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January 2018 January 2018
Everyone had lots of fun with
music, bingo games and a
raffle to keep everyone
entertained. Thanks to the
cubs for making the table
decorations and the crackers
and to the beavers for joining
us for Christmas songs
accompanied with their hand
bells.

When the scouts need to
discuss and make decisions we
hold a troop forum where
whoever wants to contribute
gets the chance to speak and
then voting is carried out. This is
how we decided which charity
to support from the funds we
raised at our bonfire night. We
all talked about if it should be a
local or national charity, what type of organisation it should benefit, either
health, children, animals etc. The scouts put forward suggestions for each
category and after a few rounds of voting they decided to donate the money
to SPACE in Poole which is a youth project supporting the LGBT+ community.
The representative from SPACE was delighted when she got the news and
they will be visiting us next term to thank us in person.
Christmas jumpers were out in force for the final meeting of the year with a quiz
and some tasty treats along with lots of cheesy Christmas music. Looking
forward into the New Year we have camps to arrange and the District Cooking
Competition to practice for.

Cub News

It might have been cold and dark but that did not stop the cubs enjoying a
night hike over Black Hill, We had our very own Patrick Moore with us in the
guise of Jim who pointed out all the features of the night sky and we were
welcomed back to the hut with the lovely aroma of hot chocolate (the best
ever!) prepared by Rachel. Many thanks to all the helpers on the night. To
prepare for the community lunch we got messy with plaster of paris to make
some fantastic table decorations and created crackers – just shout bang when

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