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Oxfordshire Scouts are pleased to advise that the County intends to send 2 units consisting of 8 Unit leaders, 72 young people to Eurojam 2020 in Poland.

We are therefore inviting application for Scouts and Explorer Scouts who will be aged between 14 and 18 at the time of the Jamboree at the end of July 2020 to attend this excellent event.

The European Jamboree will begin on 27th July 2020 and will last until the Closing Ceremony on 7th August.  The Jamboree will take place near Gdansk in the north of Poland with a full programme of activities and the opportunity to meet Scouts from all over Europe.

The campsite is located on Sobieszewo Island which is an area of about 35 km2 to the east of Gdansk with more than 1000 ha of woods. The camping area borders a beach, 11 kilometers long, and is the longest one in Gdańsk. It includes two guarded bathing areas – in Sobieszewo and in Orlinki.

We estimate costs for the week to be around £750 although there may be some change in pricing as we have not yet finalised travel arrangements to Poland

Application Deadline is Sunday 21st April 2019 please be aware that there will be a selection day which will take place on Saturday 27th April 2019

Once you have been advised of your successful place in the Unit after the selection day – we will ask you to pay a £150 deposit and provide us with bank details so that the remainder of the camp fee is deducted on a monthly direct debit via GoCardless – alternatively it is possible to pay for the Camp Fee in one lump sum at the time of accepting the place in the Unit.  There will be no collective fundraising for this trip although there will be opportunities available for individuals to fund raise to pay off their camp fee

More information on the jamboree can be found here: https://ej2020.org/​

 

Apply here!

The Oxfordshire Scouts raffle will be drawn on Saturday 11th May 2019!

We are very lucky to have been donated the most amazing prizes, below are confirmed prizes, with direct links to our generous supporters.

All proceeds are going to Oxfordshire Scout Groups and The Oxfordshire World Scout Jamboree Unit.

Fat Squirrel Birthday Party worth up to £150

All People Photography free family photoshoot and photograph voucher

Magnum of Nyetimber classic cuvée sparkling wine

Tour of The Oxford Artisan Distillery for two

Back of motorcycle tour of Cotswolds 

BMW bag of goodies worth £250

Microsoft Surface with keyboard & pen

Oxford Wet n Wild £50 Voucher

Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Childern) to M.A.D. Museum in Stratford upon Avon

Phoenix Comic-donated a box of back issues of The Phoenix

Oxford Gliding Club trial lesson

Family Camping Ticket (2+4) to Wychwood Festival

Pair of adult tickets to Cornbury Festival

Millets Falconry Centre – visit & meercat experience – 1 adult + 1 child

Tour of MINI Plant Oxford for 5 people

Family ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children) to Oxford Castle Unlocked

Victorinox Altmont Rolltop Laptop backpack

Family ticket to Giffords Circus (14th June, Oxford)

Family ticket to BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace 

Boden £50 Voucher 

Mixed case of 12 wines from Naked Wines

A year’s free membership of Thorney Park golf club

Tickets to the Battle Proms Oxford (2 adults, 2 children)

The County Raffle was drawn on 11 May 2019 at Youlbury Scout Adventure Centre.  12,118 tickets were sold.  Oxfordshire Scouts are extremely grateful for the generous prizes donated for the raffle and to everyone for selling and buying tickets.  The winning ticket numbers are listed against each prize below along with the group prizes for groups & units who participated in selling tickets.

