Newsletter. Latest News. The Big Camp is the North East's largest Scouting event of 2012 hosted by West Yorkshire Scouts.

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Thanks to all our Eagle eyed Readers out there in the County who spotted the mistake in the Badge Design here is the finished product. The Magic 4000 reached!

1 Newsletter Publisher: West Yorkshire County Scouts Issue No. 11 March 12 The Big Camp is the North East's largest Scouting event of 2012 hosted by West Yorkshire Scouts. The Great Yorkshire Showground Harrogate. 4 th,5 th,6 th, & 7 th May Bookings to date!! Latest News Apology Time! Thanks to all our Eagle eyed Readers out there in the County who spotted the mistake in the Badge Design here is the finished product. The Magic 4000 reached! Well the 29th February has come - and gone! and the bookings are still coming in! We have now some 4000 Campers booked. Bookings are still open but we need full payment now with any booking received. The Puddleduck Inn Comes to Big Camp The British themed Inn will be situated in The Stockmans Building, next to Staff Catering. It will serve reasonably priced Drinks In a relaxed atmosphere. What better way to unwind after a day at Camp, meet up with friends old and new! Opening times: Thursday 3 rd 4-11pm Friday 4 th 4 11pm Saturday 5 th 4 12mn Sunday 6 th 4 11pm Pub Quiz Friday 4 th (9pm) Karaoke Saturday 5 th All over 18yrs welcome both Staff & Contingent Leaders. New Competition for Scouts Scout Gateway Design Competition. Scouts can you design a Camp Gateway which will be erected at Harrogate for the BIG CAMP between the Red and Blue Zones, the route participants will use from the Camping area at the start of the activities? Yes! Then get your design on paper and submit it to: ACC Scouts, 15 School Lane, Addingham, West Yorkshire LS29 0JF before the 31st March. The winning entry will be chosen by the

2 Wharfedale Pioneering Team and announced as soon as possible. Retail Opportunities At Big Camp we are holding a small trade exhibition and selling advertising space in the camp program. This is to raise money towards the camp but is also a great advertising opportunity for companies. There will be about 1000 leaders at the camp from groups all over the north of England so the potential market is quite large. We already have a major Scout tent manufacturer and an outdoor retail company on board. If you have any contacts in companies who might be interested please pass their details to Trevor Newman, ACC Event Management (preferably with their consent) (An introduction is worth a million phone calls). Contact Trevor at trevor@ilkley.me Staff still required. Service & facilities team members Programme team members (all areas) Retail team members Equipment still required. Below are the items still needed from the scrounge list... please contact the programme administrator on programmeadmin@thebigcamp.net if you can help with any of the below please! 300 Pint/half pint Beer glasses & tumblers 6 Ovens, Fridges & Chillers 1000 plates, Crockery, Cups sets of Cutlery Tea, Coffee, Sugar as much as possible 4 Spray Markers 3000 metres of Barrier Tape 3 large & 4 small First Aid Kits 4 Flashing Beacons with Magnetic Mounts 3 Mobile lighting towers Cabling/Electrical Equipment 30 rolls of Gaffer Tape 1000 cable ties Water equipment/hosepipes 6 high speed Printers 300 straw bales 1 old car 30 playstations/wiis etc 10 tills 3 Deep fat Fryers Balls (anytype) Water Guns 6 Large Plasma Screens Traffic Cones 1,000 road metal pegs for linking ropes together 1,000 metres of rope anything from 9mm upwards 1,000 pieces of timber about 1.2metres long for linking ropes together, anything from 25mm x 25mm upwards 20 stop watches 100 gymnastic mats 4 table tennis tables 1 High jump poles and bars 2 handball poles and net An assortment of buckets 100 small oblong bales of straw A big paddling pool 12 play rats or similar for splat the rat Poles to make walls for maze Old crockery for 'smashing' 15 sets of Toilet cleaning materials 10 Computers/Laptops

