WOODSMOKE

Federation du Scoutisme Europeen (F.S.E)

EUROPEAN SCOUT FEDERATION (British Association)

Issue 115 VOL 3/15

Issue 115 VOL 3/15

Founder member of the Confederation of European Scouts (C.E.S.)

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The European Scout Federation (British Association)

The European Scout Federation (FSE) is a Scout organisation for males and females and is composed of the following sections: Otters, Wolf Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Rangers. Our organisation keeps to the traditional methods of scouting that the founder Robert Baden-Powell set out in “SCOUTING for BOYS”. We are completely independent of the other British Scouts, (Scout Association, B-P Scouts, British Boy Scouts, Guide Association and other independents). The FSE is not in opposition or rival to the other Scout Organisations in Great Britain or Europe. It is a medium for those who prefer its methods. The Patrol system for example is used for its original purposes, to teach leadership, resourcefulness and obedience. We retain Baden-Powell’s progressive training system of Tenderfoot, Second class and First class badges. It is out opinion that the original tests and uniform provide a unique appeal because they do not favour those youngsters with academic intelligence, sporting skills or plenty of money. The ‘old’ ideas of wood smoke are not necessarily “old hat”. OUR SECTIONS: OTTERS (boys or girls) 5 years to 7 years WOLF CUBS (boys or girls) 7 years to 11 years SCOUTS (boys or girls) 11 years to 16 years ROVERS AND RANGERS (boys or girls) 16 years with no upper limit If you would like to know more about the European Scout Federation please go to the FSE Website www.fse-scouts.eu or write to: European Scout Federation (British Association) Registered Office: c/o Nigel Wright Accounting, Branwell House, Park Lane, Keighley BD21 4QX Or contact your nearest Province Commissioner: Central Province – Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Alex. Doyle, Province Commissioner, Tel: 01226 893006 or 07432274842 East Pennine Province – Yorkshire and Tyneside Joanna Ward, Province Commissioner, Tel: 01924 525152 or 07833490442 Iceni Province – Cambridgeshire Karen Alsop, Province Commissioner, Tel: 01353 741269 West Pennine Province – Lancashire and Cumbria Chris. Woods, Province Commissioner, Tel: 0161 661 3068 or 07432290138 The FSE (British Association) is a member of the Confederation of European Scouts (CES), for more information about the CES log on to www.ces-scout.org

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Page Contents 1. Front Page

2. F.S.E. introduction and contacts

3. Contents

4. YOUR photo’ page

5. 15th Lancs Cubs Summer Fun

6. West Pennine Province Camping Competition

7. West Pennine Province Camping Competition (cont.)

8. 1st/2nd Derbyshire Pack’s Summer Camp

9. Rover/Ranger Reunion 2016 and Winter Projects

10. Puzzle page

11. Pie-off!

12. Backwoods Cooking – Bread – 1st/2nd Derbys Cub prayers

13. 6th/15th Lancashire Pack Holiday

14. 6th/15th Lancashire Pack Holiday (cont.)

15. Spooky and Scary “Goings-on”! – Puzzle page answers

16. Rover/Ranger Moot 2015

17. Special Occasions and Events

18. Eurojam 2017 - Spain

19. Eurojam 2017 – Spain (cont.)

20. Lest We Forget -

21. C.E.S. Meeting – 2015

22. C.E.S. Meeting – 2015 (cont.)

23. C.E.S. Meeting – 2015 (cont.)

24. 12th Wood Badge Reunion – Squirrel Wood, Yorks

25. National Commissioner’s Report

26. National Commissioner’s Report (cont.)

27. Belgian Rover/Ranger Moot - 2016

28. Back Cover – The evolution of “Woodsmoke”

Issue 114 - Vol 2/15 - is now available on the FSE Website: www.fse-scouts.eu

What’s in store?

