Hallo just wondering if anyone is planning on attending WINGS or have
been in the past.

I am interested in taking my Scouts but I have never been to a camp
whhere the food is "supplied"

Marm

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> Hallo just wondering if anyone is planning on attending WINGS or have
> been in the past.
>
> I am interested in taking my Scouts but I have never been to a camp
> whhere the food is "supplied"
>
> Marm

We are planning too, been on lots of camps where food is supplied and cooked 
for us but not experienced this sort of thing.

I just hope its of good quantity and reasonably quality.



-- 
Frazer Mountford
SL - 1st Newquay Scouts

wrote in message 
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> Hallo just wondering if anyone is planning on attending WINGS or have
> been in the past.
>
> I am interested in taking my Scouts but I have never been to a camp
> whhere the food is "supplied"
>
> Marm

But have you tried the new marmite 'With a touch of Champagne' ?
It's...... interesting!

Eddie Langdown 16th Bermondsey London

On 5 Sep, 17:20, Steve Spicer  wrote:
> On 4 Sep, 21:05, imlikemarm...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hallo just wondering if anyone is planning on attending WINGS or have
> > been in the past.
>
> > I am interested in taking my Scouts but I have never been to a camp
> > whhere the food is "supplied"
>
> > Marm
>
> We are going to Wings next year (with a fairly big group) and, having
> been in the past to camps were food was supplied, we have budgeted to
> suppliment the supplied food with our own provisions.
>
> Wings might be different, but from past experience you tend to get
> plenty of food, but not necessarily the things the kids want to eat,
> and at Eurojam, there was very little fresh food and practically no
> salad type stuff. Sandwiches and snack meals were a joke. We were
> visited _quite a lot_ by various members of service crew & team who
> knew we were a haven of fresh fruit, salad, french bread and nice
> cheese!
>
> Steve Spicer
> Aspley Guise Scouts SLhttp://www.aspleyguisescouts.org.uk

well on doing my costings i added in extra money foe extra fresh stuff
but it seems to be gettng expensive.



ps  i hate marmite but apparently i am like marmite....you either love
me or hate me....................apparently

<<snip>>

> well on doing my costings i added in extra money foe extra fresh stuff
> but it seems to be gettng expensive.

An extra £10 a person so that you can ensure you have ample food is
unlikely to break the bank, but added to the other "extras" for a week
away, it can all add up.

We are charging our Scouts £250 for the week. Our extras are:

1. Food
2. Transport there and back again.
3. Badges and woggles to trade.
4. Tee shirts and sweatshirts
5. Equipment (gas, etc)
6. Contingency

--
Steve Spicer
Aspley Guise Scouts SL
http://www.aspleyguisescouts.org.uk

On 6 Sep, 06:21, Steve Spicer  wrote:
> <<snip>>
>
> > well on doing my costings i added in extra money foe extra fresh stuff
> > but it seems to be gettng expensive.
>
> An extra £10 a person so that you can ensure you have ample food is
> unlikely to break the bank, but added to the other "extras" for a week
> away, it can all add up.
>
> We are charging our Scouts £250 for the week. Our extras are:
>
> 1. Food
> 2. Transport there and back again.
> 3. Badges and woggles to trade.
> 4. Tee shirts and sweatshirts
> 5. Equipment (gas, etc)
> 6. Contingency
>
> --
> Steve Spicer
> Aspley Guise Scouts SLhttp://www.aspleyguisescouts.org.uk

and if you tell them now, that's 20 quid/ month. and that is v
reasonable.

some leaders need to look at the competition and what they charge. I'm
not suggesting that we charge 400 quid for a PGL type week but it
means that when we fuss over £140 or £160 for a week away... we could
reasonably charge the higher amount and eat slightly better, treat the
kids to ice cream a couple of times, perhaps get camp t-shirts and a
souvenir woggle each from the camp stores. it takes the pressure off
us, and that is only fair.

