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REACH FOR THE SKY! Complete our list of 100 challenges The magazine for Scout Network members August/September 2009 Highland games Meet Nessie’s Network Make it up How to handle adult bullying, and games to help WHICH EVENT ARE YOU ATTENDING? BALLS AND WALTZERS

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REACH FOR THE SKY!REACH FOR THE SKY!

Complete our list of 100 challenges

The magazine for Scout Network members

August/September 2009

Highland gamesMeet Nessie’s

Network

Make it upHow to handle adult

bullying, and games to help

WHICH EVENT ARE

YOU ATTENDING?WHICH EVENT ARE

BALLS AND WALTZERS

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Welcome

Adrian Wray introduces a bumper challenge to last you all year, and opens the batting on another

Network magazine

Welcome to another issue of Network and as always it’s packed full

of great ideas and articles. Summer is not only cricket season, it’s an ideal

opportunity to get out and about and meet up with members that have

been away during term time and also to get noticed as a Network.

100 clubWhy not take up our challenge of 100 things to do before you leave Scout

Network? While carrying out the 100 challenges, you’re likely to get peckish

so take a gander at Lee’s Top Three!

Monster watchersThis issue we also take a look at the Nessie’s Network from the Scottish

Highlands and the issue of bullying and how this can happen in Network

as much as in the other sections.

Have a great summer and please let us know which of the hundred things

to do before leaving Network you manage to achieve!

UK Adviser for Scout Network (145 friends in his mobile phone)

Your Scout Network Working GroupAdrian Wray, UK Adviser (Scout Network)

Emma Saunders, Programme and Development Adviser

Contributions to: [email protected]

ADVERTISINGSenior Sales Executive: Tom [email protected] Tel: 020 8962 1258

Fun in the sunThe 2009 Sun Run brought Networks from around the UK together, with the challenge of walking 26 miles overnight. CJ and Hannah, from Cheshire Network, share a joke during some downtime on the Saturday.

Notching up a century

Contents 4 Ton of fun

The offi cial list of one hundred things every Network member should do before their 25th birthday: from riding elephants to cooking you County Executive dinner, how many can you achieve?

10 Lee’s top three Random programme challenges from our resident editor, inspired by dates in August and September

11 ResourcesA guide to what you need, based on your Network role

12 Simply the ness!Meet the far-fl ung members of the Highlands and Islands Network

14 Problem page Adult bullying, including two confl ict resolution games

18 Get involved!The Network event listing

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‘Seize the day’ may be the mantra of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, but a little forward planning can always help you achieve more over a longer period of time. Wherever you are in your Network journey, here are a hundred challenges to put yourself to before the day you have to move on. You can tick them off on the Facebook group and also suggest your own.

Good luck!

1. Visit Asia

2. Be on the IST at an international camp

or jamboree (see www.scouts.org.uk/

wsm2010 for one such opportunity)

3. Put your scarf on the statue of the

Founder at Baden-Powell House in

London

4. Do a marathon – Cycle, walk, run,

skateboard or swim 26.2 miles. Do it

all in one go, in chunks, by yourself or

with Network chums. Do it to raise

money for your next Network

adventure

5. Teach a scouting skill to a younger

member, which will stay with them

for the rest of their life

6. Invest a new Member upside down

7. Attend a Network event outside your

own region

8. Visit Brownsea Island

9. High five Bear Grylls

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10. See sunrise and sunset in the same day (with

no sleeping in between)

11. Learn British Sign Language or the finger spelling

alphabet

12. Go greenfield camping

13. Get your tux out (or best ball gown) and party till

morning at a Network Ball

14. Complete one of Wainwright’s walks – Alfred

Wainwright is the boss when it comes to walking

in Britain, and his 214 walks in the Lake District

are a challenge worth undertaking. Check out

wainwright.org.uk for some background

information, and get a hold of one of his books

to start your quest

15. Support local business – whether it’s cooking

up a storm using produce from a local farm,

or choosing an independent travel agent to plot

your next international adventure,

be a community hero and look local

16. Invest a new Member up a tree

17. Visit South America

18. Help an old lady cross the street. Don’t laugh

about it, actually do it. Then tell them why.

