On Friday evening, the Scout Troop spent some time exploring their chosen charity; The Hygiene Bank.
In their groups, the Scouts discussed what items they all use to keep themselves and their possessions clean. They then had to identify which were the most important 5 items to them. The Troop then heard from the leaders, some of the facts and statistics around poverty and how it affects hygiene standards in the UK.
A shopping bag of hygiene products was then placed on a table and the Scouts had to guess how much it all cost and then each group was given a different budget to identify what items they could and would buy for their group.
As a whole Troop the Scouts then discussed what they’d learnt and what they may do going forward before sorting the donations we have received so far.
An incredibly insightful evening that challenged our young people’s understanding of some important social issues.
There is a large blue crate in the HQ for any donations you may want to make.
After the resounding success last year, one of our Young People (Oliver Ward) will once again be selling chocolate poppies after Remembrance Day Parade.
They will cost 50p each and all ingredients are listed on the back. All funds raised will be donated to the Royal British Legion.
They sold out really quickly last year so make sure you are quick to avoid disappointment…
As a reminder, please meet in the HQ at 10.00am on Sunday in full uniform.
Last weekend 18 of the scouts travelled up to Gilwell Scout Adventures Campsite to take part in the national event “Scarefest”.
A Halloween themed camp with a huge array of activities during the day rangeing from Archery; climbing; dodgems; pumpkin carving; arts and crafts to name but a few.
In the evenings is when it gets scary, the scouts get a dress up and gilwell puts together a few scare mazes with staff dressed up to make the scouts scream as they went around. A large firework display was also put on during Saturday evening to bring the event to a close.
Although it was a bit wet and muddy, everyone had a great time and the leaders were especially happy being able to watch the Rugby on the big screen in one of the cinema rooms.
At the group AGM on Saturday there were a number of changes
to the Group Executive that were agreed…
John Bruce has decided to stand down as Group Chair after 9
years in the role, and will be replaced by Colin Goodwin.
After 14 years of looking after the group accounts Richard
Jones has decided to stand down as Group Treasurer, and will be replaced by
Jonathan Pownall.
In addition, Stuart Vickers has decided to stand down from the Group Executive after 10 years.
Rev Steve Spencer also joined the Group Executive in an
ex-officio role.
The group would like to place on record their thanks to John, Richard and Stuart for all of their hard work over the years, and also welcome Colin, Jonathan and Steve to the group.
Full minutes of the AGM can be found on the Resources Page of the website.
This year the 23rd Bromley celebrated their 80th anniversary, and had a weekend of celebrations to mark the occasion. On Friday 11th October there was a dinner dance at Cherry Lodge Golf Club. It was a brilliant evening for current leaders, former leaders and former members to reflect on their Scouting experiences over the years.
On Saturday 12th October, the group held a family fun day at Wilberforce Scout Centre. There was activities on offer for all ages, including backwards cooking and orienteering. Everybody was well fed with a BBQ and an amazing cake made by Laura Evans.
Below are some photos from the weekend of celebrations:
As the Scout Group is entirely self-funded we are always looking at new ways to raise additional funds.
We have recently registered the Group to receive 0.5% of all eligible purchases on Amazon Smile if you attribute them to the 23rd Bromley (St Augustine’s) Scout Group.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
Support our the Scout Group by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.co.uk.
AmazonSmile is now available in the Amazon Shopping App to all AmazonSmile customers using supported Android devices. To do so just follow these simple instructions:
If you have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, open the App on your Android device.
View Settings and select AmazonSmile.
Follow the in App instructions to complete the process.
Just 45 days to go until the group celebrate their 80th anniversary with a special Dinner Dance!
This year the 23rd Bromley are celebrating their 80th Anniversary, and will be having a weekend of celebrations in early October. There will be a Dinner Dance for anybody over the age of 18 at Cherry Lodge Golf Club on Friday 11th October 2019.
For more details, including a booking form, visit this page of our website.
We have reached the end of term and its the end of another successful year for the group. Jenny Owens and Sandra Goodwin, our Group Scout Leaders, would like to thank all the leaders for their hard work and wish everyone a good and safe summer.
It is not just the end of a term, its also the end of an era. After 32 years of dedicated service to the Spitfire Beaver colony and the 23rd Bromley Stella is stepping down. The group want to thank her for all her hard work and friendship over the years and hope she enjoys her retirement but hope she knows she will be greatly missed and will always be welcome at group events.
The group would also like to welcome Laura Evans and Joe Tregent to the group – they are taking over the running of Spitfire Beavers, we thank them and hope they enjoy their time in the group.
On Monday 22nd July a few of the group supporters organised a surprise farewell event for Stella – it was great to see people of all ages turn out to thank Stella. Below are some photos from the event:
Everyday adventure challenge, fun and friendship! Reg Charity No: 267692
