Dear Parents,
Supporting Scouting – Cubs Open Evening (February 8th
2012)
Most parents realise that Scouting is a
voluntary organisation. The Cubs at 13th
Carlisle has been very fortunate in the last few years to have a strong,
committed team of trained leaders, young leaders and regular parental
helpers. Working together they have
ensured that the activities on offer have always been fun, varied and,
crucially, safe.
As the advert said “Change Happenz
(sic).” After six years supporting the Cubs Jonathan McKeown will be stepping
down in March to pursue other projects.
Andrew Brindley, after three years with the Group, will also step down
from the end of this month as he completes the final parts of his degree and
then moves back to Merseyside. Jonathan
and Andrew have been great supporters of the both Cubs and the Group – both will
be sadly missed. We will also lose Rachel Bradley in September when she starts
university, and like Ben Hodgkiss, will then be only available at the start and
end of terms.
The Cubs have been very fortunate to
have the support of each one of these leaders/helpers. The loss of all this
experience means that we now need to build a new team to take Cubs forward and
we are looking for your help and support.
Everyone thinks that they haven’t the
time to commit to Scouting. We are all
pushed through work and family commitments, however, helping Scouting doesn’t
mean you have to give a weekly commitment – any contribution is welcomed,
however large or small.
On Wednesday 8th February we
will be holding an open night for all parents from 6.30pm until 8.30pm. On that night you can see what we get up to
and speak to the current leadership team.
You can take part and maybe you can help out with an activity too! Once you see what we do, and how we work, we
hope that you might be tempted to join us in some capacity.
Perhaps you could help out with camps or
activities (bed and breakfast included), could you run some games or could you
help with some of the administration.
Whatever your skills, whatever the time you can spare, together we can
make a difference. You wouldn’t need to
wear a uniform (unless you wanted to), you wouldn’t need to come each and every
week but you would be guaranteed to have a great time helping your
children!
We look forward to seeing many of you
during the meeting on Wednesday 8th February.
Yours sincerely,
David Hodgkiss (Akela) on behalf of all
the leaders/helpers at 13th Carlisle Cubs