3 Now the excitement grows! We can now announce the FULL A Z of Activities!! 4-way football 50 'Make & Take' Crafts Air Hockey Air rifle shooting Amateur radio Arcade games Archery Army Camp Art Attack Axe throwing Backwoods Cooking Balloon Sculptures Baseline compass Beach Beat the Keeper Bell Boat, Sail Boat, Sandpit Ben Ten Bouncy Castle Blind Trail BMX Park Boat Display Bobbing challenge Bouldering wall Buggies Camp Loom Campfire Cannon Balls Canoe England Car driving Carousel Carrying Pouch Catch a fish Cave Cave Bus Ceilidh band Challenge Trail Chariot building / racing Cheer leading Cinemas Circus Skills Climb the Rigging Climbing tower 8.5m Coconut Mugs Coconut shy Comedy Club Coracle Building Crate stacking croquet Cub "Sporting adventure" Cyclo-cross Disc Golf Disco Distress Signals Drain Pipe Challenge Dress as Pirates Duplo challenge Edible Plants Explorer Scout "Sporting adventure" Fastest goal competition Fire Lighting Fire the Cannon Fish, live trout Flushed Away Free Swim Geo caching Giant chess Giant connect 4 Giant dominoes Giant Games Giant jenga Giant pick up sticks Giant Push Ball Giant puzzles Giant Snakes & Ladders Giant snakes and ladders Giant twister Giant Volley Ball Giant water slide Gladiator Joust (inflatable) Go Karting Graffiti wall

4 Grass skis Grass sledges Hand prints Helter Skelter Heptathalon Hi Ropes Hoist the Main Sail Holy Water Hook a Duck Hula Hoop challenge Human Wrecking Ball (inflatable) Ice Climbing Wall Ice hockey Internet cafe Jamboree Experience Jappaties Karaoke Kayak Rolling Lazer Tag Leaky Pipes Life boat Live bands Magician show Magnetised Needles Make it molecular Man over board Man the Lifeboats Map symbol bingo Martial Art Self Defence Mega slide Midget Gem Towers Mini-Olympics - 100m hurdles Mini-Olympics - 100m piggy back Mini-Olympics - 100m run Mini-Olympics - 100m wheelbarrow Mini-Olympics - 400m three legged Mini-Olympics - 5-a-side football Mini-Olympics - 800m run Mini-Olympics - Boomwackers Mini-Olympics - boules Mini-Olympics - Croquet Mini-Olympics - decathlon Mini-Olympics - gymnastics Mini-Olympics - Handball Mini-Olympics - long jump Mini-Olympics - Marathon at 11am Mini-Olympics - Obstacle Course Mini-Olympics - rounders Mini-Olympics - throwing event Monkey Business Mountain bikes Mountain boarding Mud Slide Multicoloured Castle/slide Nature Hunt Navigation Night Line Observatory Open Boat Challenge Orienteering Origami Boats & CD Hovercrafts Paint ball target range Pamper Zone Pancake making Parachutes Pedal Karts Pigeon Pioneering Assault Course Pipers Pirate cove Pirates Lagoon Pole Jousting (inflatable) Pond Dipping Power kiting Pub Quiz Quackers Quad Bikes Quoits Rabbits Radio controlled cars Rock Concert Rockets Sail a Boat Scooters Scout "Sporting adventure"

5 Scout Network "Sporting adventure" Scouts Own Shelter box Shelter Building Shelters Shiver my Timbers Side Stall - Bran Tub Side Stall - Coconut Shy Side Stall - Hook a duck Side Stall - Hoopla Side Stall - Magnetic Darts Side Stall - Ping Pong Balls in Jar Side Stall - Plate Smashing Side Stall - Soak the Leader Side Stall - Splat the Rat Sit-On-Top Kayaks Skate Park Ski Races Ski Slope Skimming Stones Slack Lining Slippery Pole Smokey Rescue Space Pirates Laser Maze Spider Man Climbing Wall Spider Mountain Splat the rat Sponge the Beaver Leader Static Cycle Challenge Storm the Fort Super Frisbee Surf Simulator Survival Biscuits Survival Master Class Survival Scenario Swing Swing Ball Swing Chairs Swivel carts Table tennis Tattoos Terrelean Traverse The Eliminator (inflatable) The tower Toy Town Ride Trampolines Treasure chests Treasure Hunt Treasure trail Tree Stump Challenge Twists & Dampers Tyre Rolling Up Periscopes Viaduct Abseil Volley Ball Walk on Water Walk the plank Water Cannon Water Pistol Shooting Range Water Relay Water Volley Ball Challenge Waterproofing Matches Wax Stoves Weather Station Welly Wanging West Yorkshire s Got Talent Who s a Pretty Boy Wii challenge Windsurf Board Challenge Wizard Bouncy Castle Woodcraft Zorbing Zumba 4-way football 50 'Make & Take' Crafts Air Hockey Air rifle shooting Amateur radio Arcade games Archery Army Camp Art Attack Axe throwing