Send your articles & photo’s to:

Kevin Smith,

49 Marlfield Street,

MANCHESTER,

M9 4BA.

kayjay.smith@btinternet.com

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Y0UR Photo Page

Send in your photo’s from your Colony, Pack, Troop or Crew night, or events you have

organized or attended, and we will try to print them in a future issue of “Woodsmoke”

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15th Lancs Cubs Summer Fun

It's been a great summer for us all at 15th Lancs Cubs. First of all we

really enjoyed the Blackley Forest Shield - our two favourite events were

climbing up the tree to sing the National Anthem with Nick, and setting

fire to cotton wool balls with Rick.

Next we had Sports Day at Boggart Hole Clough, which this year our

Pack was lucky enough to win!! We all tried our best and had lots of fun,

and took home certificates and medals. It was also a nice sunny day

which made it fun for our families to sit and watch and have a picnic.

When the weather was good, we had games outside at Cub night on

Mondays, including a game involving water and sponges! There was still

fun inside on bad days - here we are playing sleeping pirates!

Last of all, we finished the year with a trip to Strike Ten Bowl at

Sandbrook Park, Rochdale, for Laserquest and Bowling. We had loads

of fun - even if we couldn't roll the ball properly (we sent them bouncing

down the lanes!!) At Laserquest, the packs were very heavy, but we all

ran round hiding and trying to shoot each other - Chil won as usual, by

standing in a corner and getting everyone as they ran past!! Afterwards,

we had McDonalds and an ice-cream.

What a great summer!!! 15th. Lancashire Wolf Cubs

New Wolf Cub

Proficiency Badges

Cook

Environmentalist

Faith

Gymnast

Rambler

Most wolf cubs are born with blue eyes

which gradually change to a yellow/gold

colour by eight to sixteen months of age.

Sometimes their eyes change colour

much later, and occasionally a mature

wolf can be found with blue eyes.

Did you know … ?

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St. George’s Day 24th. April

Parade 2016

East Pennine Details to be

Province announced

West Pennine Province Camping Competition

This year’s camping competition was held at Linnet Clough Scout Campsite, located in Mellor, near Stockport.

The event was attended by four Patrols – 1st Lancs, 2nd Lancs, 5th Lancs and 6/15th Lancs. The competition

started on the Friday night, when the competing Troops arrived to unload their equipment and began setting

up their new homes for the weekend on their chosen site, in what remaining daylight they had left. Later on

in the evening the Patrol Leaders were briefed at the Court of Honour, on timings and the programme for

the weekend.

After a bright and early start to the morning, and with their stomachs full, the Patrols began setting up the

rest of their sites and setting up their various gadgets and pioneering projects, which showed off a lot of

good ideas. Later on, the competitors set about preparing their competition meal. The theme for the

weekend was “A day at the seaside”, so the Patrols had to get their thinking caps on and come up with some

fun ideas relating to this. The meals were then presented in front of the judges, where they received their

scores. All the dinners and deserts presented some inventive ideas, such as fish and chips (the fish being

“caught from the river Irwell”!), seaweed and a good display of seafood on the table. Once the Scouts had

finished eating their own meals and washing their pots and pans, they went down to the campfire circle,

where they presented their sketches and songs to the other campers, in front of the fire on a cold night. As

the night descended, the Scouts took part in a “capture the flag” wide game.

On the last day, the Scouts began sorting their sites for the final inspections. Whilst the weekend results

were being calculated, the Scouts began taking

down their camps before getting into uniform

ready for the flag break. The scores were in! The

Patrols showed a very good standard of camping,

which was reflected in the marks, with only 12

points separating 1st and 2nd!

The winners were 2nd Lancs. Congrats!

Well done for a great weekend from everyone

involved! Hopefully it will carry on with success in

the future.

Neil Tyson – 5th Lancs.

2nd Lancashire Troop … worthy winners yet again!

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West Pennine Province Camping Competition (cont.)

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1st / 2nd Derbyshire Pack’s Summer Camp

On Friday 10th July 1st / 2nd Derbyshire cubs headed to the Lincoln District Scout Camp, just outside of Lincoln,

a new campsite that we had never visited before. It’s very green, private, flat and has a great indoor facility,

for anyone that wants to give it a try.

