted candle in hand.

The rst to complete a course while keeping their

candle lit wins.

Bean Toss:

You will need:

10 marrowfat peas or kidney beans (uncooked) per

Cub Scout

Sck of ChalkA jar for each team

Each Cub Scout gets 10 beans

Draw a chalk line on the oor as the start line

The Cub Scout must throw the beans , one at a me,

into the jar from the start line.

Footrace:

Have each team / Six line up with feet touching eachother, heel to toe.

The team with the greatest total foot length wins.

Cracker Whistle:

You will need:

2 cream crackers per Cub Scout

1 whistle per team / Six

1 chair per team / Six

Chalkline = startline!

Place the chairs at the end of the hall

Put enough crackers and a whistle on each teams

chair


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Each Cub Scout must run up to the chair

Eat 2 crackers and then blow the whistle

The Cub Scout runs back to their place and the next

Cub Scout takes their turn.

The Team to nish rst are the winners!

Weight Liing:

Everyone lines up against a bare wall with their

backs against it.

Walk your feet out from the wall and bend your

knees and waist so you are in a sing posion with

back at against the wall, thighs parallel to oor, and

hands on thighs.

The last Cub Scout to remain in this posion without

liing a foot or touching the wall or oor with other

body part is the winner.

Block Push:

You will need:

Small plasc block for each team / Six

On hands and knees, Cub Scouts push a small block

or other rectangular item across the oor with theirnose. This is done as a team relay.

Paper Discus:

You will need:

A paper plate for each Cub Scout

Each Cub Scout throws a plain paper plate as far as

he can. The plate can not be deformed, crushed, or

folded.

Javelin:

You will need:

A straw for each Cub Scout

Each scout throws a plasc straw as far as he can.

Nothing can be put in the straw and it can not be

deformed.

Shotput:

You will need:

Rolled up sock for each Cub Scout

Cub ScoutsEach Cub Scout puts (throws) a rolled up sock as far

as he can.

Whistle Marathon:

You will need:

A whistle & (earplugs oponal!!!)

Time how long each scout can hold a single whistled

note on one breath.

Biathlon:

You will need:

3 pebbles for each Cub ScoutTarget for each Team / Six

Start line

Score sheet

Teams / Sixes line up and every scout has 3 pebbles.

One at a me, members on a team run 20 yards to a

line 10 feet from a target.

They throw each pebble at the target and return to

team. Each hit counts 1 point. First team to complete

gets a bonus point for each member.


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World Jamboree 2011O

ver the last six months or so the Conngent

Team have been working hard in the

background preparing for the World Scout

Jamboree in Sweden 2011.

The process has taken the following journey.

June 2009 Conngent Leader

Appointed

Phoenix 2009 (August) Launch of the

Applicaon Process

August - October 2009 Interview Process for

Unit Leaders & AssistantsNovember 2009 Unit Leaders Appointed

January 2010 Assistant Unit Leaders

Appointed

February 2010 Deadline for applicaons

5th & 6th March 2010 Second Conngent Team

& Unit Leaders Meeng/

Training Day

Over the past number of months members of the

team have been travelling to Groups, Counes and

Naonal Events promong the Jamboree. The fruits

of all this work can be seen as it is clear now that wewill have the largest ever conngent from Ireland

travelling to a World Scout Jamboree.

The next part of this project will be to;

Communicate to all applicants, conrming

places on the team

Divide all the parcipants into Units

Start the planning process for the rst

conngent weekend in September

Communicate with the W.S.J. in Swedenregarding Scoung Irelands involvement with

programme provision

A big surprise To be announced...

Watch this space for whats next...


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New Science Show on RTE

A

show packed with science, acon, logic, strategy and explosions!

Do you have the brains, brawn, stamina and strength to reach the summit and conquer TheMountain?

Are you into science adventure?

Can you prove which fruit conducts electricity?

Can you predict the outcome of explosive stunts?

Given the materials, Can you build a catapult or slingshot which will accurately ing eggs at a target?

The Den has a new series that combines all these.

The series is looking for teams of three aged between 10 and 12 on/before December 31st 2010.

Your team should be condent that you can work

together as the series is all about team work,

strategy, science and acon. Each team and their

guardians may be required to stay on locaon the

night before lming and lming will be for one day.

To get more informaon about how you can applyplease go to www.rte.ie/theden and click on Apply

for The Mountain.

Or contact Aoife OReilly at [email protected].

Hurry, the deadline for applicaons is Friday

March 5th 2010


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President meets Operation HopePresident McAleesegives Operaon Hopethe Thumbs Up...

On Tuesday 16th

February 2010, the

team from Operaon Hope were privileged

to be invited to meet the President of Ireland, Mary

McAleese to discuss their project.

Aer meeng in the Mount Argus Den for the rst

dra of the team splits for the project, the team

headed to The Park.

The Group gathered in the State Recepon Room,anxiously awaing the entrance of the President.

While we were waing, we were all put at ease by the

Presidents sta.

The President was greeted with a round of applause.

Mrs. McAleese immediately put the group at ease

with her informal and personable manner. She

welcomed everyone to the Aras and congratulated

the group on the excellent and inspiraonal work

they were undertaking. She spoke of the importance

of the work and told the group they would reap therewards tenfold. Following this, the President made

her way around room greeng everyone individually

and sharing a moment with everyone.

Following the introducons, the Group presented the

President with a hand carved campsite scene. She

thanked the group for their kindness and joked that

she hoped our campsite in India would be as neat andthe tent pegs xed as securely.

Aer the ocial photographs, the group were treated

to a recepon and the President joined us for tea and

mingled with everyone in the group, sharing stories

and discussing the work the Venture Scouts were a

part of. Any nervousness was well and truly gone

at this stage thanks to the Presidents relaxed and

reassuring manner.

Following the recepon with Mrs McAleese, the

group was given a very interesng tour of the main

rooms of the ras an Uachtarin. This proved to be

very interesng but the highlight of this was denitely

when one of the Venture Scouts, Je, was given the

opportunity to play the Presidents Steinway Piano,

something he did very well indeed.

Given the day that was in it, when the tour was

nished it was me to head o for some well

deserved pancakes...