 

Prize No.	Description	Ticket No
1	Fat Squirrel Birthday Party	25398
2	All People Photography free family photoshoot and photograph voucher	27965
3	Magnum of Nyetimber classic cuvée sparkling wine	46272
4	Tour of The Oxford Artisan Distillery for two	23571
5	Back of motorcycle tour of Cotswolds	12747
6	BMW bag of goodies worth £250	08580
7	Microsoft Surface with keyboard & pen	38973
8	Oxford Wet n Wild £50 Voucher	38141
9	Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children) to M.A.D. Museum in Stratford upon Avon.	05940
10	Phoenix Comic-donated a box of back issues of The Phoenix	22237
11	Oxford Gliding Club trial lesson	10048
12	Family Camping Ticket (2+4) to Wychwood Festival	00379
13	Pair of adult tickets to Cornbury Festival	13161
14	Millets Falconry Centre – visit & meercat experience – 1 adult + 1 child	37406
15	Tour of MINI Plant Oxford for 5 people	38186
16	Family ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children) to Oxford Castle Unlocked	14023
17	Victorinox Altmont Rolltop Laptop backpack	06735
18	Family ticket to Giffords Circus (14th June, Oxford)	17939
19	Family ticket to BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace	01418
20	Boden £50 Voucher	25693
21	Mixed case of 12 wines from Naked Wines	32523
22	A year’s free membership of Thorney Park golf club	25169
23	Tickets to the Battle Proms Oxford (2 adults, 2 children)	42436
24	£50 cash	11641
25	£50 cash	42603
	Go Outdoors – group prize:  2nd Oxford
	Go Outdoors – unit prize:  Incendium ESU

 

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As you are now fully aware, we had to initially postpone the NL18 Mile Hike on Saturday 2nd February 2019 due to harsh weather conditions, which included ice and snow with an Amber Weather Warning. The main problem in these conditions for the event had been in providing the highest level of support to our participants, support that we pride ourselves on as an Event Team and the infrastructure needed to support the event. Postponing the event was a decision made after extensive consideration and risk assessment. It was certainly not a decision made lightly.

The NL18 Event Leader Team, its supporters, suppliers and sponsors have subsequently met and looked at future possible dates for the event in 2019, to enable us to re-run this very popular woodland hike. With over 300 participants and 80 volunteer helpers to consider, this was never going to be an easy task. Due to our current scouting commitments, family commitments and work life, we have been unable to secure a future date where all of these essential elements of our team, volunteer helpers, sponsors and suppliers are available. This has been further complicated by our leader commitments to already organised fundraising events within Scouting.

With this in mind, we are sad to inform you that we have decided as a Event Team, to CANCEL the NL18 Mile Hike for 2019. All payments made by Groups and individual Participants for entry to the event will be returned in full ASAP (please allow a minimum of 14 days from Monday 4th February 2019). This will allow us the necessary processing time to ensure that this is done correctly and without further complication.

We are thinking ahead and would like you to ‘Save the Date’ for 2020 and this will be on Saturday 28th March 2020. We would ask that you help to support this event in 2020 by keeping the date free in your diary and remember that we will have a Beaver specific 5 mile loop, an 8 mile Beaver and Cub Loop and the full 18 Mile Loop for more adventurous Cubs, Scouts and Explorers.

By moving the date to the end of March, we hope to reduce the risk of the weather impacting on our event and also to give teams a more time after the Festive break to arrange their teams and to take part in our event, particularly if they have been unlucky in achieving entry into the Ridgeway Winter Challenge for example.

If you have any questions or concerns, then please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or visit our website www.northleighscouts.com for further info.

We would like to take this opportunity again to thank you for your support of our event and we are sorry that we have been unable to run it this year and for any inconvenience that this may have caused, but please keep the date free for 2020.

Joff Greer – Event Leader

North Leigh 18 Mile Hike

Eurojam 2020. After the last Eurojam in 2005 in the United Kingdom, the European Jamboree returns after 15 years to gather young people from all over Europe in Gdansk, north Poland, to celebrate Scout and Guide values, strengthen our international community and provide young people in Europe with the opportunity to meet and learn from each other. Oxfordshire Scouts plan to take two units with 72 Explorer Scouts aged between 14 and 18 to Eurojam 2020. But before this we need to recruit a leadership team to take the Units to Poland. We are therefore seeking applications for 8 Unit Leaders and 10 Adults to help in the International Service Team.

Apply here!