6 Backwoods Cooking Balloon Sculptures Baseline compass Beach Beat the Keeper Bell Boat, Sail Boat, Sandpit Ben Ten Bouncy Castle Blind Trail BMX Park Boat Display Bobbing challenge Bouldering wall Buggies Camp Loom Campfire Cannon Balls Canoe England Car driving Carousel Carrying Pouch Catch a fish Cave Cave Bus Ceilidh band Challenge Trail Chariot building / racing Cheer leading Cinemas Circus Skills Climb the Rigging Climbing tower 8.5m Coconut Mugs Coconut shy Comedy Club Coracle Building Crate stacking croquet Cub "Sporting adventure" Cyclo-cross Disc Golf Disco Distress Signals DrainPipe Challenge Dress as Pirates Duplo challenge Eadible Plants Explorer Scout "Sporting adventure" Fastest goal competition Fire Lighting Fire the Cannon Fish, live trout Flushed Away Free Swim Geo caching Giant chess Giant connect 4 Giant dominoes Giant Games Giant jenga Giant pick up sticks Giant Push Ball Giant puzzles Giant Snakes & Ladders Giant snakes and ladders Giant twister Giant Volley Ball Giant water slide Gladiator Joust (inflatable) Go Karting Graffiti wall Grass skis Grass sledges Hand prints Helter Skelter Heptathalon Hi Ropes Hoist the Main Sail Holy Water Hook a Duck Hoola Hoop challenge Human Wrecking Ball (inflatable) Ice Climbing Wall Ice hockey Internet cafe Jamboree Experience

7 Jappaties Karaoke Kayake Rolling Lazer Tag Leaky Pipes Life boat Live bands Magician show Magnetised Needles Make it mollecular Man over board Man the Lifeboats Map symbol bingo Martial Art Self Defence Mega slide Midget Gem Towers Mini-Olympics - 100m hurdles Mini-Olympics - 100m piggy back Mini-Olympics - 100m run Mini-Olympics - 100m wheelbarrow Mini-Olympics - 400m three legged Mini-Olympics - 5-a-side football Mini-Olympics - 800m run Mini-Olympics - Boomwackers Mini-Olympics - boules Mini-Olympics - Croquet Mini-Olympics - decathlon Mini-Olympics - gymnastics Mini-Olympics - Handball Mini-Olympics - long jump Mini-Olympics - Marathon at 11am Mini-Olympics - Obstacle Course Mini-Olympics - rounders Mini-Olympics - throwing event Monkey Business Mountain bikes Mountain boarding Mud Slide Multicoloured Castle/slide Nature Hunt Navigation Night Line Observatory Open Boat Challenge Orienteering Origarmi Boats & CD Hovercrafts Paint ball target range Pamper Zone Pancake making Parachutes Pedal Karts Pigeon Pioneering Assault Course Pipers Pirate cove Pirates Lagoon Pole Jousting (inflatable) Pond Dipping Power kiting Pub Quiz Quackers Quad Bikes Quoits Rabbits Radio controlled cars Rock Concert Rockets Sail a Boat Scooters Scout "Sporting adventure" Scout Network "Sporting adventure" Scouts Own Shelter box Shelter Building Shelters Shiver my Timbers Side Stall - Bran Tub Side Stall - Coconut Shy Side Stall - Hook a duck Side Stall - Hoopla Side Stall - Magnetic Darts Side Stall - Ping Pong Balls in Jar Side Stall - Plate Smashing Side Stall - Soak the Leader Side Stall - Splat the Rat