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Venture Scouts Can Change WorldOperaon Hope Venture Scouts Changingthe World

During the summer of 2010, our Venture Scout

Group is undertaking its biggest project yet.Venture Scouts from 45th Mount Argus,

44th/93rd Crumlin, 94th Walkinstown and 35th

Donore Avenue in Dublin are travelling to Durgapur,

West Bengal, India to extend a school house in a

developing area.

The school is a learning centre for children ages six

and up but because of the lack of facilies, girls can

only aend unl their very early teens. Our group will

be in India for 26 days, and working in partnership

with the Hope Foundaon, we will set about makinga dierence to the community by undertaking 4

building & development projects.

The Work includes:

Painng & decorang a Crche.

Renovang & extending a school with a new

room & roof.

Building a new Block for Boys/Girls toiletswith a new wash room.

Sponsoring an irrigaon project that will

provide local families with land for growing

food & a new source of water for the village.

We will include the community in our work by living

as part of, and working closely with the locals to teach

games, songs and culture and through this interacon

we will impart an ownership of the

project to the local community.

In total there are forty people travelling

with our group, thirty two of who are

between the ages of 16 18, boys & girls. This will be

a wonderful yet very challenging experience for the

Venture Scouts, both physically & mentally.

The enre group has been working relesslyfundraising and trying to the raise the prole of this

project. Some of the Venture Scouts involved in this

project were involved in our last project, refurbishing

an orphanage in Vietnam. These Venture Scouts are

embracing the idea of service to the community,

local and internaonal. They are ne ambassadors of

Scoung and indeed Ireland.

If you would like to support this work nancially or

in other ways, please email us, venturehope@gmail.

com.

You can stay tuned for updates on our project by

checking out hp://venturehope.blogspot.com/ ...


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ONE Programme

Welcome to the ONE Programme secon in this issue of Inside Out

At a meeng of the Naonal Youth Programme Commiee (NYPC) last

May I stated my belief that our task was to deliver the best possible

package for the ONE Programme. The NYPC rallied to the call with

energy, enthusiasm and dedicaon. The Programme Commissioners for eachsecon, along with their teams of Scouts and Scouters, have wonderfully

craed the ONE Programme over the last 10 months since Naonal Council

in Newcastle.

The ONE Programme that we are now on the brink of is the most fantasc

opportunity Scoung Ireland, and indeed Scoung IN Ireland, has ever had. It will, with the knowledge

and support of our 5000 dedicated adult Scouters, rejuvenate Scoung across this island and ensure its

relevance to young people into the future.

We have recently nished touring the country for the Provincial Brieng and Planning days. The support

and enthusiasm for the ONE Programme was palpable, with most people eager to start it. This isfantasc! However, I must ask you to please bear with us a lile longer. We must implement the ONE

Programme correctly for the sake of our young people and to oer greatest support to our adults.

This issue of Inside Out is full of informaon about the implementaon of the ONE Programme in the

coming weeks and months. Please take me to read it, discuss it and pass it on to your fellow Scouts

and Scouters. Keeping everyone in the loop is the key to success.

Whether you are a Beaver Scout or a Group Leader, this ONE Programme will oer something to excite,

and I am thrilled to see it being rolled out.

Weve taken over ve years to arrive at the ONE Programme, and I can tell you-

Adventures Begin Here...

Pauline


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ONE ProgrammeA Message from the Chief Commissioner (Adult Resources)

I would like to thank all those who have given of their me over the past 5 years

to develop the ONE Programme. It was an incredible task and somehow I believe

only fully understood by those who made it happen. You have le your mark

thanks again.

From an Adult Resources perspecve this is a once o opportunity for Scouters to

reopen and support youth involvement by listening to and facilitang the needs

of young people on this new journey. It is important for the success of the ONE

Programme that we stand back and allow the Youth Member drive his or her

journey to its conclusion.

This may be dicult for some of us to do but its not new and happened on Brownsea Island over 100 years

ago.

Its a new beginning with a dynamic programme and we are in a privileged posion in seeing our

programme and the Spices make beer and proacve future cizens of our country and community.

By facilitang the acve implementaon of the programme we are the makers of tomorrow, our legacy

coming from our watch.

Every happiness and good Scoung

John Brennan

Oneprogramme.scouts.ie

Dont forget! The ONE Programme site

(oneprogramme.scouts.ie) is a fantasc resource for

all Scouts and Scouters. You will nd there:

Key Dates

Latest news & info

The ONE Programme Library

Photos of the acon from around the country

Remember! The 10 Key Points Document is sll

relevant- check it out here

hp://oneprogramme.scouts.

Documents/10KeyPoints.pdf

Through Snow and Rain: Taking the ONEProgramme to the Provinces

The ONE Programme Team braved the elements todeliver a simple message to the Provinces: the ONE

Programme is here, lets deliver it to the hands of our

youth members.

Brieng days in each of the six Provinces were

aened by Provincial Management Support Teams,

County Programme Co-ordinators (CPCs) and County

Mentors. The Programme Commissioner (Programme

Development), Programme Commissioners for each

secon, members of the Implementaon Team, and

the Training Commissioner facilitated an enre day of

informaon, discussion, and planning for the future

of the ONE Programme in each Province.

Inside Out visited the Southern Provincial brieng day

in Mitchelstown, which was the nal meeng of the

teams countrywide tour which had aracted close to

400 Scouts and Scouters.

With working groups of County Commissioners,

CPCs and County Mentors, the team worked through

each groupings concerns as they trashed out what

their role in implemenng the ONE

Programme would be.

Then came the moment all were

waing for; a chance to get to grips

with the actual programme content and


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ONE Programmematerial. Programme Commissioner (Programme

Development), Pauline Lucas, presented the

arsc concepts, handbook layouts, and Personal

Progressive Scheme (Personal Challenges, Adventure

Skills, Special Interest Badges and Chief Scouts

Award) for each secon- as well as the all important

expected retail cost for each item. The team were

well rehearsed aer the previous ve meengs and

it was almost like watching aernoon TV. Inside Out

almost expected to hear(Pauline pull it all out of a

bag saying heres a programme I made earlier. If

only it was that easy!

The team discussed what would be happening at the

County Brieng day before asking the parcipants

from each county to come together and make theirown specic plans for implementaon and set a date

for the County Brieng day. These will be featured in

Inside Out for every Province.

