We had a request from some Italian scouts to video chat with them as part of an International Badge they were completing. We had some difficulty getting connected over Skype, FaceTime, and Messenger, but eventually got it to work over WhatsApp on Mary's phone (Bren's was obviously too old). We chatted with Simona and Frencesca. They wanted to know about what Irish Scouts do on camp and at meetings and how we differentiate our different age groups. They explained that the colo

Our new Beavers visited the Order of Malta tonight to begin their Emergencies Badge work. They learned how to put small people and some big people into the recovery (safe airway position) as well as what to do if somebody collapses and how to sling arms and put bandages on injured people. The Order of Malta meet and train every Tuesday night and take cadets from 9 years old if anyone is interested in joining and training with them. Unfortunately it clashes with our cubs, but

Tonight we welcomed 15 new Beavers to our colony. We are very proud of all of them as they did a great job saying their Promise. They were also presented with their Group and County badges as well as their Stage 1 Pioneering Badge. Our older Beavers helped by holding the Association Flag, which the new Beavers made their promise on. The older Beavers also received their Stage 2 Pioneering Badge as they had been working hard for the past number of weeks on it. The Beavers will

The Quality Scout Experience is a workshop designed by Scouting Ireland to help scout groups to figure out what their priorities are and get a development plan in place. Both adult scouters and youth members from all sections are invited to participate and in fact it is vital that they do as the scout group belongs to everyone, not just the adults. Gerry and James, our Provincial Support Officers ,facilitated the workshop. We decided on some ground rules for the day - no phon

All sections are back with a BANG this week. Looking forward to a very exciting time ahead in 2018.