- When: October 4th/5th/6th
- Where: Mount Melleray Scout Centre, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
- Cost: €50 for Cub Scouts, Scouts & Ventures & €30 for Beaver Scouts
This is our first big group weekend away and it’s to celebrate the new Douglas & St. FinBarres Scout Group.
We are asking/requesting/inviting/expecting a great number of Scouts to attend.
- The Cub Scouts, Scouts & Ventures will head down on the Friday evening and come home on Sunday afternoon.
- The Beaver Scouts will head down on Saturday morning and come home on Sunday afternoon with everyone else.
We have a packed intinerary planned for the weekend; this is a chance for all our members to get together for the first time as one group.
- What do I do now:
Secure your place with a €10 deposit – Give this to your section leader at your next meeting (Full payment also accepted)
Full payment must be made by Friday 27th
- Keep an eye on this site, our Facebook page and Twitter Feed for more information
Here are all the start times of our weekly meetings going forward. Previous post was slightly incorrect!
Beaver Scouts (6, 7, 8 yr olds) (Waiting list in place for new members to these sections)
- 2nd Cork Beaver Scouts – Starting on Thursday September 12th @ 18:00 – 19:00
Under the new leadership of Janette Murphy (janettemurphy@douglasscouts.ie)
- 6th Cork Beaver Scouts – Starting on Tuesday September 10th @ 18:30 – 19:30
(This is the group that used to meet on Monday in the ICA hall. Now meeting on Tuesday in the John Slye Scout Hall)
Under the new leadership of Deborah Long (deborahlong@douglasscouts.ie)
- 47th Cork Beaver Scouts – Starting on Friday September 13th @ 18:00 – 19:00
Under the leadership of Dara Gowan (daragowan@douglasscouts.ie)
Cub Scouts (9, 10, 11 yr olds) (Waiting list in place for new members to these sections)
Scouts (12, 13, 14 15 yr olds) New Members Welcome
Venture Scouts (15, 16, 17 yr olds)
- Douglas & St. Finbarres Venture Crew – Starting on Wednesday September 4th @ 20:00 – 21:00
Venture Crew Adviser Richard Scriven (richardscriven@douglasscouts.ie)
Hi all,
You can download a consent form that needs to be filled out for every youth member and handed back to their Leader immediately.
You can fill it in and print it off yourself and bring it down to the next meeting.
YiS,
Darran.
Last night (22nd August) a specially convened Group Council took place whereby the Douglas & St. Finbarres Scout Group came into existence following a unanimous vote by all present.
In addition to the members of the former Group Councils of Douglas Scout Group and of St. Finbarres Cathedral Scout Group were Una ORegan (County Commissioner for Cork South) and Colin Heas (County Commissioner for Lee Valley)
Elected on the night were the new officers of the Group
- Joint Chairpersons of the Group Council – Don Trotter & Enda Downey
- Group Leader – Conor Crowley
- Deputy Group Leader – Derek Dunne
- Group Secretary – Dara Gowan
- Group Treasurer – Ger Hodkinson
- Group Quartermasters – Kevin OConnor & Stephen McCarthy
- Group Programme Coordinators – Claire Nichols & Nick Swanton
- Sections will hear from their respective leaders shortly
It is an honour to have been appointed as the new Group Leader of the Douglas & St. Finbarres Scout Group. We go forward together in what are a new era for scouting and a new era for us all as adults in scouting.
The history that comes with both former groups should not be and will not be lost as we move into the future. As we embark on this journey together I can safely say that uniting has only made scouting stronger.
You’ll be aware that as always in scouting we’ll be presented with many challenges but I’m sure we’ll overcome any of these together as a group.
I’m looking forward to working with everyone; from county level to the section leaders, from the Group Council to the Parents & Friends committee, and of course with our youth members, in building a strong future for Scouting.
Yours In Scouting
Conor Crowley
Group Leader – Douglas & St. Finbarres Scout Group