Tents were pitched and we began to explore the site. We found an adventure playground and lots of wooded

areas to play in. On Saturday we

got into the minibus (and several

other vehicles) and headed into

Skegness. There was a new

aquarium that had just opened

with a pirate guide and fascinating

sea life. The cubs particularly

enjoyed the underwater viewing

areas. We also went to the model

village to see the miniature houses

and pretend we were giants. From

there we headed out to the park to

have a picnic lunch, before taking a

boat ride along the sea front. For

those of you that have taken the

lazy river ride you will know that

it’s not really the scenery that’s the

main attraction! However, the

driver was friendly and involved

the children.

Then we headed to the beach for a

sandcastle building competition, a

fish and chip supper and of course an ice cream. We had wonderful English sunshine throughout. We joined

in with the camp’s campfire when we returned, and went to our beds tired and content. On Sunday we were

back on site; practising our tracking skills, testing our sense of smell, enjoying the adventure playground and

a having a cake decorating competition.

Thank you to all the leaders and rovers that came with us and enabled the children to have a fun packed

weekend. We can’t wait for Centenary Camp next year.

Akela - 1st/2nd Derbyshire

Did you know … ?

The name Lincoln is believed to derive from the Iron Age Celtic Lindon, meaning pool by the hill; a reference

to the Brayford pool and the hill upon which the modern city stands. These features provided good fishing,

farming, transport links (via the river Witham) and defenses against other tribes.

The wool trade saw Lincoln expand and, by the 13th century, it became England’s third largest city after

London and York.

Fittingly for a city which started out as a fortress, Lincoln’s contribution to modern warfare was the

invention of the tank. Built by William Foster & Co during World War One, the very first tanks were tested

on the area now occupied by Tritton Road.

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Rover/Ranger Winter Projects - 2015-16

2016 Rover/Ranger

Reunion

YHA Langdale (Lake District)

19th – 21st February

To book and/or obtain details

contact :-

The Inca Ranger

Crew

Service:

As a Crew, volunteer with a local charity, such as a homeless charity, food

kitchen, food bank, etc. Produce a log of your Crew’s time, and present

benefits of the charity, as well as what you did to benefit them.

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World Affairs:

Visit/learn about another youth organisation outside of the UK,

preferably not part of the C.E.S. Learn about its organisation,

traditions, uniform and formation.

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Culture:

Write, produce and record a Crew song and video. Get as

many people as possible (members of the public) involved

in the process. Get yourselves on the radio (doesn’t have to

be to perform the song). Or in the local press, in a positive

way.

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The allotment, shown above, is completely

square, and the garden shed takes up a

quarter of the land space. Can you divide the

remaining plot into four planting beds, each

exactly the same size?

Which of these bowl and jug sets match?

????? PUZZLE PAGE ?????

Answers on page 15

Which type of

tree is this?

from?

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Pie-off!

After a successful “Bread-off' earlier this year, the Impeesa & Pynot Rover Crew stepped back

into the kitchen for our next cooking competition – the “Pie-off”!

After much preparation, we all arrived armed with pies ready for our judges to taste - and of course had to try them all ourselves! Midway through the judging Danny Hodby appeared armed with a perhaps not quite homemade pork pie, and, true to form, started his own taste test of the pies on offer, and we would expect nothing less!

It was then finally time to announce the winner - Zoe Webb! (We may need to work harder next time as Zoe won the bread-off too!)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

A big “THANK YOU” to Skip and Linda Lawson for being our judges.

Alex Doyle

Danny Hodby – True to form!

James’s

Emma’s

Alex’s

Laura

Thompson’s

Phil’s

Dan

Metcalfe’s

Zoe’s

It was finally time to for the

the winner to be announced –

Zoe Webb!

(We may need to work harder

next time as Zoe won the

“Bread-off” too!)