Scouts help others. Simples

19. Combine two sports to create a Network

combi-sport, then teach it to a local Cub Pack.

Could you conjur up a future Olympic event?

Golf-darts, anyone? Trampoline-cricket?

20. Combat climate change – use less toilet paper

when you … well, you know what

21. Gain the Queen’s Scout Award

22. Try out your entrepreneurial skills by designing

a product, manufacturing it yourself and selling it

for a profit. Put the earnings back into Scouting

23. Go to Land’s End and John ‘o Groats (not

necessarily on the same day!)

24. Stay at Kandersteg

25. Gain the Gold DofE Award

26. Jump out of a plane

27. Gain an adventurous activity permit (and use it to

bring activities to young people in Scouting)

28. Volunteer to do a weekend of service at a nearby

Scout campsite

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29. Explore a river from source to mouth – So, you

may have rafted on the Ribble, gone canoeing

down the Clyde, taken a topper on the Thames

or waterskied along the Wye, but very few will

have seen the river in all its fullness

30. Attend a meeting of your County Scout

Network Executive

31. Attend the annual Insight conference (the next

one is on 20-22 November in Oxford)

32. Contact the Scout delegation to the British

Youth Council about an issue that concerns

you (Do this via the ‘Scouts @ BYC’ group

on Facebook)

33. Invest a new Member in a cave

34. Take an old car, fix it up, and drive it as far

as you can. First to Mongolia wins

35. Make a video (or a series) to promote Network

on YouTube

36. Update your CV to include your Scouting

achievements – Scouting is well-recognised

by most employers

37. Visit Africa

38. Travel by over 20 modes of transport as part

of your Network escapades

39. Score a bullseye in archery, shooting and darts

40. Cement links with the Explorer section by

running regular events or meetings for them

41. Set up (or maintain) a website, Facebook group

or Twitter feed to promote your Network

42. Wear an Scout hoodie, as modelled by Chief

Scout Bear Grylls

43. Go geocaching (treasure hunting for the 21st

century) – www.geocaching.com

44. Make friends with a Scout your age in another

country, and become friends for life

45. Go looking for the Loch Ness monster

46. Iron your uniform in an extreme location –

see www.extremeironing.com

47. Get knotted – learn to tie 25 new knots. Know

when they’re needed and be able to put them

to good use

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48. Run a recruitment event for your Scout

Network on a university or higher education

college campus

49. Invest a new Member under water

50. Read Scouting for Boys (the whole thing)

51. Camp or hike with three other Networks

in the UK

52. Undertake a conservation project to gain

the Environment Partnership Award

53. Catch (or grow) your own dinner

54. Climb the ‘three peaks’ – see

www.thethreepeakschallenge.co.uk

55. Gain the Explorer Belt

56. Ride a camel, elephant and horse

57. Sing for your supper – As an alternative

to karaoke nights, institute the tradition of

requiring any Network member that hasn’t

contributed to a meal at camp to sing a song

before they are allowed to eat. It will either

result in a standing ovation, or more cooks

in the kitchen!

58. Gain the Chief Scout’s Diamond Award

59. Visit Eastern Europe

60. Join an international fellowship – see

www.scouts.org.uk/fellowship

61. Learn a new skill and take it to expert level

62. Find a cause you are passionate about and

campaign, volunteer or raise funds to further it

63. Visit Australasia

64. Collect ten Network T-shirts

65. Get photographed with a famous person

(bonus points if you get them to wear a Scout

scarf) – send the photo to

[email protected]

100 things to do before leaving Network

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66. Eat five cream crackers in a minute