County Brieng and Planning Meeng Dates

WESTERN

County Clare: Friday, 5th March

County Galway: Wednesday, 9th March

County Lough Keel: Sunday, 28th MarchCounty Mayo: Tuesday, 8th March

County Yeats: TBA

NORTHERN

Brian Boru: 17 February

Dalriada: 7 March

Down & Connor: 6 March

Erne: 2 March

Errigal: 25 March

SOUTH EASTERN

Waterford: 16th Feb

Carlow/Kilkenny: Feb 18th

Slieve Bloom: 22nd Feb

Cill Dara: 23rd Feb

South Kildare: 24th Feb

Cill Mhantain: 3rd March

Wexford: 4th March

SOUTHERN

West Cork 22nd Feb

Lee Valley 22nd Feb

Limerick 5th March (tbc)

North Cork 15th March

Cois Lao Chorca 23rd March

Kerry 29th March

Tipperary South 2nd April

Cork South 11th April

Tipperary North 14 April

NORTH EASTERN

Lakelands: 24th Feb

Fingal: 25th Feb

Reachra: 3rd March

Cavan Monaghan: 26th FebLouth: 28th Feb

DUBLIN SCOUT PROVINCE

Tolka: 25th Feb

Cluain Toirc: 27th Feb

Three Rock: 3rd March

Dodder: 8th March

Dublinia: 23rd March

Dun Laoghaire: 29th March

Mountpelier: 30th March

Cois Farraige: TbcLiey West: Tbc


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ONE ProgrammeAdventure Skills Sneak Peak

9 Adventure Skills

9 stages in each

Leading to adult competancies at later stages Not ring fenced to a specic secon

External qualicaons possible aer compleon

Pull out handbook


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ONE Programme

What do I do now?

At a glance.

I am a.... What do I need to do now? (March 2010)

Scout/Venture Scout/ Rover Scout 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.

ie to keep up to speed on the ONE Programme

2. Talk to your fellow Scouts and Scouters about the

changeover & what it means for you.

3. Contact your Provincial Youth Rep for more

informaon (scouts.ie/scouts or [email protected])

Scouter 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Have a discussion at Group Council and in your

secons about the ONE Programme using the support material

available to the Group Changeover Coordinator aer the

County Brieng & Planning meeng.

3. Work with the youth members in your secon, Group

Council and the Group Changeover Coordinator to ensure the

ONE Programme is a success in your Group when your Group

begins the changeover process.

Group Leader 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Facilitate a discussion at Group Council on the

following:

How will the group manage the changeover? Appoint

a changeover coordinator (GL or someone else) if this has not

yet been done.

Changeover plan and metable- when would it suit

the Group? Allow quesons and issues that people have to be

raised

Decide how the Groups youth members will be

involved in the changeover

3. Aend the County Brieng and Planning Meeng with

the Group Changeover Coordinator, bringing the quesons of

your Group.

4. Work with the Group Changeover Coordinator to

communicate back the informaon from the County meeng.

5. Support the process in your County as a member of

the County Management Commiee.


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ONE ProgrammeGroup Changeover Coordinator 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Aend the County Brieng and Planning Meeng with

the Group Leader, bringing the quesons of your Group.

3. Work with the Group Leader to communicate back theinformaon from the County meeng.

4. Familiarise yourself with all the key informaon as

contained in the Changeover Resource Pack and use the

website to keep abreast of other important informaon and

documents.

5. Work closely with the Scouters in every secon to brief

them on the ONE Programme and nd answers to any queries

they may have.

6. Ensure the involvement of the youth members of your

Group in line with what your Group Council has decided.

County Mentor 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Meet with the CPC, County Mentors and Trainer to

plan County Brieng

3. Host County Brieng

4. Contact Group Changeover Coordinators to arrange to

meet them & help Scout Groups to go through the Changeover

Resource Pack.

5. Liaise with Group Changeover Coordinators to arrange

Group Transion Training Day6. Review Programme Cycles & provide ongoing support

County Programme Coordinator 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Ensure contact details for all Mentors and Group

Changeover Coordinators are collated and correct.

3. Liaise with County Mentors and receive feed back on

progress- report this to the County Management Commiee

4. Liaise with the Provincial Programme Coordinator to

provide feedback.

County Commissioner 1. Read Inside Out and check out oneprogramme.scouts.


2. Ensure County Mentors are appointed.

3. Ensure Groups have appointed Group Changeover

Coordinators

4. Call County Brieng meeng and aend to provide

support where required

5. Ensure me at County Management Commiee

meengs to allow for progress and feedback

6. Follow up on Groups needed extra support


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ONE ProgrammeThe Devils in the detail

By now the Provincial Brieng and Planning days

have taken place and the County Brieng meengs

are all scheduled to be taking place in February and

March. But what happens then? Aer the County

Brieng is aended by your Group Leader and Group

Changeover Coordinator, they will receive the ONE

Programme Changeover Resource Pack. In March and

April Scout Groups should meet to work through this

pack, using it to prepare a Group Changeover Plan.

When a Group is ready, they can request a Group

Training and Planning Day. This will happen on a date

that suits the Group and the availability of Transion

Trainers and must have the full aendance of all

Scouters as well as appropriate youth involvement.

The Group Training and Planning day will be a full day

meeng in which all leaders in the group-including

youth leaders- will be trained in the ONE Programme.

They will be facilitated to review the Group

Changeover Plan and revise if necessary. At this point,

the Group will be signed o as having completed

their Group Training and Planning Day and can then

purchase programme materials from The Scout Shop.

Books will only be available to those Groups who

have completed this day so as to ensure that theyare fully prepared and supported to achieve the best

from the This process will be explained to you at the

Group Training and Planning Day.

At this point, the Group should communicate their

Changeover Plan to the youth members and their

parents.

At the Group day, the members of the Group will

plan their rst Programme Cycle. The Programme

Cycle is very simply the PLAN-DO-REVIEW of aspecic objecve or theme. The process can last a

week, month or year depending on the objecve/

theme. E.G.: The Venture Scouts will be taking part

in a naonal SNS hillwalking event in three months.

