Scouting Welcomes Royal Volunteer

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge has become Scouting’s newest volunteer and will help at local cub packs and beaver colonies, Clarence House has announced.

The Duchess, who joins 66,000 girls and 40,000 female leaders in Scouting, will help out at groups close to where she lives. Her Royal Highness also hopes to help with activities in other parts of the United Kingdom as opportunity arises.

The announcement comes as a great endorsement of Scouting’s commitment to allow adults to volunteer their time on a flexible basis. The Duchess will help run a variety of activities relevant to her skills and interests. This could include running games, teaching first aid or cooking on campfires.

Chief Scout Bear Grylls gave a delighted reaction to the news: ‘The Duchess has an incredibly busy life, which makes it all the more inspiring that she has chosen to volunteer alongside us.

‘Over the last few years it has been our mission to make it easier for adults who volunteer with us to give as much or as little as they are able – it is how we change our society: many people doing a little bit.’

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North Oxfordshire - JOTI 2011

More pictures of the JOTI station in North Oxfordshire and see where we have made contacts by looking at the photos of our World Map full of pins

2nd Place in County Cub's Bonner Trophy

A last minute replacement team from 1st Grimsbury represented North Oxfordshire District in Oxfordshire Scout County Bonner Trophy. The cubs went on an incident hike around Watlington and did really well by coming 2nd place. Click on the picture below to see other pictures from the day

District Cub Camp 2011

Cubs joined other Cubs from North Oxfordshire Scout District and camped out at a windy but sunny Horley campsite. The theme of the camp was "Arctic Explorers" and Cubs got to meet some husky dogs. Click on the photo to view what else they got up to

Cubs win London Shelterbox Scavenger Hunt

17 Cubs from 1st Grimsbury travelled down to London and took part in the London Shelterbox Scavenger Hunt. Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, from all over the UK, visited landmarks around London and answered questions about them. They also took part in challenges which involved teamwork and answering questions about Shelterbox. Despite torrential rain the Grimsbury "C" team won the Cubs' section competition and Grimsbury "A" team came third.

Beavers visit Oxford

Beavers visited Oxford following a sleepover. It was Alice in Wonderland Day in Oxford and Beavers had to find White Rabbits around the museum on an Alice Trail. Click on the photo for more photos

Victorious Vikings do it again.

13 Scouts in 3 patrols from the troop joined another 60 scouts in North Oxfordshire's first District Camp.

As part of the camp the scouts took part in a number of bases such as Backwoods cooking, fire lighting, camp ovens, geocaching, camp service, making a woggle, and knife and axe skills. Each of the teams were scored at the bases on team work, behaviour, effort and outcome.

I am pleased to announce that 2 of our patrols shared 1st place and the other patrol took 3rd place.

An excellent display of how brilliant our young people can be.

WELL DONE AND THANK YOU

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Cubs scooter around Banbury

A mass peleton of scooters toured around the pavements and cycleways of Banbury on a lovely summer's evening. Click on the photo below to see more

Beavers visit Fire Station

Our Beavers got a soaking at the Fire Station in Banbury more pictures by click on the photo below

Success at Shenington 24 Pedal Cart Race

Scouts from 1st Grimsbury took a superb 2nd place podium position for their class of Cart in both the 12 hour and 6 hour race.

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Beavers hit the trail

Sunday 29th May: Beavers from 1st Grimsbury walked 6 miles on a circular walk between Bodicote and Adderbury

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Cubs Camp at Blenheim Palace

Cubs from 1st Grimsbury joined over 650 other cubs from Oxfordshire at a County Camp in the grounds of Blenheim Palace.

Click on the photo below to see more photos of the weekend on Grimsbury Scout's Facebook Page

Soldier Challenge

Tony, Nick, Dave and Darron took part in the Soldier Challenge, raising funds for a ABF a Soldiers Charity, the charity soldiers and veterans in need including those injured in conflict. The Soldier challenge involves completing a number of military style challenges in and around London. Click here to read about thier day

Thank you for your support. Click here to go to our Just Giving page to sponsor us.