67. Challenge your mayor or local councillor

to a conker fight. Win

68. Climb all the munros – The mountainous

Scottish equivalent of Wainwright’s walks,

there are 284 munros (mountains over 3,000ft

to ‘compleat’ –

see walking.visitscotland.com/munros

69. Write a theme song for your Network and set

it to a popular tune

70. Film your theme song and make a Network

music video hit

71. Get a good news story about Network in your

local newspaper

72. Install a wind turbine to power your meeting

place

73. Attend a Rover Scout event or Moot

as a participant

74. Submit an article for the Network supplement

75. Take to the stage in a Scout Show

76. Thrash the pants off a Network in another

County at an interactive Wii game

77. Cook a three course meal for your County

Executive to show them you love them

78. Run an activity evening using Network: Taking the Lead

79. Release your inner David Bailey and shoot

a Network calendar. Flog it to raise money

for a good cause

80. Adopt an animal

81. See the Mona Lisa

82. Give blood

83. Learn how to say ‘You have very beautiful eyes’

in as many languages as possible – here’s

Swedish: ‘Dina ögon är mycket vackra’

68. ‘One down, 283 to go...’

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Tonoffun

Sophie ticks off 42 and gets started on 38

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100 things to do before leaving Network

84. Test drive a Ferrari

85. Ride ten roller-coasters in a weekend – see

page 18 for two events that can help

86. Ask a non-Scouting friend to try the Scout

Network. Then make sure they stay!

87. Attend Gilwell Reunion with your Network

or Group – www.scouts.org.uk/reunion

88. Discuss your future plans with your County

Scout Network Commissioner

89. Host your Network for a barbecue or other

social event

90. Complete 100 nights away as a Network

member

91. Arrange a trip to the West End with an

overnight stay at Baden-Powell House –

www.scouts.org.uk/nationalcentres

92. Assist a Scout with special needs at a meeting

or camp

93. Travel from one edge of a 1:50 000 Ordnance

Survey map to the other using as many

different modes of transport as possible

94. Pay your annual membership subscription

on time

95. Achieve the Scouts of the World Award.

www.scout.org/scoutsoftheworld

96. Go on a Beaver Scout Sleepover for Network

members

97. Run an activity badge course for another

section (eg the Scout DIY Activity Badge)

98. Visit a place of worship for a faith other than

your own

99. Stand in the ‘sensitive part’ of the Cerne Abbas

Giant in Dorset. Search www.nationaltrust.org.

uk for Cerne Abbas Giant

100. Move on! It’s important to remember that

Network is a youth section, so either take

up a leadership role after your 25th birthday

to continue supporting Network, or make use

of your skills in the younger sections.

CHART YOUR PROGRESSWe’re keen to follow Networks and members who decide to take up the challenge. Log your progress on the ‘100 things to do before leaving Network’ group on Facebook, and don’t forget to upload your videos and photos as evidence.

The Scouts of the World Award (95) is an initiative of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement

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Lee’s Top Three

For your information

Resident editor Lee Allwood digs up some weird and wonderful

facts from August and September, and challenges you to try

out some eye-popping ideas

FACT: The 11th Olympic Games opened in Berlin on 1 August 1936Idea: Network OlympicsWhy not hold your own alternative

Olympic Games, Network style?

Think up new events to make the

competition interesting, for example:

• Doughnut eating

• Egg and spoon race

• Welly throwing

• Upside down darts

Why not dress up as different

countries and see whose anthem

gets played?

FACT: August 1762. The sandwich was named after the Earl of Sandwich.

It is claimed that John Montagu,

the 4th Earl of Sandwich, asked for

meat to be served between slices of

bread, to avoid interrupting a

gambling game.

Idea: Sandwich MasterchefRun a sandwich-themed programme,

with activities like:

• A gourmet sandwich competition

• Craziest sandwich inventions (Double

decker? Triple tower?)

• Who can eat the most jam sandwiches

in five minutes?

• Which team can build the highest

free-standing sandwich?

FACT: 6 August 1962. Jamaica gains independence from Britain after 300 years

Idea: Jamaican eveningHold a Jamaica style barbecue, with plenty

of Reggae Reggae Sauce™ and jerk spices.

Include a limbo dance competition … how

low can you go?

