Age
Profiles of Members
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currently has 4 active training sections, A brief description of theses
sections, their activities and the time committment required is outlined
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Beavers
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| Beavers are aged between 6 and 8 years
old. They meet every Friday night between 7.30 and 8.30pm.
They have a number of outings during the year, including a fun day, a trip
to the pantomime at Christmas and 2 or 3 other activities (normally on a
Sunday) |
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Macaoimh
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| Macaoimh
(Cubs) are aged between 8 and 11 years. They have a higher time
commitment. There are currnently 2 macaoimh sections, which meet
from 7.30 to 9pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. They have approximatley six to
eight hikes during the year (September to June) normally on Sundays and at
least one weekend away. Macaoimh are more active than Beavers and
can be more challenging. |
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Scouts
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| Scouts are aged between 11 and 16 years old
and are meet on Thursdays between 7.30 and 9.30pm on Thursday
nights. They have the highest time commitment as they undertake a
lot of activities outside their weekly meetings including hillwalks,
hikes, weekends away and an annual camp. The scouts section is the
traditional image of scouting and are very active. Scouts are alos
more independant and programmes can be more imaginative. It is not
necessary to partake in all activities to become involved in the scout
section. |
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Venturers
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Our
Venturer section meets to organise activities and is very flexible. The
age group is between 16 and 20. The programme is decide by Venturers
themselves and tends to be active but limited to one or two (max)
activities per month. Activities include Hillwalking, Quading,
Adventure Centres, Cycling Hikes etc.
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What
else should I know ?
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Scouting at whatever level you choose is
very rewarding. Experienced leaders are in place in all the sections
and you will not be left by yourself to run a programme. Leadership
as with all other aspects of scouting is a team effort.
For insurance puirposes leaders must be
over 18 and preferably over 21. There is no upper age limit. You do
not have to participate in all activities, but remember as a leader you
have input into deciding what activities take place.
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Do I Need to know about Scouts ?
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| No previous involvment in scouting is
required as a flexible but formal training programme is run a number of
times a year. These prove very useful particularly as they are aimed
at new leaders and are generally very well recevied. |
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What if I want to know more ?
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| If
your not sure of what is involved, feel free to contact us, without
commitment to talk or to answer any queries your may have. If you
want to "test the water" you would be more that welcome to come
and see what we do in any of the sections during our weekly meetings on an
activity. Remember YOU can choose the level of commitment you want to give to
scouting. |
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Contact Details
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In
the first instance you can contact our Unit Leader - Aidan Forde by e-mail
- Click
Here
Alternatively you can contact Niall for
details of Macoimh activities - Click
Here
This website should also give you some idea
of the activities that we do.
Remember:
Everybody gains from
Scouting !
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