They have decided to focus on mountain and camping

skills during this me. They will PLAN a series of hikes

and training events, and the SNS itself, DO these, and

REVIEW what they have learned, what went well and

what didnt. This REVIEW forms the basis of the PLAN

for next me. During the Programme

Cycle the Group will also be facilitatedto establish/reinforce youth involvement

through the lodge/six/patrol etc. The

Group will also encourage its youth members to

consider Personal Challenges which they might

achieve through the acvies they are doing and

which would progress the youth members towards

their Personal Progressive Scheme stage awards

(secon specic award schemes). For example, in

Beaver Scouts, these awards are called Bree, Ruarc

and Conn; and in Scouts they are Discovery, Terra

Nova, Endurance and Polar.

Mythbusters

Will the ONE Programme make all my Groups

exisng tradions disappear? Will it try to erase

history?Absolutely not. The ONE Programme fully allows you

to hold on to your tradions and it will encourage

you to put in place some new ones as well. The

ONE Programme isnt seng out to destroy history;

it may even lead to history being made. The ONE

Programme isnt saying that everything we all do in

Scouts up to now is wrong its just adapng to the

mes.

Will ONE Programme destroy the Patrol System and

the fundamental aspects of Scoung?The infrastructure for Scoung will remain the same,

the changes wont be as dramac as they have been

made out and it really isnt seng out to destroy

anything, in fact more of the patrol system (working

in small teams) will be expected in every Secon

with the ONE Programme. Any changes that are

being made have been thoroughly thought through

and not just by adults who havent been involved in

programme with Scouts in years, any of the Scouts

who have worked on developing the programme fully

believe that the changes been made are for the good

of the Scouts taking part.

Who will the new age changes aect? Will they

separate friends?

The ages will most aect the Cub Scout and Beaver

Scout Secons. Some Groups may go on to operate

Scouts and Venture Scouts as one unit and on one

meeng night, however the appropriate programme

must be used by the Scouts and by the Venture

Scouts. Ages set out for the Secons will act asguidelines and wont be set in stone, this will allow

the individual member decide when they are ready

to move to an older Secon. The ONE Programme


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ONE Programmewill allow older Scouts who have been le to take on

the leader role presently to take part in a programme

that interests them and will benet them through

outside qualicaons as they progress. The addion

of the Rover Scout Secon it will give the Scouts who

presently are lost in the oblivion between Venture

Scouts and being adult leaders an acve role in the

Associaon.

Why change the programme? It works well for my

Group.

While some Groups may be ourishing under the

present programme many Groups around the country

have packed Cub Scout Secons with a severe loss of

numbers when members reach the Scout Secon age.

This may be because suddenly it isnt the cool thingto do. When this issue is so widely spread it becomes

something that needs to be addressed. While the

fundamentals may already be there something can

always be improved on, its not fair to all the Cub

Scouts who are missing out on their Scout adventure,

if it can be helped it must be.

Will the ONE Programme make scouts like being in

school?

Many Scout Groups at present keep a Deck Log and

Secons will keep their own log. The ONE Programmegives each member the opportunity and tools to keep

a personal log. It then goes one step further and gives

this personal log a usage by basing the members

journey through the progression and badge scheme

around it. The ONE Programme promotes the keeping

of a wrien log, a tradion which may have been

lost in recent mes. The keeping of the log isnt set

out in a manner which makes it tedious, it takes on a

funconal role.

Is the ONE Programme making Scouts too touchy

feely? We never had the SPICES before why do we

need to use them now?

When people inially hear about the SPICES it does

appear that way, but they do serve a purpose and

are not something alien to the Scoung message. A

good programme following the present programme

will have unknowingly captured many of the SPICES

anyway. The ONE Programme just allows people

acknowledge what theyve achieved rather then

leng the experiences pass people by and they notgaining from them. The SPICES will act as a guideline

for developing future programme ideas and will be

weaved into the progression badge scheme.

My Scouts wont want to do Plan-Do-Review, its

just going to be too much hassle!

If it is seen as work and done in a formal manner,

true no one will want to take part, but this is not the

case. In reality you probably already take part in this

process without knowing it. When you take part in

a Troop acvity, then naturally on the way home or

aer it you will have a chat about how the acvity

went. It doesnt need to be formal or a chore.

What age are Rover Scouts, how will this secon

aect the present age ranges and the system that

we have successfully followed for many years in Sea

Scoung?

Rover Scouts are 18-21 years; this ts well into

the exisng Sea Scoung age ranges in my Group.At present we call this Secon Venture Scouts. A

most renowned Irish Sea Scout (Eoin Lavelle) was

a member of the rst ever Rover crew founded in

Dublin University (Trinity) in March 1933. Rover Scout

Secons will be reaching out more into society by way

of seng up contacts in Universies etc. There will be

sll be challenges; for example: Moot, Explorer Belt

and opportunies to equip oneself with addional

skills and recognised qualicaons. An added

advantage of holding onto this age group is that the

Group retains members for longer thus increasing thepool from which to recruit young leaders.

Who does the Plan-Do- Review Scouts, Patrol

Leaders?

It is my understanding that the ONE Programme is

lead by the youth members with the support of the

adult leaders (Scouters). The programme is more

about personal progression, the new Chief Scouts

Award for each Secon is an example of this. There

will be adventure challenges along the way. It is a

personal journey being taking by all members but not

everyone will follow the same route.

What are SPICES and how are they incorporated into

exisng programme? Will it involve a lot of school

type developmental goals?

SPICES, sound like a lot of formal educaonal

style learning but really its not, when you think

about Scoung and what we do, for example the

responsibilies that are given to youth

leaders, we are pursuing the SPICESalready within the programme. In the

ONE Programme there will be more

emphasis on the dierent areas but not


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ONE Programmeso that it is going to seem like school. I dont think

any youth Leader is going to be sing down lling out

forms based on the SPICES making sure that everyone

in her/his Patrol is cking all the boxes (Physical,

Spiritual, etc.) but I do think that the Sea Scoungprogramme has plenty of scope for this direcon of

challenge and personal progression.

Will the ONE Programme take on more of a youth

club style or will we be able to maintain our identy

as a thriving Scout Group and an acve part of the

Scoung Movement?

It is one of the key points that acvies are carried

out using the Scout Method; so there is no chance

that Scoung Ireland will suddenly take on a youth

club image. There is a specic programme to be

followed, there are guidelines and adult leaders

(Scouters) to help support and facilitate the

implementaon. It will be up to individual Groups

how and when this will happen.

What do I do with my Scouts that are half way

through their old Progressive Scheme - do I have to

start again?

