Great Tower Scout Activity Camp

This is a joint camp. 239 will join “1st Davenport Mile-End” Scout group.

Venue:

Scout Adventures Great Tower

Birks Road, Newby Bridge, Cumbria LA23 3PQ

Transport: 

We unfortunatley were unable to book a minibus this time. Transport is to be arranged by parents, bring to the venue.

Accomodation:

The scouts will be camping. The venue will provide tents for the scouts to put up. Scouts should bring all the usual personal equipment (sleeping bag, roll mat, personal equipment as per kit list). We would also appreciate help transporting our 239 cooking equipment etc for this event.

Activities: 

There will be approx 2 organised activities each day.

Camp Organisation

All scouts are to put up their own tents. Scouts will be doing their own cooking. Scouts will be looking after their own area in maintaining which include general duties of sharing with washing cooking wood preparation and general tidiness of their immediate area. They will also be working in patrols this means the Scouts will have opportunities to cook and to clean and when they have no job to do relax.

This will be done on a rotating basis leaders will be there to support and intervene if required.

There will be daily inspections and at the end of the camp there will be a prize for the best patrol.

There will also be time to play and to do wide games on site.

The Scouts were also will need pocket money that will be decided never time when summer camp meeting has been called and this will be run by a camp bank.

This site is a national site and international site it has its own members of staff and it has 24-hour cover.

This year has proved to be impractical to hire a minibus due to extremely high costs.

Transport will be needed by parents to take to camp and return.

This year we will need assistance on taking equipment it is not possible to borrow from the other Troop because there taking two sections and all their kit is required. If you wish your son/daughter to attend this camp you will be agreeing to help with taking equipment there and back. Without this support it will not be feasible to take Scouts to camp.

We are fortunate enough to borrow Tents from the site.

Please take note on the basic details that concerning starting time and finishing time is a guide this will be confirmed nearer the time. All paperwork concerning camp will be issued after the closing date. Below is the address please have a look at the website and this will give you some idea on how Great Towers looks: https://www.scoutadventures.org.uk/centre/great-tower

Payment for this event: 

Please see your email for the schedule of payment for this event, which should be by Bank Transfer, thank you