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Volunteering at 3rd Brampton Scout Group — Making a Real Difference in Derbyshire

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Volunteering with 3rd Brampton Scout Group in Holymoorside, Chesterfield offers a powerful way to invest in your local community, support young people’s growth, and be part of something truly special. As a Scout group rooted in decades of history and community spirit, 3rd Brampton gives volunteers the chance to shape positive childhood experiences and unlock life-changing opportunities for young people across Derbyshire. 

Who Are 3rd Brampton Scouts?

3rd Brampton (St Thomas’) Scout Group meets at St Thomas’ Church in Holymoorside and welcomes young people from around the area, typically aged around 4 to 14.5 years old. The group runs weekly activities and focuses on personal development, teamwork, and outdoor adventure — all delivered by a dedicated team of adult volunteers. 

Whether it’s Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, or Scouts, each section brings its own energy and opportunities for youngsters to grow — and each benefits enormously from the time and enthusiasm that volunteers bring. 

What Does a Volunteer Do?

Volunteering with 3rd Brampton doesn’t require any special background in scouting — what matters most is a desire to help young people thrive. Volunteers can get involved in lots of different ways:

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You might help deliver activities, support games and challenges, encourage teamwork, or simply be a friendly adult presence at weekly meetings. Volunteers help create a safe, inclusive, and supportive space where Scouts can learn core life skills.

???? Support events and camps
From day trips to weekend camps, Scout outings are highlights of the calendar — and volunteers play a key role in planning, organisation, and supervision, giving young people unforgettable experiences. 

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Not all help involves being in front of a group. You could assist with admin, fundraising, equipment management, communications, or even maintenance tasks — all of which help keep the group running smoothly. 

Why Volunteering Really Matters

At its heart, scouting is about helping young people gain confidence, resilience, and skills for life. But volunteering benefits the community just as much as it benefits the Scouts themselves:

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By supporting local young people and families, volunteers help strengthen connections in Brampton and beyond.

???? Learn and grow personally
Volunteers often discover new skills — from leadership and communication to teamwork and planning — that are valuable in all areas of life. 

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Giving your time to help others has emotional benefits too. Many volunteers report increased well-being, confidence, and a deeper sense of purpose. scouts.org.uk

Getting Started — It’s Easier Than You Think

If you’re interested in volunteering with 3rd Brampton Scout Group, there’s no need to wait. The group’s leaders will work with you to find a role that fits your interests and availability — whether that’s attending weekly section meetings or offering support at larger events. scouts.org.uk

Most volunteer roles with Scouts offer training and guidance, and you’ll join a welcoming team of fellow volunteers who care deeply about helping young people learn and grow. 

Be Part of Something Bigger

Scouting has been a cornerstone of youth development in the UK for more than a century — helping children make friends, enjoy adventure, and expand their horizons. When you volunteer with 3rd Brampton Scout Group, you’re joining a proud tradition of community service right here in Derbyshire. 

Whether you have hours to spare each week or can help occasionally, your time and talents will make a real difference — not just to the young people you support, but to the wider community too.

Ready to get involved?
Contact the group directly to find out how you can volunteer and start making an impact today!

10 things you learn when your child starts Scouts

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beaversSo you’ve signed your little Monkey up to join our Beaver Colony, they go every week and have lots of fun learning new skills and making new friends. 

Hopefully coming home buzzing about the new things they have been doing.

But what’s in it for parents? Here’s 10 things that I’m pretty sure all parents will soon learn when their child signs up for Scouts

 

 

 

1- When they go on camp, you can more or less guarantee, that your child will put their wet kit in with dry kit!

2- You have to quickly learn how to sew on badges without sewing sleeves together.

3- There will be nights your son/daughter don’t want to go but don’t be soft and stick with it. Mostly they will come round after a few weeks but if not leaders may be able to help. It passes and is worth sticking with.

4- Keep a jumbo binbag in your car. It will cover a large amount of muddy scouts sitting on the back seats. Will save you a headache if valeting your car later on in the day. 