No you wont. No badges have to come o your

uniform. Aer all you have earned them however thenew personal progression scheme is dierent so you

cant trade them in.

With the new programme is the Chief Scouts Award

going away?

The Chief Scouts Award has been extended to all

ve Secons. For the last three Secons you can also

achieve the Bronze Silver and Gold Gaisce or Duke of

Edinburgh Award while working on your Chief ScoutsAward.

Is it true that the Scout and Venture Scout Secon

will be basically the same in the ONE Programme?

Not at all. In fact, there are core components to the

ONE Programme which apply in ALL Secons; the

use of the Scout Method and Programme Cycle, a

Personal Progression Scheme based on the areas

of Growth (SPICES), progressive Adventure Skills,

Special Interest Badges, Naucal Badges, a Chief

Scouts Award for each Secon. At the same me,

each Secon has its own identy and its own way

of approaching things; these are illustrated in the

Secon Handbooks. So ONE Programme is a single,

progressive programme but presented to each Secon

in a way which is appropriate for the age range in that

Secon.


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World Record Attempt

I

n April this year Mountpelier Scout County

are hoping to make a World Record Breaking

aempt at making and folding the worlds biggest

neckerchief. The event is also a fundraiser for

HAVENs Earthquake Appeal. This is a Beaver Scout

event in the County and is being coordinated by Una

OMalley.

Over the coming months we are hoping to get

donaons of as many neckerchiefs from as many

groups around the country as possible. We are also

hoping that the groups or other interested pares

would make a donaon to the appeal, either directly

or through some local fund raising that they havedone. When this was raised with the groups from

our County we had put a guideline of 100 euro per

group but obviously there would be no upper or

lower limit on this.

The day itself will be spent in Willington Scout

Den trying to sow as many neckerchiefs together

as possible, likely lling the oor of the den [or

hopefully bigger sll] and then having the Beaver

Scouts fold the necker and I imagine where it as a

group.

We have applied to the Guinness Book to validate

the aempt and we hope to hear back from them

soon on that. We have also been in touch with

Hickeys Fabrics who we hope will be supplying

material for every parcipant to get a souvenir

necker.

We are asking all groups to make collecons of

neckers [in parcular one from their own group] and

any monetary donaons.

Please send the neckers to:

Una OMalley,

CPC Beaver Scouts (Mountpelier),

23 LaCora Glen, Delvin,

Co Westmeath

and any donaons to

Anna Davy,

County Treasurer (Mountpelier),

40 St Malachys Drive,

Greenhills,

Dublin 12.

Summary DetailsEvent Name: Mountpelier Beaver Scouts World

Record Aempt

Venue: Willington Scout Den, Templeogue

Date: 17th April 2010 (tbc)

Time: All day!

Contact: [email protected]

/ [email protected]

Submied by:

Stephen SynnoCounty Secretary

Mountpelier Scout County


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Sea ScoutsIrish Sailing Associaon InstructorsConference

The Instructors Conference of the Irish Sailing

Associaon took place in Carlingford on 19, 20and 21 February, based at the Four Seasons

Hotel. This event takes place every 2 years. The

previous one was in Schull. Co. Cork.

All ISA Instructors must aend training conferences

regularly to refresh and/or update themselves in the

requirements for the various grades of sailing and/or

power qualicaons. Three Scoung Ireland sailing

and power instructors from 8th and 14th Port of

Dublin Groups aended this event.

The conference is quite a concentrated event, with

the rst half-day given over to praccal sailing

and power-boang, including introducon to new

designs of cra. Agents for boat manufacturers

aend on the rst aernoon, bringing new, as well

as established types of cra for demonstraon and

assessment.

The second and third days consist of many

alternave sessions to suit both sail and powerinstructors. Certain of the sessions were compulsory

for those wishing to revalidate their cercates.

One of the important sessions this year concerned

the new classicaon of Adventure Sailing, which

the ISA has just introduced into the Small Boat

Sailing Training Scheme. A well aended session

closely quesoned the Sea Scout reps about

perceived dicules in details and in organisaon of

camping. This newly recognised category of sailing

means that young people who are keen on sailing,

but who are not into racing, can now progress

through to the top grades of the ISA Scheme and to

Instructor grades without geng involved in racing

if they do not wish. The Training Department of ISA

has been looking into this extension of the Sailing

Scheme for some me and has sought opinions

widely, including from Sea Scoung.

3rd Sligo (Rosses Point) Sea Scouts

Three Scouters and 3 Sea Scouts from Rosses

Point sailed on the Lord Rank, from Killybegs to

Galway during the Summer, on the way to the VolvoFesval. They had an excellent cruise, interesng and

excing, and of course were then able to enjoy the

shorebased Fesval acvies in Galway.

Lord Rank is a large sail training yacht operated by

Ocean Youth Trust Ireland, on which many Irish Sea

Scouts have sailed in the past few years on the Irish

coast, to Scosh Islands and as far as the Isle of

Wight on the south coast of England.

Recently the Group organised a Pub Quiz in Rosses

Point and raised 1200 for Hai earthquake disaster

relief fund.

Willie Murphy, the Sea Scout Skipper, has recently

been appointed Operaons Manager of the Sligo Bay

Life Boat, an Atlanc 75.


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Sea ScoutsThe Brian Boru Challenge

Ruair receives his Brian Boru Challenge badge

21 March 2009

The Brian Boru Challenge

is a two day one night

challenge. Starng at the

Naonal Water Acvity

Centre (NWAC) Killaloe,

it involves boang up

Lough Derg and from

there hiking up through

the mountains where you set up a bivvy for the night.

From there in the morning you connue through the

mountain range back to the centre where you arebrought to the middle of the lake by boat and thrown

o, you get to swim back to the shore.

When I heard about it, I said ill give it a shot. I only

knew one or two of the other scouts and met loads of

new friends.

I got there on a cold but sunny Saturday morning and

was introduced to the other scouts and we were given

a brief of what we were going to be doing. So we got

to know each other and got ready to head o. We

started o in two boats up the mighty Lough Derg. On

approaching Parteen Weir part of the Ardnacrusha

hydroelectric scheme about an hour later we all

piled onto the one boat to make it easier to get o.

We took a break, got our bearings and headed o

having great craic along the way. It was a long hike

to the bivvy site and we got there just before sunset.