8 Sit-On-Top Kayakes Skate Park Ski Races Ski Slope Skimming Stones Slack Lining Slippery Pole Smokey Rescue Space Pirates Laser Maze Spider Man Climbing Wall Spider Mountain Splat the rat Sponge the Beaver Leader Static Cycle Challenge Storm the Fort Super Frisbee Surf Simulator Survival Biscuits Survival Master Class Survival Scenario Swing Swing Ball Swing Chairs Swivel carts Table tennis Tattoos Terrelean Traverse The Elimator (inflatable) The tower Toy Town Ride Trampolines Treasure chests Treasure Hunt Treasure trail Tree Stump Challenge Twists & Dampers Tyre Rolling Up Periscopes Viaduct Abseil Volley Ball Walk on Water Walk the plank Water Cannon Water Pistol Shooting Range Water Relay Water Volley Ball Challenge Waterproofing Matches Wax Stoves Weather Station Welly Wanging West Yorkshire s Got Talent Who s a Pretty Boy Wii challenge Windsurf Board Challenge Wizard Bouncy Castle Woodcraft Zorbing Zumba So as you can see we will have over 250 exciting and adventurous Activities for you to experience! Programme notes and how it works coming soon on the website look out for more details! There will also be a Craft zone and pioneering zone in addition with lots of great activities! Activities may change before event lots still going on and planning taking place! Leader programme and evening programme currently being finalised and will be sent out before the event! Site access times for Leaders. We have decided to extend the times when leaders can access site to set up their campsites. They can access site between 10am and 10pm on Thursday 3 rd May and from 10am on Friday 4 th May.

9 Big Camp Bookings Update Staff forms if you have signed up for the event as staff and not yet sent your form and payments in please do so as soon as possible please! Payments groups need to get payments in ASAP! West Yorkshires Got Talent. Fancy the chance to perform at the BIG camp 2012? Do you / you and your friends have a talent that you could perform?! A show, band, performance, comedy set, skill??? If so, then make a note of the dates below and look out for more details of the up and coming audition nights! Auditions pm Monday April 16 th. Halifax Yorkshire Rider Tuesday April 17 th. Ilkley Curley Hill Camp Site Wednesday April 18 th Valley Fan Wood Spen Thursday April 19 th Huddersfield Bradley Wood Dates for your Diary: There will be a Big Camp Contingent leaders meeting at Bradley Wood on Tuesday 20 th March at 7.30pm. The meeting will cover: 1. Arrival Arrangements 2. Departure Arrangements 3. Safety & Safeguarding 4. Programme 5. Site Facilities & Services 6. Camping Arrangements The meeting is open to all Big Camp Leaders but we would like at least one representative from each contingent to attend. On Wednesday 21 st March 2012 there will be a Staff Social at Bradley Wood at 7.30pm an evening where staff can come along and meet each other, ask questions etc and get an update on where we are at with the event before the final countdown begins... I am sure that there will be lots of questions! On Thursday 15 th March 7.30pm at Bradley Wood there will be a Team Health & Safety/Disaster Planning Meeting. Staff Team Briefings: Saturday 14 th and Sunday 15 th April 201, 7.30pm, Bradley Wood Main move of equipment from various locations people and vehicles required in numbers please! Tuesday 10 th April 2012, 7.30pm, Bradley Wood Admin Team pre event briefing Wednesday 11 th April 2012, 7.30pm, Bradley Wood Programme team pre event briefing (includes heads of zones and deputies only, plus evening representation) Tuesday 17 th April 2012, 7.30pm, Bradley Wood Facilities team pre event briefing (includes service team) Wednesday 18 th April 2012, 7.30pm, Bradley Wood Security, Safeguarding and First Aid pre event briefing Confirmed Numbers & Payments We now need to know your confirmed numbers and be in receipt of payments from your groups as soon as practicable. Feedback: Are going to be at The Big Camp?

10 Yes! Then why not tell us about it on either our Facebook Page or by Tweeting us. What are you hoping to be doing, what are your Group planning, what excites you about the event in fact anything at all! Do you have any questions, feedback or concerns? If so we would like to know! Please contact us via the website and we will be happy to answer any of your queries. Please keep letting us have your Feedback the Team welcome your thoughts and ideas. Bit at the end. For more information on this event go to: OR Join us on our Facebook Page at County BIG Camp Or on

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