Diary Dates 2015
JANUARY
30th
District Cub Quiz - 5th Carrickfergus, St. Coleman’s. See page 7
FEBRUARY
11th
Explorers Clip ‘n Climb, Dundonald
7.30pm (Wednesday)
16th
Scout First Aid Competition, Kilbride Group. See page 9
MARCH
13th
5-a-side Football at the Valley Leisure Centre. (Friday)See page 7
20th
Back up date for the Cub Scout 5-A-Side.
20th or
27th
Scout 5 A-Side Football Competition,
Ballyclare High School. (Friday) See page 9
29th
Explorer Hike, Mournes (Sunday) See page 8
APRIL
11th
Northern Ireland Youth Youth Day,
Crawfordsburn with an overnight camp (Saturday)
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Green Seas
January/February
2015 No.411
Contact the Editor:
Email: [email protected]
Sainsbury’s
Support
Scouting
Hello,
A little light on the photograph section this month but that will be
remedied soon if you examine Diary Dates for the month ahead.
Plenty of up and coming events for your Section. Please also refer to
the appropriate page in the magazine for further information.
Although it is cold, frosty and somewhat snowy, depending on where
you live within the District, we can all I hope, detect the lengthening
of the days and the return of outdoor Scouting events. Let’s hope the
weather does not interfere too much with what has been planned.
Ed.
Contents January/February
2015
Editorial .......................................... Page 2
Dictum ............................................ Pages 3 and 4
Photograph Pages ............................... Page 6
Cub News .......................................... Page 7
Exploer News ...................................... Page 8
Scout News ......................................... Page 9
District Promotion .............................. Pages 10 and 11
Diary Dates ........................................ Back cover
Cover ............................................. Michael Bradshaw
Website:
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ainsbury’s,
Carrickfergus took
pride in co-hosting
Scouting in South East
Antrim on Saturday 24th January 2015 . The Scout District, which ranges
from Larne to Whitehouse and goes inland to Ballyclare and Kilbride
village, at present has fourteen active Groups. See further photograph on
page 6 of this issue.
The number of young people wanting to join Scouts is growing to such an
extent that many of the Groups have to operate a waiting list. More adults
volunteering to act as helpers and leaders would enable many more young
people to benefit from the social training and education of the Scout
Movement.
One extra leader in one group would allow eight more young people to
benefit. Think one leader in each of fourteen Groups – that’s help to 112
more young people.
If you think you have an hour or two to spare in a week or month why not
contact www.scoutsni.com or telephone 028 90 492 829 and talk things
over.
Charlie Moore
www.greenseas.org.uk
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District Promotion Days
The February date for our ‘Travelling Road Show’ have now been
confirmed: Larne ASDA will host the Promotion on Saturday 28th
February. See page 11 for a report on out most recent promtion day in
Carrickfergus.
Nominal times for each day will be 9.00 – 4.00, however we will packup when fatigue overtakes us.
I have emailed the Scout Groups in and around Larne and
Carrickfergus asking for volunteers to assist on each of the two days but
any leader from any Group in the District who is able give an hour or
two on either day will be made very welcome. If you are able to lend a
hand please phone, text or email me to say what part(s) of the day and
which day you will be available.
We still have not received confirmation for our proposed day in March
but, fingers crossed, it will come in soon. 25th April and 30th May are
confirmed but I’ll give details later.
The day involves a lot of standing around, handing out leaflets and
talking to adults and trying to encourage them to assist running
Scouting in their own communities ie existing Groups and perhaps
starting a new Group. Perhaps I’ll see you in Larne.
Charlie
District Media Development Manager
028 93 322 027;
Mob 077 200 75 909;
[email protected]
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Dictum
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istrict Leaders’ Meeting.
This will took place in
Greenisland Scout Hall on
Tuesday 13th January. There was a good turnout of leaders
and we welcomed the attendance of Mid Antrim DC, Leslie Carswell,
and ADC Scouts , Mid Antrim, Dr. Mark Dick both of whom
contributed to the meeting. The main point of discussion was Compass.
See page 8 for some points arising. By the time you are reading this I
hope you are well into the upload process of Compass. Several Groups
within the District have already completed the process and the majority
of others are working hard at it. As of 30th January the Compass
website is currently down. However you can still upload data to the site
using your Compass spreadsheets.
Sectional Business.
ADCs conducted busy and positive Section meetings. Please refer to
the appropriate pages in this edition for further details relating to your
Section.
South East Antrim Development and Recruitment
The latest District promotion drive took place in the Sainsbury’s
Supermarket in Carrickfergus on Saturday 24th January 2015. Ably
coordinated by DMDM, Charlie Moore, an imprssive display was set up
in the store. Leaders from all three Carrickfergus Groups with the help
of other District Leaders staffed the display throughout the day. Initial
reports indicate a favourable response. The next such promotion is in
the Larne Asda store on Saturday 28th February. Please contact Charlie
if you are able to help out. Remember any benefits from this important
initiative could come to your Group. See photograph on page 6 of this
issue.
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Scout
News
First Response.
This took place on Saturday 6th December 2014
at Greenisland Scout Hall. Seven leaders from
the District attended and enjoyed an interesting
and tight course run by Dr. Mark Dick. My
sincere thanks to Mark, for running the course
and to the participants who found time in a busy
December to attend.
Dates and Events for 2015
Hope everyone has had a lovely break and are ready for the new Scouting year. This year
we have a lot happening within the District.
Mark has kindly agreed to host another course in Cloughfern definitely in
March 2015. As soon as a firm date has been settled I will let you know.