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Backwoods Cooking – Bread

To make bread “backwoods” style you will need self-raising flour, salt and cold water. Mix a pinch of salt

with a heap of flour, either in a clean bowl or on a flat, clean surface. Make a hollow in the centre of the

mixture, and very slowly and a drop at a time, add the cold water to the hollow. Move flour from the edge of

the hollow into the middle, and combine it with the water. Carry on doing this until you form a firm dough

which is not too wet or too dry. Having made the dough, there are several types of bread you can make with

it.

Dampers: Pull pieces about the size of an egg off the lump of dough, and

flatten them in your hands to form discs of about 4mm. thickness. Bake

them on a fire of hot embers in a hot, dry frying pan (shake them in the

early stages, to prevent them sticking), on a hot, flat stone placed on the

embers, or in front of a reflector fire. As soon as one side is golden brown,

turn them over and bake the other side. They should take about five minutes

to bake during which time they should rise to about 2cm. in thickness.

Twists: Cut a green stick, about 1.5cm. thick and 30-40cm. in length. Peel

off the bark, and heat it thoroughly over a fire until the sap bubbles out at

the ends. This will insure that your

twist will be properly cooked on the inside. Now, roll out your dough to

form a round, sausage-like strip about 2.5cm. thick, and as long as you

require it to be! Wrap it round your previously heated stick like a snake,

pinching the ends to keep the twist in place. Hold it over the embers of

your fire, turning it slowly to ensure it becomes golden brown all round.

It is important that the stick is really hot before you put your dough onto

it, otherwise the twist will be cooked outside, but not in the centre. Try

making a sausage twist, as a variation. Take an almost cooked, or a

leftover sausage, then skewer it lengthways on your heated green stick.

Next, snake your dough round the sausage and bake over the embers as

mentioned above. It is vital that your stick is as hot as possible, in order to

finish off cooking the centre of the sausage.

Ember Bread: Take a lump of your dough and slightly flatten it. Rake aside the embers of your fire, to

reveal the hot earth. Place the dough on the exposed ground and rake the embers all over it, then bake for

about fifteen minutes. The outside of your loaf may be burnt, but this can be cut off or scraped away, leaving

you with a tasty piece of bread.

“Now it says ‘wind neatly

round a peeled green stick”

A reflector fire

As part of the new Faith badge, Cubs are asked to write their own prayer.

Here are two from our pack that I think are beautiful.

Dear God, thank you for the uniform and family. Thank you for all my friends and pray for Army, Fire Brigade, Ambulance and Police. Amen. By Izsak. Dear God, thank you for my family, my friends, my pets and you, God. Keep my family safe, and my sisters. Pray that the French people be safe. In Jesus’ name, Amen. By Leon. Akela, 1st/2nd Derbyshire Pack

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6th / 15th Lancashire Pack Holiday Abney Hall, nr. Stockport

Abney Scout &

Guide Centre

Abney Park

Cheadle

Cheshire

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6th /15th Lancashire Pack Holiday (cont.)

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Spooky and Scary “Goings-on” at 1st Lancs. H.Q!

For the Otters, and possibly the Leaders, Tuesday 27th

October won’t be forgotten very easily, for there was an

invasion of wizards, skeletons, witches and some downright

scary characters! This was, of course, the Mohawks version

of Halloween!

Both halls were decked out with spiders’ webs, pumpkins and anything else that would add to the spooky atmosphere

-that’s including the creepy music. Heck of a lot of planning

and effort had been put into it by the leaders and Scouts, in

making the decorations and devising the spooky games (not

too spooky as Baloo gets a bit jumpy!) all moulded together

with blood curdling drinks (cherryade), black iced cakes,

monster munch and not forgetting every possible spooky and scary shape of sweets. Finally the Otters left

with a bag full of goodies. It went without saying all involved had a brilliant and spooky night.

Well done to the Otter team for putting on a great show. (Baloo, Natcho, Bobcat and Biggles).

