{"id":749,"date":"2009-04-18T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T10:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=749"},"modified":"2009-04-18T11:45:57","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T10:45:57","slug":"getting-information-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"Getting Information Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:322,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.porthillscouts.org.uk&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:452,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/1stporthill&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">My Scout Group is of an average size with around 70 \u2013 80 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at the moment and we\u2019ve been finding getting information back to the parents can be trying at times!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The traditional way is to send letters home with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts for their parents. However this can be very hit and miss. The letters always get home when it\u2019s about a camp etc, but seem to be a little less reliable when it come to comes to more \u2018boring\u2019 subjects such as Church Services and money!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We have our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porthillscouts.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> with a calendar for forthcoming events (as long as the Leaders remember to tell me!), but that doesn\u2019t seem to be used too often by members of the Group or parents, so this weekend I\u2019ve done a few things to try to help communication.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I\u2019ve written a newsletter which will be given out when everyone returns from the Easter holidays next week. This is the traditional method and as it\u2019s newsletter with lots of different information on there is a very good chance it will get home.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The other thing I\u2019ve done and is more \u2018modern\u2019 is set up a group page on Facebook for the Scout Group (search for \u2018porthill\u2019 and look at the groups section and you can\u2019t miss us!) and a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1stporthill\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter feed<\/a> for the Group.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Whether or not this will help us to communicate with everyone, I do not know, but it\u2019s got to be worth a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Scout Group is of an average size with around 70 \u2013 80 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at the moment and we\u2019ve been finding getting information back to the parents can be trying at times! The traditional way is to send letters home with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts for their parents. 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