When I read that we were bivvying I didnt know that

we could bring plasc sheets, so I was the only one

without my bivvy sorted. I went au Natural and built

my own lile bivvy. It turned out prey well and I was

nice and warm all night.We set up a campre, had dinner and when the sun

fell we sat by the campre listening to the Ireland

match on the radio and fell asleep under the moon

and the stars. We woke up at about 8, had breakfast,

got ready and set o up the mountains for the day. It

didnt all go according to plan as we did nd ourselves

on the wrong mountain, a minor mishap but easily

xed. So we eventually made our way down into

the NWAC where we nished o the weekend by

being thrown into the middle of the freezing lake and

swimming francly back to shore where we werepresented with our badge as we stepped onto land.

It was a brilliant weekend suitable for anyone and

great craic to be had. To inquire about the challenge

see hp://www.wateracvies.ie

Ruair Nealon

Ruair is a Venture Scout in the 34th Limerick ScoutGroup (Pallaskenry) and a member of the Mid-west

Sea Scout Special Interest Group (Sea Scout SIG).

Ruair is also a holder of the Chief Scouts Award.


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River Shannon Expedion

The scouts who had completed

their Oars Intermediate ChargeCourse during last year had the

opportunity pung into pracce

the skills they had learnt by

taking part in a moving camp /

expedion on the R. Shannon.

The expedion commenced in late July at L.Key Forest

Park, Co.Roscommon.The olla of Kayaks, East Coast

Skis and the lead cra a 45 foot tradional style

barge.

Thirty six leaders and scouts from the 9th Port of

Dublin (Malahide Sea Scouts) begun their total of 70

mile expedion along the Boyle River to the juncon

with the Shannon and upstream to Lough Allen., and

another diversion along the Shannon-Erne Waterway

to Ballinamore. Then back to the Shannon and down-

river through Carrick-on-Shannon and through the

Jamestown Cut.

In Lough Boderg they again detoured, westwardthis me, to explore the Carnadoe Waters Loughs

Carnadoe, Kilglass and Grange. Later, returning to the

main channel they turned southward through Loughs

Boderg and Bon, back into the river channel, and

eventually nished the expedion at Rooskey

The moving eet camped along the banks of the river

and lakes as it passed through. Several locks were

negoated and the kayaks shot the associated weirs

where possible.

Each day presented its challenges from pond like

condions to choppy waters on the bigger lakes. The

scouts training stood to them as they were tested

each day with the ever changing condions.

Evening mes around the campres was a me of

relaxing and the opportunity to swap stories of that

days challenges.

Submied by: Kevin Rowan - Group

Trainer, Malahide Sea Scouts

Sea Scouts


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Larch Hill NewsLarch Hill Santa Days 2009

L

arch Hill is pleased to

announce that Santa

Days 2009 raiseda total of 8,000 to be

donated to The Jack & Jill

Foundaon and Saplings

Schools for children with

Ausm. Also collected

were 42 sleeping bags that

will be donated to Focus

Ireland for distribuon to young homeless persons

by their outreach division. Over 1,100 Beaver Scouts

from all over Ireland visited Santa here in Larch Hill

Internaonal Campsite over the weekend.

A big thank you must go to The Larch Hill Meitheal

Volunteer Sta including Chief Elf Aislinn Russell and

to all the Venture Scouts and leaders from:

61st Dublin, Merchants Quay

1st Wicklow, Greystones

4th Kildare, Naas

103rd Dublin, Willington

14th Dublin, Ballyroan

13th Kildare, Clane

137th Dublin, Balally

9th Donegal, Mu

Scosstadens Group, Sweeden

34/161st Dublin, Balbriggan

35th Dublin, Dunore Avenue

Who helped make this weekend a great success

Larch Hill Easter Bunny Hunt 2010

Can you nd the Larch

Hill Easter Bunny before

he gathers up all your

eggs..!!

This event is open to Cub

Scout & Scout groups

camping in Larch Hill on

the Easter weekend April

2nd to 4th. The hunt

will take place over thecourse of the weekend.

A full programme is not included so groups may

organise other acvies during their stay. Prizes for

the winning group.

On-site acvies in Larch Hill include:

Indoor & outdoor Climbing

Archery Orienteering

Pioneering

Obstacle course

Crate Climbing normally available in July &

August will be available for booking this weekend

only.

To book a camp in larch hill and to parcipate in the

Easter Bunny Hunt 2010. please email info@larchhill.

org or call 01 4931410.

Larch Hill Safari

Travel & live as nomads, throw the rungu, dance with

the tribe. Come join Chief Seimi and the Tribal Men &

Women of Larch Hill for 3 days packed with safari fun

and adventure from the open plains, through the dark

jungle, to the highlands of Kilmashogue and beyond.

For just 60 per Cub Scout they will get to meet and

have fun with other groups entering on this great

Safari of wild animals, tribes, fun and adventure and

so much more. The fee for each Cub Scout aending

includes all campsite fees and programme acvies

provided during the camp together with special camp

souvenirs. The Safari will run over the June bank

holiday weekend June 4th to 7th.

For an applicaon form please email info@larchhill.

org, call 01 493 1410 or visit www.larchhill.org


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North Eastern ProvinceWelcome Back to North Eastern ProvincialNews!

2nd Westmeath Athlone 80th Year

Anniversary

On the 7th February the town of Athlone

saw the local scout group celebrate its 80th

Year in existence. There was a great turnout

from the county and all groups were represented.

The celebraons started with all county members

parading up the town to the local church where a

group mass was held.

The bishop emphasized the importance of scoung

in a young person life and how it benets the

community as a whole. He also blessed the new

group ag that the group has designed over the last

year.

Aer the scout mass everyone made their way back

to the scout hall where awards were presented by the

Chief Scout to some Leaders from 2nd Westmeath:

John Butler, Sean Mimnagh and Anthony

Finlass. Also present on the day was thedaughter and

wife of Frank Egan, who was one of

the founding members of the group.

The Provincial Commissioner, Jimmy Cunningham

and County Commissioner, Brendan Marn

congratulated the group on the anniversary and

wishes them the best of luck in scoung in the

future.