BONUS FACT: 18 September 1839 – Chocolatier George Cadbury was born

Bonus idea: Chocolate MayhemChocolate provides an endless list of

programme possibility … What ideas

can you come up with?

• Name that brand, purely by taste

• Cook a three course meal incorporating

chocolate somehow in each course

• Pimp your snack – Re-create your

favourite chocolate bars but on a much

bigger scale! Some great examples

can be found at www.pimpthatsnack.com

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Do you know your Taking the Lead from your Membership Pack? The table

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O riginally started in Inverness, Nessie’s

Network began to draw in members from

other areas in the Highlands. Individuals

from small towns and villages joined

together to be part of the Scout Network. Being spread

so far apart we rely on the internet and email for

communication, as well as national events.

Three key elements to the programme are local

monthly meetings, camping as participants and

camping as staff. On the local front the Network meets

on the first Sunday of each month, a chance to catch up

and plan upcoming events. This is supplemented by

other local events including training opportunities such

as kayak coaching and powerboating, District events

and taking Nessie (our mascot) on tour. The Network

has a sprinkling of watersports qualifications in sailing,

kayaking, powerboating and bell boats.

‘We get about’A balanced programme has ensured a steady flow of

members achieving their Queen’s Scout Award and

some classic expeditions: a canoe trip down The Great

Glen from Fort William to Inverness (which includes

Loch Ness) and by foot on the Speyside Way (whisky

country!)

Each summer the Network look for an event to join.

The last few years have included serving as IST at

Eurojam and the World Scout Jamboree along with the

International Patrol Jamborette at Blair Atholl. Our skills

have been utilised as watersports instructors, activity

leaders, reception staff and on sub-camp teams.

Friendships made at these events have led to future

programme items such as our first international

excursion: a memorable weekend camp in Dublin. Hard

to believe, but it was quicker to get there than to some

parts of our area!

Our members are actively encouraged to attend

Network camps in Scotland and beyond to make sure

they participate as a youth section. Events in Scotland

such as NAC (Network Activity Camp) and HUB are a

great opportunity for fun and friendship and even new

skills such as winter mountain skills. We make sure the

programme’s not dominated by running activities for others.

Strongest linkLinking with Explorer Scout Units is essential so that we

Simply the ness!

With a geographical area bigger than Belgium and parts that are only accessible by three hour ferry trips, the Highlands and Islands Scout Network has challenges unique to the UK. However, in among the lochs, mountains and glens, a dedicated Network is going about its business. Jamie Gordon reports

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To find out more about the Highlands and Islands Network (including how to help you complete challenge 45) contact Jamie Gordon at [email protected] more inforation on Scout Network in Scotland, see www.scouts-scotland.org.uk/network

more info

can get to know the older Explorers before they go to

university. A successful event is the annual Nessie’s

Network Challenge Shield. Now five years old, the quiz

night pitches the Network against local Explorer Scout

Units and Senior Section Guides. Held during the dark

Highland winter it is an ideal opportunity not only to

have fun with the quiz but also share photos from

events held during the year. Gemma, an Explorer Scout

commented, ‘It was amazing. I didn’t know that there

were so many others my age in Scouts so close to me.’

With no university in our Region, it is inevitable that

people leave to continue their education. This doesn’t

stop some getting involved. Dual Network membership

is one method used by David Morton, who splits his

time between Aberdeen and Inverness and takes part in

events with both Networks. He says, ‘For me one of the

great things about Network is the flexibility, that you

can be a member of more than one. Although I did all

my Scouting from Beavers to Network in Inverness, I

had to move away to Aberdeen to study Law. It was

easy to join Network there, meaning I can join in all the

action wherever I am, and I’m still welcome at Nessie’s

whenever I’m back home.’

Future foraysLooking forward, the Network shows promise of

more growth with a local Network being set up in the

Orkney Isles. The new regional structure in Scotland

is also helping to coordinate Scouting for 18-25 year

olds throughout the Highlands and Islands in a more

formal structure and along with some new District

Scout Network Leaders (who are all full of enthusiasm)

Nessie’s Network is in good hands (or is that tentacles?)

for the future.

