May 2023 Group Newsletter
DRAFT
TODO
- Complete draft of all content
- Squirrel leader to write squirrel section
- Cub leaver to write cuboree section
- WSJ - our 3 to write a summary of whats been going on
- List of a few example new roles that we could recruit into
- List of all new leaders and exec members
- Choose a team member to do a “deep dive / info” about
- Confirm all dates
- Confirm subs breakdown & calcs
- email address??
- formatting / images?
- Spell & grammar Check
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Contents
- Warm Welcome
- Dates for Diary
- Spring Camp
- Squirrels
- Cuboree
- World Scout Jamboree
- Join the 14th Canterbury Team
- Deeper look at where subs go
- New Welcomes
- In focus: Meet the team
Welcome!
Welcome to the first of the newsletters for 2023. It’s been quite a while since we last put a newsletter together, so thanks for bearing with us. It’s been a busy time at the 14th Canterbury over the last year. Brian, our long standing GSL, retired in 2022. Since then the teams here have been busy organising - both the existing sections and also getting ready to start a new one!
Hopefully going forward newsletters will be collaboratively authored by many members of the team, so we should be able to get back to sending out more regualar updates. We’re also going make the Newsletters digital only, so it should be really easy to access and share - you can just click the link or scan the QR code that we will send out - example below!
The newsletters will all be published to our web site - www.14thcanterbury.org - and hopefully overtime we will start adding more functionlity here, including email updates.
Read the 14th Canterbury Scount Group May 2023 Newsletter
We’re just about ready to lauch our Squirrels section, for 4-6 year olds! You can read more about that later in the newsletter.
We’ve also been busy fundraising for our 3 scouts who will be attending the World Scout Jamboree (WSJ), this year in South Korea!
Running a Scout Group takes a lot of people working together, from “front-line” leader roles through to administrative roles. At the moment a lot of the team members wear many hats and have overlapping roles. We’d love to expand the number of people in all of our teams - you can find out more about some of the many roles we would love to fill. We’re also open to suggestions! If you feel you have either expertise or a passion for a skill set that could benifit the Group, then please let us know!
Dates for Diary
- Spring Camp: Friday 26 May - Monday 29 May. Bexon Lan
- AGM: Sunday 09 July. Tyler Hill. (Time TBC)
- Campfire: Friday 10 November. Ross Woods. (Time TBC)
- Christas Fayre: ???? November. (Time TBC). Methodist Chirch Hall.
Spring Camp
This years Spring bank holiday Group camp is taking place at Bexon Lane.
Squirrels
- Squirrels leader - Chloe?
- Staring June ???
- Numbers?
- Leaders?
Cuboree
- Something about cuboree - Jamie?
World Scout Jamboree
- Something about WSJ - the 3 explorers?
Join the 14th Canterbury Team
- New Possible Roles?
- Fundraising
- Media / pr?
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Deep dive into Subs
- Graph showing spend
- Section roles
2023 Subs: £35
Section gets per child per year: £21
Average number of meets per year: 36
Average number of children per section: 25
25 * £21 = £525 per section per year
£525 / 36 meets = £14 per evening to spend on programme content!
New Welcomes
- New Exec Members
- New Section leaders
In focus: Meet a member of the team
- Each time do a focus on a new person on the team?
- Who for the first one?
Thanks & Contacts
Thanks to all of the leaders, volunteers and team members. We’ve now got an email address that you can use to get in touch with us - info@14thcanterbury.org