Tony, Darron, Nick and Dave

Cub District Hike

Watch the video of the hike by clicking on the picture below

Cub Scrapheap Challenge

18 Cubs from 1st Grimsbury joined in with a total of 48 Cubs from Banbury District in the annual Scrapheap Challenge. They used their imagination, some sellotape and lots of modeling junk to create a model based on a story that was read out to them. 2 of our cubs came third and go forward to represent Banbury District in the County Scrapheap Competition. Click on the picture below to see some of the models

Cubs visit Oxford

17 Cubs visited a cold Oxford this weekend (29th January) After visiting the Natural History Museum. The cubs were taken on a Horrible Histories tour of Oxford and found out some gory facts about Oxford's past. Click on the picture to visit the Facebook Gallery of other pictures

2011 - A special year for Scouting ?

25 Years of Beaver Scouts

This fun badge for the Beaver Section is to celebrate the 25 years of the Beaver Scout section and can be worn by anyone in the section. The official 25th anniversary badge for the Beaver Section can be worn on their uniform during 2011

22nd World Jamboree in Sweden

2011 is a Jamboree Year for Scouting. 4000 Scouts from the UK will be heading to Sweden at the end of July

The badge below is designed to be worn above the left breast of the uniform until the end of 2011. It is being sold to support the UK Contingent's Solidarity project for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. A portion of the profits from the sale of each badge will go towards the fund enabling scouts from Armenia, Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone to take part in this life changing adventure. Please consult with your section leader to see if you can wear this badge on your uniform as different sections are celebrating different achievements and events during 2011.

1st Grimsbury have fun on the Canal

Leaders, Scouts and Cubs took part in Banbury Canoe Club's Bell Boating event at the Canal Day. The leader's bell boat lost by 3 seconds to Kingsfield Explorers who came in with fastest time of the day. Watch the video on the right and more photos can be seen by visiting our Facebook Page. Click on the picture below

Cubs take joint 1st in Shelterbox Scavenger Hunt

1st Grimsbury Cubs took part in Banbury District Cub's Shelterbox Scavenger Hunt around Banbury Town Centre. 1st Grimsbury "Team C" came joint 1st with 7th Banbury. In addition to winning a Young Shelterbox T-shirt both teams were presented with the Ivy Miles Memorial Trophy. Well done Team C !

More photos of the event can be seen by clicking here

A Hike in the Chilterns

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts hiked 9 miles around the Chilterns. Superb weather, thanks to the presence of Michael Ford. Superb scenery thanks to the Chilterns. We visited some of the usual spots but also tried out some new bits. The infamous Ditch fooled no one, it wasn't wet enough. Slush puppies were a favourite from the Sweet shop in West Wycombe. 9 miles completed and we didn't miss the train this time. Click on the photo to look at the Facebook album.

Beaver Sleepover

Bears were everywhere last Saturday when many Beavers took part in their first nights away experience at the Scout Hut. Click on the picture below to see more

The Troop visit London to see the final rehearsal for Trooping The Colour 2010

See the video soon

BBC Camp 2010

A camp at Horley celebrated 100 years of Scouting in Banbury & Bicester Scout Districts. 1200 people attended. Each person was given a souvenir t-shirt in Royal Blue. The photo below show Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from 1st Grimsbury

Victorious Vikings do it again at Shennington 24 Hour Pedal Cart Race.

Victorious Vikings Scout Pedal cart teams did better than the British F1 boys, Junior PC4 team came FIRST in the 12hour AND the 6 hour races. Despite mechanical problems. The senior PC3 team also did well coming 4th out of 8.

Well done we are proud of you all. The scouts were racing to raise funds to support last year's charity of school in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Shelter Box and group funds. If you would like to congratulate the teams and show your support by sponsoring them please get in touch with Tony (Scout Leader)

Photos to come

TRIP TO THE COSFORD AIR SHOW

Cubs visited RAF Cosford for it's annual Air Show. Red Arrows, Typhoon and Tornado GR4 dropping bombs were the highlights. Click on the picture below to see more pictures

SCOUT'S SURVIVAL CAMP 2010

Pictures from the Scout's recent survival camp be seen by clicking on the picture below. (Be warned contains pictures of animal's being prepared for food.)

A BOSTIN CUB CAMP

Cubs from 1st Grimsbury and 2nd Banbury camped at Broughton Castle over this weekend. Watch the video by clicking on the photo below

BEAVERS TAKE PART IN DISTRICT ACTIVITY DAY

Panning for Gold, Bug Boxes and a Blind Fold Trail kept the 1st Grimsbury Beavers busy on Saturday. Watch the video, with pictures from the day, on the right.