9th Louth Ferdia Investure

On the 3rd February the Cub Scouts and Leadersof 9th Louth Ferdia were invested into the world

of scoung. The new group started the Cub Scout

Secon back in November with the help of the

County Commissioner. Present at the investure was

the CC, Yvonne Lawrence, the Group Leader from

Clogherhead, John Everi and Jack Cumiskey.

There were 4 leaders invested which included:

Aishling Silke, Angela McQuillan, Sinead McCormack

and Sean Walshe and 19 Cub Scouts. The provincewould like to congratulate the group on the

investure and is looking forward to working with

the group in the future.


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North Eastern ProvinceProvincial Transion Training Day

The North Eastern province completed theirtransion training day for the ONE Programme on

the 17th January. There was a good turn out from

the province with a total of 55 parcipants.

The ONE Programme Training Team went through

presentaons outlining the programme and how it

will aect the secons and groups. There were also

posters on display that used how the handbooks will

look like, etc.

Near the end of the day the province went through

how the ONE Programme will be implementedin the counes and groups. The next stage of the

implementaon process is that all the counes will

have a County Brieng and Planning Meeng to

present the ONE Programme to the Group Leaders

and Group Changeover Coordinators in their county.

These meengs will be happening in the next couple

of weeks.

The ONE Programme and the whole day was

posively received by all parcipants and everyone

went home with a sense of excitement of what is to

come.

New CountyCommissioner in Louth

Louth Scout County had their

AGM in Drogheda Scout Den

on the 5th of February where

there was a great turnout

from the whole county. On

the night the CPC, AllanMathews, showed a photo

presentaon on all the great

acvies that the county and

groups held over the last year.

There was also a photo presentaon on the outgoing

County Commissioner, Yvonne Lawrence, and the

county showed their gratude for all that she did in

the county in the 6 years that she was in the posion

with a bucket owers and a presentaon piece to her.

The county then elected

Finbar Gethins from

1st/2nd/5th Louth St

Patricks as its next County

Commissioner.

Jimmy Cunningham, Provincial Commissioner,

thanked Yvonne for her service and dedicaon and

also congratulated Finbar on being elected and looks

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Boarding Trip

73rd Dublin Raheny Scout Group hosted a workshop

on dealing with young people with Ausm. The

workshop was given by Dennis Sexton a member of

the ausm society and was extremely informavefor the Leaders who aended. The North Eastern

province is extremely grateful to Des and to Child

protecon Oce Phil Stapleton and Cathal Gahan

from 73rd Dublin Raheny who facilitated the

workshop.

Sea Scouts ll hard at Work.

Many people think that sea scouts hibernate during

the winter but if you visit any Sea Scout den you ill

n them hard at work making their boats sea worthy

for the new season only eight weeks away. 5th port

of Dublin Sea Scouts (Dollymount) Valqures troop

working on their East Coast Ski in preparaon for

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North Eastern ProvinceThe Passing of the torch in Rachra

Rachra Scout County celebrated Founders Day

by launching their Annual Report for 2009 at theCountys Annual General Meeng. The event took

place in a packed Scout Centre in Donaghmede in

North Dublin. Chief Scout, Michael John Shinnick,

was on hand to present the Chief Scouts Awards

to ve Scouts from 35th Dublin (Grange) as well as

a number of Adult Awards. The Chief Scout also

presented 754 Promise & Law Badge top poron

badges to parcipang Groups in the County who

undertook projects that developed Charters for

their secons. The Charters were then assembled

into a County Charter, which the County alsolaunched at the AGM. During his remarks the Chief

Scout congratulated the County on its success and

conrmed that the County is the largest County in

Scoung Ireland given its Census return for 2010.

The Chief Scout also singled out some prominent

members of the County who have contributed so

much to Scoung Ireland at all levels and thanked

outgoing County Commissioner, James OToole, for

his work as County Commissioner and other roles he

has undertaken in Scoung Ireland.

The AGM was the nal funcon for James OToole

as County Commissioner. In his farewell address,

James thanked the County for the honour bestowed

on him as the Countys rst Commissioner and

remarked that the role of a Scout County is not to

manage, control or direct Scoung, but to simply

support it and that was the thing he hope he has

inslled most in the members of the County. He

also said that Programme was at the heart of the

County and the most important thing to deliverwas quality Programme in order to deliver on our

aim. Presentaons were also made to the outgoing

members of the County

Team for all of their work.

The County elected Kieran

Cody from 12th Dublin (5th

Port Dollymount) as its

next County Commissioner.

Kieran then renewed his

Scout Promise and waspresented with his new

County Commissioners

Kneckerchief by North Eastern Provincial

Commissioner, Jimmy Cunningham.

For a copy of the Reachra Annual report 2009

Go to hp://issuu.com/scoungireland/docs/r_

achra_annual_report_2009

Keep up to date with Provincial News and

events by regularly checking the North

Eastern Provincial Webpage on www.scouts.

ie. This has recently been updated and

includes things such as: current trainingcalendar, Booking form, provincial directory,

up and coming events in each county and

much more. If any group wants a report of

an event that they took part in up on the

website or in the InSide Out Magazine you

can forward this along with a few pictures to

James Fox on [email protected].


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Southern ProvinceHistorical Oung for Phoenix Patrol

L

ast weekend the Phoenix Veteran Patrol went on

a most historical hike and trip. Starng at the

Hut, Summerhill on board the Ballincollig Scout

Bus, courtesy of Ronan Mahony, the group le andheaded for Fermoy. There they met up with Christy

Roche who was to be their tour guide for the day.

First of all they visited the monument to Peter ONeill

Crowley, the well known patriot and Fenian. From

there they headed Leabbamologa, which is one of the

earliest monasc buildings in this country dang back

to about 450 AD. It also marks the seat of the Bishop

Mologa, from which the area gets its name.

Next on the agenda was the Palane Church at

Ballydonohoe. Here the group were met by Paddy

Fenton from Kilnnan, Co. Limerick who gave a most

interesng tour and talk about the area. The church

which is de consecrated is in very good order and

now a historical museum housing the history of

the Palanes in Ireland. They originally came from

Germany and brought many skills with them at the

me. They had a strong presence in Ballydonohue

and records show that at one me 39 families lived

there with some of the residences sll living there.

From there the group climbed the hill at Ard Patrick

to the monasc selement, round tower and

graveyard. Finally

the group headed for

Fermoy Scout Hall

where they were

warmly welcomed

by scout leader

Trisha McGrath and

her husband Adrian.

