Thrills and Skills - Abracadabra

THRILLS AND SKILLS

The Cub Camp of the Year. This year we will be Magically enjoying Thrills and Skills. You will amaze yourself through the magical world we have for you. Who knows what we have ready for you. Be ready for the magical time of your life.

FOOD 

This camp is a FOOD SUPPLIED  and CATERED CAMP

There will be a QStore set up for staples for each Camp site to cook and distribute and Saturday night dinner is fully catered and cooked off campsites. Please do not send your Youth Member to camp with lollies or sweets & definitely no nut products of any kind. If your Youth Member has a special diet you must inform your Unit Leaders & note this on the E1, this includes any food allergies - listed both in dietary needs & allergies on the E1.

HEALTH

Medications - prescription, over the counter, herbal must be in the origial container; handed to the Unit's 1st Aider, only exceptions are asthma puffers & allergy pens which must be carried by the user. It is preferable that anyone with severe Asthma or an allergy pen have a management/treatment plan, copy attached to their E1 & a copy to the Unit 1st Aider please.

GEAR LIST

Unit Leaders will provide you with an advised gear list, this will be chosen to reflect the weather & the activity requirements of the camp. Cub Scouts should practice selecting & packing their own clothes & necessities several times prior to camp.

WHO CAN COME??

The camp is open to all registered Youth and Adult members.

All parent helpers will need to have filled out a A2 and WWCC prior to registering for camp. Please speak with your Group Leaders  if you need help doing this.

Scouts, Venturers, or Rovers, will have their own leader supervised Camp Site, they will help to run activities under Leader supervision; they are not to work in the kitchen of any Unit. Rovers must have a WWCC number. Scouts & Venturers must be approved by their Unit Council & Camp Organisers. Scouts must be aged 13 and above to attend.

All members must remain financial and registered within Scout Link from the time applications close until the end of the event.

CAMP SITES

These will be set prior to the commencement of the camp. Adults & Cubs do not share tents; the exception is where a Cub has been identified with a special need prior to Camp, then that Cub & Parent or Carer will have their own tent space.

COST

Cubs $115, all others $65. Any additional costs are payable to your Group,

WITHDRAWALS 

A fee of $2.50 per application to all, even where a substitution has been made. Refunds based on camp commencement date: 28 days notice 75% refund; 27 days - 14 days 50% refund; 13 days or less 0% refund. In the event of illness or other unexpected incident a partial refund of the base costs may be approved by camp administration upon application via the Group; refund of Group added costs must be applied for via the Scout Group and not via the camp.

All Thrills & Skills attendees are to follow the Scout Promise & Law. Feeling safe is your right - a message for everyone attending Thrills & Skills, youth & adults alike have the right to feel safe & be protected from abuse. No-one is allowed to threaten you, hurt you or touch you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe or afraid. If there are any questions first contact your Unit Leader. 

EMERGENCIES 

In an emergency a leader (or parent) from your Unit will contact you. If there is an issue the Camp Administration will contact your Units home contact to pass on relevant information or may contact you or your emergency contact directly if necessary.

COVID-19 Considerations

We are excited to be running Thrills and Skill and hope that you will join us for this weekend. However as with all activities currently being planned for 2021 and into the future, we need to take into account the evolving situation with the COVID-19 Pandemic. This means that there will be changes to how we run Thrills and Skills, up to and including having to cancel this event at short notice. Please regularly check back to this page where we will provide any updates on how COVID will affect our ability to run the camp.

Please do not attend Thrills and Skills:

· If you are unwell, or are showing symptoms of COVID-19 we ask that you stay home, self-isolate and get tested. For more information on COVID-19 and testing, please visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/symptoms-and-testing. Our refund policy allows that any person who stays home and provides medical evidence (Including a COVID-19 test) will receive a refund for this event.

· If you have visited a COVID-19 hotspot as identified by the NSW Government within the 14 days prior to this event. Information on COVID-19 Hotspots, both within NSW and Interstate can be found at https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

· If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or otherwise and have been directed to Quarantine or Self-Isolate by the NSW Government or a Medical or Healthcare Professional.