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Police in the Community Programme 2010

Police in the Community Programme 2010

Fife Police announced the dates for the 2010 Police in the Community Programme.

The course that was run last year at Carnegie College was a great success with members of the community from 16-80 years attending over the 6 weeks.

This year it will be held at Inverkeithing High School.

Participants experience some of the highlights of police training and are exposed to the operations of Fife Constabulary.

Said Inspector Mitchell,

"I am delighted that we have been able to run the programme in the South West Fife Area. It proved very successful last year with 32 students 'graduating'. This year reflects the feedback from those students.

It is an excellent opportunity for the community, in an informal setting, to come along and find out what we do and why we do it. Many of the previous students used the experience in their own lives, jobs, school, study, development and personal interests, which is what being there for the community is all about.

The programme is facilitated by Police Officers and staff and there is no cost to the student attending. I am sure it will be as successful as last year".


The programme is on Monday evenings and starts on 1st November 2010 and runs through to Monday 7th December from 1830 hrs - 2030 hrs at Inverkeithing High School.

Closing date for applications is MONDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2010

Chris Bonington

SHQ has been given the opportunity to give away 50 free tickets (normal price £15 per ticket) for an illustrated lecture being given by Sir Chris Bonington, one of Britain’s most famous mountaineers, at the Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline on Friday 24th September.

Free tickets for the event are available for young people from the Explorer age range and upwards and accompanying adults. These are available in 5 batches of 10 on a first come, first served basis. Please contact David Tripp at Scottish Headquarters on 01383 419 073 / david@scouts-scotland.org.uk as soon as possible if you wish to secure a batch.

Sir Chris Bonington has taken part in nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas including four to Everest and the first ever ascent of Annapurna. A professional mountaineer and explorer, his varied career has also included hunting for caribou with Eskimos on Baffin Island and climbing the highest active volcano in the world.
As an adventure journalist and photographer, he also accompanied an army expedition led by Captain John Blashford-Snell on the first ever descent of the Blue Nile. In the autumn of 1975 he led the British Everest expedition to the summit of Everest.
Sir Chris will be sharing these and other highlights of his mountaineering life to what is expected to be a large appreciative audience in Dunfermline and will cover a number of important anniversary events including:

50th Anniversary of his first ascent of Annapurna II
40th Anniversary of his 1st ascent South Face of Annapurna
35th Anniversary of his 1st ascent South West Face of Everest
25th Anniversary of his ascent of Everest

SHQ September Edition

Keith Brown MSP launches Managing Together
The Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning launched 'Managing Together' at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan at the end of last month. This is a programme of learning to support senior volunteer leaders and managers in the four uniformed voluntary youth organisations in Scotland.


Membership Subscription
Following discussion at its recent meeting, the Scottish Board is recommending to the Scottish Council that the 2011 membership subscription be set at £20.25, with a 50p rebate for prompt payment. This is in line with the subscription rate that will apply elsewhere in the UK.

Autumn edition of Pathfinder out now
The latest edition of Pathfinder should be hitting your doorsteps now. This issue focuses on communications and includes input from Scottish rugby legend Scott Hastings and Martin Raymond, head of Cloudline PR. Read it online here.

Axis 2010 - Saturday 6th November 2010
Registration forms for this event, which will incorporate the 100th AGM of the Scottish Council, should be returned to SHQ by Friday 8th October. Forms are also included with the current edition of Pathfinder - unfortunately a printing error resulted in a batch of these forms not carrying the date of the event, which we can confirm is Saturday 6th November. Apologies if you received one of these incorrect forms.

Professional Instructor Training at Lochgoilhead
The Lochgoilhead Centre will be running a new 14 week Professional Instructor Training Programme starting in November. There are limited places available on this course. For more details and to apply, click here.

Mad 2010
This event is open to anyone involved in adult training and will focus on people, processes, methods and skills so that we can 'Make A Difference' in adult training. It takes place on 1st - 3rd October at Tulliallan Police College - book your place now.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme Training
A DofE Expedition Assessor training course and an Introduction to the DofE Award training course will be taking place on 9th and 10th October at Scottish Headquarters. These are aimed at any adult in Scouting who is involved, or would like to be involved, in running the DofE Award Scheme as part of their Balanced Programme.

Find out more about any of the above click below.

Scouts Scotland

Fun Day

DC's activities

Now that the summer is nearly over it is time to look back at what i did over the past two months.

I started by visiting the 77th Beavers and Cubs at their weekend camp.
The weather was really bad but this did not stop the group having a great time.

I attended a meeting with other members from the region to started the process of choosing a new regional commissioner.


Craig Miller had his 5 year service certificate presented at flag break on a Sunday morning at Fordell Firs.

I held an ADC meeting in which we started to plan out the forth coming year.

I attended the explorer national camp where i was there helping with the Inch fellowship doing the catering for 150.

To finish off the summer i helped the Inch fellowship pack the latest edition of the pathfinder magazine.