THANKS FOR ALL YOU GIVE!
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We value your interest and involvement in SU activities. If you are a
Trail Cycling and Archery
volunteer at an SU event, we also ask you to give financially, making
These courses aim to give you the skills needed to lead a safe and
a contribution as your circumstances allow. For residential events
enjoyable Trail Cycling or Archery session, as well as to perform quick and
especially, there is a substantial outlay involved in providing food
basic maintenance as required at the event. Those leading Trail Cycling
and accommodation and other direct costs. We ask you to consider
will also need to hold a current first aid certificate. To complete the
a donation of 75% of the campers’ fee if at all possible, but smaller
training you must attend a Day 1 followed by a Day 2. If you attended
amounts are also very welcome if 75% is too much for you. Any
training last year, the Furthering Skills day will help you develop you Trail
amount you are able to give can be treated as Gift Aid if you are a
Cycling skills.
taxpayer, enabling us to reclaim the tax paid. More information about
giving will be sent with your team member acknowledgement.
Archery
27 February Day 1 at Lendrick Muir
THANK YOU!
27 March Day 2 at Lendrick Muir
29 May Day 1 at Lendrick Muir
12 June Day 1 at Alltnacriche
19 June Day 2 at Alltnacriche
26 June Day 2 at Lendrick Muir
Trail Cycling
20 February Day 1 at Lendrick Muir
27 February Day 2 at Lendrick Muir
THE PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) Act 2007
6 March Furthering Skills at Alltnacriche
HOW IT WILL CHANGE THE DISCLOSURE SYSTEM
1 May Day 2 at Lendrick Muir
15 May Day 1 at Alltnacriche
The PVG Act will come into force once the secondary legislation has
29 May Day 1 at Lendrick Muir
been passed and IT development is complete - probably in late 2010.
12 June Day 2 at Alltnacriche
Initially, there will be little effect on current volunteers. However,
26 June Day 2 at Lendrick Muir
new people who apply to work (paid or unpaid) with children or
First Aid
vulnerable adults will join a new membership scheme. Those already
8 May Lendrick Muir
working with these groups will join over about 4 years. To join, you
5 June Lendrick Muir
will apply for a Disclosure similar to the present one. Once you are a
member, the organisations you work with will be able to check your
Food Hygiene
suitability by a simple online query. We hope that this will reduce the
We also hope to run Food Hygiene training. Please let us know if you are
need for multiple Disclosures for individuals.
interested and we’ll let you know when dates are set.
Meanwhile, the current Disclosure scheme will continue to operate.
For more information or to make a booking for any of our
At present it takes at least 3 weeks for most Disclosures to come
training course please contact 0141 352 7613 or email
through - please get your paperwork done well in advance of your
volunteers@suscotland.org.uk
event!
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