NEWSLETTER No 75 issued May 2010 - 12-05-2010NEWSLETTER No 75 issued May 2010 THANK YOU to everyone who attended Pendle District’s St Georges Day Service as part of the celebration of the centenary of 1st Colne (Mayor’s Own) with a special Thank You to Margaret and Paul for all the arrangements and refreshments, Paul, Jane and Keith for providing readers and ALL leaders for providing flag bearers and for encouraging their young people to attend. It was a truly memorable occasion, enhanced by Fr Tony's pancakes and Les's research into the archives of 1st Colne (Mayor's Own). THANK YOU to everyone who attended THANK YOU to Jane and Pendle District Leaders for organising another closely-fought Cub Skills Competition. Good Luck to all those representing Pendle and THANK YOU to Keith and Burnley District Explorer Scouts for organising their 3rd Annual Border Sevens Hiking Challenge and to everyone who participated in this well supervised hike amidst glorious Pennine scenery. THANK YOU to Simon and all the Cub Scout Leaders for another successful weekend visit to DISTRICT DIARIES PENDLE DISTRICT BSL’s & CSL’s MEETING – WEDNESDAY 12 MAY 2010 The next meeting is on Wednesday 12 May 2010 (NOT 10 May) at Jane’s at 2030 hrs. DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES Pendle: Monday 17 May at PENDLE DISTRICT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Pendle: Tuesday 25 May at Byrom Road Community Centre, Colne meeting at 1945 for 2000 hrs. Guest Speaker: Glen Fendall, Pendle traditionally hold their PENDLE DISTRICT SUMMER CAMP – FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 2010 AT WADDECAR Following last year’s successful camp at Blackhills, Jane has booked A CROCKING DAY OUT Listen to the jungle drums, then follow the trail for details of a crocking day out! COUNTY SKILLS & CHILLS WEEKEND – FRIDAY 21 MAY 2010 Don’t miss this “adults-only” weekend camp! Yes, you can leave your young people at home and brush up on the skills that you know and learn skills that you didn’t know existed. A number of leaders have said that they need help with some of the basic Scouting and/or Camping Skills and this is an ideal opportunity to gain a little extra knowledge in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. You can chill out for the rest of the weekend. If you cannot make the whole weekend, have a word with Glen Fendall. Full details are shown on the County website at www.eastlancashirescouts.org.uk Full details are shown on the County website at www.eastlancashirescouts.org.uk All Cub Packs must be eagerly waiting the County Cub Fun Day. Why not join me and my Cubs and stay for the weekend? It is an ideal opportunity for Cub Packs to enjoy a weekend camp with most of Saturday’s programme arranged for you, especially if you are short of leaders or have not got a Night’s Away Permit. If you don’t hold a NA Permit, apply now and use this weekend camp to demonstrate your skills and gain further experience. Beavers will be having their own brilliant Fun Day in September! You know where to look for further information! Full details of ALL WARNING: Please be aware that the information shown in this District Newsletter does NOT include all BOWLEY As announced in the last If you do not receive the HEADQUARTER’S NEWS HQ MEMBER’S DATABASE – CHANGES TO PERSONAL DETAILS It will be appreciated if ALL adults will kindly check their personal details on the Headquarter’s Member’s Database at www.Scouts.org.uk especially if there has been a change of address, telephone or email address. ELECTRONIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATION PROCESS – ADVANCE INFORMATION You may have heard that The Scout Association is moving to an electronic application process for CRB checking in Please note that the last date that the current CRB form will be accepted by our District Appointments Secretaries is 1 July 2010 as they have to be received at HQ by 9 July 2010. If a Secretary is on holiday at this time, the last date may be brought forward. If a repeat CRB is required to complete a pending Appointment Review, please contact Hazel Graham (01282 453593) or Les Ridings (01282 695927) as a matter of urgency, please. From 26 July 2010, the CRB will require a different set of data to ensure that adults can be registered on the VBS. The current CRB forms will become obsolete but the Adult Application (AA) Forms and Occasional Helper (OH) Forms will be updated to include all the information required for the CRB check. Two new forms will be introduced to support the administration for “Repeat CRB Checks (RCRB)” and “Change of Role (CR)” when a repeat CRB is not required. New forms will be sent from HQ to our District Appointments Secretary by the end of June for use on and after 26 July 2010. Who needs to register? This has been simplified and clarified as follows. In Scouting, anyone required to complete a CRB check will be registered on the scheme. This means that anyone who is over 18 years of age and: 1: wishes to become a Member or Associate Member; or 2: will have unsupervised access to young people; or 3: will have involvement with the handling or management of funds; or 4: will be assisting with overnight activities including Nights Away; or 5: will be helping out more than once a month will be registered on the VBS as part of the Personal Enquiry. In order to comply with the law, new volunteers will need to be registered before their 4th weekly meeting or before undertaking any overnight activity, whichever occurs first. APPOINTMENT REVIEWS – SAFEGUARDING TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS You may be aware that the January 2010 edition of Policy, Organisation and Rules introduces a new requirement for adults to have undertaken approved safeguarding training at the point that their review is undertaken. This will ensure that we can keep people up-to-date on this essential area of work – with all adults in Scouting receiving this training at least every five years. This training obligation may be met through two routes: 1. Participation in a training session in the period since the adult’s last appointment review Two such training sessions have been scheduled this year: 22 June and 22 September, please contact Joanne Carey to reserve a place on either. 2. Participation in the NSPCC Keeping Children Safe online training package, in the period since the individual’s last appointment review. For further details and registration on Keeping Children Safe please contact Joanne Carey. SOCIAL NETWORKING Social Networking is increasing but all adults should ensure they keep themselves and their young people safe on-line. Please note the information published in Scouting Magazine April/May 2010. In particular, please ensure that you always have parental permission to use any photos of Scouts and only use their first names if you provide a caption; do not use your personal social networking account to communicate with Scouts; only set up pages for events, activities or groups for which you are responsible; and use separate profiles and communication routes for email and social networking to keep Scouting and your personal life separate. Please be aware that once you place something online it is in the public domain, which means that anyone can access it and may misuse it. If you need to email your Scouts, always copy the email to their parents and another adult from your Scout Group or Explorer Unit. The provision of a District Facebook has been carefully considered by the Joint District’s Team and the decision was made not to proceed. more news articles... | Events: JOINT DISTRICTS WEEKEND AT GREAT TOWER JOINT DISTRICTS WEEKEND AT GREAT TOWER ... 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