This year is the Group’s 80th Anniversary and to celebrate there was a weekend of celebrations for all ages.

On the evening of Friday 11th October there was a Dinner Dance at Cherry Lodge Golf Club which was attended by past and present leaders / supporters, as well as former members.

On Saturday 12th October there was a Fun Day at Wilberforce Scout Centre. There were activities for all ages, a sizzling BBQ and a fantastic cake baked by Laura Evans!

Thanks to everybody who came along to celebrate 80 years of providing life changing Scouting experiences to our members.

Below are a selection of pictures from the weekend:

Congratulations to two of our Explorer leaders who were recently presented with long service awards – with the help of a feathered friend who happened to be visiting Explorers.

Claire Pester was presented with her 20 year service award, and Ellen Alexander was presented with her 5 year service award.

The group are really grateful for all of the time that both have commited to giving Young People brilliant Scouting experiences over the years.

As a Scout Group we will be supporting the St Christopher’s Hospice Fun Walk on Sunday 19th May by manning a check point. Our main duties will be to provide encouragement to participants and to guide them in the right direction. Based on previous years approximately 3,000 people have done the walk each year.

Our check point , No 11 is by Ashmore Farm off Ashmore Lane accessed just past The Crown Inn at Leaves Green. It is just under half way of two of the longer routes of the Fun Walk and accordingly we are told to expect at our people at our check point from circa 9.30am with the last people passing by about 2.30pm.

As well as supporting a local charity this is an opportunity for us to promote the 23rd Bromley in the local community, if you can spare sometime you would be very welcome to come along anytime during the day (either in uniform or wearing a Group Scarf if you are a uniform member of the Group).

If you or your family are taking part in the walk look out for a special warm welcome at checkpoint 11 .

More details about the event can be found at:
https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/funwalk

It was brilliant that over 80 people came along to the BBQ and Campfire at Wilberforce in memory of Mick Golding this weekend.

There were people of all ages present to reflect on the fond memories they had with Mick over the years. Sue and T put on a brilliant campfire and Mick would have been proud about how big the campfire was!

Thanks in particular to Ian Powell for all his hard work in organising the event.

We are delighted that over 60 people have already signed up for the BBQ and Campfire that we are holding in memory of Mick Golding at Wilberforce Scout Centre on Saturday 27th April 2019.

In order to allow us to appropriately cater for the event, we ask that everybody books by Tuesday 23rd April at the latest. If you havent book yet, or know others who havent, please do so when you have a moment.

For more details, including booking tickets, please click here.

Thank you to everyone who supported last nights Quiz Night – it raised over £375 for some of the Young People from the group who are going to the World Scout Jamboree this summer.

To book your place for the quiz night, please click here.

Last year the group were shocked by the sudden passing of Mick Golding, who had been a much loved member of the group for many years.

Everybody who knew Mick are encouraged to come along to Wilberforce Scout Centre on Saturday 27th April 2019 in order to remember a Scouting legend.

For more details, including booking tickets, please click here.

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Over 230 people came to watch our Gang Show on Saturday, and were entertained by 8 different sections from the Scout Group and 2nd Bromley Brownies. There were songs from the Beavers, Cubs and Brownies; funny skits from the Scouts and Explorers and a Disney remake from the Network. As is tradition, the Gang Show ended with traditional campfire songs, including the famous “Riding Along on the Crest of a Wave”. This was a song that Ralph Reader produced for the first ever Gang Show back in the 1930s and its still sung today.

Well done to all of the Young People who took part in the Gang Show, you put a lot of effort into rehearsing and it really paid off. A huge thank you must also go to all of the Leaders who made the event possible.

The Gang Show ticket sales raised over £1,500 for the Scout group and £225 for the Brownies. In addition to this, the retiring collection raised over £750 for the HQ Improvement Project fund.

We are already looking forward to our next Gang Show in 2021!

There are two Gang Show performances on Saturday 26th January 2019 – tickets cost £7.50 each. The first performance is at 4.00pm and the second is at 7.00pm.

Please note that tickets are no longer available for the 7.00pm performance, however there are a good number of tickets available for the 4.00pm performance. These will be sold on the door on a first come first served basis from 3.30pm. Tickets can no longer be purchased online.