{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"Alanah Reid, Creative Content Producer and Annie Voller, Programme Delivery Officer","standfirst":"We\u2019re proud of every Scout taking part in acts of kindness in memory of HM The Queen.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EOver her 70-year reign, \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 title=\u0022Remembering The Queen\u0022\u003EHM The Queen\u003C/a\u003E demonstrated care and kindness. She was a true friend to Scouts everywhere, and we\u2019ll always be grateful for her service and dedication.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the sad news of her passing, many Scouts have shown extra kindness in her honour. From painting fences to planting flowers, our Kindness for The Queen activity has inspired many Scouts to go the extra mile for others. We\u2019re so proud of them all.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u2019s what some incredible Scouts have been up to.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003EWilland Scout Group, Devon\u003C/h3\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#002f6c","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EScouts in the village of Willand are helping their community by painting the fence around a children\u2019s playground.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJames Bicknell, their Group Scout Leader, said: \u2018We were approached by the Parish Council to see if we could undertake some work around the village.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018As Scouts make regular use of the parish play parks around Willand, we decided to take on the painting as our act of kindness for The Queen to support our community.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018By painting the fence around the children\u0027s play park, we\u2019ve been able to give the area a lift.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe community are delighted with the results and they\u2019re very proud of the Scouts, who volunteered their spare time for the benefit of others.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003E8\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands\u003C/h3\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#002f6c","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EBeavers at 8\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E Sutton Coldfield decorated 40 flowerpots with crowns and hearts and planted chrysanthemums in memory of The Queen.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey left them in the local church, where the Beavers meet each week, and invited members of the congregation to take them home. It gave people a wonderful gift to remember The Queen by (and brightened up their day).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe chatted to Barbara and Jan, who are volunteers at the Beaver Colony. They said:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We wanted to do something at our one meeting between The Queen\u2019s death and the funeral. We recently did \u003Ca href=\u0022/beavers/activity-badges/gardener/\u0022 title=\u0022Gardener\u0022\u003Ethe Gardener\u2019s badge\u003C/a\u003E, but there\u2019s nowhere at our meeting place to plant flowers.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We decorated flowerpots for Mother\u2019s Day, so we came up with the idea of decorating the pots with crowns and hearts. We potted chrysanthemums, giving them to the church congregation to take home if they wished. All 40 pots were taken very quickly.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18754/8th-sutton-coldfield-acts-of-kindness-flowerpots.jpg","width":1307,"height":430,"altText":"A brown table with lots of colourful flowerpots on it, with red and yellow flowers in the pots. Each pot has crowns and hearts on it.","caption":"The bright, royal-themed plant pots decorated and planted by 8th Sutton Coldfield Beavers","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Our Group Scout Leader received many words of surprise and thanks from members of the congregation who took pots. Some even sent emails or cards for the Beavers expressing their thanks.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We read them out and showed them to the Beavers this week in our \u2019Show and Tell\u2019 circle time. The Beavers were really pleased to have received thank yous.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018The Beavers were proud of themselves for making other people happy and we think they\u2019ll remember what they did in memory of The Queen for a long time.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Beavers got lots of positive feedback for their act of kindness.\u00A0Here\u2019s an email the group got after the flowers were taken:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Dear Beavers,\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThank you so much for the lovely plants and plant pots you made and left at church for people to take home. The plant pots are lovely, they\u0027ll remind me of Queen Elizabeth II and her wonderful long reign and all that she did for everyone.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBest wishes,\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMeriel\u2019\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18755/8th-sutton-coldfield-thank-you-card.jpg","width":1384,"height":1081,"altText":"A handwritten thank you card from someone who received a flowerpot from 8th Sutton Coldfield Beavers","caption":"A card written by a member of the community about the 8th Sutton Coldfield Beavers\u0027 act of kindness","link":null},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph from 37\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E Ormskirk, West Lancashire\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#002f6c","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EJoseph, who\u0027s in Cubs, chose not one, but three generous acts of kindness for The Queen. He did them using his own pocket money.