Group Enviromental Award

Aim

It is hoped to get Scout Groups and Units in Blackpool working together. It gives the chance for Scouters to meet fellow Scouters whom they may not normally meet, in a natural environment. Overall this means that all Groups and Unit members in Blackpool will wear the same badge for something that they have all pulled together to achieve. A first for a while!

Mowbreck has the facilities to provide a wonderful arena to engage in camping skillsfor all Blackpool Scouts.

How it will hopefully work

The structure for the outline plan has come directly from the badge requirements, these being

• Promote environmental awareness in young people
• Promote activities between the sections
• Support the environmental focus within the Balanced Programme
• Make sure there is a positive influence on everyone taking part
• Have a long-term benefit on sustainable development globally or locally

Working days aimed at adult Scouters in Blackpool to come along and have a look at the jobs that need doing can be arranged in consultation with the camp warden. Group, colony, pack troop or unit working days or weekend experiences are also a possibility.

Jobs will be geared towards the different sections that apply. Examples of these tasks are as follows

• Beavers Planting of daffodil bulbs around the site
• Cubs Building and fixing of bird boxes in the forest
• Scouts Forestry work in the forest (not the same time Cubs are up the trees)
• Explorer Scouts & Network - The rebuilding of a prayer area

These tasks can be on going as there will always be a requirement for site work, which allows the environment award to continue.

More long-term projects could be

• Tree identification programme working with the forestry commission
• Wood Pile Area
• Litter collection
• Signs
• Animal rejuvenation project in the forest – this could be with the help of the RSPCA and the RSPB

The possibility for programme ideas is never ending.

Future Work

Site Service Team

The service team will be made up of an adult team and a secondary junior service team who works in conjunction with the adult team. This is mainly due to the tasks which will need to be completed will need adult guidance i.e. ladders, grass cutting etc.

Site Working days

The working days for all the tasks will be co-ordinated so that work is carried out on site with more than one group / unit present, this aids to promote the working together element

Site Tasks

So what do you say, fancy joining in?

To take part is easy, simply email the Booking Secretary, we will let you know what is going on all the time.

Booking the Campsite via Email

To assist bookings please use the following email address mowbreckbookings@hotmail.co.uk

Campsite Flyer

To find out more download the campsite flyer

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