OSR Scouts receive Gold Chief Scouts Awards plus several Other Awards

During the old school rooms scout troop in Stoke Gifford’s last evening of the Autumn term, scouts from the troop having completed all nine challenge awards, activity badges and nights away had a celebration evening where the District Commissioner attended to present their Gold Chief Scouts Award badges and certificates. Only 2 of the scouts could attend in person due to these times of isolation, Nathan and Mia (photo right) having worked incredibly hard especially during the last 2 years where we’ve been scouting at home and on zoom sessions still managed to achieve their awards. Jamal and Maya the absent scouts will receive theirs in the post.

Clive Mason (DC) talked to the troop about the commitment needed to achieve this the top award in the scout section. He also mentioned that the OSR troop have been very successful at managing the curriculum over the years with leaders planning well and being very busy, but it is of course the young people that have to put in the hard work.

Scouts join at the age of 10 years and leave at the age of 14 years of age when they can move up into Explorer scouts to continue their scouting. Two previous OSR Scouts who did just that and returned to the troop as members of the Young Leader Scheme were also awarded their YL Belts and Certificates after 3 years of module training and practical face to face missions and tasks.

The scheme trains the young people with many of the same skills provided for adult leaders and many of the YP go on to continue in scouting into adulthood. Jack and Josh (photo left) were both presented their awards by the District Explorer Scout Commissioner Steve Daniels who said that during the last 2 years the YL’s had shown a great amount of commitment with lots of the modules held on zoom.  The support that these young people give during troop evenings and camps is invaluable with practical leadership to complete the mission requirements.

Clive then turned his attention to two adult awards and presented Steve with his Order of Merit  for exemplary commitment to scouting with all his roles within the Brunel District and his work with the young leader scheme.  Then 1st Stoke Gifford’s very own Group Scout Leader Paul Smith who was awarded the Silver Acorn for his outstanding commitment to scouting getting the group back during the pandemic and his roles within the Brunel District appointments team as Chairman.

Congratulations to all the Award recipients for all your hard work. BRAVO!

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