The photo selected this week shows the The Explorer Scout Team (Tom, Dan, James and Lucy from the Pegasus Unit in Kennet District who gained 2nd place out of 400 at the Malvern Challenge 2005. - read more about it here
Click here to see Berkshire Scouts in Action 2004-2005. The movie is a wmv format file (6Mb) and it will play in Windows Movie Player or Real Player - and by the way it is actually 3 minutes 23 seconds of adventure, challenge and enriching lives which involves fun and friendship and which is confident inclusive trusted and you need the sound turned up for best effect.
Following the disaster in London the National Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency ( ICE ) " campaign with the support of Falklands war hero, Simon Weston. The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do. Check out how it started here.
Three teams from the Pegasus Explorer Scouts this years Malvern Challenge. They came 2nd - 16th and 63rd out of over 400 teams. Congratulations to the three teams. more
Click here for a list of International Camps (last updated July 2005) and other activities in the next couple of years. The list of International Opportunities includes a camp in 2009 - yes it is our very own WINGS2009 check out the WINGS2009 web site www.wings2009.org.uk.
It is less than 2 weeks to the start of Eurojam, a fantastic international event for over 10,000 in Hylands park in Essex. If you cant be there check out the EurojamLIVE website for all the news. During the event there will be reports back on all the action as it happens from our very own Berkshire Scouts Reporter - bookmark this page now or click on the Eurojam logo on the home page.
The Longridge Scout Boating Centre has been a pre-eminent hub of water-related activities in both Scouting and the UK for 50 years. Longridge provides young people with fun, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, rowing, and a range of other outdoor activities in an unparalleled setting. Until now Bucks and Oxon have run Longridge as a local consortium but a New Longridge Consortium has taken up the challenge of ensuring the continuing viability of the Centre on a national basis. Visit the Longridge Scout Trust website at www.friendsoflongridge.org.uk
Over 40 Group and District Administrators declared the County-wide Administrators Workshop in Wokingham on 9 July a winner. more
July 2005
19 Adult Training Module
3b Tools for the Job (Sectional) (
Southern Area )
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19 County Programme Team Meeting (Earleywood)
30–10 August European Scout Jamboree (Hylands Park, Essex)
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Need to get rid of car - Think EuroJam Australia/UK Exchange Programme
Make £3,000 in 5 minutes! Nights Away Permit Scheme - Your views sought
If your colony/pack/troop or unit is out and about on activities or on a nights away adventure record the magic moments with your camera clicking and send in the photos for the Photo of the Week and Year Competition - send them to photo@berkshirescouts.org.uk.
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