Don District Explorer Scouts

Scout Network

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:14:42 GMT

At last – a Scout Network for Don District!!!

A meeting has been arranged to discuss the formation of a Network on Wednesday 9^th July, 7.30pm at the Meeting Room at Hesley Wood.

(That’s to the left of the main reception if you didn’t know)

Present will be the ACC for Scout Network in South Yorkshire, and a few other people with experience of the Network.

The Network is open to anyone interested in Scouting who is between the ages of 18 and 25; see below for some bits pinched off the Network pages!

What do Networks do exactly?

Put simply, anything they want! Networks are involved in activities as wide ranging as kayaking, rock climbing, water skiing, international projects in places as inspiring as Chile, Libya and Italy, work with young people and help within the local community... the list of activities, projects and events is almost endless. You can also take part in the Duke of Edinburgh as well as Scout Awards. By joining Scout Network a whole world of opportunity opens up to you. What you and your Network do is up to you.

Can I be a member of Network?

If you are aged between 18-25 then yes, of course you can! Some Network members will also be Leaders, Assistants or part of their local Scout Fellowship. Others will never have been involved in Scouting before – now is the time to start. Once you become a Network member, you can take part in pretty much any activity or event arranged by the 237 Networks there are across the UK.

OK, so how do Networks meet?

Well, Networks’ meeting times are flexible enough to suit their members. There are different types of Network – some meet to serve the needs of an area and take part in a wide variety of activities, whilst
others exist to fulfil certain roles such as a service crew at their local campsite, or concentrate on specific activities such as rock climbing.

Please pass this information on to anyone who you think may be interested, and then TURN UP AT THE MEETING!!

Summer Party

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:14:09 GMT

Don’t forget it’s the summer party this weekend – and it’s a ‘pirate’ theme! Meet at Greno HQ at 6pm, there’s a band, disco, party games and a BBQ. We’ll be finished by 10 (hopefully).

There’ll be prizes for the best outfit – and yes I am expecting lots of Johnny Depp look alikes…

Austria Next year!

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:02:36 GMT

We’re just starting our planning for next year’s camp – and we’re thinking about going to Austria.

The dates we’re looking at are Sunday 2^nd to Wednesday 12^th August 2009.

We’ll be stopping in Indoor Accommodation at a Scout Campsite just outside Salzburg. The camp is located next to a warm swimming lake, 1.5 km from the nearest village and 20km from Salzburg itself.

Activities planned include:

Swimming
Canoeing
Rowing
Hiking
Visits and trips
Cycling
White water rafting
High Ropes Course
Canyoning
Hydrospeed

We hope to be meeting lots of Scouts from other countries, and will be taking part in the ‘Environment’ and ‘Friendship’ badges. We’ll be doing a lot of hiking and cycling in the immediate vicinity of the campsite, visiting local attractions such as lakes, swimming pools and villages.

This time we intend to fly instead of using a coach; after last year can you blame us? We’re going for 10 nights instead of the usual 6 nights plus 3 days on a coach, so we reckon we’re getting good value for money.

The fully inclusive cost will be somewhere in the region of £550-£650; this depends on airfare costs. We will probably travel down to Stansted and fly directly to Salzburg; at the moment these are the cheapest fares - over £120 less than flying from Manchester even allowing for a coach hire to and from the airport. If airfares rise dramacticly in the next few months we do have the option of travelling by coach...

Websites for more information:

Campsite:

http://www.zellhof.at/0_english/01Main_Zellhof.htm

Activities/locality

http://www.bauboeck.com/hochseilpark/home.html

http://www.salzburger-seenland.at/en-index.htm

http://www.bauboeck.com/index-outdoor.html

We are JUST gauging initial interest at the moment; we’re not collecting money yet! If you are interested in going can you let us know by next ASAP? If we get enough interest to go ahead we will require an initial deposit of £20, followed by another £30 a month later. A payment schedule will follow after that. Places will be strictly limited to 45!

Free Meal

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:05:50 GMT

Free Meal!!!!!!!

Yes you can get a free meal – just by helping out at Grenoside Scout and Guides Group Treasure Hunt and BBQ. We need help with the cooking team, and manning the bouncy castle I hope to borrow.

It’s on Saturday 5^th July, starting at 6.30pm, finishing around 9.30pm.

