Rushcliffe Scout News

By Peter Hortor - AESL, 1st Kinoulton. managing escape room.docx escape room solution.pdf   Attached is the 'cheat sheet'. I recommend any leader thinking of running the session first reads this and then tries at least the first room of the game so they know what they are doing when explaining it. The game can be accessed via: https://www.saintmichaelsscouts.org.uk/virtual-games/ In terms of running as a group once the leader has understood the game, here is how I did it: 1. Set up an event on OSM with a deadline 1 day before so i could put the explorers into groups of 3. The message gave the zoom meeting link and made clear explorers could join from 7.30 to chat, but we would start the games at 7.45 sharp. 2. On the evening of the game, I followed the instructions from the link above to set up multiplayer games.This is very easy but the computer on which you set up the multiplayer games must not try to enter a game - it gets a game control page that can see...

By Adam Dearnley - District Media Manager. Whilst the Covid-19 readiness level is at red and weekly meetings are suspended, we have relaunched our Virtual Scout Group Activity / Badge Blog, available at  https://rushcliffevirtualscouts.blogspot.com/   we will be posting a weekly badge or activity for each section that you can do at home then email evidence to your leaders or bring it in when you start back. Beavers: Tuesday Cubs: Wednesday Scouts: Thursday

By Fiona Burrows - District Commissioner. Join the rest of the District, and others across the County, to mark Remembrance Sunday, in a slightly different way to usual. Once again we are back in lockdown and no face to face Scouting can currently be carried out including attending Remembrance Day events as Scouts and Scouters. Earlier this year, members across the District and County took part in the #ScoutsClapForCarers to mark St George’s Day. We thought it would be fantastic to try and do something similar which would help us reflect and remember members of our nations Armed Forces. We are encouraging Rushcliffe members and their families, both young and old, to wear their Uniforms and to stand on their doorsteps holding their own 2 minute silence at 11am on Remembrance Sunday. Prior to this, there will be a Remembrance Sunday video premiering on our YouTube Channel at 10.45 (link will be posted soon). Join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/272398234190261/ ....

Following the announcement of a four-week lockdown in England from Thursday 5 November, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has now issued guidance about what this means for all youth sector activity. From tomorrow, Scouts and all other youth activities will move to Red readiness level.   This decision by the Government means that there can be no face-to-face activity with young people or adult volunteers. Only online meetings can be delivered until further notice.   We appreciate this is very short notice and is disappointing for many who have worked so hard to get their sections back together, and had fantastic plans for their young people over the coming weeks. We also understand and sympathise with those who now have the difficult task of cancelling meetings. We can’t thank you enough for everything you’re doing. Please be assured we would’ve liked to have given you as much notice as possible but this is the earliest opportunity. The  NYA website  will be updated to ...