5- When the beaver leader warns there maybe a bit of mud on the walk, read as bring a change of clothes and something to cover your car seats in to take your child home!! (There is never just a little bit of mud when a beaver is involved)

6- Doritos are flammable.

7- When leaders say label everything, they really do mean EVERYTHING!

8- You can never send them off to camp with enough socks and they never return with the same amount – guaranteed!

9- Nothing can prepare you for the smell of their bag when they get back from camp. Always send plastic bags for wet stuff – it won’t stop the smell but may make all those clean clothes not smell quite so bad

10 – Putting spending money in with the soap. Guaranteed you will get the money back at the end of camp, as we know that even though we ask them to wash at least twice a day… they  never wash at camp!

Want to get involved?  Try our Four Week Challenge

The joys of hay fever!

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Oh the joys of having Hay Fever!

Are you or your scout a sufferer? Everyone cheers up as soon as the weather gets warmer. Everyone except people who suffer from Hay fever, knowing that the moment they wake up they will be constantly sneezing for the next few months.

Oh the joys of suffering with Hay Fever!

Tree pollen starts the season off around March, grass pollen kicks in around May and certain weeds can affect hay fever till around September time.

The sneezing: All the time sneezing from the moment you wake up in the morning until the time you go to bed. All the time achoo achoo aaaaachooo!

Constantly telling people: “No, you don’t have a cold

Wanting to spend the day outside in the wonderful sunshine: But getting so annoyed of sneezing and itchy eyes, that you then spend the whole day inside feeling depressed and sorry for yourself whilst watching the kids and family playing in the garden.

Constant painful itchy Eyes: This is generally the most painful thing with suffering from hay fever. The nonstop itchy eyes and then when you put a cold flannel over them ooooooooh my! Feels like heaven.

eyes with pollonBut it’s not just the eyes that itch: The nose twitches, the neck basically the whole. body can get itchy!

Devil eyes: Having Red swollen eyes and no that’s not a lack of sleep!

do you actually love flowers?: The answer is yes!  We go out and spend £100s every year making the back garden looking lovely. Cutting the grass means you are going to pay for it later with the sneezing and itchy eyes.  So why bother?

The Struggle with family picnics: It’s great to spend time outside during the spring and summer. And then someone suggests “let’s have a picnic”.  It’s going to be a lovely couple of hours sitting on the picnic rug but then you know you are going to spend hours sneezing

Always having to carry a packet of tissues with you: The nonstop blowing of your nose turns you into a summer version of Rudolph the Red nose reindeer.

Spending a fortune on hay fever medicine: Knowing it doesn’t really have any effect on stopping the sneezing and itchy eyes, it’s more of a placebo effect.

tipsIf this is you, here are some little tips to help you along through these tough months.

Dr Ranj Singh from ITV’s This Morning suggests applying Vaseline under the nose. Lube up the inside your nose to block pollen from entering.

Garlic also has anti histamine properties.

Drink chamomile tea – It is claimed that drinking a cup of Chamomile tea will help relieve Hay fever due to the flower having has Anti Histamine properties.

Avoid Dairy and also tomatoes as these can stimulate your glands.

Eat local honey. Studies have shown that local honey as a healing agent and is better than over-the-counter remediescamomile for hay fever.

Eat chilli peppers. Because peppers contain capsaicin which, when consumed, has the ability to reduce congestion by opening up our nasal passages.

Lemons, oranges and also grapefruit is rumored to help with hay fever due to these fruits containing natural antihistamines.

Apparently Acupuncture can be used to deal with Hay Fever- Worth a try?

Do you have any ways of beating Hayfever rather than taking daily medicines?

Do you have any tips/ Old wives tales on dealing with Hay fever?

Please feel free to share in the comments.

 

The NHS guide to dealing with Hay fever

Adapted from thebigmaninthewoods

Everyone’s life matters!

