Hi All,
I’ve a confession to make – any time I’m in the UK, I never worry too much about having a few £’s in my pocket when I get home. It’s very likely I’ll be there again before too long & I’ll use it then. A lot of people are the same – you may be one of them.
If so, you may be planning to give some of the cash you have kept to your son / daughter when going to camp.
Just a quick note about “old” £5 notes. These look like:
These notes are not being accepted by any shops or businesses since 5th May 2017.
Because of this, we will NOT be accepting those old £5 notes into camp bank. Also, please don’t give them to them to bring – it’ll only lead to disappointment as they won’t be able to spend them.
You can read more about this at: Daily Telegraph Old £5 Note
Just for interest, the new (valid) £5 note looks like:
As ever, give us a call with any queries…
Enda.
Hi All,
To keep things sensible this weekend, can we ask that all cars park on the left side of the car park at all times?
This will leave the right side for the coaches. It will make life easier for all – and more importantly, safer!!
In other words:
Thanks for your help and understanding!!
Hi All,
Flights for Gilwell 2017 have now been booked!
All will be revealed at a later date, but for now, all you need to know is that we’ll be leaving early on Sat 1st July and will be back again on the evening of Sat 15th July.
While the camp bookings are now “closed”, we will still accept people onto the list for a short while more, but IF THE FLIGHTS HAVE GONE UP IN PRICE, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE INCREASE.
To be honest, we don’t expect them to go up too much, but you never know!!
Any questions, just get back to us!!!
Enda.
- 2nd Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Tuesday January 10th; Scouter Evan Causer (Evancauser@douglasscouts.ie)
- 6th Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Wednesday January 18th; Scouter Eoghan Healy (Eoghanhealy@douglasscouts.ie)
- 47th Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Friday January 13th; Scouter John Cleary (johncleary@douglasscouts.ie)
Don’t forget to pay up via the Easypayments website for the overnight to Mount Melleray before January 13th and email your section Scouter to let them know you are going!
Base Camp South is a Provincial Camp happening in Kilcully in June 2017 for and is open to SCOUTS only
Dates 2nd – 5th June 2017
Location Kilcully Scout Centre
Program 2 full days of program,
- 1 day spent offsite to include trip to an adventure centre to include high ropes, zorbing, archery and more. Plus an environmental project will be undertaken.
- 1 day on site will have scout activities based on a Tom Crean theme
- There will be 3 evenings of program which will include campfires, trade fair, disco and a number of crafts & skills to be experienced
Cost to be confirmed but will be in the region of €75 – €85
Can you believe it…. We’re about to launch Camp 2017!
Following a hugely successful summer camp in 2016 we’ve wasted no time in preparing for Camp 2017.
The leadership team has sat down and looked at a number of options. While we haven’t finalised anything yet we can say it’s looking like the UK is our destination for Camp 2017
We are conscious that cost is a factor for a lot of families so this was taken into account as we’d love to break the numbers barrier from last year.
We had to limit the numbers for 2016 due to taking our own bus but this year it’s a case of the more the merrier! The more we have going, the less the cost is on the group.
Anyone who’s been on camp over the last few years will know the benefits of having a good number of Scouts and Venture Scouts going to camp: More People means a wider variety of activities to get involved with, more people means more chance to meet new Scouting friends and more people means a larger site with even more places and things to discover!
So for now… here’s what we know:
Possible/Probable Dates: 1st fortnight in July
Open too: Scouts & Venture Scouts
Next Steps: Register your interest with your section leader at your next meeting
More details very very soon!
Hi All,
Huge thanks for your patience as we’re ironing out some of the initial teething problems with the system.
As of now, you CAN pay for registration with the system. (It was only showing Spike – registration is now there).
We really appreciate all the feedback – without it, we would never get there!
Anyone at the registration night on Sunday – we hope to have a number of laptops there & will be able to sort any individual issues with the system.
Enda.
Morning all,
Here in Douglas & St. FinBarre’s Scout group, we’re implementing an online payment system for the group, through a company called Easy Payments Plus.
We’re excited by it, we feel it will give both us and you an easier way to pay & track payments.
In the next short while, you should receive an email from the system, allowing you to activate your account. You should do this – it’s NOT spam!
We KNOW that there may be teething problems while we role this out – please bear with us. We feel it’ll be really worth it on everybody’s part.
Come back with any queries,
Enda.
What has now become an annual event; our weekend activity to Spike Island has been booked for October 7th – 9th next
Those sections attending from the Friday to the Sunday (Cubs, Scouts, Ventures) will cost €30 per head
The Beaver sections, who will make a day trip event on the Saturday, will cost €10 per head
Closing date, if not full before hand, for members to sign up to this evening is September 30th
We are limited with numbers attending due to the ferry capacity so please speak with your section leader at your next meeting to secure your place. Payment in full to your section leader will secure your place.
Please speak with your section leader ASAP. Some sections have other activities on around this time also
Here’s when!
2nd Cork Scouts:
Evan and his team of Scouters are back on Tuesday September 6th at 19:30 for a brief meeting with parents and scouts then full meetings start on the 13th until 21:30
6th Cork Scouts:
Eoghan and his team are back on Wednesday September 7th at 18:00 until 20:00
47th Cork Scouts:
John and his team are back since Friday September 2nd at 19:30 until 21:00
All of our Scout Troops have limited availability for new members.