Badger, (the scariest of them all!)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answers to the puzzles on page 10

The allotment :

Bowl and jug sets : C and E

What animals? : Otter – Badger - Mole

Which tree? : Ash

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Rover/Ranger Moot 2015

After months of preparation and countless hours spent watching old episodes of the Crystal Maze, the Impeesa & Pynot Rover Crew hosted this year's Rover/Ranger Moot over the August bank holiday weekend at Hesley Wood Campsite in Chapeltown, Sheffield. The Crews/teams spent the weekend completing tasks in the various 'zones' to win time in the Crystal Dome and were awarded crystals (suspiciously shaped like golf balls) to represent the points they won in each game. After the first round of games the teams headed into Sheffield to complete a town trail, before returning to site to prepare their evening meals. Once meals were prepared we all joined together to share our meals under the marquee and enjoyed a night of lovely food and games (featuring several competitive games of twister!). The following day it was finally time for the big games to take place - and the final opportunity for the teams to earn the last crystals to earn more time in the crystal dome. The dome appeared after lunch and Phil and Tadge started up the leaf blowers whilst each team scrambled to collect as many golden tokens as they could before their time ran out, much to the amusement of everyone else! We hope all of those who attended had a fantastic time and look forward to next year's Moot! Alex Doyle

Did you know … ?

Although sauerkraut – which translates as “sour cabbage” – is linked to Germany, it was standard fare in

China more than 2000 years ago. The Mongol leader, Genghis Khan, brought along the pickled

vegetable to feed his men as they plundered Europe, in the thirteenth century. It later helped sailors to

avoid developing scurvy, as it is packed with vitamin C.

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Congratulations to Louise and Matthew Garvey!

Wishing them a long and happy future together – with

very best wishes from their Scouting “family”.

Hi,

My name is Neve

Wood and I am 12

years old. I am a 2nd

Lancashire Girl Scout

and I need your help!

I am lucky enough to

have been given the

amazing opportunity to

undertake a nineteen

days expedition to

Borneo in 2017 to help

with conservation and

community work as

well as doing some

work at the Orang-utan

and the Sun Bear

sanctuaries. However,

I need to raise £4000 to

make this dream come

true, so I’ll be

organising quite a few

fund-raising events

over the next 18

months which I hope

you will be able to

support.

If you would like any

more details please get

in touch with me on

woodtotherainforest

@gmail.com or via

Liz on 07773 714666.

“BRAVO” to the 6th / 15th Lancashire Otter Colony

Proud

&

fitting

FIRST

ever

winners

of the

“F.S.E.

Colony

of the

Year”

trophy

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At the recent CES Confederal Council in Oct 2015, the Organizacion Juvenile Espanola (OJE) presented

the Eurojam 2017 Plan.

Theme: “We invite you to join us to build castles”

Key Information Venue: Rosa la Nava campsite - Soria – Covalada (roughly 200km from Madrid, Bibao and Zaragosa

(Coaches can be made available from airports)

Santander to Covalda is 300km (~3hrs drive)

Eurojam Dates: 5th/6th Aug to 13th Aug 2017

Camping: available for 15 days 1st to 15th Aug (food available during this period)

Central Catering: Roughly 10e per day including breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner (4 meals)

Approximate Cost: 7 days 160e to 170e including all camp fees, all food plus the usual Eurojam

paraphernalia

Video presentations Two video presentations were made of the campsite but unfortunately we can’t put them online due to the

music that is copyright. These videos will be made available from myself and Amanda.

Catering Notes The reasons as to why the camp will be centrally catered for are as follows:

Controlled Fire Regulations

Organised events (including camps) require the caterers to hold a permit to prepare food

No onsite cooking is permitted, no fire or gas. Hot water will be available all day and thermos flasks will be

made available to each group for those wishing to partake in a brew. Cold drinks and snacks can be made

available on individual campsites.

Further Information Obviously as time goes on, more information will be made available and as soon as I have this, I will

forward it on to you. In the meantime, if you have any specific questions that you need answering now

please let me know.

Jad McCormack - National Commissioner FSE (BA)

CES Eurojam 2017

Rosa la Nava Campsite, Cavalada, Soria,

Spain

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CES Eurojam 2017 (cont.)

