Mental Health Awareness Evening – Time to Talk

This evening the Explorers had a guest speaker from West Sussex Council to discuss mental health awareness and ways to wellness. This was timed to coincide with time to talk day. During the evening, we covered several different topics including some general facts and knowledge, key terms (including anxiety and depression), mental health triggers, ways to improve mental health and wellbeing before applying their knowledge to some youth case studies. The Explorers were engaged throughout and showed real maturity in discussing a subject which is sensitive to many. We finished with a few games to help everyone decompress and relax …

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Crossbows / D of E / Investitures

Tonight we had a busy night at Shackleton! 10 of our Explorers split into 2 groups to plan their upcoming D of E Silver Expeditions. Much cake was consumed in the process!!! The other unit members were able to partake in Crossbow shooting with some of the unit scoring full marks (40/40). At the end of the night we also invested 4 new members into the unit to learn #skillsforlife. A big thanks to Allen for leading the crossbows and to the other unit leaders for supporting D of E planning. Next week our Bronze teams will be planning their …

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Jan 2022 to April 2022 Programme

Happy New Year! A new term means a new programme which we are pleased to share below. All meetings are subject to change based on COVID restrictions but these will be emailed out as needed. If your interested in joining us, please get in touch! Date Activity Location Other Details 03/01/2022 No Meeting N/A N/A 10/01/2022 Trading Post 4th Worth Uniform 17/01/2022 Crossbows / D of E Routes 4th Worth Uniform & Warm Clothing 23/01/2022 Crossbows / D of E Routes 4th Worth Uniform & Warm Clothing 31/01/2022 Mental Health Awareness 4th Worth Guest Facilitator – Uniform 07/02/2022 Hunted TBC …

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Young people first: Safeguarding and Safety in Scouting

Wherever we go and whatever we do, we put young people’s safety and wellbeing first. Here's how.