Of course you can go on the Treasure Hunt if you wish; tickets are £5 but you won’t get a free meal!

Photo Fun

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:11:48 GMT

We set the Explorers the task of acting out some scenes for a photo competition;

All the team off the ground, a love scene, changing of the guard, Snow White and the seven dwarves etc. See the results below...

St. George's Camp

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:24:39 GMT

A big thank you to everyone who helped out at the St. George’s Celebrations. Running bases for the Cubs, directing traffic in the car park (3 times!) and running bases for the Scouts on their night hike meant that some of you had one hectic weekend...

Thanks also are due to those of you who turned up for the Campfire and renewal of Promise – especially if you volunteered for the ‘Lappa’ dance with Dave J - well done Frankie and Sarah!

I’ll upload the video later J

T-shirts

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:52:41 GMT

A few weeks ago I emailed everyone asking you for designs for a Unit t-shirt/polo shirt/sweatshirt.

To date I have had just 4 designs, 2 each from 2 people!

And one that I put on there myself…

If you want a design to be considered then can you do something about it!

All the designs I’ve received so far are available to view below.

If you like one of these then let me know, or send me one yourself!

Crewboree

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:46:58 GMT

To answer a question I’ve been asked by several of you:

Yes we are going on the Crewboree this year!

But before you start getting really excited, there are a few things to keep in mind…

1) It will cost at least £28 to attend

2) It’s in the middle of the GCSE Exam period, so if you’re in Y11, there are a few things to think about:

a) If you’ve got an exam the Monday after you’d better not attend

b) If you’ve got an exam the Tuesday or Wednesday after you will have to think hard about going, and what is more important (little hint: it’s your exams!).

c) On the other hand, if you haven’t got any exams immediately after it may provide a welcome break.

d) There is no discount if you only want to come for part of the weekend – the organizers are really inflexible about this, I’ve already asked!

3) If you feel you are a little bit old for all this now, there is the opportunity to join the crew for the weekend – but they will probably make you work hard. J

Young Leaders Weekend

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:39:29 GMT

Just added some photos from the Young Leaders weekend. You can see them below...

St. George's Day

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:38:11 GMT

This years St. George’s Day Promise renewal will be during a campfire at Hesley Wood on Saturday 26^th April. Once again we have decided to make a weekend camp out of this event. This year we will be helping at the Beavers and Cubs activities on Saturday, and in the evening either taking helping at, or taking part in, a night hike with incidents run for the Scouts.

Freezer Camp

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:13:57 GMT

Sooooo. Freezer Camp was ‘eventful’. Most of you had a great time, and the Leaders would like to thank you all for your cooperation during the unfortunate incident with Pat on Saturday afternoon. Here’s hoping he makes a rapid and full recovery.

Looks like we’re going to have to take ‘SingStar’ on every camp from now on! Stars on there included Pam, who obviously practises every night, and Ben, who just seems to know the lyrics of every song on there… Combat Barbies, stupid hats, tutus, tents flying around in the wind – they all add to the fun of a typical Freezer Camp!

There are some pictures I took on Saturday morning on the website; Johns got some as well, including some video footage I’ll try and get on here.

Young Leaders

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:59:10 GMT

Congratulations to all the Young leaders who took part in last week’s training weekend. Everyone is looking forwards to putting their skills into practise after passing with flying colours.

If you are interested in becoming a Young Leader we will be putting another course on for Module 1 later this year; please contact us at: donex@hotmail.co.uk or via the usual channels.

Camps

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:18:53 GMT

All details about this year’s camps can now be found in the ‘FILES’ section below. If you click on ‘Camps and Events’ you’ll be able to find copies of the letters that I have:

Emailed to you all.
Given you hard copies of.
Emailed you again!

At the moment there are details of the Freezer Camp and Summer camp in Wales.

Freezer Camp

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:32:37 GMT

Freeeeezer Camp

Don’t forget it’s the Freezer Camp on the 22^nd -24^th February. Cost for Explorers is £32 each. If you haven’t already paid (the closing date after all was the 31^st of January), then let me know as soon as possible. We already have a party of over 50 Scouts, Explorers and Leaders going so a few more will not be a problem…

Next Years Summer Camp

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:38:04 GMT

I’ve added some photos of the camp site we’re intending to use for next years summer camp. It’s in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and is just 150 metres from a small beach!

