Nights Away

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Nights Away

• Management 1
• (Before The Event)

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Before the Event

• Information
• What
• When
• How
• To Whom

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Before the Event

• Home contacts
• (A Home Contact is required for every Nights Away
  event)
• Who
• Must be contactable
• Adequate Information

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Before the Event

• Leadership Team
• Beaver Scouts it is highly recommended that for
  indoor activities there should be a ratio of one
  adult for six Beaver Scouts and for outdoor
  activities a ratio of one adult to four.
• Cub Scouts apart from the leader in charge there
  must be one adult to every six Cub Scouts

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Before the Event

• Leadership Team (cont.)
• For Scout and Explorer Scouts the young people
  may be able to camp on their own, but the leaders
  must be confident in their abilities.
• (Event Passports)
• Adults must of course be suitable in respect of
  their competence and suitability to work with
  young people. Checked via CRB.

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Before the Event

• Transportation
• Road
• Rail
• Sea
• Air

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Before the Event

• Authorising a Residential Experience
• Nights Away Permit Scheme
• Permit issued under the authority of DC.
• Credit card in size
• Usually Section specific
• Based upon 8 core skill areas
• Notification of Nights Away event

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Before the Event

• Eight Core Skills
• Planning a Nights Away Event
• Ensuring the effective administration of an event
• Preparing and co-ordinating a programme of
  activities
• Choosing and preparing the event team
• Choosing, organising and maintaining the right
  equipment
• Ensuring the health, happiness and safety of self
  and others
• Organising good catering
• Making the best use of the venue

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Before the Event

• Permit gives authority for an adult to lead
  Members under the age of 18 on a Nights Away
  event in one or more of the following
• Indoor
• Campsite e.g. Abington
• Green Field

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Before the Event

• PPC (Parents Permission to camp) Form
• Gives permission to take a young person away
• Important document
• Use HQ form or create your own, but follow
  wording
• Usually contains the health information

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Before the Event

• Young People (under 18) Event Passports
• Scouts/Explorer Scouts
• Issued for one event
• Suitable for Patrol Camps, overnight hikes

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Before the Event

• Other aspects
• Finding a campsite or somewhere to stay
• Insurance implications
• Family camps or joint activities
• International Camps

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Before the Event

• Task
• Devise a checklist of things that you believe
  that you will need to do and agree on before you
  go on residential experiences. As the weekend
  progresses, prioritise this list, add to it and
  change it, so that at the end of the weekend you
  have a comprehensive checklist for going away on
  residential experiences, whether it is with
  leaders, Beaver Scouts, Cubs, Scouts or Explorer
  Scouts

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