4th Netley Sea Scouts "Sir Harry Crichtons Own"

Remembrance Parade on Sunday 14th November. Meet at first car park in RVCP 09:45, in full uniform - black trousers / skirt, black shoes, Cub jumper and neat necky, and your poppy. Money for collection for RBL appreciated. Finish at St Edwards Church about 11:30.

Great to be back on the water with the Scouts and Explorers

Explorers enjoyed virtual cooking over zoom last night. Self-saucing chocolate pudding. 50/50 split on results but fun had by all.

Back on the water again for the first time this year.

Timeline photos

Today is so we're thanking all professional seafarers, all those men and women who work at sea, wherever they may be on the world’s oceans.

Thanks for everything you have done in the past and everything you do today for us as an Island Nation.

Today we are celebrating the 104th birthday of Eric Woodsford. Eric is our eldest ex Sea Scout. He was with the Group from 1927 to 1939. He joined the police force in May 1939, but then joined the Royal Navy at the outbreak of WW2. He served on artic convoy duty, escorting merchant ships to Russia during the war. On demob he returned to the police force.

He is seen in 2010 naming our Bursledon Gig “Sir Harry” at the JST Pumpkin Festival at RVCP. In the black and white photo taken at Netley Castle boat house in the 1930s with the Admiralty Gig - Rover.

We wish Eric a very Happy Birthday and Best Wishes from all at Netley Sea Scouts.🎂

JST - The Charity we support at the JST Pumpkin Festival at The Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley Abbey

Petition: Allow furloughed charity employees to volunteer for their charity

Petition: Allow furloughed charity employees to volunteer for their charity Charity services are needed now more than ever. Charities placing employees in temporary 'furlough' to obtain urgent financial relief cannot allow employees to continue any work on a voluntary basis. This will impact the ability of charities to serve the public in a time of national crisis.

Tell us what you think

Tell us what you think And you could win £500

Vacancy - Lead Volunteer (District Commissioner)

The County are now welcoming applications and nominations for the role of District Commissioner for Itchen South District. All the information regarding the role as well as the nomination/application form are available on the District website at the following link, the closing date for nominations is the 31 January 2020.

https://www.itchensouthscouts.org.uk/Links/News?NewsId=797&Redirect=~/AboutUs/News.aspx&NewsScopeList=All

Vacancy - Lead Volunteer (District Commissioner) To all members of Hampshire Scouts and please feel free to distribute wider to parents, supporters, businesses, etc. Do you know someone who; - can inspire and enthuse - can work as a team - applies strategic thinking to a challenge - could build and lead a team of key volunteers - is resourceful an...

How many of you have decided to volunteer with a charity as a New Years resolution in 2020? Did you know your local Sea Scout Group is a charity and all our volunteers donate their time freely? We are always looking for volunteers at all levels so if you’re thinking of volunteering in 2020 why not email us at [email protected]om. You will be surprised at the opportunities that await you.

Crichton Explorers enjoyed some time on the ice ⛸ at their last meeting of the year.

Survival camp. Cooking on open fires 🔥 learning back woods skills. @ Cricket Campsite

Good luck to everyone shooting this weekend in the National Scouts Shooting competition.

CUBS: Shooting in the Hall tonight. Please return new Permission to Shoot forms - no form, no shooting!

Thanks to everyone that came out in the rain and visited us at the @jubileesailingtrust Pumpkin Festival. Many thanks to all our leaders, young people and adult helpers for putting in 100% on this miserable rainy 🌧 day. @ Royal Victoria Country Park

Please nominate us for this great competition. It would be great to take the Cubs.

WIN a FREE Xmas Climbing Party for up to 20 people from your Scout, Guide, Cub, Brownie, Rainbow, Cadet or Brigade unit!!

To find out more and your chance to enter, simply visit https://bit.ly/2owChh4

Talking to potential new Scout members at Pilands Wood Community Centre in Bursledon.

Preparing for the @jubileesailingtrust Pumpkin Festival at Royal Victoria Country Park. Key rings and bracelets. 🎃

Not sure who got more wet... the box trailer or the Explorers who were cleaning it!

Just chilling.

It's now easier to send 4th Netley Sea Scouts "Sir Harry Crichtons Own" a message.

It's now easier to send 4th Netley Sea Scouts "Sir Harry Crichtons Own" a message.

Emergency Appeal

Please help this wonderful charity

Emergency Appeal At a meeting on June 27th 2019, the Trustees resolved that we need to launch an emergency rescue fundraising effort to address our very serious financial challenges and to provide the working capital now needed to continue our activities.

Dear Parent

As we start the spring bank holiday weekend with more opportunities for your children to participate in Scouting activities, I wonder if you could please give the following some thought.

We are very lucky to have very committed adult volunteers in the sections that organise and deliver creative and exciting programmes for young people. The programmes are full of fun and adventure but alongside that develop them in learning important skills for life at a time when local authorities have reduced their spending and investment into young people, our future.

Our adult volunteers are silent heroes in what they do, without no pay or seeking recognition they put everything into ensuring that your young people have the very best Scouting experience during their time with us. This is occasionally at the sacrifice of spending time with their own families but yet they continue to volunteer. Amazing.

Despite the huge effort our adults put into Scouting, we do need more help so we can improve further the quality of our programmes and spread the workload. Volunteering is hugely rewarding as well as being fun and having the opportunity to learn some new skills which you can benefit from. It doesn’t matter how much time you have to spare or how experienced you are, any time would be appreciated as there is always a range of different tasks that we need help with. We also have free training available if you want to develop further your Scouting leadership skills.

Why not give Scouting a try and take the Four Week Challenge! Have a look at the poster and please give it some thought about joining the team!

Yours in Scouting

Mark Langdown
District Commissioner
Itchen South District Scouts

Something for Cubs and Scouts to get involved with!

We all know that Scouts are great at cooking!
Junior Bake Off is looking for bakers aged between 9-15 to take part in Series 5!
For more information or an application form go to applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk
Applications close Monday 6th May 2019