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Training:

On-line booking for the courses below is now open, linked from the safeguarding section of the county website http://www.durhamscouts.org.uk/safeguarding or via the home page. Please encourage leaders to apply.

·        Mandatory Safeguarding Training - Tuesday 13^th March, 7:00-9:00 at Mitchell House, Gateshead District HQ. This is specifically for experienced leaders whose appointment is coming up for review

·        Anti-bullying Training - Thursday 26^th April, 7:30-9:30 at 1^st Framwellgate Moor HQ. This training aims to help leaders to understand what constitutes bullying, identify types of bullying and explore ways to prevent bullying happening and how to address it if it does.

·        Thinkuknow Training - Saturday 15^th September 9:30-12:30 at 2^nd Wheatley Hill HQ. This training equips leaders to deliver training to young people in the Scout and Explorer Scout sections on how to have fun and stay safe on line and how to report incidents that make them uncomfortable

·        Mandatory Safeguarding Training - Wednesday 17^th October, 7:30-9:30 at Widdowfield Street, Darlington District HQ. This is specifically for experienced leaders whose appointment is coming up for review.

1^st.Response Course - 12 places available.

Saturday 22^nd.October 10am prompt start at Mitchell House.

Floor work, dress appropriately. Packed lunch if you

wish to eat. Tea / coffee & biscuits available free.

Cost £10 per person - MUST be paid on the day, please

make arrangements with your treasurer (No pay, no course).

M1 & M3 - No limit on places. Courses free.

Sunday 23^rd.October 10am prompt start at Mitchell House.

Lunch 12.30 Packed lunch if you wish to eat. Tea / coffee

& biscuits available free. M3 follows at 1pm. (approx 1 hr.).

Safeguarding Course - 20 places available. Course free.

Tuesday 31^st.January 2012   7pm prompt at Mitchell House.

Tea / coffee & biscuits available free.

For all courses, please contact Ray Ashley to book a place.

No booking, no course. Please do not book for people unless

you have checked that they can attend as you could prevent

others from getting a place.  

Having problems getting help ???        Try reading this with an open mind.

Recognise any of the scenario's.     What can you do about it ?

A few months ago, a friend of mine tried to volunteer to become a Leader in his local Scout Group. His son was a Beaver Scout in the Colony and his enthusiasm for Scouting had quickly rubbed off on his dad.
However, the Group didn't want him. My friend wanted to work with the Scout Section, but was told that the Group needed a Cub Leader. If he wanted to help, then he'd have to work with that age range, so my friend didn't end up working with his local Scout Group. Plenty to offer, nowhere to go Instead, he phoned me and told me that he was surprised the Scout Group didn't want him. So was I; after all, he is a keen hill walker and mountaineer and the governor at his son's primary school, whilst professionally, he's the marketing director of a small business. But despite all of these facets, his local Scout Group didn't want him.
I put him in touch with another Scout Group, whose Group Scout Leader I vaguely know. Three days later, the phone rang and it was the Group Scout Leader on the other end of the line. It turned out that there was a problem. Apparently, my friend had explained that, because of his job, he wouldn't be able to come to every Scout meeting as he often had to work late, or be in another part of the country at short notice. 'How can we expect the kids to turn up regularly,' she asked, 'if their Leaders can't be bothered to make the same commitment?' The breakthrough Amazingly, my friend was still not put off. I think he had begun to see the whole situation as a bit of a game and was determined to find a Group that would accept him. I explained the problem to the local District Commissioner, who was as surprised by the whole situation as I was. He found a third Group and this time the leadership team couldn't have been more welcoming. They recognised that my friend had a wide range of skills to offer and everyone in the Group worked hard to welcome him. Most importantly, they made sure that he didn't feel guilty when work kept him away. He's just done his first camp, absolutely loved it and is now looking forward to getting his mountaineering qualifications up-to-date, ready for next year. Lessons learned I have learned some useful lessons from this episode. Too often in Scouting we look for people to fit roles rather than creating roles to fit people and we can be poor at accepting people for the contribution that they can give. Instead, we prefer to squeeze people into what we typically see as the way that people volunteer in Scouting - once a week, filling the traditional Section Leader role.
Better ways of working We need to be smarter, because people volunteer for a whole host of different reasons, but they all benefit when their volunteering allows them to follow what's often known as the FLEXIVOL approach:
• Flexibility
• Legitimacy
• Ease of access
• Xperience
• Incentives
• Variety
• Organisation
• Laughs

• Flexibility needs to be a top priority, particularly regarding working times for volunteering. We should recognise that people today have numerous demands on them and find it hard to make the time and commitment to volunteer.

