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SCOUT POPULARITY SOARS TO ALL-TIME HIGH
19 April 2012: 704 new Scouts in the past twelve months across Notts have helped take the number in the UK to its highest this century. The news comes as details of The Scout Association’s annual census are published today.
Scouting in Notts has grown by 9.6% in the past twelve months, helping take the total UK membership to almost 526,000. Total numbers in Nottinghamshire now stand at 8659. This impressive surge in membership – after many years of consistent growth - has helped cement Scouting’s position as the largest co-educational youth Movement in the country.
A large part of this growth is due to the number of teenagers in Nottinghamshire joining, with 80 Explorer Scouts signing up in the past year. The reasons for this growth are twofold:
First over the last 12 months the Notts Scouts have given out more than 30,000 activity badges recognising the achievements of young people and have also provided many new activities and hosted a massive activity day for over 1800 members last year that received national attention when Chief Scout and adventurer Bear Grylls dropped in by helicopter.
Second, Scouting offers an environment for young people to achieve their full potential as individuals and responsible citizens. When joining up, all Scouts promise to do their best and help other people. These principles are reflected in the range of community work that Scout groups undertake week in-week out. Thousands of Scouts will be putting these principles in to practice during Scout Community Week, as they lead projects up and down the County that will help to transform local communities for the better.
3,400 SCOUTS AT FIRST EVER 'BIG WEEKEND' ADVENTURE
Over 3,400 Scouts converged on Southwell for the biggest event ever delivered by the county. The 'Notts Scouts BIG Weekend' was held at the Southwell Racecourse and was the first time the county had hosted such a large scale weekend event at a non-Scout-owned facility. The large number of participants not only exceeded the organisers’ expectations but also temporarily increased the population of the town by 50%.
90 of the 128 Notts Scouts Groups took part in this massive activity weekend. The Notts Scouts BIG Weekend was created to enable as many Scouts from the county to celebrate the London2012 Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee together as possible.
Starting on Friday evening with an Olympic style opening ceremony, all 3,400 participants partied together in an open-air arena. There were hundreds of activities ranging from more traditional ones including crate-stacking, giant pioneering and raft-building, to more modern ones including geo-caching, laser-tag and water sphereing.
Notts band 'Hard to Handle' and a Lady GaGa tribute band played on Saturday night, alongside discos and cinemas. Brand-new activities for the Scouts to try like a 'Craghoppers Challenge Course', ice-skating and a flight simulator also ran. The Scouts also attempted a Guinness World Record for the largest 'mass breakfast'.
CC, Matt Rooney, said, "We are so pleased to be able to provide such an amazing opportunity for our Scouts. Scouting is all about experiencing new and exciting activities, whilst making new friends and being outdoors. Following on from the huge success of our Chief Scouts Activity Day last November we wanted to really raise the bar and offer something even better! Scouting is a modern and exciting organisation and events like this show just how relevant we are to young people and adults alike."
Speaking about the weather he added, “Being Scouts we are of course prepared for a whole host of scenarios. We have plenty of cover and the majority of activities will run in all weather. People join Scouting to have a great time outdoors with their friends, whatever the weather. We are sorry for the taffic delays in and around Southwell on Friday night.”
David Roberts, Managing Director of Southwell Racecourse said, "We are delighted to have had so many Scouts at Southwell Racecourse. It is a great honour for us to be associated with the Nottinghamshire Scouts and it looks like they have had a brilliant weekend here and made the most of all that the Southwell Racecourse has to offer."
ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES 2012
This year's activity brochure containing all the information you need to book onto the County led adventurous activities is available to download along with the booking form. This year there are more places and activities to support and enhance local programme then ever before.
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NOTTS SCOUTS COMMUNICATION
JANUARY 2012
The first County Communication newsletter for 2012 has been circulated to all groups and can be found here
SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow us on Twitter @NottsScouts and find us on Facebook 'Nottinghamshire Scouts'.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SCOUTS JOIN TEXT GIVING
This month we are launching our TextGiving function, which will hopefully make it easier for people to donate small amounts of money instantly to support the work of our charity. People can choose to donate £1/£2/£3/£5 or £10 via their mobile by texting the code TBSW12 followed by the amount to 70070. For example 'TBSW £5' to 70070.
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