Network in focus

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When people think about bullying, they usually picture the bruiser in the playground. If not, they certainly link bullying to something that happens to boys and girls, usually at school. The big picture is very different, and adult bullying is a serious issue

Not just in playgroundsT his may sound drastic, but are there people

within your Network who are being bullied?

Perhaps you don’t think its happening when

in reality it is. 36 per cent of bullied adults

are aged 18-30, bullying in the workplace is on the

increase, and with advances in technology and social

networking sites, ‘cyber bullying’ is a very real concern.

Bullying can take many forms and can be difficult to

detect. Is harmless banter actually causing one person

stress or unhappiness? Are the meetings that you and

your Network hold inclusive? Do they exclude people

unknowingly? Could you spot someone who is being

bullied? What if they are too shy to speak up?

The Scout Association gives clear advice on bullying,

and its Anti-Bullying Policy applies to adults as much as

young people.

Taking many formsBullying includes abuse, physical or verbal violence,

humiliation and undermining someone’s confidence. It

can be face-to-face, in writing, over the phone, by email

or on social network sites.

You are probably being bullied if, for example, you are:

• constantlypickedon

• humiliatedinfrontoffellowmembers

• regularlyunfairlytreated

• physicallyorverballyabused

• blamedforproblemscausedbyothers

• alwaysgiventoomuchtodo,sothatyouregularly

fail in achieving your goals

• regularlythreatenedwithpunishment

• unfairlypassedoverforleadershippositionsordenied

training opportunities

Phone a friendWe spoke to Helen Church, an adviser at the Scout

Information Centre, who told us what advice she gives

to adults who have become the victim of bullying.

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See the Scout anti-bullying website at www.scouts.org.uk/bullying or visit Beatbullying’s site at www.beatbullying.org

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1. The Scout Association’s Anti-Bullying Policy is a key

policy of the Association and in Policy, Organisation and Rules. It applies equally to adults and children.

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2. If the problem is occurring between adults in the

same Group, talk to the GSL or District Commissioner.

For Network-related issues, talk to the County Scout

Network Commissioner, or another trusted adult.

3. You can always talk through your problem with an

Information Centre Adviser (0845 300 1818). The

lines are open 9am – 6pm, Monday to Friday.

4. You are not alone. Sadly, bullying happens in all

walks of life, in all parts of the world, and Scouting is

not immune. It can be comforting to know that other

people have gone through what you are, and have

come through it.

Mentors matterOn a related matter, The Scout Association has begun a

partnership with the charity Beatbullying, who recently

launched a peer-mentoring social networking website

run by young people for young people.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched the unique

CyberMentors site – www.cybermentors.org.uk – in

March 2009, and over 95,000 people have registered

for support and assistance on bullying-related issues.

Now Beatbullying need your help! Due to the great

demand for the site, more mentors are needed to

support these young people. Network members are

eligible to become Senior CyberMentors, who provide

help and support to young people who message them,

and support the younger CyberMentors. Being a

CyberMentor requires a four month commitment,

consisting of about two hours a week. It can count

towards the Service/Volunteering section of a Queen’s

Scout Award or Gold DofE programme. Training is

provided.

If you would like to know more, please send your

details to [email protected]

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Making amendsThis activity makes you find something positive to say

about everyone, even if you’re not particularly friends.

It’s a good self-esteem booster for all young people to

read what others have to say about them. It can also be

a useful activity to promote friendship and helps create

a positive and respectful environment where bullying

isn’t welcome.

You will need:Pens

White paper

An envelope for each person, plus enough pieces of

paper to fit in each envelope for each member of the

group

Instructions– Sit in a circle

– Give each member of the group an envelope and ask

them to write their name on the front. Then give

each of them enough pieces of paper for every

person in the group, not counting themselves

– Ask them all to pass their envelope clockwise to the

person on their left

– The group members then need to look at the name

on the front of the envelope they have been given,

and on one of their pieces of paper write a

compliment to the person whose envelope it is.

