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The 5th Carmarthen Scout Group spent Community Week beavering away placing bird and bug boxes in the grounds of Glangwili Hospital. The beavers placed the bug boxes in hedges and bushes around the hospital, and the cubs hung a range of bird boxes in trees on the site. The boxes were built by the cubs and beavers during a family camp in St Bride's, Pembrokeshire. Paul Williams, Head of Property Performance for Hywel Dda Health Board, said: “The Health Board is keen to support such community initiatives as they contribute greatly to our biodiversity plans. “The beavers and cubs had a wonderful time making the bird and bug boxes, and we hope the birds and insects will enjoy their new homes.”

A total of 14 Scouts from Carmarthenshire flew off to Sweden on July 25 to be a part of the World Scout Jamboree 2011 in Sweden. They will join 4,000 other Scouts from across the UK and 34,000 others from nearly every country in the world for two weeks of activities, fun and making new friends at one of the most international events on the planet. They will first be flying to Copenhagen to be part of a three day ‘Scout take over’ of Denmark’s capital where they will be seeing the sights and taking part in activities, before travelling to the Jamboree site in the South of Sweden. The World Scout Jamboree will include seven days of activities, with modules based around global development, quests, people and the environment. One of the key elements of the programme will be using the natural environment as a learning tool, demonstrating both its vulnerability and what individuals can do to better protect the world we live in. Ben Phillips, an Explorer Scout from the Carmarthen Explorer Sco...