Trust for Scouting Cornwall Fun Day - Sunday 25th March Just got home after a very busy but enjoyable day We hope all who attended had a good time with the wide range of activities on offer. Its time to thank the Trust for Scouting Cornwall for organising the day - its a pleasure to work with the trust providing this very successful day. But more importantly I would like to say a massive thank you and well done to the Nine Ashes Staff, Volunteers and occasional helpers who came along, gave up their time and provided such a fantastic range of fun and enjoyment. You are too many to name individually (and I'm sure I would forget someone) but at a rough count we had 21-22 team members helping for this day - so once again - A MASSIVE THANK YOU Without your help, today would not of been possible

Trust for Scouting Cornwall Fun Day - Sunday 25th March- Nine Ashes. Just been told there are 120 young people plus adults booked for the family fun day this Sunday- guess we will be busy! If anyone fancies coming along and helping us provide a range of activities for this Charity Fund Raising day - please let me know - all help much appreciated and more people will mean more things can be open all day. Funds from this day will allow the Trust for Cornwall Scouting to provide grants to various Scout campsites in Cornwall including Nine Ashes. Last year the trust provided Nine Ashes with a good sized grant that helped us erect our new 8M Abseiling Tower which will be in use on Sunday We are busy setting things up for everyone to do - at the moment we hope to offer- Abseiling, Climbing Wall, Archery, Zip Wire, Assault Course, Paracord bracelet making, Radio Controlled tanks,Catapult shooting, Cross Bows, Cave/Tunnel System, Pedal Karts, Face Painting, Slack Lines, Low Ropes Confidence Course, Orienteering, Mini Quad Bikes, Air Rifle Shooting (TBC) - not all activities will be open all the time some will open/close depending on weather and staff available - but it will be a good day I'm sure. If you are coming to the event - please be patient when you arrive and park as close to each other as possible to allow us to get everyone into our limited parking spaces.

Cornwall County Commissioner search The following details have been recieved from Hamish Stout - South West Regional Commissioner As you may be aware, your County Commissioner, Kevin Allen, will be standing down soon from his role. We will have an opportunity in due course to recognise Kevin’s contribution to the County and to thank him for his contribution over the past 5 years. A search team has been set up to seek nominations and agree a shortlist for ‘interview’. Visit our Nine Ashes website to see links to the full letter and an information pack about the role of County Commissioner. Also included is a Nomination Form and an Application Form. www.nineashes.com/CCSearch.htm Nomination Forms and/or Application Forms should be submitted no later than 5th April 2018 Visit our website to find full details From the Nine Ashes Team - Please share this post with anyone you think might be interested, (you do not need to be in Scouting, applicants from outside Scouting are most welcome) we believe the more people who know will mean more people can apply. Suitable candidates are out there, go ahead and apply or nominate someone you feel can do the role, its up to the search team to shortlist the most suitable for interview.

Please share with anyone you know who might be interested. Closing date is Friday 16th February

New Dates for Leaders skills weekends and Activity Permits. More dates will be planned and assessments can be carried out by arrangement. Please share and pass these details to any leaders, Network members or Young leaders you think might be interested.

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018

Please share and pass around as many people as possible

We have plans to add extra bunkroom accommodation to our facilities at Nine Ashes in early 2018. This weekend saw us start the work to clear the area we plan to use. We still have some details to sort out but keep checking here to see the progress

Kernow24 - Things are a little quiet at the moment - I think some explorers have taken to opportunity go get some rest - bless!! - but others are still hard at this 24 hour challenge and ignoring the weather - currently we have Zip wire, whittling, Air rifle and pistol shooting, Wii games, cinema, pedal karts and a few other things open - earlier we had a very good campfire sing song led by Andy from Newquay (thanks Andy) - we held it in our activity barn due to the weather and even managed to have a fire as part of it as well (in the log burner) - only another 5.5hrs to go and the weather has eased - but it hasn't been that bad really !!

Kernow24 - if you are coming to this event - please remember your waterproofs and warm clothing and spares. We have been keeping an eye on the weather and yes its going to be wet and windy so be prepared Obviously if we get it as bad as predicted some activities may not take place but others will still be more than able to continue. We have 3 good size indoor spaces which we will use plus many of the activities in the woods have covered areas. The high winds might restrict our use of some areas of woods but we can only wait and see what happens - with the high winds reported last week we never saw any of it - so fingers crossed. What we can say is - we will definately be able to do the following - Crafts - paracord, pyrography, glass painting, RC tanks, Wii games, Cinema, Rifle shooting, Air pistol shooting, Crossbow and catapult shooting, board games, Pedal karts, Archery, Whittling/knife skills, Prussiking, First Aid Skills, Knife Sharpening, Orienteering. If the weather allows for anytime, we will also open the following - Climbing Wall, Abseiling tower, Crate stacking, Zip Wire, low ropes course, cave/tunnels, crate stacking, Mini quad bikes, laser tag, camp fire plus more. We can keep our fingers crossed that the weather will not be as bad as the news reports predict. Hope to see as many as possible tomorrow.

This weekend saw us host North Cornwall District Scouts for their district Scout camp - well done to the organisers it looked like everyone had a great time - photos show the setting up on Friday evening and the flag break on Saturday