Dear Parent/Guardian,
I would like to wish you a very warm welcome to our group. I would also like to thank you for taking time to look at our welcome pack. Hopefully this page explains everything you need to know about the 27th Rotherham (Woodsetts) Scout Group.
All the information you need is below and will be regularly updated as often as it needs to be. If this page doesn’t help with all the information and you still have questions then please reach out to one of our amazing volunteers who will be happy to help.
What Is Scouting?
Scouts are do-ers and give-it-a-go-ers. Yes, we go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling, cycling and canoeing.
But, we also get to hang out with our friends every week – having fun, playing games, working in a team and taking on new challenges.
Every week we give over 50 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills they need for life.
Everyone’s welcome here. All genders, races and backgrounds. Regardless of your young person’s physical ability – there’s a Scout adventure out there waiting for them. And we’ll help them find it.
Uniform
Our uniform consists of a sweatshirt or shirt/blouse, which you can sew some of your badges onto, and a coloured scarf or ‘necker’ to represent your local group. There are lots of other optional uniform and accessories you can wear, such as hats, hoodies, trousers or shorts.
We ask for your young person to have their sweatshirt or shirt/bloud within the first 4 weeks of starting. We may have a second hand one in stock but if not we recommend going to Hesley Wood in Sheffield as all fund raised there stay in Scouting for South Yorkshire.
When your young person is invested they will receive a necker, woggle and their first set of badges. If these are lost then a replacement must be purchased at the same it costs the group.
Costs
Currently we charge our Sub at £40 per full school term (January to Easter, Easter to July and September until December) which works out at £120 a year. Our subs are used to pay for the insurance and the use of facilities throughout the district and county.
We put on activities throughout the year which will have extra costs such as Camps, Fun Days, BBQ’s, Trips to the cinema and so much more!
If you are in a situation where funds are tight then as a group we will try our best to help you at as Scouting is for everyone no matter what the situations. Please speak to the section leader or group lead volunteer who will help out.
The group also claims money back through gift aid. Once a year we will contact new parents to see if they are eligble for gift aid to allow the group to claim money back from the government.
Behaviour
We want everyone to have fun at our group. We expect all our young people to follow the rules laid out by the leaders and fellow young people for their safety and the enjoyment of other the young people. At least once a year all the young people will come up with a code of conduct that they must follow.
We treat all young people fairly and consistently and apply our code of conduct with them.
Where we meet
The group is currently undergoing lots of upgrades thanks to the help and support of our wonderful trustees!
Because of the upgrades the Squirrels currently meet at the Woodsetts Village Hall on Tuesdays 5pm – 6pm.
The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts meet at our HQ on Guildingwells Road, S81 8QE.
Squirrels
Squirrels meet Tuesdays 5pm – 6pm in the Village Hall
Beavers
Beavers meet Tuesdays 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Cubs
Cubs meet Fridays 7pm – 8:30pm
Scouts
Scouts meet Wednesdays 7pm – 8:30pm
Events/Group Calendar
We communicate events to all our parents via email, Facebook and here on the website. As part of the Scouts we try to help the environment as much as possible so minimise printing out paper forms where possible.
You can see all upcoming camps and events on the calendar by clicking the button below.
Get in touch
If you still have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us! All our volunteers are happy to help you. We have plenty of ways to get in touch with us you can find us on Facebook or even send an email to us through the form on our contact us page. All the links are below.
A lot of last minute information is shared through the facebook group as well as uploading photos from our sessions. All parents will be asked for photo consent to make sure they are happy for photo’s of their young person to be shared on Facebook and on here on the website.
Facebook Page
Facebook Group
Contact Form