Keep an eye on the Greenseas website, www.greenseas.org.uk, for the latest
news.
Please be aware that an up to date First Aid capability, be it First Response
or another recognised qualification, is a requirement of warranted leaders in
Scouting.
First Aid Competition Monday 16th Feb 2015 is being held at Kilbride Parish
Church, only two teams per troop max. Teams consist of three members costing £3 per
team. Stage 4 First Aid Badge is what will be asked of them. Each team will be given a
time slot to attend so please contact me if you are entering a team. Closing Date is 23rd
January 2015.
5-a Side Football Competition Friday 20th March 15th is the Scout . This will be
held at Ballyclare High School starting at 7pm. £5.00 per team. Closing date is 6th March
2015.
County/ District Scout Skills Day at Crawfordsburn Sunday 19th April 2015 is
Hopefully everyone received an email regarding this, if not let me know.
Stand By Me
District Charity 2014-15 will be Stand By Me. Website; Stand.by.me. For
those of you wishing to find out a little more of what they do. Alastair,
Stand By Me fund raiser, has already visited Groups and Sections to provide
information and answer questions regarding the Stand By Me charity.
Contact him on 07725656010. I hope all Groups, Sections, Leaders and
young people in South East will again rise to the occasion and support this
charity as well as we did last year. Get you Group or Section involved as
soon as you can in 2015.
Oliver
Email: [email protected]
County/District Hike Sunday 14th June 2015 is We would like this to be a sponsored
event for the District’s 2015 charity ‘Stand by Me’ where the scouts will also carry water
around the Hike.
More details to follow regarding area possible Divis Mountains or Glenarriff.
Other Events that are happening for Scouting are:
Chief Scout Award Presentations at City Hall, Belfast Wed 25th March 15 You need to book places with Scout office.
Co Antrim Flag Competition 1st-3rd May 2015
There will be a meeting in February regarding this for finer details.
24 Burn- Unit 62 is organising this. You need to speak to Peter Wilson or the Scout
office. You should have received an email in October regarding this.
Check on the Greenseas website for a list of County Scout dates.
www.greenseas.org.uk then click on the Scout tab.
There is also a Word file you can download for reference.
Anne
ADC Scouts
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South East Antrim
District Explorers
Compass
Points
Aim: to promote active participation of
explorer scouts in the district and to help them develop lifelong leadership
skills.
•The deadline for uploading data is now 15th February 2015
Programme Ideas:
•Scout HQ will upload your data if you email it to them at [email protected]
Life Skill Workshops: leadership; cooking; education/job/future;
fundraising
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Training/Expeditions
Social nights: bowling, go-karts, climbing etc.
Survival night/weekend
Chillout Camp
Possible Dates:
Wednesday 11th February 2015 – Clip ‘n Climb, Dundonald at 7.30pm
(Cost approx. £8pp. With 10 or more we can get 10% discount, and with
20 or more we get 20% discount)
Sunday 29th March 2015 – Hike, Mournes
Saturday 11th April 2015 – NI Youth Day, Crawfordsburn with an
overnight camp
May or June 2015 – Wide Games & BBQ
District Explorer Leaders Meeting:
Wednesday 28th January 2015 – date and venue to be discussed.
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•Groups can now register new leaders using Compass
•The Appointment Secretary automatically gets informed of the new leaders in the
District.
•When a new leader is added the secretary still needs to contact the
referees, so please ensure that they are added on Compass.
•GSLs have the lead role in entering the majority of Compass data.
•When filling or altering your leadership details you need to use all eight digits of
your membership number.
•For he moment do not fill in the Gift Aid Section of forms.
• Greenseas website contains a number of Compass related ‘helps’
Go to the front page of the site, www.greenseas.org.uk, and scroll down to the
latest news section
•Finally, should you need any advice or help contact District Secretary, or District
Commissioner for guidance.
Contact details:
Barbara Edgar
ADC Explorers
[email protected] or 07763318400
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• It is very important your Access NI is up to date. Please check this.
Ron Cole
District Secretary
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Cub News
January/February 2015
Photographs Section
District Quiz
LEFT:
South East Leaders
pictured with Dr.
Mark Dick before
their First Response
course in Greenisland
Scout Hall.
T
his event took place on Friday 30th January at St.
Coleman’s, Carrickfergus. Sixteen teams from
twelve Packs in the District entered teams. There was
a great buzz in the hall and all present enjoyed the
event. Winners were 1st Greenisland with 61 points.
There was a tie for second between, 1st Jordanstown A
team and 1st Ballyclare both scoring 55 points. Photographs of the
winners will be uploaded to the Greenseas website . Greenisland
automatically go through to the Northern Ireland finals which this year
are being held at Stormont in March. All three teams are eligible to enter
the County Quiz. Well done to all the teams who entered the competition
and special thanks to 5th Carrickfergus Group and leaders for providing
excellent hospitality for all attending.
The next District Cub event will be the Cub 5-A-Side
Football Competition being held at the Valley Leisure
Centre on Friday 13th March 2015. Watch the Greenseas
website for the latest details. (www.greenseas.org.uk)
David Garland
ADC Cubs
ABOVE: The display at the recently held District
Promotion in the Sainsbury's Carrickfergus
supermarket. In the photograph are from the left:
District Leaders, Wilf Lewis, Steven Stanley and
DMDM, Charlie Moore.
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Dates for Your Cub Diary 2015
13/03/2015
20/03/2015.
15/05/2015
5-a-side Football at the Valley Leisure Centre.
Alternative date for the 5-A-Side.
Sports and Tug of War at the Greenisland War Memorial Club.
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