Eurojam 2017

Campsite

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Wolf Cubs Centenary – 2016

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Wolf Cubs. To celebrate this very special

occasion, the boys and girls of our Wolf Cub section were invited to submit

designs for a commemorative uniform badge. Lots of great designs were entered

into the competition, which made it a really task difficult for the judges to

choose a winner. Judging took place at the C.E.S. meeting and was undertaken

by Leaders from the overseas member countries.

After much debate, a winner was finally chosen. “BRAVO” to Kieran Byton

of the 1st/2nd Cambridgeshire Pack!

The eventual design,

which is shown here,

contains all the key

elements of Kieran’s

winning contribution.

The resulting badge

can be worn by all the

members of every

section, on uniforms,

throughout 2016.

Extra badges, for use

on campfire blankets,

etc, can be obtained

from the National

Badge Department.

Lest We Forget

This year the Impeesa/Pynot Rover Crew

supported the Royal British Legion Poppy

Appeal by selling poppies. In pairs they gave

just a few hours each to make a difference to

the lives of our ex-servicemen and women.

As a “thank you”, The Royal British Legion

gave them each an embroidered badge

depicting a poppy on a black background.

Why not contact your local branch next year?

The Appeal only lasts for 2 weeks, and they

were really grateful for the help.

We will remember them.

Kieran Byton

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INTRODUCTION

The FSE (British Association) hosted the CES Meeting in October 2015. 50 participants attended from across

Europe. The FSE (BA) had 18 attendees including 5 Young Leaders.

NOTES FROM THE CONFEDERAL COUNCIL 2015

Approval of minutes – There were several errors in the minutes of the 2014 Confederal Council. Those errors

were raised and were accepted without question.

Proposal concerning voting rights for Friend Associations – Following much discussion prior to the

Confederal Council meeting by all member countries finally a decision was reached and voted on

unanimously. Friend Associations will be given voting rights at the Confederal Council but not at the General

Assembly. The Confederal Council is the day to day issues whereas the General Assembly is where changes

to the CES Statutes are made.

Application of friended membership by ZHPnL – The ZHPnL (Polish Scouting Association in Lithuania)

officially requested to become a Friend member of the CES. A vote was taken and the request was

unanimously accepted.

CES Rover Meeting in 2016 – This event will take place on 20th-22nd May 2016 in Avalon, Belgium. The

cost of the camp is €70 and includes camp fees, food and activities. They have kayaking, climbing and a zoo

visit planned. The Belgians will provide tents and Charleroi airport is just 20km away.

New Confederal Council – This year was election year and as you know the incumbent president and vice

president (Wouter Aarts and Verena Borger) were not standing for election. Many discussions took place over

the weekend and on Sunday 25th Oct 2015 the election process took place. The CES Confederal Council elected its new Bureau as follows:

CES President: Tony Ward (UK)

CES Vice President: Antonnio Bosco (Italy)

CES Secretary: Philippe Sauveniere (Belgium)

CES Meeting 2015 – Thriftwood Campsite - 23rd to 25th October 2015

In Tony’s absence

(ill), Jad was

presented with the

CES Presidential

bars and stars and

then took his place

with the new CES

Bureau.

Very Strange…..

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CES Meeting (cont.)

NOTES FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015

Aside from the approval of the minutes of the last General Assembly 2012 and approval of accounts from

2012 to 2015 the main point of discussion of this meeting was making the relevant changes to the CES Statutes

to allow voting rights to Friend Associations.

The wording was agreed in both English and Belgian and the vote for this change was unanimous.

VISIT It is somewhat of a tradition for the host nation to arrange a visit to a place of interest for the participants. This

year we organised a trip to Gilwell Park and Colin Walker a Scout historian agreed to act as our guide.