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Dear all,

Many of you will have seen the media reports about the possible removal of the statue of Robert Baden-Powell, the Founder of the global Scout movement, from Poole Quay, in Dorset.

scouts logoThe intention, we understand, is to avoid damage to the statue as the important debate continues around the role of historical figures, following Black Lives Matters protests across the world. This is a vital moment to have honest conversations, acknowledge the huge strength of feeling and renew our commitment to education and understanding with empathy and humility. 

As Scouts we stand together against racism, always. Inclusion and acceptance are at the heart of our values, and we are not afraid to call out racist language or behaviour.

We strongly support the principles of Black Lives Matter and also stand with those affected by racism. We are a movement that inspires openness, kindness, understanding and the power of community and friendship.

In the summer of 1907, a new movement was born on Brownsea Island, in Poole harbour Dorset – one that wouldBrownsea Island bring skills, kindness and courage to millions around the world.  It was here that Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scouts by taking a small group of young people from diverse backgrounds to live and work together. Their aim was to learn about the great outdoors, work in teams, and show we had more in common than divides us.  Since that first camp, Scouting has grown, year on year, to become today a worldwide family, some 54 million strong, in almost every nation on earth. It is, without doubt, one of the greatest youth movements in history.

But it’s right that we make time to listen, educate ourselves, and reflect on history – acknowledging where there are times when views and actions from the past do not match those values we live by today. It’s also right that we do not make any accusations or form any conclusions without the facts. These are the foundations of an open and honest debate about our society’s past and future.

Baden-Powell was a complex figure, with changing and sometimes contradictory views that often reflected his time. We would never attempt to defend or agree with everything he did or said. However it’s obvious from the last 100 years, that Scouts has the power to unite people in a spirit of mutual friendship and respect and has become the greatest youth movement the world has ever seen.

For generations, the Scout movement has brought millions of young people together from different cultures and backgrounds to promote friendship, cooperation and understanding. This happens at a community level across the UK, and at a global level at World Scout Jamborees and international camps. We are proud to build bridges between communities.    

As a movement, we’re also proud to support young people from every community in the UK, helping them develop values of integrity, respect, belief, care and cooperation.

To be clear, there is no place for prejudice or discrimination of any kind in Scouts. Instead we actively celebrate the diversity of our members’ backgrounds, talents, thought and abilities that makes Scouting the vibrant community it is today.

As Scouts, we must all continue to listen and reflect on how we live up to our values and strive to do better.  

Thank you for your own example, living and sharing our values.

Tim Kidd

UK Chief Commissioner

Matt Hyde

Chief Executive

Lockdown continues…

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Hello everyone

Covid-19It’s hard to believe its half way through May already! 

The leadership team at 3rd Brampton are sending you their best wishes and hope you are still coping well with the lockdown.  We all know that the measures have been slightly eased, but not much, so we hope you are all still staying safe.

Members of each section, should have been working away towards badges, whilst not being able to attend sessions face to face.  The leaders will be looking forward to presenting the badges, once we do return, which at the very earliest is going to be September 2020 .

AGM

agmWhilst we are still on lockdown, we will be holding our AGM this year via a Zoom meeting, a date has yet to bevacancy arranged and we will post out on social media and send out email invitations nearer the time, we hope you can join us.

SECRETARY ROLE VACANCY

We are looking for a new Secretary to join us this year, so I though it might be a good idea to tell you a little about the role.  Basically the secretary provides admin support to the group by taking accurate minutes from meetings, maintaining accurate records for the administration of the Group, District or County/Area/Region; including meeting minutes, census details, ownership of property and equipment, insurance and financial information and keeps all the documentation safe. That is it in a nutshell.

Is this something you feel up to?  You need to be able to commit to attending bi-monthly meetings and of course a little time for typing up and email correspondence.   Please get in touch with me if you think it is for you.

We have a guide, which I can send out to interested people.

We hope you are liking the new website, look out for monthly blogs to keep you up to date.

Yours in Scouting

 

Sharon

Group Scout Leader

sharon@alwaysout.co.uk