Aer an enjoyablefry up, which seems

to be a tradion

they sat around and

had discussions and

great chat about

bygone days with

many reminisces.

Sincere thanks are

extended to all who helped out in the

day with parcular thanks to ChristyRoche who displayed great talent and

knowledge.

St Colmans Group, Cobh 75th Anniversary

The celebraons of 75 years of scoung in Cobh

got o to a great start on Friday night in The Bishop

Ahern Scout Hall with a mass of celebraon and

displays of unit history. The mass was concelebratedby Fathers Peter OFarrell and Former Group Chaplin

Father Frank ONeill. The event was well aended

by current members, parents, leaders and former

members. A great night was had by all.

Thank you to all who aended and we look forward

to more events to celebrate 75 years. A dinner dance

will be held in the commodore hotel on May 14.

ckets are now on sale @ 50.00 euro.

We hope to compile a history of the group and appeal

to any former members with memories or photos to

share please contact Brendan Kidney 0876237175 or

[email protected]

Lee Valley Survival Experience

The Timetable and Informaon for the Lee Valley

Survival experience 2010 has just been announced.

The event will take place on the weekend of 26th

28th March at the Mount Melleray Scout Centre.

This is an event for patrols and consists of a bivvy

overnight, backwoods acvies and a preparatory

camping overnight. Each troop may enter as many

patrols of 4-8 Scouts as it wishes. Patrols will meet

at the Mount Melleray Scout Centre, at 9.00pm on

Friday night. Once they arrive they will set up tents

for that night only. This event is part of the county

compeon and counts for a total of 400 marks out

of the total 1000.

This should not be the rst me that Scouts havebuilt shelters. Scouts should have some backwoods

experience. Troops are advised to consult and see the

Backwoods Book for reference.

Patrols will be ready to leave on Sunday morning at

10am. Patrols will complete a number of bases on

Saturday which will count as part of the compeon,

see the marking scheme for reference. Patrols will

be expected to construct a number of compulsory

items; a shelter, a water collecon device, a snare, asmall re, a food store area and also to prepare a test

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neckerchief at all mes.

Each Scouts Acvity Consent Form is to be carried by

his/her leader at all mes. Leaders are responsible for

their own patrols at all mes.

Patrols should be self sucient for the weekend in

terms of food that the patrol is able to prepare (i.e. 2

suppers, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 1 dinner), water and

equipment.

Cost for the weekend is 8 per Scout.

The organiser of the event is Steven Cull who says

that he will need rough numbers by February 28th

and nal numbers two weeks beforehand (March

12th). Patrols not booked by this me will be welcometo take part but there may not be the required

equipment for them to take part in the bases etc.

South Parish Anniversary

The 2nd Cork (St. Finbarrs Doyle Road) are marking

their 80th anniversary this year and a special

commiee has been set up to coordinate it. The

commiee meets this evening Monday 22nd at Friary

Hall at 8 p.m.

Celebraons Start in Cobh

The 75th anniversary celebraons for the St Colmans

Group, Cobh, got o to a great start last weekend in

the Bishop Ahern Scout Hall. Mass was concelebrated

by Fathers Peter OFarrell and former Group Chaplin

Father Frank ONeill. The event was well aended

by current members, parents, leaders and former

members. There were numerous displays all around

the hall which invoked many memories and stories

especially for some of the more senior former

members. It can certainly be said that a great night

was had by all. Brendan Kidney says thank you to all

who aended and we look forward to more events to

celebrate 75 years.

A dinner dance will be held in the commodore hotel

on May 14. ckets are now on sale at 50.00. Contact

Angela Curs 0872777076 for ckets.

A history of the group is sll being complied and an

appeal is being made to any former members withmemories or photos to share, please contact Brendan

Kidney on (087)6237175 or kidneyb2002@yahoo.

co.uk

New Guide Commissioner for Cork

The Catholic Guides of Ireland, Cork & Ross, recentlyheld their annual St. Brigids Day Mass and this

year the event was extra special as a new Diocesan

Commissioner for the Cork & Ross region was

inaugurated, namely Cathy McSweeney. Cathy has

been a Brigin, a Guide, a Ranger, a young leader

and eventually a Guide leader here in Cork and for

a me in Jersey Island where she worked for a few

years. Currently, Cathy is Unit Leader and locally

has founded a Cygnet Company in Lisgoold, an area

that has not had any Guiding previously. Cathy has

represented the Council of Irish Guiding Associaons(CIGA) at the Juliee Low Seminar in the late 90s.

In addion six other leaders took their commissioning

promise to ocially become leaders in the various

companies in Cork: Karen de Barra, Tara Fitzgerald,

Nessa Goulding, Ciara OHalloran, Catherine

OMahony and Ann Smith.

Here they are seen with the leaders of

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Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts from 26thGalway Kilcoona pictured with (le to right) Mr. Tom Craddock, thePrincipal of Kilcoona Naonal School, Mr.Ronan Scully from GOAL and Anna Casserly, Group Leader of 26th Galway.The 26th Galway Kilcoona Scout Group organised a youth disco and together with Kilcoona Naonal School who ran

a non-uniform and sports day, raised 2062.20 Euro for GOAL in Hai

FUNDRAISERS BY GROUPS / COUNTYS

No Group/County Type Amount To

1 8th Mayo (Belmullet) Christmas Carol

Singing (1 hour)

320 Irish Red Cross

2 20th Mayo (Snugboro) 1) Sponsored Hike

2) County quiz

1200

100

1) Gena Hearty Orphanage 4

Special Needs Children

2)Concern

3 2nd Mayo (Westport) Talent Show

organised by the

Venture Scouts

500 Gena Hearty Orphanage 4


4 3rd Sligo (Rosses Point) Sea

Scouts

Pub Quiz 1200 Haven

5 1st Mayo (Castlebar) All subs donated 500 Irish Red Cross

6 26th Galway (Kilcoona) Youth disco 1360 Goal

7 3rd Mayo (Ballinrobe) Church Gate

Collecon and Group

subs

$1500 1) Gena Hearty Orphanage 4


3) Oxfam

2) Concern

8 Galway Scout County County Event 1104 Jesus & Mary Nuns Orphanage

fund

9 29th Galway (Killannin) Lier Sweep 600 Irish Red Cross


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