"Steve Spicer"  wrote in message 
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> On 4 Sep, 21:05, imlikemarm...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hallo just wondering if anyone is planning on attending WINGS 
>> or have
>> been in the past.
>>
>> I am interested in taking my Scouts but I have never been to a 
>> camp
>> whhere the food is "supplied"
>>
>> Marm
>
> We are going to Wings next year (with a fairly big group) and, 
> having
> been in the past to camps were food was supplied, we have 
> budgeted to
> suppliment the supplied food with our own provisions.
>

Always a good idea, but may not be necessary. You could e-mail 
the organising team and ask them for a sample menu, together with 
quantities. (Although I haven't kept in touch with her, I once 
knew the Camp Leader, Sam Knight. I attended many joint Scout and 
Guide events with her Unit from Windsor. Menus were always well 
planned).

> Wings might be different, but from past experience you tend to 
> get
> plenty of food, but not necessarily the things the kids want to 
> eat, ...

That's the case even with camps where one organises one's own 
catering, isn't it? :-)

> and at Eurojam, there was very little fresh food and 
> practically no
> salad type stuff. Sandwiches and snack meals were a joke.

What do you expect? "HQ" organised that event! :-))

> We were
> visited _quite a lot_ by various members of service crew & team 
> who
> knew we were a haven of fresh fruit, salad, french bread and 
> nice
> cheese!

Mmmmm, cheese (Grommit!)!!!

-- 
MatSav

On my costings i got £240. But my parents are not impressed with the
costs, although I know many pay £300 for 4 nights away with school
etc.

can probably do fees    £165
                 gas etc           5
              contingency     10
                   food            10
               t-shirts/extras    5
              van hire/fuel      10
            TOTAL         £205

 But that is thinking that the parents will travel the 2 hours to and
2 hours from camp in their own cars. And group subsideses the extra on
the van or we manage to fund raise. But that is getting harder in the
credit crunch.

Any ideas I would love to hear.

Marm.

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>On my costings i got £240. But my parents are not impressed with the
>costs, although I know many pay £300 for 4 nights away with school
>etc.

I agree,  we are looking at Germany for next Summer but the costs are 
horrendous. It was suggested that I allow £10 per day for food out there, 
and we are planning to go for 10 days :(

Maybe Ton's wayfarer meals are looking more attractive, or to some less 
repulsive :-)

-- 
Stephen Rainsbury
ESL Agathoid Explorer Scout Unit
www.agathoid.org.uk(remove this bit)

>> Wings might be different, but from past experience you tend to get
>> plenty of food, but not necessarily the things the kids want to eat,
>> and at Eurojam, there was very little fresh food and practically no
>> salad type stuff. Sandwiches and snack meals were a joke. We were
>> visited _quite a lot_ by various members of service crew & team who
>> knew we were a haven of fresh fruit, salad, french bread and nice
>> cheese!
>>
>> Steve Spicer
>> Aspley Guise Scouts SLhttp://www.aspleyguisescouts.org.uk
>
> well on doing my costings i added in extra money foe extra fresh stuff
> but it seems to be gettng expensive.

We are charging about £200 max, i think this is the most we can take it.

On top of that £30 per scout comes out of the troop funds

But we hope to do lots of fund raising to bring that down

I actually feel more comfortable charging a little bit more because its 
takes the stress off a little and may even help with reducing some risks, if 
you have the right equipment it makes all the difference.

Whether we get t shirts etc we will decide later if the budget allows but im 
avoiding wasting money on such things

Any ideas what we can use for exchange gifts etc again without spending much 
money.

On 7 Sep, 15:05, "Knowlege Is Powder"  wrote:

>
> Any ideas what we can use for exchange gifts etc again without spending much
> money.

can you do a deal with a tourist tat wholesaler locally? pencils are
about 20p and you might get a deal on cornish rock,

"chris.5th"  wrote in message 
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> On 7 Sep, 15:05, "Knowlege Is Powder"  wrote:
>
>>
>> Any ideas what we can use for exchange gifts etc again without spending 
>> much
>> money.
>
> can you do a deal with a tourist tat wholesaler locally? pencils are
> about 20p and you might get a deal on cornish rock,

Pasties