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Welcome to the Slieve Bloom Scout County Website!
Slieve Bloom Scout County is located in the Midlands of Ireland, covering Laois, Offaly and a significant part of North Tipperary. The County name comes from the mountain range in the middle of our County where much of our Scouting occurs. Our County has 14 groups.
The county was formed on January 1st 2004 along with the new national scouting association of Ireland, Scouting Ireland. The County is made up of the old Cois Deirge, South Midlands and the Laois part of Kildare & Leighlin Regions of Scouting Ireland (CSI) and the old Slieve Bloom District of Scouting Ireland (SAI). The County is part of the Southern Eastern Province.
The County Office is located in the Scout Den in Tullamore. To find out details on any activity / events or scouting in general ring Brigid in the Office on (057)9328288 or email us.
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Important Announcements
Important Announcements
Adult
& Community Awards
December 1st is the Deadline for the receipt in HQ of applications for Adult & Community Awards. Don’t miss this opportunity to remember those deserving of awards.
Next
County Meeting
County Board AGM Monday 8th January 2007 at 8pm (Kinnity Community Centre)
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Beaver scouts are our junior section for 6 - 8 years of age. Their programme is designed to meet the needs of young people of this age group. The emphasis is on meeting and interacting with people of their own age in a programme based around fun and discovery
The motto of Beavering is `Sharing' and this is reflected in the programme where the young person learns to share through co-operation, teamwork and effort. Therefore Beavering is designed on a positive group basis
Some of the activities enjoyed at Beaver meetings include: active and quiet games, stories, creative crafts, singing, nature study, etc. Once a month, a Beaver Colony may have a special event or activity. These could be hikes, visits, picnics, etc.
Cub Scouting is for young people who are 8 - 11 years of age.
Children of 8 years of age have already passed through their first stages of development (Beavers) and are ready to discover the wider world and find out and experiment with it. The young person of Cub scout age will experience many changes in their lives. Cub Scouting aims to assist this development in a natural way by being aware of the needs of young people of this age group and designing and running programmes and activities that compliment this developmental progression.
This section is for members of the association between the ages of 11 to 15. Scouts work as members of a “Patrol”, which is ideally made up of six to eight Scouts, within a “Troop” which would have four to six Patrols. A Scout troop operates under the guidance of the Scout Leaders.
As Patrols the focus of activities Scouts participate in deal mainly with the outdoors. During the course of the year the troop would go on weekend activities such as day long or overnight hikes, weekend camps either staying in tents or in Scout Centres and on these activities they could undertake smaller tasks such as backwoods cooking (cooking on an open fire), pioneering projects (like bridge building) and playing games. Troops also meet once a week where they would learn and practice the skills necessary for the weekend activities as well as play games and other fun activities. Although leaders are there to run the programme the opportunity is there for members to take on responsibilities within the troop and recognition for this and other achievements is done through the “Badge work System”.
Venture scouts is for young adults between the ages of 15 – 21. This is their final stage in the progression to adulthood. The programme is mainly activity based, being run by themselves for themselves. The leaders role in Ventures is purely as a facilitator to make sure everything runs smoothly and to offer advice.
A committee is elected each year which includes a chairperson, secretary, treasurer and one or two others. They will meet on a regular basis outside of regular meeting times to organise the programme for the coming weeks.