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On Saturday 28th September 2019 12th St John’s Scout Group joined the rest of Tunbridge Wells Scout District on a trip to Legoland. It was an amazing day and we had so much fun. The District was set a #GSLChallenge – all those at legoland. Get your scarf on a Lego figure or member of Lego staff and get a selfie. Above is a small selection of the submissions for the GSL Challenge. A massive thank you to all those from Legoland who took part and to Tunbridge Wells District Scouts for organising the trip.

Our new group scarf badge was designed by Oliver Turner and launched in July 2019. But what makes up the new badge?

The People-

The light blue represents the Beavers

The dark green represents the Cubs

The green represents the Scouts

The beige represents the Leaders

The Fleur-de-lis-

Baden-Powell included a design for the Scout’s badge in his work, Scouting for Boys, which was a simple fleur-de-lis with the motto “Be Prepared” on a scroll below it. He reasoned that the fleur-de-lis was commonly used as the symbol for north on maps, and a Boy Scout was to show the way in doing his duty and helping others.

The plumes of the fleur-de-lis became symbols for Service to Others, Duty to God, and Obedience to the Scout Law. These three principles form the Scout Promise which is made by new Scouts as they join the movement.

The Rope-

A rope which encircles the fleur-de-lis and is tied in a reef knot at the bottom of the badge. The rope is there to symbolize the family of the World Scout Movement and the knot symbolizes the strength of the unity of the World Scout Movement. 

 

12th ST. JOHN’S SCOUT GROUP-

Who we are

Here it is- 12th St John’s Scout Group review video for 2018-2019. Loads on there to see, been a great year!

It is my great pleasure to present the new 12th St Johns Scout Group Online Shop.

This clothing was the idea of the Group’s Exec team, who came up with the ideas and then some very talented parents turned them into designs. As a result, these are custom made designs by the Group and just for our Group.

This clothing is available for the young people and adults connected to the group. For every £1 spent, the Group receives 5p as part of its fundraising.

Did you know that over 65 million cartridges are sold in the UK every year and only 15% are recycled. So 12th St John’s Scout Group have teamed up with www.therecyclingfactory.com.

From now, start saving your used printer ink cartridges and give them to your leaders. We shall then send them off to be recycled and will get a small donation back for every cartridge we send in.

So we get money towards the group for recycling old ink cartridges!

 

Over the last couple of months, it has become apparent that when using the “Pay Now” option on your OSM dashboard to pay for Subs and Camps, it has taken you to set up a Direct Debit. Jamie (Scout Leader) has done some digging in to this, and asked some questions, the reason is as follows-

Recently, GoCardless (who manage the transactions) has made a change that meant that one off payments aren’t an option any more, but that’s essentially what has caused all of this. To get around this OSM has implemented a slight change to the Online Payments system. When you pay for Subs and Camps, this is how the 2 options work:

1. Set up a Direct Debit (recommended for Subs only). This will continue to work like normal where the money will be taken automatically when a new Subs payment is published by us (it’ll be taken on the due date). Once you leave the group, you will be removed from the schedule and the Direct Debit will no longer take money from your account (like a standard Direct Debit)
2. Use the “Pay Now” option. This will take you to a screen to set up a Direct Debit, enter you details etc. However; this will not work like a normal Direct Debit. They payment will only be taken when you log in to OSM and click the “Pay Now” option. After the first time of doing this you won’t need to input your bank details again, and it will appear as a Direct Debit on your account, but it won’t act like a normal Direct Debit

OSM have assured us that this is a work around that they have put in place, and it works as it should.

A massive congratulations to our own Jamie Warwick of Scouts who received his Wood Badge as the recent Beaver/Cub camp. This has been awarded following a lot of hard work and dedication, this is very well deserved.

But what is a wood badge? 

The Wood Badge is a Scouting programme and award for adults in the Scout associations around the world. The Wood Badge course is designed so that adult Scouters can learn; in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting.On completion, participants are awarded the beads to recognise their significant achievement in leadership and direct service to young people, and to welcome them to membership of the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group.

Although the programme has changed over the years, the essence of the original Wood Badge still remains. Adults use their new and existing knowledge and skills to complete training, which is designed to strengthen the individual and the quality of Scouting they can provide to young people.