Scouts #skillsforlife – October / November 22
1st Market Bosworth Scout Group have been quite busy in the past weeks. On top of our normal weekly meetings we had 37 young people sign up to go to a Halloween District event at Willesley Scout Campsite called Scream and Scout, had a day out at Cadburys World with over 60 attending, over 40 at Remembrance Sunday and nearly 50 at the Scout School sleepover at St Peters Primary Academy.
The stand out moment for me was at the Scout School sleepover, I was lucky enough to see three of our Scouts present to over 60 people the details of the expedition challenge they had completed over the summer. To earn their badge they had to do two hikes of four hours a day which had to have meaning. They decided to look at famous monuments in the area and report back on them. They also needed to camp and cook their food using an event pass (no leaders). They decided on the route to the camp site, what kit to take, what food to buy and to do it all successfully (which they did). Then the last stage was to present what they had done. They created a PowerPoint presentation between them, with pictures, video inserts and details of what they had done, and then stood in front of us all to tell us. They did all of this as a team aged between 12/14 years old. I was pretty impressed.
To created the new skills and memories for our young people, we need a dedicated group of volunteers and we are very grateful to them. It is worth ending with a thank you to our local community as well, the Rugby Club, Dixie Arms function room and the Library who have all come to our rescue whilst the Scout Hut is being refurbished. They have and continue to offer us locations to meet. THANK YOU