When they have finished, they put the paper in the

envelope. You may need to help them think at first

what sort of things they can write. For example, it

could be something about the way they look, a thank

you for something they have done or a compliment

about something they are good at

– Each envelope then gets passed on to the next

person on their left, still in a clockwise direction. They

then write a compliment to the person whose name

is on the front of the envelope and put it inside

– This activity continues until everyone’s personal

envelope goes round the circle and back to them

– Ask everyone to seal their envelope and take it home

with them. They should wait until they are

somewhere private to look at what people have

written for them.

TipThough there is a great temptation to write humorous

things, the whole point of the game is to build up

self-esteem and therefore don’t miss the opportunity to

write something nice.

Compliments Envelopes (POL ref: 39397)

These two games are great to use for diffusing tension, or resolving conflict within the Network. They encourage positive behaviour, active involvement and a team mentality. Friendship bingo also works well as an icebreaker

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Encourages the Network to find out more about each

other and realise they share common interests.

You will need:Pens

Pencil

White paper

Instructions– Sometime before your meeting, sit down and

identify certain things that you know about your

members. Maybe you know that one of them lives

on a farm, or goes to university, or has been to

Australia to see their friend, etc.

– Come up with one fact per person and add each one

to the bingo sheet. If you only have a small group,

you could add two facts for each person to fill up the

sheet.

– Give each member a bingo sheet. They need to talk

to all of the members and ask them each to sign the

box that relates to them.

– Everyone needs to fill their sheet with signatures. The

first person who completes their sheet shouts

‘bingo!’

– Bring the Network together and go through the

answers. You could ask them to guess some of the

tougher facts if they haven’t guessed already (with

the winner’s help of course!)

Alternative to this game:Fill up the bingo sheet with random facts not specific to

anyone eg has a red car, has been to Spain on holiday,

likes The Simpsons, likes pepperoni pizza, etc. Then

each member needs to get as many signatures as

possible for each fact on their sheet. The game should

be timed, perhaps 20 minutes, and each member needs

to count up their signatures at the end. Give a prize,

such as allowing the person with the most signatures to

choose the next game.

TipThis is a useful icebreaker game to play at the start

of an event comprising more than one Network, to

stimulate a positive and cooperative atmosphere.

You will need to work with someone from the other

Network(s) to ensure everyone is represented.

An example bingo sheet can be found on page 52

of Scout Network Taking the Lead, available from the

Scout Information Centre.

Friendship Bingo (POL ref: 39245)

SCOUTS.ORG.UK/POLYou can find both of these games, template bingo sheets and more on Programmes Online

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Get involved!

AugustX-treme. Nottinghamshire Scout Network’s annual camp,

open to all. 28-31 August

www.nottsx-treme.co.uk

DofE Gold Open Expedition.Yr Hafod, Snowdonia, Wales. 21-29 August

www.scoutswales.org.uk

SeptemberTheme Park Camp. Explorer/Network joint event at Thorpe Park in Surrey.

4-6 September

www.summitnetwork.org.uk/tpc

Yorkshire Rose Challenge. South Yorkshire Network host a challenge hike in the

Derbyshire hills. 4-6 September

www.yrchallenge.co.uk

Exodus 2009. Hertfordshire Network’s mammoth challenge weekend.

4-6 September

www.hertfordshirescouts.org.uk/exodus

Don’t stand on the sidelines while summer passes you by. Check out our listings and get yourself a hot date

Intense.Avon Network’s piano-bashing activity camp.

11-13 September

www.avonscouts.org.uk/intense

OctoberApex Extreme. Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire. 2-4 October

www.apexchallenge.co.uk

Bucks 007 Ball. Park Inn, Watford. 3 October

www.network-events.org.uk

Alton Towers Camp. Derbyshire Network’s popular camp.

16-18 October

www.derbyshirenetwork.org.uk/events/atc

Sedan Chair Rally.Explorer and Network race event at Tolmers.

23-25 October

www.sedanchair.org.uk

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