Tag: Running your section

  • Google Form for Volunteering

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    Google offers WorkSpace (their online office suite) freely for charities. This can be used with your own domain name to allow you to send and recieve emails to [email protected] as well as giving you a repository for all of your scouting files. Recently, I was organising an event which required volunteers for specific tasks, so…

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  • How I Invest New Beavers, Cubs or Scouts

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    There are many ways to invest new members and not one definitive one.  This is my take on it, so please use the bits you like, make suggestions in the comments and share with your fellow Scouters. Begin by getting your colony, pack or troop into their horseshoe as if starting or ending the meeting.…

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  • Do Scout leaders have to wear uniform?

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    Scout leaders generally wear a uniform here in the UK. Most groups will provide a shirt, trousers and belt for leaders, or at least reimburse the cost for buying them yourself. Historically, uniform was difficult to size but recent reports suggest that the sizing guides are easy to work with and to find the appropriate…

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