Activities we hope to put on include coasteering, climbing, hiking, a surfing lesson, body-boarding, swimming, kite flying, fishing and a day trip to Oakwood theme park.

More details, including an estimated cost and links to relevant web sites will appear shortly.

PS we will be sleeping in tents, the cottages in the photos are only for cooking in…

Badge Placement

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:39:51 GMT

For all those of you who are new to the movement, I've added a page to the 'General' folder below, showing you where to put your badges.

Welcome

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:36:26 GMT

Welcome to the Don District Explorers web site. Hopefully this will be an interim solution until I manage to persuade someone to design us a proper site!

On here you should be able to find details of activities and camps that are coming up, what we'll be doing on Thursday night meetings and any thing relevevant that I can think of...

Kit

Photo Album: Summer Party

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:30:26 GMT

Summer Party

P1030189

P1030191

P1030195

P1030196

P1030200

P1030205

P1030206

P1030207

P1030208

P1030209

More Photos...

Photo Album: 08 June

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:59:43 GMT

08 June

Abbey Shower 2

Abbey Shower

P1020981

P1020982

P1020983

P1020984

P1020985

P1020986

P1020987

P1020990

More Photos...

Photo Album: Photo Fun

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:05:33 GMT

Photo Fun

IMG_2762

IMG_2765

IMG_2767

IMG_2769

IMG_2773

IMG_2775

IMG_2776

IMG_2777

IMG_2778

IMG_2779

More Photos...

Photo Album: Shirt Designs

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:52:56 GMT

Shirt Designs

New Image no scout logo

New Image Scout logo

SG 1

Sg 2

Default

LOGO3

LOGO4

LOGO5

logo6

LOGO7

Photo Album: Hawaiian Beach Party

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:38:52 GMT

Hawaiian Beach Party

P1010107

P1010108

P1010109

P1010110

P1010111

P1010112

P1010113

P1010114

P1010115

P1010116

More Photos...

Photo Album: Young Leaders Training

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:12:49 GMT

Young Leaders Training

100_5854

100_5855

100_5857

100_5858

100_5860

100_5861

100_5862

100_5863

100_5864

100_5865

More Photos...

Photo Album: Freezer Camp

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:44:05 GMT

Freezer Camp

P1020630

P1020631

P1020632

P1020633

P1020634

P1020636

P1020637

P1020639

P1020640

P1020641

More Photos...

Photo Album: Millionaires Night 2007

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:27:27 GMT

Millionaires Night 2007

P1020343

P1020344

P1020345

P1020346

P1020347

P1020348

P1020349

P1020350

P1020351

P1020352

More Photos...

Photo Album: Bonfire Party

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:54:12 GMT

Bonfire Party

P1020257

P1020258

P1020259

P1020260

P1020261

P1020262

P1020263

P1020264

P1020265

P1020266

More Photos...

Photo Album: Next Year's Camp?

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:23:46 GMT

Next Year's Camp?

P1020213

P1020240

P1020241

P1020143

P1020144

P1020146

P1020147

P1020148

P1020239

P1020150

More Photos...

Photo Album: Spooktacular

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:07:53 GMT

Spooktacular

P1020092

P1020093

P1020095

P1020096

P1020097

P1020098

P1020099

P1020100

P1020101

P1020103

More Photos...

Photo Album: Sam's Jamboree Photos

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:56:07 GMT

Sam's Jamboree Photos

IMG_1898

IMG_1902

IMG_1904

jamb 001

jamb 002

jamb 003

jamb 004

jamb 005

Jamboree 2 005

Jamboree 2 006

More Photos...

Photo Album: Water Skiing

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:48:02 GMT

Water Skiing

Water ski 008

Water ski 009

Water ski 012

Water ski 019

Water ski 024

Water ski 028

Water ski 034

Water ski 052

Water ski 061

Water ski 072

Photo Album: High Green Unit activities

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:45:40 GMT

High Green Unit activities

2005_0813Image0099

Camera 115

Camera 116

Camera 119

Camera 121

Camera 122

DSCF0067

DSCF0071

Feb 2007 168

Feb 2007 180

More Photos...