At the beginning of Summer a small group of Scouters from within the county met to discuss the possibility of forming a Scout Group within Southampton General hospital and Naomi House. There was much enthusiasm at the meeting for this new Scouting initiative that would especially benefit those children who were staying in hospital for a length of time. However, everyone was aware that there were many formalities and courses (hygiene etc) to go through before the group could be up and running.
A good example of a hospital group is Great Ormond Street in London which began in the 1950s and a visit is proposed to see how this runs so successfully.
John Stevens is now chairing this project and if you would like more information with a view to helping please contact him on
With regard to Naomi House it would seem that occasional
activities rather than a weekly programme would work better, such as running shooting events, canoeing and abseiling as well as some more conventional Scout activities; any
thoughts or ideas would be appreciated again please contact John.
This is an article explaining a little more about the project which was in the Daily Echo
This blog will update you on the progress regarding the Scouts in Hospital project.
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