New Scouts welcome at Helensburgh group

By Naomi Burley, Assistant Cub Scout Leader

Helensburgh Scout Group is excited to invite new members to join our adventures in 2024. So far we have had a great start to the year with our first international contingent for more than 10 years going to the New Zealand Jamboree.

We had both Venturers and Scouts attending and from all accounts they had a fantastic time as well as representing Helensburgh and making us proud with their willingness to take on tough challenges, excellent manners and resilience.

They have come back with many scouting collector items and we’re now thinking about the Australian Jamboree at the beginning of 2025 and the Governor General’s camp in April this year. We want to take this opportunity to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who supported our Scouts in their fundraising during 2023 – they got there!

Our Leaders have already begun planning and booking in other camps and events in our calendar, but the primary planning is always done by our youth members at the start of the year, when they get to tell us the new things they want to try, the favourite things they want to do again (yes, we’ll be climbing this term, Cubs) and we have a long list that we didn’t get to in 2023 that we already have put into the calendar.

You can join in at any time during the year. Our sections are starting back on Wednesday, 7th of February for Joeys (5-7 year olds) and Cubs (8-11) and Thursday 8th of Feb for our Scouts (12-14) and Venturers (15-17).

Our days have changed over this year. We offer a free four-week trial for all age groups. If you are interested, just check in with our leaders to see where they are running that particular week as we are often out and about. You can enquire here: bruce.crawley@nsw.scouts.com.au

We are also on the look-out for an amazing Joey Leader to join our leader team. You don’t have to have a Scouting background or even have a child currently in Scouts. You might be an individual who is passionate about offering education about nature, the environment and being a great citizen to young children, as well as having fun. If this sounds like you, send Bruce an email and we can discuss how you can get started.