At this time many of us will be looking back over the last 12 months remembering
the highs and lows that made up our year. I hope that you have many happy memories of your Scouting year in
2014. Those activities which
have engaged the Scouts
and involved many of the membership, times when the weather and conditions may
have been testing but then a
fun and positive scouting activity may have made us recall stories of activities in
other past times when it was
bigger, wetter and colder but still great
fun!
Our District Scouting family has seen changes when some of our
membership have "gone
home" much earlier
than any of us would have wished for but being a family we have given and continue to give support to
others in the family, which I know
really does help during those dark times.
Going forward the District and the Association are entering into a new mind set with Scouting building on its proud history of offering Scouting to all. We are about to go fully
IT. Doing away with the paper files we have completed
and collected (and hopefully reduced?) The membership will be able to see their own
records and pay their all-important membership directly to HQ. I hope the District
will be able to continue to support those who may not have their own IT
equipment at this time.
It takes me back to the time when Cub Leaders would have a weekly inspection which
would include money for the phone box and we all had to know how to use and know where our local public phone box was just in
case of an emergency. Today
how many of the younger membership would not know where, how and why? How did we cope?
I know some groups will have a change in their management as they reform to be in a
better position to take their
membership forward into the future. I hope that many of us will consider
supporting Scouting in other
ways, maybe not as section leaders but as a part of the District Team, maybe as part of the SAS or one of its sub SAS
groups providing the right support at the right time that ensures Scouting is
successful at all levels. A challenge is ahead for us all.
I hope we can all travel through whatever 2015 throws at us, the challenges in our own family life, work and Scouting.
We can and we will be able to support each other
through these journeys together as part of this special family called SCOUTING.
So I hope 2015 will be a great year that has more ups than downs, so let the magic of fun Scouting
begin!
All the very best in 2015 from Polly
Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda. Happy New Year
