Each month
You will find ideas to help you develop programme themes around
the Cheshire Challenge 2012. The aim is simply to inspire you to
try different ideas and don't forget that to achieve maximum points
you need to find ways of working with other sections including your
District Explorer Scouts, Scout Network and Scout Active Support.
Remember they need your help to gain maximum points so it's a
"win-win" situation. Have fun.
May - The Great Outdoors.
Coming soon...
June - Diamonds are Forever
Help celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - learn about our
heritage
Have a Street Party - all the sections together and enjoy this
Diamond Jubilee celebration.
Make lots of bunting for decoration
Make special table decorations, e.g. crowns
Make crowns to wear
Have a jewellery-making evening - bracelets, tiaras,
necklaces
Design a celebration cake or even better - make one!
Give all the food special celebration names, e.g. Sandringham egg
sandwiches, Queen Elizabeth champagne (lemonade), etc.
Beavers and Cubs - dress up as Kings, Queen's or Knights
Sedan Chair Race
Get cross-section teams of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers
to make sedan chairs.
Hold a Jubilee Sedan Chair Race Competition for the most regal
sedan chair.
Castles
Visit one of Cheshire's beautiful castles such as Beeston
www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/beeston/beeston.php
Gold Mining
Learn about Diamond and Gold mining and all the global issues
surrounding mining in countries like Sierra Leone - all the dangers
that the miners face each time they go underground.
You could go panning for Gold in Wales www.wales-underground.or.uk
Open from 14th April to 17th September between 10.00 am and 5.00
pm. Adults £2.60/Child £1.30.
Telephone 01558 650359 re party bookings.
Visit the National Coal Museum between Huddersfield and Dewsbury
- you go underground (complete with hat and torch) with an ex-miner
who tells you how mining started and looking at how it became
modernised - you are underground for about an hour - lots of other
things to see as well - a full day out. IT'S
FREE!!!! Parties would need to book times to go
underground - every 15 minutes. www.ncm.org.uk
Visit the Blue John Cavern - www.bluejohn-cavern.co.uk.
Group bookings (15 or more) - Adults £7, Seniors £6.50 and Children
£4.00. Parties - 1 free per every 10.
Ghostly England
England has lots of Ghost stories about our Heritage, so why not
go on a Ghost tour in Liverpool (www.shiverpool.co.uk)
- private bookings of 20 or more can be made any day of the week -
0151 709 2030. Or go round the haunts of Chester (www.hauntedchester.com/tours.htm)
- contact them for group prices and times.
Beavers and Cubs - make some ghost outfits and go on a ghost
walk around your village or area of your Scout HQ.
July - Olympics
Active Kids
Since 2007, Scout Groups have recieved more than £2.4 million
worth of equipment and experiences and over 4,000 Groups are
registered. That's a fantastic achievement, all made possible by
people like you! You'll be able to register from 30 January
and start to collect vouchers from 15 February 2012.
Visit Scouts Zone at www.sainsburys.co.uk/activekids
Our Sporting Adventure
Is a resource inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games and has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark. It's
packed with activities to help you and your section strive for
excellence and compete with Scouts, from all sections, from all
over the UK.
"It's about encouraging you as leaders to do things differently,
and to figure out what values the Olympic and Paralympic Games give
you, in terms of friendship, respect, courage and determination. As
Scouts, these are things that you will understand anyway. Good
luck" Lord Sebastian
Coe.
Start planning your assult on the medal table for when the
competition begins on 1 January 2012 by registering now at www.scouts.org.uk/oursportingadventure
Sun Run - 6th-8th July and Malvern Challenge 29th June - 1st
July
Sun Run is a Summer event for Scouts & Guides aged 14 and
upwards. With 2 overnight runs (optional), full Marathon 26.2 miles
or 13 mile shorter run. With themed parties, climbing wall &
bungee, fairground rides, inflatable city and more!
Malvern Challenge is a event for Scouts & Explorer Scouts 16
and under. With a 7 mile activity hike, famous bands, talent show,
simulator, craft fayre, fairground rides, climbing wall, bungee
trampoline and more.
Visit www.sr-mc.co.uk for
more information.