Both groups from the Ballymoney Beavers have enjoyed a great night bowling at the Jet Centre. This was the last night before Easter and the two groups were mixed together so that they can get to know each other better before our camp in June.
E.On have partnered with The Scout Association to sponsor the Scout Global Conservation Activity Badge and in doing so educate young people on sustainability and energy efficiency.
In the UK we’re committed to educating young people about the importance of being energy efficient and understanding the role they can play in making a positive difference. E.On’s partnership with The Scout Association is a fantastic opportunity to do this in a fun and engaging environment. We hope to bring energy to life and to empower Scouts to not only change their own energy behaviour but to also influence those around them.
Resources
The Global Conservation Badge provides ample scope for Scouts to be really creative – both with their hands and with their minds. This fantastic new resource created by E.ON and the Scout Association gives leaders and Scouts some great ideas and ways to achieve the Global Conservation Badge.
E.ON Global Conservation Challenge Badge Activity Pack
About E.ON
E.ON is one of the UK’s leading power and gas companies – generating electricity, and retailing power and gas – and is part of the E.ON group, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies. E.ON employs around 12,000 people in the UK and more than 79,000 worldwide.
E.ON Tent of the Future
When research revealed that young people were turned off camping because of being denied access to gadgets and technology, E.ON had a brainwave. If you were lucky enough to attend Essex Jamboree or Warwickshire’s Bear Day, then you may have seen E.ON’s Tent of the Future. The tent is kitted out with camping friendly gadgets and games including solar powered baseball caps and an intelligent sleeping bag that regulates body temperature.
Competition
E.On are inviting Scout Groups to submit their own suggestions, designs or even models for their Tent of the Future. If you and your Group have an innovative gizmo design then it could win you fantastic prizes. The winning entry will receive £500 of vouchers to spend on electrical equipment for their Scout meeting place, whilst four runners up will receive £250.
How to enter
To enter simply submit an entry to corporatepartnerships@scouts.org.uk. This can be as little as a description of your idea, or as much as a full gadget design. The prizes will go to both the best ideas, and the best executed entries. The deadline for receipt of entries is March 31 2013.
Ballymoney Explorers recently met up with Mytholmroyd Explorers for a Ski trip to Kranska Gora in Slovenia. Good weather and fantastic snow conditions meant that even the novices were guaranteed a great weeks skiing. All the Explorers had a lesson every day from our ski instructor ‘Tomislav Vrhovec’, and he kept them on their toes improving their skiing every day. By the end of the week everyone had successfully skied a long red run with most tacking a black run. After a hard days skiing we headed back to the hostel for tea before heading aback out again for the nights activities such as night skiing, tobogganing and swimming, then back to the hostel for supper and free time before bed. On the last night all the explorers headed out into town to for a meal, and with all the local cuisine to choose from they settled for pizza!!
A group of perspective Patrol Leaders and Existing Patrol Leaders met up at Crawfordsburn this weekend for a packed weekend of classes and activities to develop their leadership and teambuilding skills. The weekend addressed a range of topics such as styles of leadership, dealing with challenging behaviour, communication, promoting scouting, risk assessments and program planning, by allowing the young people to try different activities and games such as the trading post, building a shelter, and the blind trail. It also provided an opportunity to get to know Scouts from across Northern Ireland such as Carryduff, Ballyclare, Roe valley, Ballymoney and Castlerock .