• Legitimacy is needed throughout Scouting. We must be vocal about the benefits of Scouting so that people don't feel embarrassed about volunteering to work with us. Both our Chief Scout and the 'adventure' brand are working hard to challenge the antiquated notions of woggles and Scoutmasters, but there's still much work to be done.
• Ease of access is still a barrier to joining Scouting. Many simply don't know how to go about it. When was the last time someone in your Group actually spoke to your local head teachers, librarians and councillors about what you need and how to get in touch?

• Experience is high on people's wish list for volunteering. They want relevant and interesting experiences which will stand them in good stead in their personal and career development.

• Incentives are about making people feel good about their volunteering. In Scouting, this is usually just a case of remembering to say 'thank you' - and doing so sincerely and often.

• Variety is an obvious and widely recognised requirement. Too often, new recruits are given just one job to do and then asked to do it over and over again. Variation should be offered in the amount of commitment, the level of responsibility and the type of activity that we ask everyone to undertake.

• Organisation of volunteers needs to be efficient, but it also needs to be informal, providing a relaxed environment in which people feel welcome and valued. We are often at risk in Scouting of using the same management jargon that we use at work - and so our Scouting becomes too much like the day job.

• Laughs for me, keep me in Scouting. Volunteering should be enjoyable, satisfying and, above all, fun. Let's avoid cliques and organise activities that will be of interest to everyone. And if we can do all that, then people like my friend will be attracted to join Scouting as a volunteer and, more importantly, stay.

Module Completion form v6

V6 Notification of Module Completion.doc

Getting Started completion form

V4 Notification of Module Completion - Getting Started.doc

PLP Leaders / Helpers

ldrplp.doc

PLP Managers

mgrplp.doc

Witness statement

Witness Statement.doc

Ongoing Learning

Ongoing Learning Log.doc  

KCS / Safeguarding application form

Safeguarding form4.doc  

A Safeguarding Course will be run on 21^st.June 2011 at Mitchel House

prompt 7.00 pm. After allocating priority places, there are eight places

available on a first come first served basis.

Please contact Ray Ashley to book a place.

Monday 31^st.January - M1 evening 7.00pm to 9.30pm.

Monday 7^th.February - M3 evening 7.00pm to 8.15pm.

Saturday 19^th.February - M1 & 3     10.00am to 2.15pm.  (Packed lunch required).

Sunday 20^th.February - 1^st.Response Course   10.00am to 4.30pm.  (Packed lunch required).

It is proposed to run a second First Aid course sometime in April. Waiting confirmation of

the date.

22^nd.February - Safeguarding course  7.00pm.

All courses will be run at Mitchell House, Gladstone Terrace West, starting promptly at the advertised time. M1 & 3 courses and Safeguarding course, please attend in uniform. 

1^st.Response course, casual clothes as resuscitation practice will take place on the floor.

COST - M1 & 3 courses and Safeguarding course - FREE

              1^st.Response courses - £10 per person payable on the day before course   

              commences.

M1 & 3 - no limit on numbers.

1^st.Response courses limited to 12 per course.

Safeguarding course limited to 20 - leaders only.

Tea & coffee will be provided at all courses.

Please contact Ray Ashley to book a place on any of the courses. Places MUST be booked as certificates and handouts need to be printed before the course takes place.

Do not block book for groups unless you have checked that everyone you book for

can attend as this may prevent others from attending.

Due to the extremely bad weather on 30 November, the Safeguarding training session was postponed.

This has now been re-arranged for Tuesday 22 February 2011 at Mitchell House, commencing at 7p.m.

Any Leaders wishing to attend should register for this with Ray as soon as possible.

A reminder to all adults in the District that we have arranged Safeguarding training. As  previously advised this will be on Tuesday 30 November at Mitchell House commencing at 7p.m.

This is essential training for adults in Scouting and also counts as ongoing learning. If you still have a requirement for this training then please sign up for this course.

Please advise Ray Ashley if you intend to come along. 

Cost:  £10.00

            The course will be run at Mitchell House

            Sunday 12^th.September  2010 with 12 places being available.

            The places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

            Start time 10.00am PROMPT (please arrive 09.30 for Tea / Coffee).

            Finish time 16.30pm provided there are no delays.

            You are expected to arrive and depart in UNIFORM.

            Tea / Coffee will be provided at various times during the day.

You should bring with you:

·        A change of clothes (you will be working on the floor).

·        A packed lunch.

·        Pens, pencils, note paper.

Applications by phone  or  email.

You MUST attend ALL of the course to get a certificate. Please do NOT apply if you can't attend the full course as this could prevent other people who could attend from getting a place.

Bookings, Enquiries or further information, contact:   Ray Ashley