THANKS As you can imagine, organising a weekend like this takes quite some effort and thus a few very deserving

thanks are required. So special thanks to the following people:

Amanda Clayton for liaising with our European friends before and during the event and organising all

the airport/train transports

Ann Dakin for co-ordinating all the finances of this event

Charlotte Martin for arranging and running the Young Leaders Meeting

Christine Dakin for arranging and running the Over 25 programme

Colin Walker for acting as our tour guide of Gilwell Park and for the evening talk on Mafeking and

Brownsea

AJ for organising the food, driving to the airport at midnight, the superb Roast dinner on Saturday

evening and for generally being an all-round good egg

Chris ‘Sapper’ Dakin for supporting AJ in the kitchen and washing all the pots…and then some more!

All the other FSE (BA) members who attended and helped out when needed

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CES Meeting (cont.)

FEEDBACK COMMENT Good Morning Jad, Before going away, I would like to congratulate all the people who organized our last Confederal Council. The food was really good and personally I passed enjoyable moment with you both. The visit of Gilwell Park with Colin was really perfect. I learn so many new things that I'm really glad. I will use it to complete my personal search for my book. The books that he wrote is perfect for this.... I wish you a wonderful week-end YiS Philippe Sauveniere (Marabout)

CONFEDERAL COUNCIL 2016

CES Meeting 2016 will be held in Spain and during the weekend a visit to the Eurojam Campsite will be

made. Anyone wishing to attend this event should make themselves known to myself and Amanda Clayton.

As is always the case funding will be made available to Young Leaders (Under 25) to assist with travel costs.

Jad McCormack - National Commissioner FSE (BA)

CES MEETING 2015

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12th Wood Badge Reunion, Squirrel Wood, Burghwallis, Yorks.

The Wood Badge Reunion is held each year and is a mainly social event to which

everyone who has undertaken any form of Wood Badge training is invited. The

programme is largely unstructured but allows for anyone with concerns, ideas, or

simply needing advice, to form small discussion groups or arrange a “one-to-one” with

someone they feel can help them.

Twenty three people attended this year, and Friday night was, as always, the time to meet and greet old friends

and new. Supper was provided by Tony Ward, and came in the form of his now legendary chilli con carne!

“Meeting and greeting” continued well into the very late hours of the night (or, for some, the very early hours

of the morning!).

Following the now usual fantastic full English breakfast( courtesy of Roy Bagnall and Alan Draper) and flag

break, the main topic of the morning, for those interested, was a session led by Tadge to completely update the

Scout training handbook. After a buffet lunch, most participants went off site on a shopping frenzy, the main

aim of which was to try to buy something for £1.00 to enter as a gift in the “Secret Santa” draw, to be held

after the evening meal. It’s amazing what you can get for a pound if you look hard enough!

The evening meal was the now traditional “first Christmas dinner of the season”, and again was cooked to

perfection by Roy and Alan. Starters were a choice of prawn cocktail or pate and toast, whilst turkey (freshly

cooked on the premises), roast and mashed potatoes, carrots, sprouts, peas, “pigs in blankets”, stuffing balls

and gravy, made up the main event. This was followed by either sticky toffee or Christmas pudding, with

custard, cream or brandy sauce. “Secret Santa” and pass the parcel then took place round the table (mainly

because, by now, no one was capable of getting up!) Three things which happened after dinner are (perhaps!)

worthy of mention:-

Jad showed a slide giving details of Eurojam 2017 – Spain, and a couple of short videos of the campsite

and local area.

As a homage to the recent World War commemorations, Tadge gave several impromptu

demonstrations to show just why it was so important, in those dark days, for civilians to carry their

gas masks at all times.

Lauren Topham came to realise the folly of taking an after dinner snooze in a room full of

unsupervised delinquents (aka Rovers). Shortly after the accompanying photo’ was taken, of what

looks like a fly tippers paradise, she awoke, only to have her world come crashing down around her

ears! To her credit, she rose phoenix-like from the burgeoning landfill site without uttering a single

word that could not be printed in this report. No doubt she is a better (and certainly wiser) person for

the experience.

