Are you able to spare an hour or two to help make a difference to our Scout HQ and grounds?

If so, please come along to the Scout HQ between 9.30am and 12.30 pm on Saturday 28^th March when we will be holding a Spring Clean Event with plenty of cleaning, tidying and gardening jobs for all ages and all abilities.

All we ask for is a few hours of your time and some enthusiasm to do something which will benefit the young people in the Group. In return we will provide refreshments during the morning.

If you can please help us make a difference.

This half-term Spitfire Beavers had a fun packed Hogwarts themed sleepover at Wilberforce. They had a whole range of excellent activities including cloak tie and owl making, a very muddy game of quidditch, clay cauldrons, wand lessons, campfire and quiz, explosive potions class, a break for some butter-beer, muggle studies in the form of tent putting up and some yummy s’mores on the fires they made.

Below are some photos showing how much of an awesome time they had – thanks to the leaders for putting so much effort into making it so great for the Beavers!

Huge thank you to Flin’s Fitness with Fran for coming along and giving our Explorers a Yoga taster session last night.

They all really enjoyed it and were suitably tired by the end of the evening – some of them even said they wanted to start doing Yoga on a regular basis!

Head over to their website for details of classes specially for Under 18s: https://www.flinsfitness.co.uk/flins-under-18s/

Huge thank you to Sir Robert McAlpine who gave us a donation of over £4,000 which allowed us to purchase a wide range of new camping equipment. It was part of a grant scheme to celebrate the engineering firms 150 year anniversary.

We are now lucky owners of new tents, tables, cooking stoves, lights and event shelters which will allow our Young People to have unforgettable camping experiences.

Thank you to everybody who supported our Sleeping Beauty Pantomime – over the four performances we were able to raise over £2,600.

Some of this money will go to the Scout Group, and some will go towards purchasing new sound equipment for future performances.

Well done to all of the cast and crew who put on another fantastic show for the hundreds of audience members.

The cast and crew of Sleeping Beauty are entering their final few rehearsals. There are still tickets available for all performances, however some have very limited availability.

Thursday 9th January at 7.30pm – Good Availability

Friday 10th January at 7.30pm – Limited Availability

Saturday 11th January at 4.00pm – Limited Availability

Saturday 11th January at 7.30pm – Good Availability

Tickets cost £6 for Adults and £5 for Children.

To book tickets contact the Box Office: 01689 859356 / 07810426666 / cdpester@aol.com

Thank you to everybody who contributed to the collection at the Carol Concert. We were able to raise around £125 for Bromley Brighter Beginnings.

They are now collecting Christmas jumpers for next years hampers. If anyone has any the would like to donate please bring them to the HQ and we will pass them on.

All leaders and executive members from the group send their best wishes for the festive period and the new year. In particular Jenny & Sandra, our Group Scout Leaders, would like to say:

“Congratulations to all the sections on another successful and active Scouting year. Thank you to all the supporters and parents for their continued support. We wish everyone a happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.”

Please find below our Group Calendar for the upcoming year:

In order to minimise our impact on the environment, we will not be distributing printed copies at section meetings this year, however please feel free to print your own copy if necessary.

Throughout the year you can view an updated Group Calendar at: www.23rdbromleyscouts.org/events

Huge thank you to everybody who supported our Christmas Fair today. We raised over £550 for group funds, which will help maintain the facilities and enable us to put on brilliant activities for our Young People.