A dry and sunny Briefing Weekend in the Lakes…

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During the second weekend in May, members of the UK Scout Association who will be attending Roverway in Finland gathered together for their final briefing weekend. The weekend was an opportunity for the CMT to deliver important information to Participants and IST that they would need before, during and after Roverway. It also gave members of the contingent another chance to meet up with friends they had made on the previous briefing weekend. Throughout the weekend a number of presentations were delivered by the CMT ranging from Kit to the Pre-Event, and Logistics to Health and Safety. Games and activities were also run in between the presentations so that everyone didn’t fall asleep! One of the highlights of the weekend was the UK contingent kit being handed out, including our very limited and cool buffs!. The weather for this weekend was in stark contrast to the first briefing weekend and we were extremely lucky to have plenty of sunshine (although I am sure there are members of the contingent who would have loved another mass snowball fight). The next time the contingent will all be together will be for the Pre-Event in Helsinki on Wednesday 18th July.

All the presentations and other important information from the weekend has been uploaded here. Don’t forget to complete the feedback survey!

See you in Finland!

The Roverway Contingent Management Team

Important Information

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The following information is important for the whole contingent, not just those who are attending the briefing weekend.

Briefing Weekend Registration

If you haven’t yet registered please do so now (the form will be removed shortly)!

http://www.roverway.org.uk/may-briefing-weekend-registration/

If you can’t attend, please respond to this email (roverway@scouts.org.uk) to let us know and who, if anyone, will be at the Briefing Weekend to pick up your Contingent Kit for you. If you do not have any to pick up your kit please let us know your preferred address and the kit will be posted out to you after the weekend.

Contingent Kit

All Contingent Kit will be given out at the weekend (see above if you are unable to attend). There will also be a limited amount of additional kit available for purchase. If you wish to purchase more please bring additional money as all kit must be paid for up front.

Buffs

If you have ordered Buffs do not forget to bring money to pay for them. They are £10 each.

Emergency Contact Numbers

The emergency contact numbers for the weekend are 07983 581504 (Roverway Mobile) and 01539 531279 (Great Tower main number – ask for the Roverway Group).

Pick-Ups from Windermere Train Station

There will be a minibus shuttling people from Windermere Station to Great Tower. Please wait at least 10 minutes before calling one of the contact numbers above just in case the minibus is on its way to you already.

Kit for the weekend

Everyone is camping so please ensure you bring a tent and that you have appropriate clothing (it rains a lot in the Lake District).

Please can you also bring eating utensils (plate, bowl, knife, fork, spoon, mug, tea towel etc.) as we do not have any this time which we can provide.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

See most of you this weekend!

The Roverway Contingent Management Team

Briefing Weekend Two – Final Information

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The following information will be emailed to all Contingent Members this week.

Date: 11/05/2012-13/05/2012

Arrival Time: Try your best to arrive between 18:00 and 20:30, arrival times different to this can be accommodated put please make us aware of this when completing the google docs sheet.

Departure Time: We are hoping to have the weekend wrapped up by 14:00 on Sunday

Address:

Great Tower Scout Activity Centre
Birks Road
Newby Bridge
Cumbria
LA23 3PQ

Kit: You will need all of your usual camping essentials, although it will be May when we are on camp it could still be very cold (hopefully not as cold as our last briefing weekend!)

Saturday Night: We are having a fancy dress party Finland themed. You can come dressed as anything beginning with a letter from Finland, eg. Flintstones, Investigator, Ninja, Loaf of bread, Alligator, Dinosaur etc There will be prizes!

Buffs: Please remember that if you have ordered a buff or would like to buy any additional kit (kneckers, badges etc) please bring cash with you to the briefing weekend. If you are not attending the briefing weekend please try an arrange with a friend for them to pick up your kit and purchase any additional kit for you. Buffs are £10 each.

Directions

Directions issued by Great Tower are attached please be aware that when you are travelling to the Scout Centre some Sat Navs may attempt to take you through a fjord…please DO NOT attempt to go through the fjord unless you want to get stuck as there is minimal signal at the fjord.

Direction to Great Tower (pdf)

On arrival park in the lower car park and walk up the hill to the Bield (large barn) where you will be checked in and directed to your campsite (Craghill).

Great Tower Site Map (pdf)

Briefing Weekend Registration

Please complete the following online form as soon as possible so we know when to expect you and if you need transport from the train station.  The nearest train station is Windermere.

http://www.roverway.org.uk/may-briefing-weekend-registration/

Questions

Remember this weekend will be the last opportunity for us to answer any of your questions in person. In order to make the most of this we have set up an online form below where you can ask the CMT any questions you like about Roverway and we will answer them at the Briefing Weekend and also post the answers online afterwards.

http://www.roverway.org.uk/questions/

See you at Great Tower!

The Roverway 2012 Contingent Management Team

How’s your fundraising going?

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With Roverway rapidly approaching the CMT would love to hear about how you are getting on with your fundraising! Please send us (media@roverway.org.uk) your photos from your recent fundraising efforts along with a short description and we will add them to the website to share with the rest of the Contingent.

Don’t forget to check out our fundraising Top Tips for more fundraising ideas!

Good luck with the rest of your fundraising efforts!

UK Contingent Challenge Awards

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Roverway is much more than just the event itself! The experience has started already and includes briefing weekends, fundraising events, the pre-event in Helsinki, Roverway Momentum, post-event options and much more.

That is why the CMT have developed a UK Contingent Award scheme which rewards contingent members who really throw themselves into all the Roverway Experience has to offer. So what are you waiting for? Start today!

The UK Contingent Challenge Awards requirements can be found here.