After a somewhat late flag break on Sunday morning and a “Scouts

Own”, led by John Crisp, there was a working brunch during which

the Scout handbook update was completed, and aspects of the Wolf

Cub training programme were discussed.

All too soon (2.00pm. to be precise) thanks were made to the cooks,

and to Linda Osgood, for hand embroidering this year’s details onto

the Reunion commemorative badge, before final flag-down and the

announcement that next year’s Reunion was already booked!

See you all then, then, at Hebden Hey Scout Centre?

Kevin Smith

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National Commissioner’s Report - Dec 2015 National Assembly This year’s National Assembly was a fairly quiet affair. The agenda was worked through without any significant issues being raised. Some points to note were as follows:

Approval of Accounts for period 1st April 2014 to 31st Mar 2015 were accepted

Changes of National Committee roles were announced. Laura Thompson has been appointed as National Secretary and Karen Alsop appointed as Child Protection Co-ordinator.

Long Service Awards were presented to Anthony ‘Tadge’ Clayton (15yrs) and to Eileen Draper and David Edge (25yrs)

The newly introduced National Otter Trophy was presented for the first time and the winners were the 6th/15th Lancashire Otter Colony

The National Commissioners Trophy was presented to 1st/2nd Derbyshire Scout Group. I made a point of explaining that this trophy is usually presented to a Group where significant improvement has been made during the last 12 months but this criteria can unfairly hinder a Group who are consistently good. The Trophy was presented to the 1st/2nd Derbyshire quite simply because they are consistently good at what they do.

Eurojam 2017 was briefly discussed but more information will follow once the FSE (BA) delegates have attended the CES Meeting

St George’s Parade 2016 will be hosted by the East Pennine Province on Sunday 24th April 2016

National Assembly 2016 will be hosted by the West Pennine Province on Sunday 9th Oct 2016

Wolf Cub Handbook The newly issued Wolf Cub Handbook is available on the FSE website to download. Printed versions will become available once you have placed your order with Amanda Clayton (HQ Commissioner for Wolf Cubs). The new handbook includes 5 new badges as follows:

Cook Environmentalist Faith Gymnast Rambler

European Scout Federation

(British Association)

www.fse-scouts.eu

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National Commissioner’s Report (cont.) 2016 Wolf Cub Centenary Camp 2016 is a big year for Wolf Cubs, their Centenary year. We will be celebrating the year in a special way and have lots of plans some of which are listed below:

Presentation of Centenary badges to all members of the FSE (BA)

3 week Wolf Cub Programme around BP’s birthday

National camp for all Wolf Cubs over the August bank holiday weekend

Renewal of Wolf Cub Promise ceremony/party 16th Dec 2016 7.16pm

2016 Wolf Cub Centenary Camp Badge I’m led to believe that the winning entry to the badge competition has been chosen and this will go into production very soon. Every member of our Association will receive one in January 2016 and the badge can be worn on the uniform for the duration of 2016. National Commissioners Fund The National Commissioners’ Fund is now available and I’m delighted to say that the first £50 fund has been awarded. New Documents Two new documents have been added to the FSE suite, those being the Finance Manual primarily for use by the National Team and the Guidelines to Healthy Eating for use by everyone keeping in mind that this document is only a guideline but also noting we do have a duty of care to the children even when it comes to feeding them. DBS and Mandatory Training to be monitored by PCs Province Commissioners have access to the FSE Database and from now onwards they will be responsible for ensuring all members of their Province have a suitable DBS in place and have completed the relevant mandatory training within the expected timeframe, i.e. Leaders Information Course, Safeguarding Children and Preliminary Training Course. Just a final word to wish you all the very best for the New Year. Jad - National Commissioner FSE (BA)

Have you ever played … Australian Sticks?

The first person places 6 short sticks in line but at

Any distance apart to suit him/herself. He/she then

Runs, stepping over and between the sticks and takes

A long jump over the final one. The other players

Then follow, the one jumping farthest winning. The

First player then jumps again, in an attempt to beat

His first effort, and so on.

Repeat, giving each player a chance to lay the sticks.

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