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carer and friend with a charity called Revitalise. This national charity provides village to re visit the house
short breaks and respite care for disabled people and their carers. Jordi spent a where he was brought up. I
residential week playing a vital role supporting the guests and providing was intrigued to find that
companionship and practical help to them on activities and excursions. A very now, exactly 100 years
big Kingsbere congratulations to Jordi – very well deserved! ago, he had left his mark
carved into one of the
We were planning a Silver DofE assessed expedition in the Easter holidays in West Beech trees on the hill, ‘VL
Dorset and Bronze/Silver expeditions during the summer months but for the 17.11.20’ shown here. The
moment these have all been put on hold. The teams have prepared routes and initials are VL and I was told
food lists so as when the restrictions are lifted, the Explorers will be back out in the that as a boy he was
countryside continuing their hiking and camping adventures. called Victor but he
changed to his second

name, William when he
Borneo Expedition 2021
grew up.
Members of the Explorer Unit are planning their next big We hope to include his entertaining descriptions of his experiences as a youngster
expedition to Borneo in the summer of 2021. The Borneo in the village. Some are about his family whilst others are entertaining descriptions
fundraising team have already been busy with events to raise of village life. On the following pages we have the first two headings of his early
money and will organise more once the current situation reminisces.
changes.
Tony Bates
In late February, as part of an environmental project for the
Borneo Scouts and Explorers team, a new native hedge was planted at the edge
of the Scout Hut car park. The saplings were obtained by Phil from the Woodland
Trust. VILLAGE WEBSITE

If you’re aged between 14-18 years old and you would like to have fun, meet
new friends, experience new indoor and outdoor activities, learn skills for life, Rodney Osmond is doing a fabulous job in keeping the village website up to
discover new places, cultures and communities, our Explorer Scouts normally date with all the latest information about village services and support during the
meet on a Tuesday evening at 7pm (at the Scout Hut or at an activity location). coronavirus situation. Go to bereregis.org and click on the button
Several of our Leader team are trained DofE Supervisors and Assessors to Gold
award level so you can participate in the DofE scheme and Queen’s Scout
award alongside our regular programme. For more details and information please
email Helen on helen.uj@hotmail.co.uk.

Scout News
We managed to get into the great outdoors at our last
meeting before we had to close the doors of the
Scout hut for a few weeks. Scouts were learning about
the moon and used different sized balls to show why
we could only see part of the moon at that time. They
also played some games in the dark and we were
looking forward to the clocks changing so that next
time we were outside it would be a lot lighter.
Camping is a huge part of what the Scouts get up to

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