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	Click here for the detailed transport logistics plan	CUBS ONLY   Click here for the final Cub Parents Letter  A pack meal will be required for Friday afternoon.
	There are 50 Scouts and over 50 cubs camping, and at the weekend we will have 188 of us on site!!! Dorothy Hughes centre for25th-27th July and also 2 sections of Woodlands field from 25th - 1st Aug have been booked at Gilwell, so the Scout Troops can stay on for the rest of the week. The area allocated will hold approx 70-90 people and it is also the closest camp field to the Dorothy Hughes building. Risk Assessment for Centenary Scout Camp	SCOUTS ONLY   Click here for the Scout Health form The maximum pocket money is £20, Mike Beesley will be running a camp bank for all of the Scouts. A pack meal will be required for Friday afternoon. The suggested kit list for scouts is:- Rucksack or bag you can carry, sun headgear, old trainers (that don't mind getting wet), hike boots or stout walking shoes, hike socks, socks and spare socks, shorts (essential), spare trousers, spare T-shirts, spare shirt, spare sweat shirt, long-sleeved shirt, spare underclothes, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, waterproof anorak, sun protection cream, torch and spare batteries, drinking water bottle, plates, mug, knife, fork and spoon. Camp seat. Old tea towel. Plastic bag for dirty clothing. Swimming wear and towel. A gnome. We will travel there in full uniform and on return journey, plus uniform will be worn at other times during camp, the 1st Crowborough T-Shirts will also be useful . Mobiles, radios, personal stereos, ipods and electronic games are not allowed. Aerosols are also banned. Scouts may bring a penknife.

Click here for the Summer Camp letter    To read more about the fantastic Gilwell site click here.

28 January 2008, Group Centenary Camp – Gilwell Park, 25th – 27th July 2008

Dear Parents

As you know, this year, 2008, 1st Crowborough Scout Group is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
To help celebrate this, we are organising a group summer camp from the 25th to the 27th July
(with the Scouts continuing until the 2nd August).
We have been very lucky, in that, we have secured a campsite at the HQ of the Scout Association
at Gilwell Park, near Chingford, London.  The campsite is right at the heart of the Scout Association,
where the offices of the Chief Scout and the Information Centre are based and is the location used for
National activity ‘fun days’ every year.  The centre has a real Scouting atmosphere and we are very
fortunate to be able to camp there.
In order that we involve absolutely everyone in this exciting opportunity, we intend for the Beavers
to either visit for the day, or if they would like to, sleep overnight on the Saturday night, in indoor
accommodation.  The Cubs and the Scouts would go up on the Friday – details below – with the Cubs
returning Sunday afternoon and the Scouts continuing with their Summer Camp at the same site,
until the following Saturday 2nd August.

Our basic plan, which will become more detailed with letters from individual section leaders, will be:
•	Thursday 24th July 7pm – Cubs and Scouts meet at the HQ to load lorry with camping equipment and personal kit.
•	Friday 25th July, 2pm, Cubs and Scouts (having had a hot meal) meet at the Scout HQ for departure to Gilwell
by coach (take packed tea).
•	Saturday 8am – Beavers meet at the Scout HQ for departure to Gilwell by coach.
•	Saturday 8pm – Day visiting Beavers leave Gilwell after Camp Fire, by coach.
•	Sunday 9am – Beavers, who have stayed overnight, will return by coach to the Scout HQ.
•	Sunday 3pm, Cubs will leave Gilwell to travel by coach to the Scout HQ
•	Saturday 2nd August 11am – Scouts leave Gilwell by coach to return to Scout HQ.

The cost for this will be:-
•	Beavers (day visitors)	-	£20
•	Beavers (overnight)	-	£40
•	Cubs			-	£55
•	Scouts			-	£175
This includes all activities, food and accommodation plus transport to site and return.
There will be a letter coming out very shortly to show a payment plan for those that would like one.

This is, of course, the basic outline and there will be more details (i.e. parents that would like to camp etc)
as we go through these next few months, however we do need to start booking activities and reserving coaches etc,
so to assist in this we are asking for a non-refundable deposit as below to be returned to your young persons
section leader by the 16th February 2008:-
•	Beavers	-	£5
•	Cubs		-	£15
•	Scouts		-	£20

Please return the slip below to your section leader with your appropriate deposit before the 16th February.

It would be great if everyone was able to take part…it really does look like a fantastic camp…..and we may not
see the next centenary camp!

Yours in Scouting
John Easton – Group Scout Leader

Name…………………………………………..would like to go to the Group Summer Camp at Gilwell.
I enclose a deposit of £5 (Beavers) 0, £15 (Cubs) 0, or £20 (Scouts) 0 please tick appropriate box.

He / She has / not any special dietary needs - details……………………………………………………………………………..

He / She has / not any allergies – details……………………………………………………………………………………………

Signed…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

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