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJoseph bought food from his local supermarket to give to a food bank. He also bought flowers for three elderly ladies, who live on his nan\u2019s road, and even donated money to the \u003Ca href=\u0022/news/2022/september/pakistan-floods-how-scouts-can-help/\u0022 title=\u0022Pakistan Floods \u2013 How Scouts can help\u0022\u003EPakistan floods\u003C/a\u003E appeal charity bucket.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJoseph\u2019s mum said: \u2018The reason Joseph picked these three things is because he doesn\u2019t like the thought of families and children going without any food and being hungry.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018He picked to donate money to the Pakistan Floods Appeal as it made him sad the thought of people losing their homes and belongings. He also wanted to buy flowers for three elderly ladies to cheer them up after the sad news of The Queen passing away. He wanted to put a smile back on their faces, and one of the ladies cried she was that happy.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18757/37th-ormskirk-cub-foodbank.jpg","width":943,"height":2048,"altText":"A Cub in uniform smiles as he stands by a food bank in his local supermarket, holding different items such as pasta and pasta sauce.","caption":"Joseph used his own money to donate food to his local food bank","link":null},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003ETom from 18\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E Bristol, Avon\u003C/h3\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#002f6c","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EFor their act of kindness, Beaver Scout Tom and his parents spent an afternoon tidying, weeding, planting rosemary and clearing the ground of their meeting place. They wanted to honour The Queen on the day of her funeral.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey did the work that needed to be done, and they thought The Queen, as our Patron, would appreciate it.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETom said: \u2018The weeds had grown, and the plants died. It was very overgrown. I pulled and chopped up weeds and put them in a sack.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We planted rosemary for The Queen to remember her. I think she would\u0027ve liked that.\u00A0Everyone says it looks a lot better now and it means we can run around and cook outside.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18756/18th-bristol-beaver-before.jpg","width":1856,"height":1370,"altText":"A Beaver in uniform is on his knees with his arms stretched out, kneeling outside his Scout hut which is covered in weeds.","caption":"Tom before he got to work helping his parents with weeding at his meeting place","link":null},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003E1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C/sup\u003E Hullbridge, Essex\u003C/h3\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#002f6c","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EScouts at 1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C/sup\u003E Hullbridge gave away Purple Pansies for their act of kindness. Their Purple Pansies were accompanied by postcards to explain their act of kindness was to recognise the passing of The Queen.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt their session, the Scouts wrapped their plant pots in coloured paper to turn them into gifts and took them home with a postcard created by their Scout volunteer, Dean.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey were asked to give the plant pots to people in their village. The Scouts knocked on doors, accompanied by responsible adults, to surprise members of their community with the pansies.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18758/1st-hullbridge-pansy.jpg","width":526,"height":701,"altText":"A postcard reading \u0027kindness in honour of HM The Queen\u0027 with a photo of the Queen is leaning on a flowerpot wrapped in yellow paper.","caption":"The pansies and postcard that 1st Hullbridge handed out in their community","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EDean said: \u2018The inspiration behind the act of kindness idea started from the statement put out by Scouts. I created the postcard using the Scouts\u2019 statement. After a few personal additions, I printed postcards for every Scout.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I decided on purple pansies, as they seemed the obvious choice. Firstly, the purple and white is representative of the World Scout membership badge and are colours we immediately recognise as Scouts. Secondly, I felt the deep purple colour was regal looking \u2013 after all, it\u2019s the colour of Her Majesty\u2019s crown.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018The word soon spread though our local village Facebook page with messages of thanks, as randomly-picked residents were receiving pansies and postcards.\u00A0We really appreciated the thanks, but we just really wanted to surprise a total stranger with a random act of kindness, especially at this sad time.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the messages the group received include:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I had a lovely plant delivered by a very nice young Scout. A great surprise and a brilliant idea. 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